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"I was amazed to hear you talk about your mother and how she wished you would die. My mother has directly told me such things. Sometimes I question why God allowed me to live. For the first time in my life, I don't feel alone in this. I wanted to fall apart during the whole program. I was deeply touched and I wanted to say...thank you for loving teenagers."
-Jessica (to Ron Luce)
THIS IS A GENERATION IN CRISIS
* 15% have seriously considered SUICIDE.
* 1 out of 10 fifteen year olds and younger have gone through family divorce in their life-time.
* 58% have been involved in objectionable content on the web.
* As many as 40% have experimented with SELF-INJURY.
* Use of prescription DRUGS (Ritalin, anti-depressants etc.) by children/teens has increased substantially in the past few years.
THIS IS A GENERATION WITHOUT MORALITY
- By the time the average child graduates from high school, he/she will have watched 19,000 hours of TV including about 200,000 sexual acts and 1 million ACTS OF VIOLENCE.
- 1 in 10 high school females have reported being RAPED at some point in their life.
- Fear of violence in schools is now the leading "worry" of public school teens.
- 48% of high school seniors are SEXUALLY ACTIVE (had sexual intercourse in past 3 months).
THIS IS A GENERATION WITHOUT TRUTH
- 91% say there is NO ABSOLUTE TRUTH.
- 75% of teens in America believe the central message of the Bible is, "God helps those who help themselves".
- 53% believe Jesus committed sin (40% of born again teens believe Jesus committed sin).
THIS IS A GENERATION THAT IS SEEKING. TEEN MANIA SEEKS TO RESCUE TEENS JUST LIKE JESSICA, ONES WHO ARE CAUGHT IN A LIFE OF HOPELESSNESS AND DESPAIR.
