Thoughts on Teenagers

 "Our culture presumes that teens will be disrespectful, disinterested, and irresponsible. Our culture generally under-challenges youth... the result is that our young people miss out on the blessings that come with obedience." ~Tim Echols

" Teenagers must be treated and educated as the young adults they are and encouraged to participate more fully in our social, economic and political life." ~Thomas Hine

"The theory of adolescence undermines the Christian understanding of human nature. It underscores the modern disinclination  to treat a person as responsible for his or her own actions. When we assert the "fact" that teenagers are to act as irresponsible children rather than responsible adults, it becomes a self fulfilling prophesy. When school, church and family treat 16 year olds like children, those teenagers act in ways that justify that treatment." ~David Allen Black