Divine Prayers for Despairing Parents:
Words to Pray When You Don't
Know What to Say
by Susanne Scheppmann

    DIVINE PRAYERS FOR DESPAIRING PARENTS by Susanne Scheppmann
    Category:  Non-Fiction
    Age Recommendation:  Grades 9+
    Release Date:  2/1/09
    Publisher:  New Hope Publishers
    Reviewed by:  Jaglvr
    Rating:  4 Stars


    Mostly aimed at distraught parents, DIVINE PRAYERS FOR DESPAIRING PARENTS is a helpful guide to
    parents who have reached their last straw.

    Broken up into chapters that combine similar topics, this book shares with discouraged parents guidance, hope,
    and encouraging words.  Each section shares stores from coping parents on issues that concern them regarding
    their children.  After each story, the author shares a relevant Scripture passage (some obscure, others easily
    recognizable) as well as generic prayers that parents can recite to God for guidance and reassurance.

    The book covers various topics and parents will be able to relate to most of them.  Parents show concern over
    their child’s wild ways, depressed ways, lack or loss of faith, and many other issues.  It’s by acknowledging that
    they are not alone in their concerns that they will be able to find comfort in the prayers and Scripture presented in
    this book.

    As I stated, it is mostly aimed at parents, but insightful teens will also find the information relevant and helpful.  
    They will learn that their behaviors are not unique and that there is hope where they may feel that there is nothing
    but blackness.  If shared between parents and teenagers, the prayers may bring them closer together with each
    other, as well as with God.