A prayer for parents from living free everyday ministries. Start children off on the way they should go and even when they are old they will not turn from it.

Proverbs 22-6.

Early adolescents includes young people from 11 to 14 years of age.

Contrary to popular thought, adolescents does not have to be a time of rebellion or rejection of earlier teaching.

The key to parenting an adolescent is communication.

If you keep the lines of communication with your child open, almost any disagreement can be resolved or any difficulty overcome.

Family meal times continue to be an important time for family conversation.

Adolescents often try to avoid these times.

It would be reasonable to insist on at least three, and preferably five, evening meals per week with all family members present.

Discuss family issues, school issues, community issues, politics, God, and spiritual issues.

Encourage your teen to think through issues and offer opinions.

Consider this.

Have a real conversation with your teenager.

Don't just voice demands or criticism.

Ask for and respect your teen's opinions, even if you disagree.

Share confidences, dreams, mistakes you have made, feelings. Do not

withdraw from your child, even if he or she attempts to withdraw from you.

Father, I find it so easy to focus on the negative in my teen's life,

easy to jump on those things without listening. Help me to speak in a way that will

bring out the best in my children. Help me to not put them down, not cut them out. In Jesus'

name, amen. Oh, you're going to be here. Oh, Hey there. It's Nicole Eunice from the How to Study the Bible

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