When it is needed, I encourage you to seek the help of a pastor or Christian counselor to enable you to communicate with clarity and with realistic expectations. Quite often, the counselor will observe that the problems with the child may be systemic, that is, they reflect difficulties in the entire family's network of relationships. This is an opportunity for all of you to learn and grow. It may be painful, but it can be one of the most positive and revolutionary experiences for a family. Your particular teenager might be quite different from the typical Millennial.
Every generation contains an enormous range of motives, lifestyles, hopes, and dreams.
But the environment your teenager is experiencing in school and in our nation is decidedly different from the one you and I enjoyed or endured. You need to know that so you can be alert and aware of the dangers and the opportunities. The Millennial Generation is not the most difficult bunch of young people to come along in years. In fact, as a group, they are more withdrawn than we've seen in many years. If we understand them, we can more accurately shape the environment in our homes to meet their needs and point them toward lives of true meaning.