Passion, Guilt, and Narcissism: Growing Up in 2016

As the mother of four young people ranging in age from 15 to 28, I’ve spent the last couple of decades trying to prepare them for the world they will live in.

Along the way I’ve listened to many a fellow parent bemoan the problems of “these kids today.” Memes of children walking around looking at their smartphones are our signposts of The End of Civilization as We Know It.

However, the parents and elders of every generation echo the lament, “These kids today …” There’s a quote, old enough to be sometimes attributed to Plato, which states, “The children now love luxury. They have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise.”

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Teens Read Bible More During the School Year

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Teens who “attend church at least once a month, and say their faith is very important in their lives—who read their Bible do so the same amount all year long (73%) … Of those who are left, 18 percent of practicing Protestant teens read more during the school year; only half that amount read more during the unstructured summer (9%).” CT(link is external)

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Letters to a Young Progressive

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“I learned that the main problem in higher education is not that we don’t teach religion at the university. The problem is that we teach false religion.” ~Mike Adams’ column at Townhall.com(link is external)

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Topics to discuss with teens before prom

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“Long before plans for this cultural springtime event start to take shape, we need to begin talking with our teens about media messages and our biblical worldview.” From thrivingfamily.com(link is external)

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