The Value of Adult Guidance - WHAT DOES ADULT GUIDANCE INVOLVE

Children need adults in their life who can provide leadership and advice.  As a parent, you are in the best position to fulfill that role:  in fact, it is your duty.  However, other adults can be mentors to your children as well.

WHY IS ADULT GUIDANCE IMPORTANT?

In many lands, young people have little interaction with adults. Consider this:

* Children spend much of their day at school, where students outnumber teachers and other adults.

* After school, some youths return to a home that is empty because both parents have to work.

* One study found that in the United States, children between 8 and 12 years of age spend an  average of about six hours on entertainment  media each day." 

The book Hold On to Your Kids says:  "Young people are turning to instruction, modeling, and guidance not to mothers, fathers, teachers, and other responsible adults but to . . . their own  peers." 

Next time: The Value of Adult Guidance - HOW TO PROVIDE GUIDANCE

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