If you haven’t noticed, we’re losing our kids. They turn often on God and His Word because they resent us. Why would they want our God if their relationship with us is nearly non-existent?…
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Father-Time
Dad, you are essential to your teenager’s spiritual and emotional well-being…
Overcoming the Vacuum Effect
Satan is only too ready to fill your young person’s heart with the filth of the world. The moment you allow a parental vacuum, you can expect your teen to struggle…
Understanding Hidden Dangers Part 4
These dangers or warning signs are harder to see because they are passive in nature. In other words, they do not involve what the young person is doing as much as what he is not doing…
Understanding Hidden Dangers Part 3
There are many behaviors in our technologically advanced culture that could not be considered sinful or wicked on the surface, but by their very nature they can become obsessive and compulsive—or addictive…
Understanding Hidden Dangers Part 2
I believe there are three primary kinds of hidden dangers that catch families by surprise…
Best Friends
The best defense against the pollution of the world’s system is a close relationship with Mom and Dad!
Understanding Hidden Dangers Part 1
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…
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”…