The Value of Adult Guidance

 WHAT DOES ADULT GUIDANCE INVOLVE?

Children need adults in their life who provide leadership and advice. As a parent, you are in the best postion 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 as 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 in entertainment media each day.

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

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

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