Who's Listening?: What Our Kids Are Dying to Tell Us

Rating:
Summary: This book is a MUST for every parent!!
Review: Listen Up!

"As every missionary knows, you cannot reach a people group anywhere without first understanding their culture, " Jerry Johnston reminds us. In Who's Listening? he sounds a clarion call to galvanize parents of teenagers to try to understand the world that kids of the '90s live in (a very different society from that of previous decades). Johnston implores parents and nurturing adults to listen to the cries for help from what could become a lost generation.

Believing firmly that parents must make this effort if their sons and daughters are to survive in today's world, Johnston buttresses his agruments with excerpts from some of the thousands of letters he has received from troubled teenagers who have heard him speak in their school assemblies. (Often heart-wrenching letters like the one that said, "I want to kill myself because no one in my family wants me around and school is not going well for me and no one at school likes me. I'm so confused. Please help me!")

These kids tell him what they desperately wish they could tell their parents about such problems as SUICIDE, THE ACCULT, RAPE, DRUG ABUSE, VIOLENCE, AIDS, ABORTION, SATANISM, HOMOSEXUALITY, and TEEN PREGNANCY.

Who's Listening? is a reader-friendly, practical book - a catalyst that outlines the steps that parents can take to help their son or daughter (or the kid next door) to cope with the pressures and temptations of the 1990's youth subculture.

HERE IS WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING ABOUT DR. JERRY JOHNSTON and "WHO'S LISTENING?":

"Jerry Johnston knows firsthand what he's talking about." Detroit Free Press

"Few people of our time are better qualified to minister to the youth of our nation than Jerry Johnston. WHO'S LISTENING? uniquely captures the dreadful realities that all our children now fact, and tells us how to help them. Every parent must read this book." Bill Bright, Founder and President, Campus Crusade for Christ International

"Jerry Johnston has been! establishing an unmatched record over the past decade as one of the nation's greatest missionaries to troubled youth. WHO'S LISTENING? is a confirmation of his expertise and dedication to reaching teenagers who need help. Here is a genuine wake-up call to parents, lawmakers, teachers, counselors, and all concerned Americans who would save our children." Dr. James Kennedy, Ph.D., Senior Pastor, Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church

"Jerry Johnston has his heart on the pulse of today's teens like few other evangelists. You will be deeply moved and informed by the biblical answers he provides for the 21st century problems our anti-Christian culture forces young people to cope with." Dr. Tim LaHaye, Author, Minister, Educator

"No one speaks to the hears of today's kids like Jerry Johnston, and in this dynamic book they talk back. WHO'S LISTENING? is must reading for every parent and teen." Dr. Richard G. Lee, Pastor Rehoboth Baptist Church

"Anyone who has done hands-on youth work will immediately realize that Jerry Johnston has been listening. WHO'S LISTENING? will be a valuable resource to parents and youth workers." Dr. Jay Kesler, President, Taylor University

Rating:
Summary: Who are you?
Review: Listen Up!

"As every missionary knows, you cannot reach a people group anywhere without first understanding their culture, " Jerry Johnston reminds us. In Who's Listening? he sounds a clarion call to galvanize parents of teenagers to try to understand the world that kids of the '90s live in (a very different society from that of previous decades). Johnston implores parents and nurturing adults to listen to the cries for help from what could become a lost generation.

Believing firmly that parents must make this effort if their sons and daughters are to survive in today's world, Johnston buttresses his agruments with excerpts from some of the thousands of letters he has received from troubled teenagers who have heard him speak in their school assemblies. (Often heart-wrenching letters like the one that said, "I want to kill myself because no one in my family wants me around and school is not going well for me and no one at school likes me. I'm so confused. Please help me!")

These kids tell him what they desperately wish they could tell their parents about such problems as SUICIDE, THE ACCULT, RAPE, DRUG ABUSE, VIOLENCE, AIDS, ABORTION, SATANISM, HOMOSEXUALITY, and TEEN PREGNANCY.

Who's Listening? is a reader-friendly, practical book - a catalyst that outlines the steps that parents can take to help their son or daughter (or the kid next door) to cope with the pressures and temptations of the 1990's youth subculture.

HERE IS WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING ABOUT DR. JERRY JOHNSTON and "WHO'S LISTENING?":

"Jerry Johnston knows firsthand what he's talking about." Detroit Free Press

"Few people of our time are better qualified to minister to the youth of our nation than Jerry Johnston. WHO'S LISTENING? uniquely captures the dreadful realities that all our children now fact, and tells us how to help them. Every parent must read this book." Bill Bright, Founder and President, Campus Crusade for Christ International

"Jerry Johnston has been! establishing an unmatched record over the past decade as one of the nation's greatest missionaries to troubled youth. WHO'S LISTENING? is a confirmation of his expertise and dedication to reaching teenagers who need help. Here is a genuine wake-up call to parents, lawmakers, teachers, counselors, and all concerned Americans who would save our children." Dr. James Kennedy, Ph.D., Senior Pastor, Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church

"Jerry Johnston has his heart on the pulse of today's teens like few other evangelists. You will be deeply moved and informed by the biblical answers he provides for the 21st century problems our anti-Christian culture forces young people to cope with." Dr. Tim LaHaye, Author, Minister, Educator

"No one speaks to the hears of today's kids like Jerry Johnston, and in this dynamic book they talk back. WHO'S LISTENING? is must reading for every parent and teen." Dr. Richard G. Lee, Pastor Rehoboth Baptist Church

"Anyone who has done hands-on youth work will immediately realize that Jerry Johnston has been listening. WHO'S LISTENING? will be a valuable resource to parents and youth workers." Dr. Jay Kesler, President, Taylor University

Rating:
Summary: Who are you?
Review: This book is a very interesting look in to one mans mind about the social problems plaugeing today's society. I am a christian, and I don't agree with most of the things that Mr. Johnston talks about. I think he has no basis for any argument of most of the subjects covered in his book. I give this book a 2 because it is written from a personal opinion standpoint and not based on strong fact.