YOUR CHURCH CAN HELP SINGLE-PARENT FAMILIES AVOID CRISIS U.S. government statistics show that approximately one child in four lives with only one parent. Unfortunately; these children appear to be at greater risk than most children of two-parent families. Helping Single Parents with Troubled Kids is designed to enable your church to meet the unique needs of the single-parent families in your midst. Based on extensive research; it covers: • Twenty-one warning signs in troubled kids and specific action steps to avert crisis • When kids of single parents are at greatest risk • What single-parent families have in common • How pastors; singles ministers; youth workers; lay counselors; and congregations can recognize and respond to the needs of single-parent families. Offering a proactive approach to a strategic ministry; Helping Single Parents with Troubled Kids will equip your church with the knowledge; desire; and tools needed to play a vital role with the nontraditional families in your congregation and community. Helping Single Parents with Troubled Kids includes many ready-to-use materials; such as • Reproducible resource sheets • 12 outlines of group sessions for single parents; teenagers; and children
