Good relationships with you will help keep your teen from bad relationships with others.

Healthy Relationships With Our Children

Having a  healthy relationship with your son or daughter just might be your best defense against being a grandparent before your time. In his book Bringing Up Girls, Dr. James Dobson cites a survey of 700 teenagers. 58% of them reported being sexually active. The problem is that only 34% of their mothers believe that they were.

Being Aware of Our Kids’ Relationships

It’s not surprising that parents aren’t aware of everything their teens are involved in all the time. Keep in mind that the better relationship we have with our teens, the less likely we will be thrown a curveball and the more likely our kids will adhere to the moral values and home rules we’ve deemed important to our families and to our God.

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