Opening Your Home to Kids

Life for teenagers is difficult. When their hands hit the doorknob at your house, do they feel like they are stepping out of a difficult world into a place of even greater heartache, brokenness, and difficulty? Or are they able to breathe a sigh of relief as they step over the threshold into the loving, safe, and comforting place they call home? Be sure your home is the latter. And once it is, why not open the doors to your child’s peers, providing them with a safe and welcoming place too? Chances are good that your teenager has friends whose homes are anything but peaceful. Don’t see the presence of these kids as a burden. Rather, embrace the opportunity to love a young person who may not experience love anywhere else. If this is what you hope for your home to become, why not refinish your basement or furnish another room, then fill it with teenagers? Fill your refrigerator with food and for these kids. The potential for making a positive impact in a teenager’s life is tremendous.