Nearly every week there are new incidents of gun violence involving teenagers. Kids are killing kids. Teens are bullying other teens. And so the stories continue. Psychologists have their theories.
School administrators have a set of ideas all their own.
And then along comes a preacher and insists that what's missing in the lives of these kids is prayer. In fact it has been sited in medical studies as actually improving the condition of patients with a wide variety of illnesses. Prayer gives teens and their families a means of communicating with one to whom they must be accountable. And it provides an inner sense of strength and a growing sense of calm. Parents need to arm themselves with knowledge and not be shy about looking beyond the surface when it comes to raising teenagers.