1.  Henry Cloud and John Townsend, Boundaries: When to Say Yes, When to Say No, to Take Control of Your Life (Grand Rapids, Mich.: Zondervan, 1992).

2.  James 1:6.

3.  Luke 15:17 – 19.

4.  Substance Abuse and Mental Health Service Administration (SAMHSA), www.oas.samhsa.gov/nhsda/2k3tabs/Sect4peTabs1to60.xhtml#tab4.15a CentersforDiseaseControl(apps.nccd.cdc.gov/yrbss/SelectLocyear. asp?cat=4 &Quest=Q58)

5.  Substance Abuse and Mental Health Service Administration (SAMHSA), www.oas.samhsa.gov/nhsda/2k3tabs/Sect4peTabs1to60.xhtml#tab4.17a

6.  Substance Abuse and Mental Health Service Administration (SAMHSA), www.oas.samhsa.gov/nhsda/2k3tabs/Sect4peTabs1to60.xhtml#tab4.1a

7.  Substance Abuse and Mental Health Service Administration (SAMHSA), www.oas.samhsa.gov/nhsda/2k3tabs/Sect4peTabs1to60.xhtml#tab4.1a

8.  Matthew 5:37.

9.  Ecclesiastes 4:9 – 10 NLT.

10.  Hebrews 4:16.

11.  Psalm 22:9.

12.  2 Corinthians 7:9 – 10.

13.  Henry Cloud and John Townsend, How to Have That Difficult Conversation You’ve Been Avoiding (Grand Rapids, Mich.: Zondervan, 2005).

14.  Psalm 68:5.

15.  Proverbs 19:11 NLT.

16.  Galatians 4:1 – 3.

17.  See Genesis 2:24 KJV.

18.  Henry Cloud and John Townsend, Raising Great Kids (Grand Rapids, Mich.: Zondervan, 1999), 29.

19.  1 Corinthians 8:6.

20.  Isaiah 35:3.

21.  Romans 4:15.

22.  Galatians 6:7 NLT.

23.  Matthew 9:36.

24.  Proverbs 31:30.

25.  Genesis 1:28.

26.  Matthew 23:26.

27.  Ephesians 5:8.

28.  Ecclesiastes 3:11.

29.  Proverbs 18:13 NLT.

30.  Lee Strobel, The Case for Faith, Student Edition (Grand Rapids, Mich.: Zondervan, 2002).

31.  Lee Strobel, The Case for Christ, Youth Edition (Grand Rapids, Mich.: Zondervan, 2001).

32.  Christian Smith and Denton Melinda Lundquist, Soul Searching: The Religious and Spiritual Lives of American Teenagers (New York: Oxford University Press, 2005).

33.  Proverbs 8:17.

34.  Galatians 5:23.

35.  Luke 2:48.

36.  2 Peter 3:9.

37.  Henry Cloud and John Townsend, Raising Great Kids (Grand Rapids, Mich.: Zondervan, 1999).

38.  Ephesians 1:7.

39.  Psalm 36:9.