Quote from Forum Archives on April 8, 2002, 5:44 pm

Posted by: dabanks <dabanks@...>

Nancy,
I am sorry about the troubles with your son. It always seems like they hit a
certain age and their friends become so much more important to them than
their families. I remember being like that as a teen. Your family is in my
prayers.
Blessings,
Julie

----- Original Message -----
From: <Naanra@aol.com>
To: <homesteadheaven@welovegod.org>
Sent: Monday, April 08, 2002 1:13 PM
Subject: [HomeSteadHeaven] Another prayer request

> On the subject of sons--would you please lift up my son Matt? He is 16, a
> very good kid, loves the Lord, makes good grades, all the right stuff.
> During the last year, he has taken to running around with a group of kids
> whose parents are divorced. They live with their dads, who are basically
> uninvolved with their lives. The kids go home when they feel like it,
talk
> terribly about their mothers, have few or no responsibilities, and
absolutely
> no family life. Suddenly, my son feels he should spend all his free time
> running around with his friends and ignoring his family. I am sure part
of
> this is normal, but this last weekend, he took two of his friends out to
> lunch to celebrate his friends birthday, and completely ignored his little
> brother's (8)
> birthday which was the same day. No card, no gift, not even there to
> celebrate. His little brother was very hurt. He is also being influenced
by
> a boy who has left his home because he and his mom don't get along, and
who
> "lives" with the families of his friends. He borrows money and clothes
from
> his friends (never returned), if they go somewhere his friends always
furnish
> transportation and money. He tells them this big story about having a
> recording contract, and a CD coming out this summer. He is always going
to
> do something big that never seems to happen. At different times he has a
> large amount of money that he spends freely that he says comes from the
> recording contract. Apparently, being 16, this boy doesn't realize that
> minors cannot make legal contracts. I feel he is an unholy influence on
my
> son.
>
> My prayer is that my son's eyes will be opened before he gets into
something
> he is unable and unprepared to handle. That he will realize that family
> comes before friends. That my husband and I will have the self control to
> handle the situation. And that my husband (who seems to think I am overly
> concerned) would be supportive.
>
> Bless you!
>
> Nancy in OK
>
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