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D.</B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> Many are quick to tell us about the moral decline of today's youth.  Their account of tomorrow's gene pool differs little from a description of a backyard cess pool.  However, these prophets of doom usually view themselves as first-class passengers with passports to heaven as they describe our youth as hitch-hikers dangerously travelling toward a more degraded destination.</div> <bR> <div> These voices crying in the wilderness of our future leaders have ready-made podiums for their declarations.  Thousands of organizations and institutions offer them occasions to beat their chests and air their audits of today's youth.  But where is the forum for an analysis by the young?  And who listens to those who, like "outsiders," have not earned the right of credible commentary among seasoned veterans of life?</div> <bR> <div> If our children don't walk straight, maybe they are following a crooked path.  And if at times they don't make sense, maybe our behavior teaches a life of confusion.</div> <bR> <div> Johnny's friend is in prison for possission of one ounce of marijuana.  He has never heard of anyone dying from an overdose of this stustance.  Yet, his father owns a liquor store and traffics in the nation's number one drug problem.  And it is lethal in large amounts.  Each day his mother smokes two packs of cigarettes, a non-controlled substance, but warns him that he will be kicked out of her house if he is caught with a joint of grass.</div> <bR> <div> He studies government in high school and learns about civil rights, yet his principal goes into his locker and searches it without his permission.  He is taught that the birthright of his citizenship is free speech, but he can get expelled if he argues with his teacher.  He is told to be independent, but government and insurance regulations won't let him work at available summer jobs.  Therefore, he gets everything he needs without any effort and is critizized later for thinking that the world owes him a living.  We demand that he listen to us for direction, yet we are seldom around for a conversation.</div> <bR> <div> It is never easy to grow up  in any culture.  There is so much to learn from others.  How unbearable this task must be when there is confusion among the adults.  If youth gets lost on the way, maybe it's because we really haven't made clear where we ourselves are going.  They may have stopped believing in us because sometimes we are so incredible.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="516" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BGCOLOR=#000066 > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 138 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="2586f830.jpg" border=0 width="111" height="131" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="378"><div> Bill Stroud, of Richwood, Texas, has an extensive background in three areas: theology, philosophy and psychology (B.D, Th.D., Ph.D). 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