Parenting with a Plan Relationship-Based Strategies for Parenting Adolescents by Rabbi Akiva Sutofsky, LPC

This book contains sensitive material.

Parenting with a Plan isn’t another list of rules, it’s a road map for building trust and connection in the years that matter most. Parenting teens can be joyful, unpredictable, exhausting, and inspiring — sometimes all in the same day.

Drawing from more than twenty years of real conversations with adolescents and their parents, Rabbi Akiva Sutofsky, a therapist, educator, and parent, blends Torah wisdom, heartfelt stories, and practical psychology into a compassionate guide for raising teens. With warmth and humor, he explores communication, boundaries, technology, self-esteem, spirituality, and more, showing how even challenging moments can become opportunities for growth.

At its core, this book is about building relationships that last. It’s not theory but lived experience, distilled into stories and strategies you can start using right away to strengthen your connection with your child.