Age changes how children perceive themselves, he said. In elementary school, kids focus on others, think everyone is the same, and are giving. In high school, kids focus on selves. He says humans have a relationship problem when they focus on themselves. The greatest fear of all children is the loss of mom or dad through death or divorce, he said.
Parents are the number one source of influence.
If parents won't spend time with their children they're allowing other influences to hold sway, he said. If we do nothing, there will be issues from outside influences. In families with alcoholism or other dysfunction, it's like the house of mirrors at the carnival. In truth the picture is warped and distorted, however, a child growing up in that home would see it as normal. In turn, they see children growing up in normal families as abnormal.