Adolescent mental health issues are on the rise especially during COVID-19 and the suicidal hotline has seen a spike in their calls. Their activity has increased by 800%.

We cannot and should not turn our backs on a very evident issue we are facing today. We would like to blame it on social media, the culture of the times and some go so far as to blame it on the presidency. However, the truth of the matter is that 85% of the issues the young person is going through started in the home.

Number one mental health issue: depression

Second cause of death: suicide

FOMO (fear of missing out) - This social anxiety is characterized by "a desire to stay continually connected with what others are doing

some of you know what’s happening in the White House but you are totally oblivious to what’s happening in your house.

you don’t know what you don’t know

and ignorance is not bliss... it steals, kills, and destroys

Hosea 4:6 “my people are destroyed for lack of knowledge” (NKJV) - If you can’t define it, you will never defeat it

- Examine me, O God, and know my mind; test me, and discover my thoughts. Find out is there is any evil in me. ~ David

Let me for a moment focus on dads, that doesn’t mean that I am underestimating the power of a mother. Women become moms the moment they find out they’re expecting, Men become dads the moment they carry the baby.

-  the power of a dad in a child’s life is unmatched

-  one hug from dad is worth 20 kisses from mom

-  who we are as dads speaks of who our children will become in the future

your son will become like you

         your daughter will end up marrying someone like you

- men, you have the power to impact your children either for good or for bad, you words bless them or curse them, you have the power to lift them up or tear them down, you can either fill them hope or inundate their minds and hearts with despair

- I have set before you life or death, blessings and curses, choose life that you and your children may live (Deut 30:19)

- as a father you MUST have the mindset that being a father is your most important MINISTRY

You have such a small window of opportunity to impact their lives and to train them up (a child, not a young teen, not a young adult, a child)

- 0-11 trainer coach

• Before you can “train them up” you must connect to their hearts. You can’t lead them by the hand it you haven’t earned their hearts.

- Do you care for me?

Every home needs a Jesus, are you willing to become like Jesus?

4 ways to parent

Rules - Relationship = Rebellion

Relationship - Rules = Aggression

Absence = Desperation (a state of despair) (not quality over

quantity)

Rules + Relationship = Blessings

Truth without Grace = Condemns

Grace without Truth = Condones

Four Basic Needs of a Son/Daughter

1. Love 

2. Security