Real Life Real Faith July Issue | Page 20

should be filled with drama, and there’s a blueprint for parents to follow for order in the home. It’s been quite awhile since reading a book of this magnitude where addressing truths that we all should adhere to when dealing with youths. Moreover, as adults we should extrapolate a sense of urgency steering our kids in the right direction. There’s something to say when one knows how to play on words. To wit: ‘A Dog That Will Bring a Bone Will Carry A Bone’; ‘Travel, Travel, Travel’; ‘Stuck in Review View--Looking Back’; ‘Release and Increase, Access Granted’; ‘Gonna is Gone’; ‘Don't Hit The Brakes and Go with the Flow’. True to an interesting way to illustrate her points, the author introduced each chapter with different ways to look at issues, be it adolescent or adult absorbing double messages, but single in scope. No life should be peppered with unnecessary drama, and there’s ample tidbits of counsel intersperse throughout for attention-grabbing resolve. Daily words of wisdom for teens and young adults regarding the dangers and ramifications of sex, dating, and a host of other ill-advised behavior are listed with intrinsic value. Key to interpreting and administering golden nuggets are basic ways to protect yourself from being victimized sexually and from other dubious intent. But questions abound that force you to be mindful of the counsel she dispenses. What can be done to use discernible options for protection? How can parents instill all of the disciplinary actions within the home first without the community educating their children? Then there’s the procrastination that all of us are prone to from time to time… and the author gives a good analogy of it in the chapter, ‘Gonna Is Gone’. Because the author has a pedigree perfecting a model for contingency, there’s no reason why one more book, one more lecture, one more parenting conference, and even more reasons for accountability, why it’s so important not to let impotence prevail. Need I say more? Get this book, digest it, and impose on others the need for them to encourage others to buy it! Dr. Jeri A. Dyson respectfully entices you to feel free to tap into her reservoir for an