Be vulnerable first. You can not expect a teen to just open up and tell you everything. Though if you take time to listen and care, sometimes they will spill everything in the first few minutes of learning your name, maybe even before that. Share your heart. Be honest. Love them where they are at. Love may be the key. Many teens don't know what love means. I head this next statement on a video once. "I love my wife and I love tacos. I can't believe I just said those two things in the same sentence." Wow, have we over used the word love, given it an entirely worthless meaning.

How is someone to know what love really is if we genuinely think that loving our spouses and loving a taco even compare.