Whatever Happened to Parents?

Let me first stop and affirm that a number of youth workersâ??paid and nonpaid servantsâ??highly appreciate and value the parents of their teens. But from my perspective, one of the most troubling issues in American youth ministry is our current approach of not partnering with and empowering the parents of youth. I believe this silent but enormous elephant in the room can no longer be ignored. We have to address this topic before we head down the road of no return.