Family Security Matters » Publications » Exclusive: Searching for Perfection in an Imperfect World

Family Security Matters » Publications » Exclusive: Searching for Perfection in an Imperfect World: "Some adolescent thought patterns have become a little bit clearer to me after decades of teaching history to idealistic teenagers. For example, many start perceiving their parents’ flaws and their disdain for those flaws sometimes manifests as rebellion. Having heretofore seen their parents as perfect, the newly-perceived foibles often become magnified. Then they see defects in everybody and figure there’s no point in trying to improve anymore because perfection is unattainable. Others rebel because they still believe humans can achieve perfection both as individuals and, collectively, as a society – and become intolerant of anything less. They will roll their eyes in disapproval and walk 50 paces behind parents in public. Criticism of parental blemishes becomes quite fashionable with their peers."