Saturday, June 25, 2011

Leading Your Lost Teen Home by Mark Gregston

When you're lost, having someone to lovingly lead the way back home is a wonderful blessing.  That, not shaming or lecturing, is what teenagers need from their parents when they are lost.

A few years back I bought a GPS (Global Positioning System) device.  For me, it may be the single best idea since the invention of fire.  It always knows right where I am…it never judges my ability (or inability) to navigate…and more importantly, it knows how to get me to where I need to go, and back home again.  With as much as I travel, I don't know how I could function without it.

Likewise, parents need to be a GPS in the life of their teenager.

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