Parenting Todays Teens Radio
  • Teen Peer Pressure (3-25-2009)

     

    Listen NowA 104-YEAR-OLD WOMAN WAS ONCE ASKED ABOUT THE BENEFITS OF HER AGE. HER WITTY REPLY WAS – IF YOU ARE 104, THERE IS NO PEER PRESSURE!

    TEENS TODAY MIGHT SAY THAT THEY EXPERIENCE JUST AS MUCH PRESSURE FROM THEIR PARENTS AS THEY DO FROM THEIR PEERS. PRESSURE MOUNTS FROM BOTH SIDES, WITH THE TEEN STUCK IN THE MIDDLE.

    PARENTS CAN HELP BY OFFERING THEIR TEEN A PLACE OF REFUGE FAR FROM THE PRESSURES OF A WORLD SPINNING OUT OF CONTROL. NO MATTER WHAT YOUR TEEN DOES OR DOESN’T DO, THEY SHOULD BE TOLD DAILY THAT YOU LOVE THEM REGARDLESS.

    IT’S THE KIND OF LOVE THAT PEERS CANNOT MATCH, AND IT’S THE STRONGEST WAY THAT YOU AS A PARENT CAN ENCOURGE YOUR TEEN TO FEND OFF INAPPROPRIATE PEER PRESSURE.


    Parenting Todays Teens Radio by Mark Gregston, presented by Heartlight Ministries Foundation

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