As parents, our spiritual discernment should be as acute as our physical taste. Our spiritual taste buds should be sensitive to discern good and evil…
Month: October 2006
Somebody, Anybody—Say Something Nice to Me
Most teens feel inundated with rebukes and are starving for encouragement. They feel that everything they do even minutely wrong is in the spotlight, yet the things they do right are overlooked and even unnoticed…
Quit Telling Me I’m Normal!
One of the most hurtful mistakes authority figures make in the lives of young people is to tell them that wrong behavior or attitudes are “normal”…
Cyber Families Part 3
Perhaps it’s common in todays’ society for parents and teens to have a great relational divide, but that doesn’t mean it’s “normal” or that it’s right…
Cyber Families Part 2
We are the most technically “connected” generation in human history, yet we’re also the most relationally “disconnected” as the same time!…
Cyber Families Part 1
We’re the most technologically advanced culture on the planet, and we’re so infatuated with our toys that we’re paying a devastating price in our homes…