parents are the number one shepherding influence of our children.

It is, of course, church and Christian schools or Christian camps.

Those are all good in church especially.

We want them in church.

And yet, I think so often parents delegate their spiritual teaching of their children to the church, to the youth leaders.

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Do you think most parents of younger kids are afraid of the coming teen years.

Yes, yes, and yes. I think they're petrified.

Yeah.

Especially in a culture today where there's so much social media, there's so much change going on digitally.

And I think that creates this fear and anxiety. And even the stats of depression

and anxiety, I think they're scared to death. Do you think they are? Oh yeah. That's why you ask

it. I think we got an expert that's going to, she's already shaking her head.

Yeah, absolutely. And is sitting across the studio at Family Life today. So why are you shaking your head? I mean,

we're going to talk about you. You've written and thought about this for a long time. And you've

already gone through the seniors with your kids, right? That's right. But why do you shake

your head and say, oh yeah, this is a fear for parents? Because I see them in my counseling office.

Every week, they're terrified. And I feel like it's only increasing. In fact, I see a difference

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