We work so hard trying to create an environment for our kids to grow spiritually and physically.We pray for good friends, seek out the best doctors, get them involved in sports or the arts. We push them to get top grades. And, of course, there's church and Sunday school and youth groups.

Meanwhile, our kids are out there trying to figure out who they are. They are trying to reconcile what they've been taught to             believe and what they are supposed to believe and what what                             they REALLY believe or, more often, what they aren't                                    sure they believe.

All the while they are struggling to fit in                      and be accepted - if not as they are, then as whatever works. They want more        than anything to feel good about themselves. But it's not        easy.