February... the month of Love.
The big hype of romance, in today's society, can be misleading and taunting more than just adults. For tween and teens this "puppy love" is sweeping kids right into the daily statistics of premarital sex, teen pregnancy, and all the gray areas in between. Yes, I brought the horrid topic to surface. The subject, that was once considered to be taboo if mentioned, in society today needs to be voiced with an open mouth and mind.
You may ask, "Why are you bringing this up?" This has been laid heavy on my heart for sometime now. Working as a nurse in our local hospital, I see numerous ladies come through for baby deliveries. My heart sank the day I saw a 12 year old girl that came in for a baby delivery. All I could think was, "Oh my, I have two kids around this age that this could happen to". So, the wheels started turning on how to approach the subject with our girls, risking my own embarrassment, and being called a dorky parent. I just have to share a few numbers with you. In a month of 31 days, 16 of those days our hospital delivered babies to teens aged 15-19. This was out of 125 pregnant women, 22 of these were teens. The pressures of "LOVE" are pushing our kids to be grown ups sometimes before puberty begins.
Yes, I'm voicing my concern. As a christian and parent I am held accountable, by God's judgement, to inform my kids about such subjects, and what the Bible teaches on these topics. I cannot walk through life being a closed mouthed parent and let one of my kids become part of the statistics. I have to be a loving active parent on teaching right from wrong and let them choose to do right or wrong. My husband and I try not to say, "That won't happen to one of our kids." You can never say never...We don't want to be blindsided by denial. Even though we are avid church going Christians, that does not blanket our family and kids from the evils of Satan. We look with an open mind of, we all have a choice, but we have to do our part to teach the biblical rights from wrongs.
There is such a generation gap now days. Peer pressure is the same as it was when I was a kid. But there are so many devices (cell phones, computers, etc.) that our kids all have to help push and crumble them into sex, drugs, alcohol, and numerous other sins. Satan's evils are sweeping our kids right under his controls, while some parents just look the other way.
So what do we do? Where can we get the answers to questions on these subjects? The BIBLE, the largest instruction manual ever written. I also found helpful reading on many subjects on the web @ http://www.bible.com/ We can't force our kids to do right by God or themselves, usually that will force them the other direction. We do have the responsibility as a parent to inform them. So be a Loving Active Parent.
Have a blessed day.
