Keys to Family Happiness/ Conclusion of Keys to Success

Try This:  When and issue arises, try reversing roles. Ask your teen what advice he would give you if you were his child. Have him do research to come up with reasons to support-or -challenge his thinking. Discuss the matter again within a week.

Galatians 6:7: "Whatever a man is sowing, this he will also reap."   A child can be taught by means of punishment-perhaps sending him to his room or denying him a favorite activity. With  an adolescent, you would do well to think more in terms of consequences. - PROVERBS 6:27.  

Try This:  Do not rescue him by paying off his debts or by making excuses to his teacher for a failing grade. Let him feel the consequences and this lesson will be long lasting. 

As a parent, you probably wish that adolescence were like a runaway down which you child could swiftly and efficiently pick up speed and take off into adulthood. Rarely, though, is the takeoff that smooth.  Still, your child's adolescence provides  you with opportunity to "train u a boy according tot he way for him.' (Proverbs 22:6)  Bible principles are a solid foundation upon which you can build family happiness. 

ASK YOURSELF

By the time he or she leaves home, will my adolescent be abler to do the following?

* maintain a regular spiritual routine

* make good choices and decisions

* effectively communicate with others

*  care for personal health

* manage personal finances

* clean and maintain a home or an apartment

* be self-motivated

Next time: Word Pictures in the Bible-Do You Understand Them?  

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