A Youth Worker’s Field Guide to Parents Quotes

“Fear is a kind of parenting fungus: invisible, insidious, perfectly designed to decompose your peace of mind. —Nancy Gibbs”
― Danny Kwon, A Youth Worker’s Field Guide to Parents: Understanding Parents of Teenagers

“In Ephesians 6, within the context of chapter 6 and the whole of Ephesians, the apostle Paul is talking about various relationships such as husband and wives, masters and slaves, and parents and their children. He moves to connect Ephesians 6:10-12 to these relationships to talk about how our battle isn’t against flesh and blood but against spiritual realities. Hence, what we encourage parents to do is see the spiritual war that is going on within themselves first, as they raise and struggle with their teenagers. (Boom!) It’s not their teenagers they’re fighting; their teenagers are not the enemy. They are fighting spiritual battles in their own hearts.”
― Danny Kwon, A Youth Worker’s Field Guide to Parents: Understanding Parents of Teenagers

“Some parents who send their teenagers to youth group are believers, some are disciples in progress, some are legalists, and some are more prone to licentious lifestyles. Some may even be unbelievers or simply believers who are still young and need to mature in their faith. It’s important to recognize the variety of parents we have and that there’s not a neat, cookie-cutter way to work with all of them.”
― Danny Kwon, A Youth Worker’s Field Guide to Parents: Understanding Parents of Teenagers