Why Parents Don't Talk to Their Kids

We are discussing the topics that you should be talking to your kids about instead of someone else. In these first few posts I am dealing with some foundational issues that I think are critical to these otherwise difficult conversations. With this post I want to discuss why parents don’t talk to their kids. According to Deuteronomy 6:4-9 the home is the primary vehicle of modeling and teaching Biblical values to our children. Sadly the home is becoming little more than a shelter for a couple of adults with a couple of kids. A lot of people talk about their marriage is like two ships passing in the night. If this is true of marriages, when it comes to parenting the house has become a harbor at shift change. Why don’t parents talk to their children? Parents have farmed out their time to coaches. While the days have not gotten longer, the demands on our time have certainly increased. It is hard to tell whether this is out of necessity or choice, but we have no doubt beco