'The culture has totally changed.
Girls today are growing up too fast; the influences of the entertainment industry have changed everything. Girls are experiencing things their mothers and grandmothers never experienced. The age compression thrusts girls into adolescent experience far too early, gets them thinking about sexuality at an early age and creates pressure.
We are dealing with evidences of emotional turmoil, including eating disorders such as anorexia and bulimia; 90 percent of those with eating disorders are girls, some of them as young as five. Recently a clothing manufacturer finally took this product off the shelves: bikinis with padded bras for seven-year-olds!
You also have cutting, piercing and sexual aggression among elementary school age kids and early involvement in drugs and alcohol. Girls have now reached parity with boys in binge drinking, and there's a high level of violence among girls.
One out of three boys and girls is either a victim or a perpetrator of bullying. We've seen news recently about girls who hang themselves after being taunted. There has never been an easy time to raise kids, but it's harder today.'
Parent, if living in your dream home and climbing the ladder of success means losing your children, you'll regret it.
You've only one chance to get it right. 'These commandments that I give you today...Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.' (Deuteronomy 6: 6-7 NIV)
SoulFood: 1 Chr 26:20-29:30, Luke 14:1-14, Ps 119:65-72, Pr 21:10-13
Dr. James Dobson on Parenting (1)
Written by Bob & Debby Gass
Friday, 16 August 2013
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