The Whole Parent Thing

I keep hearing from parents that they really appreciate youth advisors that their kids like to spend time with. If we are moving toward family-based youth ministry, I think we need to find a way to bring - what? - reconciliation? - between teens and their parents. Ever since I changed, I have had a sense that every parent needed to essentially see themselves as being in youth ministry. However, many parents react negatively to that concept for a multitude of reasons. I have said and I still believe that parents need to love to learn to respect teenagers by practicing on teens that are not their own children.