One of the questions I ask parents at our Power Paren-T-een workshops is, “What are you training your son for?” As you might guess, the answers vary per household. For various reasons many parents are in reaction mode most of the time when it comes to training. What I mean by that is training begins because some situation caused it to.

It has been said that we are raising one of the meanest, coldest and most selfish generations in history. One winter morning I was visiting a local school to conduct a training session, and as I was walking in an elderly woman fell in front of me and a doorway filled with students. My first reaction was to try to catch her but I was too slow. As I lifted her up and helped her gather her things, all you could hear was laughter coming from the youth in the doorway. Not one person lifted a finger to assist her or me. Not one youth asked, “Are you okay, Miss?”

“If it is desirable that children be kind, appreciative and pleasant, those qualities should be taught, not hoped for. If we want to see honesty, truthfulness and unselfishness our offspring, then these characteristics should be the conscious objectives of our early instructional process. The point is obvious: heredity does not equip a child with proper attitudes; children will learn what they are taught.” – Dr. James Dobson, “Dare to Discipline”

In my opinion every boy needs two fathers, and no I am not talking about female polygamy. What I am talking about is if your goal is for your son to be more than just a good man, you want your son to be a godly man then that boy needs two fathers. If your goal is for your boy to grow into a godly man here on earth and have eternal life in Heaven then your son needs two fathers. If your goal is for your boy to walk in blessings and to be a blessing to others than your boy needs two fathers.

It has been said, “Manhood is the suburb right outside of Boysville, and in order to move into manhood one can no longer look, think or act like a boy.” Others have said, “Manhood is the butterfly from boyhood.”

Can your teen wait? Teens who can’t wait for clothes will steal. Teens who can’t wait for things will sell drugs. Teens who can’t wait for justice will fight. Teens who can’t wait for “the right one” will have sex with many.

Ever since God made man an external voice has been whispering in his ear attempting to persuade him to do wrong.  Trying to change man’s mood   and reprogram him with a new message so that he will have a new mindset; one that is set on evil.

Recently a story covered by the American Family Association (AFA) shed light on the issues that are taking place right under our nose, in our schools, against our children and against the family.