Do you remember your own tumultuous teenage years? As parents it's easy for us to slip on the mantle of responsibility and forget that once upon a time we were just as scared, confused and rebellious as our own teens were. That's why Christian e-books have the ability to reach out to our teens when we feel like we ourselves have failed as parents.

The first thing you have to understand before you begin your journey to reconnect with your teen is that you are not a bad parent. Today's teens live in troubled times, with loose morals and a tremendous amount of pressure to be adults far too young. We have babies having babies, and teens are expected to make life altering decisions and plot their course for the rest of their lives at the age of fourteen and fifteen.

Somewhere in all this pressure we expect our teenagers to be easy going, well adjusted individuals. Some teenagers are. Most of them aren't. Regardless of how rebellious your teen may be, or how frustrated you may be with them, just remember-you're not the first parent to be in this situation, and you certainly aren't going to be the last. If you're going to reconnect with your teen, both personally and by studying the many Christian e-books designed for teens on the market today, you're going to have to set aside the guilt and the blame for both of you first.

If you've tried reaching out to your teen and they're not responding, take a look online at the many Christian e-books available on the market. While not as conveniently portable as the traditional paperback, books published in digital form allow your teen to make more productive use of their time on their good friend Mr. Computer (who has begun to replace Ms. Telephone and Miss Text Messaging as most teen's late night communication method of choice) than they would surfing the web or chatting with their friends. And they're more likely to read it too!

Today's Christian e-books deal with the topics that are important to your teen in a manner they can relate to with a third party impartiality that allows them to absorb and make their own decisions without feeling as though they're being judged. If you were to walk up to them and tell them they're headed down a bad course…well, chances are you already know how that's going to end! A good Christian e-book can gently but firmly introduce them to what the Bible has to say about love, sex, dating, drugs, school, family, extracurricular activities and growing up without making them feel pressured, and without that pressure they'll be free to make the good decisions that you've wanted for them all along.

That doesn't mean you shouldn't talk to your teen. Studies show that nothing replaces the influence of a parent in a child's life, even if they don't always show it during their teenage years. But offering them the opportunity to study and learn from the vast pool of knowledge offered by today's Christian e-books can go a long way toward helping pave the way through the teenage angst to a brighter, better tomorrow.