Who's Listening? What Our Kids Are Trying to Tell Us

by Jerry Johnston

In Who's Listening? Jerry Johnston sounds a clarion call to galvanize the parents of teenagers to try to understand the world that kids of the '90s live in (a very different society from that of previous decades). Johnston implores parents and nurturing adults to listen to the cries for help from what could become a lost generation.
Believing firmly that parents must make this effort if their sons and daughters are to survive in today's world, Johnston buttresses his arguments with excerpts from some of the thousands of letters he has received from troubled teenagers who have heard him speak in their school assemblies. (Often heart-wrenching letters like the one that said, "I want to kill myself because no one in my family wants me around and school is not going well for me and no one at school likes me. I'm so confused. Please help me!")
Who's Listening? is a reader-friendly, practical book - a catalyst that outlines the steps that parents can take to help their son or daughter (or the kid next door) to cope with the pressures and temptations of the 1990s' youth subculture.

174 pages, Hardcover

First published October 1, 1992

About the author

Dr. Jerry Johnston is an author, communicator, producer and director of documentaries and TV specials, fundraiser for Transmedia and Christian causes, and the Launch Director of the Christian Thinkers Society (CTS), which created by his only son, Jeremiah Johnston. Jerry Johnston has captivated schools and churches around the world with his messages that concern vital issues, ever since his start as a pastor in 1974. Since then, Jerry Johnston has moved from communicating in churches to communicating within the digital space.

Now a filmmaker and producer with his wife, Dr. Cristy Jo Johnston, Jerry Johnston have built up a repertoire in media by appearing on many TV shows and producing videos for Word Publishing that distributes to over thousands of churches. Both Jerry Johnston and Cristy Jo Johnston are currently putting their knowledge and experience of media towards a new project: And Then There Were None. This project is a documentary that is a3-year, international investigation of the large increase of the religiously disaffiliated.

Ultimately, the Johnstons would like to use the digital space to be able to speak to the world. Their mission is to eventually build an International Internet Church, as well as a School of Speaking, Teaching, Culture, and Media Excellence at Houston Baptist University—using the digital world they’ve come to know and appreciate.