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S1: Doctor Gary Chapman with a love language minute.

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S2: In my book, The Five Love Languages of Teenagers, I

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S2: try to help parents understand contemporary teens. Their world is

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S2: vastly different from the world in which we grew up.

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S2: Think of these five areas technology. They're bombarded with sights

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S2: and sounds, knowledge and exposure to violence. It is daily

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S2: and they're keenly aware of it. The fragmented family. One

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S2: teen said. I'm the only student in my class living

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S2: with my real mother and father. Knowledge of an exposure

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S2: to sexuality overtly sexual messages bombard our teenagers daily neutral

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S2: moral and religious values. They are told that there are

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S2: no moral absolutes. You understand why I'm so concerned that

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S2: parents learn to love teens effectively.

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S1: Doctor Gary Chapman is the author of The Five Love Languages.

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S1: For more, visit five Love languages.com.