Are You Raising One of the Next Generation of Hoodlums – LOVE IS NOT ENOUGH

Dr. Joyce Teal Dr. Joyce Willard Teal When I read or hear about young people who have gone astray, those who have acquired juvenile records, those who have run away from home, those who make a habit of bullying others, etc., I can’t help but think that many of these troubled and troubling young people are loved and are being nurtured by loving parents. This fact, however, isI inadequate. And it’s no secret that most parents would not have predicted this for their beautiful newborns, which each of these young people were in the not too distant past. While none of us can accurately predict the future, when we think of what the future holds for our children, we do not want to think of bad things happening but of good. And while contemplating good things for our beloved children: high school graduation, college graduation, good jobs, starting a business, enduring marriages, and children of their own, to name only a few, we need to accept the reality that these good things don’t just happen. They do not just magically appear! When we are proactive, when we recognize that we must begin early in our children’s lives to program them...