The Parent/Friend Factor

Ok. So this is always a tough one to get anyone to respond to because of it's sensitive nature, but this can be a good sounding board for us all.

Let us know what you think?

In being a parent now I am really beginning to see the insides of what parents have been thinking for the past 10 years of being in ministry. They love their kids and want their kids to be happy, but not at the expense of the kid growing up to be a loser. But as we see with teen-age life, either parents or friends will be the two things that mold the life of teenagers.

In YOUR OPINION, which of these factor in the most, in the way teen-agers grow up to be who they are? Is it parents? Or is it friends?

GO!