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Lora
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Has anyone used this series? I think that it looks really good but more for a public school child or in the CCD program. I looked at it through amazon and the impression that I got is that it is well sorta teenagerish. I dont know if my dd could relate. She only has like minded hs catholic friends (well her cousins). But I wanted to hear if anyone else has used it and liked it before I decide against it.
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I *just* took a look at them last week since they are so often recommended.
I passed on Prove It God and Prove It Jesus. Everyone my ds knows already believes in God and he doesn't struggle with the existance of Jesus as God. Seems unnecessary at 13 to cover these topics, imho.
I liked Prove It Church because ds does have a lot of protestant hsing friends and I expect questions will come, eventually. But I didn't buy it. Ds will be turning 13 this August but I just don't think he's ready to understand and study the area of apologetics. Seems like he's still in the "grammar" stage when it comes to this kind of thinking.
I liked Prove It Prayer a lot and I bought it. I think it is useful for a child who responds well to a book written to a younger audience (as opposed to adults) and in the first person. My ds doesn't do as well with books that assume an intellectual reader from the get go. He's an avid reader but not a particularly deep thinker, if ya know what I mean. 
I will probably revisit the Church one in about 6 months, and will keep the other two in the back of my head if ds begins encountering people who don't believe in God. Otherwise, I will find something with the same type of material for him when he is closer to graduating, as prep. for entering "The Real World" as Susie Lloyd calls it.  (can you tell I just finished Please don't drink the Holy Water???)
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I bought all four to use with my 7th grader over the next year or two as part of her Confirmation prep, along with our other religious ed curriculum. They are recommended by Michele and Kathryn at Mater Amabilis. My dd is needing something "lighter" in the area of religion for next year. I think she got burned out with the boring repetition of the Seton religion program for a few years there, and we used Image of God (Old Testament) for 6th grade and it was a LOT of work. I still bought the Image of God (New Testament) for 7th grade, but intend to include the Prove It! series and some lives of the saints too. I'm not sure of all the details yet.
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I used this for a middle school co-op apologetics class. It is an easy read and she does a good job of talking to the teens without either talking down or trying to sound "too cool". So, they enjoyed it.
We focused mainly on the Prove It! Church. However, there were points in the God and Jesus books that needed to be explained to them. So, even though these are kids whose lives have revolved around the Faith, there were still some things that when questioned they couldn't explain.
Because of that experience, I would recommend at least a quick read of all of them even if you think your child already knows a lot.
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Thanks for the head's ups (not a word, I know...  ). I am headed back down to the bookstore in a week. Maybe I'll take a second look at them, and use them nearer the end of the schoolyear. I read more of Prove It Prayer last night and I like it even more than when I bought it! Appealing to teens without being teenager-ish (gosh, could my grammar be any worse today???).
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In regards to aplogetics, I've always had it in the back of my mind to have my children watch videos from ETWN, like Scott Hahn, Mike Aquila, Father Mitch Pacwa. They have some shows that I think an older teenager could handle and would be a fun way for them to learn. Maybe even having them take notes like they were listening to a lecture or something.
Thanks for the responses about the Prove It series. I think I have a better idea about them.
Lora
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