I’ve put forth a lot of problems. What about solutions? They are as varied as the trees in a forest. All arriving at one end. We must teach our children about Jesus in our/their lives and that we have a responsibility to live out the life God has called us to. We were bought with a price. So let the Holy Spirit guide you here.
Some possible suggestions are twice per year take your children away to family camps where you can share responsibilities in a more primitive way of life. No couch potatoes here!!! LOL

Or…you could encourage them to be paper delivery boys. Or, they could earn money doing chores around the yard, like mowing the lawn and weeding the garden. Already doing that? Then step it up a notch and get them to become door-to-door salesmen and they get to keep the profits. Take time to teach them how to make simple dishes. No cheating—only good wholesome food–no Kraft macaroni and cheese. That is easy enough to learn without assistance. Teach them how to make bread. Use the breadmaker. I have been given a refrigerator bread recipe that if I get permission to share I will.
Remember the goal is as parents to make responsible adults out of our children or to get them on the right path. This is not an easy task, but with the assistance of the Holy Spirit you will make it. The entire next generation depends on it. Whatever the Holy Spirit tells you to do, Do It. (Sound familiar?)
I will think upon this as a dog worries a bone and come up with other suggestions.  Please do comment and include your own suggestions. The easiest one is that we all move to the country or live on a farm.  LOL But for most of you, that is not an option, at least, not at the moment. Again, tell me or others what you are doing or plan to do as an entire generation depends on it.

We are continuing the thought that teaching goes a long way toward helping a person enter the stream of society.

About a month ago my husband burned himself from some hot oil on the stove. I calmly told him to stick his hand in the freezer.  Now, I found him some wrapped frozen meat to put on his hand. I told him as long as his hand did not hurt he was successful in taking the “heat” out of his hand burn. (I am not a medical expert, so I will explain things as I understand them. )  So should it begin to hurt again, then we went looking for another frozen item to put on it.  I let him know I have past experience in this burn thing and to keep at it until it did not hurt anymore. It took a few hours and then my husband filled a ziploc bag with water and froze it lying down about 1 inch thick.  Future insurance. LOL

Now, why did I have experience? With my first husband, years ago, I burned myself nearly every other day. Why, again? I was told by my mother that I would do and understand certain things when I was “grown up”. Guess what? I was never taught before that time. And so, once “grown up”, I had to learn things the hard way. When did I learn to cook? After I left home. Now, at 4-H meetings I did learn how to bake. They are project- oriented and so each item taught has to able to be presented at the County Fair. Meat might spoil sitting out over 2-3 days. Yes, I even asked them for meat lessons and that is the answer I received.

Lastly, especially since it is Christmas, all religions are taught at the public school as a spectator, an observer. Where are the young men and women who will stand up for Chist? They are in that 25% that I left out. But that is not enough!!! Where is the honor that a boy shows for a girl when he protects against those who might try to harm her in word or deed? For a young man to do that he has to know where he comes from—whom he is loyal to. He has to know that he belongs to Jesus and that Jesus would never let him down. However, should he try to protect a girl, would she appreciate the effort he has shown? Do girls today know whose they are and who is their Lord and Savior? Or would she laugh in his face, and say “It is alright—it doesn’t matter.” because she doesn’t think highly of herself. She hasn’t been taught.
This thought is to continued in the next post.