I would advise them to focus on having balance in all areas of their life and to stop obsessing about their physical appearance. Gaining a testimony and being secure in their knowledge that they are a child of God will give them the confidence and beauty they need to carry them through the rest of their lives. Understanding this as a teenager would be an unbelievable asset!
Michelle and I talked about this last week during our lunch at the Musée d'Orsay cafe. We were talking about how painful it is to see teenagers feel so awkward and uncomfortable with themselves and what could be done to remedy that. My answer was pretty much the same as my comment from Kristi's post and the more I think about it the better I feel about the answer.
That just leaves the question of how to instill that spiritual knowledge and confidence into our children so they don't spend their lives looking for validation in all the wrong arenas? We go to church, we serve others, we pray together morning and night, we read scriptures together, we have Family Home Evening weekly, but there's no guarantee is there?
**Thoughts??**
