Framing Values Part 2
" There is one other thing about teenage language. If adults start using their language, then they change the language. Teenage language is the language that only teenagers can use, let me give you some good news - you don't have to talk like teenagers to talk to teenagers. For just a moment, I want you to look into the heart of a teenager with me. Gallup recently surveyed teenagers and asked them, " What one thing would you rate as the most important in your life?" More important than a sense of accomplishment, good physical health, or good self image - the number one answer was this - 9 out of 10 teenagers said, "A good family life is most important to me." I can say today that whatever language teens use, they are telling us some very revealing things.
"Readers Digest commissioned the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research to ask 1,022 teenagers, ages 16-18, a battery of questions, when teenagers were asked, "What source of satisfaction is very important to you?" By a 2-to 1 margin, over everything else were these two answers. 94% said- raising healthy and happy children and 91% said - having a good marriage. In other words, teenagers are telling us they want to grow up in a good family and they want to rear a good family.
"As we continue our Extreme Home Makeover for Families, I want to share with you how to frame values for your teenagers. We are going to learn today from the greatest teenager ever
discussed in the Bible. His name was Daniel.
"In this chapter, though we do not read about his parents, we see in Daniel the results of his parents upbringing. I was talking to one of my sons about how I feel like I had failed in some ways as a dad. He looked at me and said, "Dad, look at the product that you have turned out and if you are pleased with the end product, you ought to be pleased with yourself."
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Keywords: language, teens, communication, teenagers, family, home
