It doesn't necessarily mean your child no longer loves the Lord, nor should there be a tirade about the importance of church attendance. When giving important messages to teen-agers, the fewer words used, the better. When driving home after church, do not criticize the service. Finding weaknesses and problems is much easier than coming up with solutions. Nothing ever completely satisfies us as adults.
Young people have difficulty sifting out the good from the bad.
If some of it is bad, to them the whole is bad. That is the concrete thinking of children. Lesson 4 Parents, make your home inviting to teen-agers. My husband and I lived just a few miles from church. When we first started looking for a home, we told the real estate agent we must live on the same side of town our church is on.