This is some real talk, intense talk, and heavy talk for a Friday morning, but I think we need to go there today to start the necessary thinking.

Our kids are in trouble and we need to get a jump on this now before it heads in a terrible direction.

Our kids are living in the world of FOMO. It is awful! It always existed but has never had such huge platforms to grow and flourish. I would love to find ways to stop it entirely, but I do not see that happening. Taking away phones and apps are going to be a bandaid fix that will create more problems in the end. We need to teach the skills that many people learn in their 20’s and 30’s at the age of 10 and 12. It sounds impossible, but it isn’t if we work together.

Our daughters and sons, to be honest I see this more in the young ladies though, are finding themselves pressured to do silly, dangerous, or even life changing things that are driven by the ideas of fear.

We never want fear to be the driving force in decision making!

Our daughters, just for example, are developing this idea that they are responsible for making other people happy. And I hate to break it to you, but you are one of the biggest parts of this. They want you to be proud, happy, smiling at the accomplishment they are working for everyday. They crave the good jobs, look at me, take a picture, tell everyone, super proud parent. Then they take this first understanding of love and apply it to their friendship, romantic relationship, and eventually marriages.

This is leading in a dangerous direction and it is happening fast. So many terrible things are on the rise and many of them fall back on the mindsets of our children……human trafficking, drug use, domestic violence, obesity, depression, bullying, anxiety, violence, and unemployment rates. The mindsets of “Oh they will grow out of it”, “Kids these days”, “Schools should handle it”, “They will learn eventually” are all ideas that are setting our children up for FAILURE!

This is your call to arms, your chance to fight for your child with some extremely positive effects. It is time to be a parent of the generation that needs more parent support than ever before. These are the people who will be ruling our world and at this rate they may never be ready.

Join me in the change for PEACE within our children.