A Prayer for Parenting Teenagers

Your Daily Prayer

Religion & Spirituality, Spirituality, Christianity

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🗓️ 29 October 2022

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Teens struggle for acceptance among peers, and as parents, we need to remind them that they are loved and accepted just as God created them, not because of how they look, what they drive, or the toys that they possess. We need to pray against the...

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0:00.0	Life audio Thank you for listening to your daily prayer.
0:16.9	A podcast dedicated to helping you find the words you need to connect with your father
0:21.0	in heaven.
0:22.0	No matter what is going on in your life today, you can trust that God wants to hear from
0:26.3	you.
0:27.3	Right after the short word from our sponsor, we will pray through today's prayer together.
0:52.0	A prayer for parenting teenagers written and read by Heidi Bay.
0:57.8	Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding and all your
1:03.2	ways submit to him and he will make your path straight.
1:08.3	I am smack dab in the middle of parenting two teenage boys.
1:12.0	It feels like a lea yesterday that they were my sweet snuggly innocent babies.
1:16.8	They needed me and I felt like their mommy.
1:19.6	They are so hard to feel anything but they are lunch maker and room cleaning nagger.
1:24.3	I feel like they are slipping through my fingers and I am powerless to stop them.
1:28.7	I feel out of control most days when it comes to phone time, homework, chores, eating
1:33.0	habits, etc.
1:34.8	They are gaining more independence but with that comes a level of anxiety for me as their
1:38.9	mother.
1:39.9	I still long to control all that they do but I know that I need to begin to let go in
1:44.2	certain areas, allowing them to make their own mistakes and experience the consequences
1:48.9	of their poor choices.
1:51.3	Teenagers are at a sensitive time in their development with their prefrontal cortex as
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