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If we're being honest, the world seems like a scary place for all of us, especially for teens.

And if you're parenting a teen right now, there's good news because that child is probably

listening to you more than you think they are.

I'm John Fuller along with Danny Werta and

Danny as a family counselor you see parents all the time.

What are some of the common concerns that you hear about parents and their teens?

Why do they come to you?

Well, one of them is they're seeing their child not maintaining their faith.

They're really changing, becoming who they've hung out with, the

friends they've chosen to be with. And it can be all the way from vaping to alcohol use, skipping school, anxiety, depression, those big ones.

And it can also be conflict, not knowing how to communicate now that they're teenagers

and they have more opinion and they're challenging the faith, the belief that they've had all

along in the home and that is a huge worry. That's probably the deepest

worry for Christian parents is we've invested all this time in trying our best to

teach what we believe in our home about who Jesus Christ is. he died on the cross, rose again, and that the child

now is a teenager challenging that and may not maintain that faith.

That creates a lot of anxiety for parents.

Well, anxiety and fear that parents have

is really what Dr. Gary Chapman was talking

to Jim Daly about in this audio clip.

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