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The Mentoring Role of Grandparents in Teens

Student Story: Sarah

Grandparents play a special role—not to be a substitute parent, but to fulfill the distinctive position as the matriarch or patriarch of the family God has placed them in. This weekend on Parenting Today’s Teens, Mark Gregston offers his personal insight about how grandparents can create a place where teenage grandkids can find physical and emotional rest, a listening ear, and wisdom.

Author: Mark Gregston

Mark Gregston began working with teens more than 40 years ago as a youth minister and Young Life director. He has authored nearly two dozen books, has written hundreds of articles, and is host of the nationally-acclaimed Parenting Today’s Teens podcast and radio broadcast.