WOW.... JUST A MONTH AGO I POSTED A SIMILIAR STORY... I PUT MY GIRLS THROUGH CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS, SENT THEM ON MISSIONARY TRIPS, SENT MY ELDEST (17) GRADUATING OFF ON AN ALASKAN CRUISE JUST THIS MORNING, I LOVE MY COMPUTER AND MY 14 YEAR OLD TELLS ME I LOVE IT MORE THAN HER, THEY ARE SO MANIPULATIVE, CAN BE SO DISRESPECTFUL...THEY ARE HORMONALLY CHALLENGED AND SPOILED COMPARED TO HOW WE GREW UP.mY FATHER WOULD HAVE KNOCKED ME INTO NEXT WEEK FOR TALKING BACK, BUT NOT TODAY YOU CAN'T DO ANYTHING BARELY WITHOUT THE MINISTRY GETTING INVOLVED...YES, TIMES HAVE CHANGED! MY ELDEST RAN AWAY TWICE CAUSE SHE NEVER GOT HER WAY... TEENS ARE CONFUSING AND THEY LIVE IN A CONFUSING WORLD WITH US PARENTS THAT ARE MORE CONFUSED THAN EVER. I HAD THE POLICE AT MY HOUSE CAUSE I HIT MY DAUGHTER AFTER SHE PULLED MY HAIR??? AFTER WE GOT BACK FROM A FAMILY HOLIDAY WHERE I DID EVERYTHING FOR THEM IN THE CARIBBEAN, THEN IT HAPPENED..."TURBULANCE", BY HEARTLIGHT MINISTRIES....MARK GREGSTON(hE'S ON fACEBOOK IF YOU HAVE IT)... YOU NEED TO CHECK HIM OUT AND THEIR MINISTRY. THEY KNOW IT ALL, HAVE SEEN IT ALL AND DEALT WITH TEENS FOR THE LAST 35 YEARS OR MORE. IT'S CHANGED SO MUCH FOR ME. YOUR CHURCH CAN BRING HIM IN THROUGH FOCUS ON THE FAMILY. HE IS VERY GOOD! FOR THE FIRST TIME I THINK I GET IT AND I CAN TELL YOU, UNTIL NOW I WAS SO DISILLUSIONED WITH EVERYTHING THAT WAS CONNECTED TO THE WORD 'TEEN' YOU WOULD HAVE LOOKED AT ME AND CRIED!... LOOK HIM UP! PLEASE HE IS GREAT. I KOW YOUR FEAR, YOUR PAIN, YOUR HURT, YOUR DESPAIR, YOUR DISILLUSIONMENT CAUSE I AM GOING THROUGH IT TO, BUT HEARTLIGHT MINISTRIES OUT OF TEXAS IS THERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE AND THEY HAVE A WEBSITE AND PHONE NUMBER TO CONTACT THEM AND THEY WILL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE THAT OTHERS CAN'T GET RIGHT... BELIEVE ME HE IS A GREAT CHRISTIAN MAN WHO UNDERSTANDS TEENS! YOUR SO NOT ALONE, THERE MUST HAVE BEEN 1000+ PEOPLE IN OUR CHURCH JUST THERE TO HEAR HIM, ALL HURTING AND AT DIFFERENT PLACES IN THERE RELATIONSHIPS WITH THEIR TEENS.ADD ME AS A FRIEND IF YOU LIKE AND MESSAGE ME ANYTIME... I THINK WE AS PARENTS OF TEENS NEED TO SUPPORT ONE ANOTHER!