What are some things to consider when raising teens?

Dr. Joel Beeke explains in this video that sometimes, due to the transition of teens into adulthood, there can be anger or bitterness issues. Parents need to understand that their children go through a lot and be patient with them. The Lord is patient with us and we need to be patient with our children.

Communication is important. One benefit of family worship is that it facilitates communication amongst your children. When your teens need advice or counsel, communicating with them and being able to speak into their life is much easier.

Ephesians 4:1-3 (NKJV) - "I, therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you to walk worthy of the calling with which you were called, with all lowliness and gentleness, with longsuffering, bearing with one another in love, endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace."

Sometimes, due to the transition of teens into adulthood, there can be anger issues or inner bitterness in that transition in the lives of certain teens. And I think that parents need to understand that their children are going through a lot. Sometimes daughters particularly go through a lot of hormonal changes, getting periods now and things like that. They need to be understanding of these things. They need to be patient.

Remember how patient the Lord is with us. And I think a lot of talking, communicating, keeping the door of communication open is extremely important. And if you've done that all their lifetime in family worship, of course, then as you enter the teen years that door is wide open And you just keep it going in family worship and outside of family worship So that's one of the great side benefits of benefits of family worship So there are certain problem areas in in teen raising teens that you need to work on in a positive way, a negative way. And then of course there are special problem areas. If a team becomes well addicted to drugs or alcohol or takes up smoking or things like this, then you have a whole other kettle of worms to deal with and you need to get to the bottom of that.

You need to insist on the Holy Spirit's care for your body that We're called to be temples of the Holy Ghost. And these things are sinful because they are harmful to your body and therefore you