Should it be called a "crisis" or is the teen "at risk" when they don't have a supportive, loving, and caring ennvironment to come home to?
This is a "crisis," these are "at risk" teens.
The crisis is that they will to be looking for love, looking for support and looking for someone to care. The risk, where they will
find these things. If we, God lovers, don't love them. Who will?
posted by Joy | 2:04 PM
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I post a lot about my son in my blog. We believe in empowering him to face the world someday. We give him a long leash, yet reign him in when he goes too far. I feel that the mass media has a lot to do with the dumbing down of the American culture. I also feel that single parent families are very detrimental to raising kids properly, the kids just get away with too much. We actually try to emulate the Cleavers environment. So far, it has worked.
Funny picture. Those Cleavers, they are funny.
Interesting topic Joy. I don't think about it much these days as in depth as you do. When I got pregnant at age 20, it was a crisis even though I wasn't technically a teen. But I was not married and went to Northwestern Bible College, where I was practically shunned for committing such an unforgiveable sin. Well, I take that back. I think they could forgive me, as long as I left the school in order to avoid the uncomfortable feelings associated with having an unwed pregnant girl on campus.
It was definitely a crisis for me then. I felt abandoned by my friends. They didn't know what to do with me. I suppose it was cuz they were all sheltered christians, like I was. Maybe I would have treated one of them the same had they been in my shoes. Fortunately, I had a family that still loved me. But that crisis had consequences that I still face today, and always will. But maybe, if I would have had some more support and direction (especially direction), I could have came out of that crisis a little better.
Your vision is noble. I pray God will continue to use and direct your passion. You're cool.
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