How Open Should I Be with My Parents?

Ask Pastor John

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🗓️ 11 December 2014

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Trusting your parents by being honest is a huge honor to them.

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0:00.0	A listener named Ray writes and to ask this, Pastor John, I'm a young teenager.
0:09.3	A few months ago I got caught up in this book I was reading which had a sexual scene
0:12.7	in it which I read.
0:14.5	At the time I was too glued to the book to set it down, even though I knew my mom probably
0:18.6	wouldn't want me to read it.
0:20.5	Since then I have not thought about it because I don't really think of it as a sin and
0:23.6	my mind because I was confused about whether or not my dad would be okay with it.
0:28.2	I don't struggle with lust and I don't think about sex and haven't thought about what
0:31.8	I read until now.
0:33.4	Now I'm wondering if I should tell my parents about it.
0:36.4	The reason I don't want to are these.
0:38.8	I have a good relationship with them and they trust me and I don't want my freedom to be
0:42.3	taken away because I don't struggle with this.
0:44.4	I don't want to hurt them or scare them.
0:46.6	I don't want to send my parents into a panic because I don't struggle with lust or one
0:50.6	sex.
0:51.6	It's embarrassing.
0:52.6	The reasons that make me think I should tell them, I don't want to hide things from
0:56.6	my parents.
0:57.6	I don't want to have an open, honest relationship with them since I'm commanded so many times
1:01.4	in the Bible to treasure their wisdom and to honor them.
1:04.8	But is it necessary to tell them this to be open and honest?
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