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Honestly, Brenda hasn’t believed this point during her entire youth ministry career. At one time she believed the myth that adolescents pull away from adults, especially their parents, as they strive for independence during adolescent development. Teens do pull away in one way or another, but they never want adults out of their lives, especially their parents.
I could re-list the numerous studies here of how important teens believe their parents are but I won’t here. We did over here . Just know that parents really are number one and your youth ministry needs to reflect that if you truly want to help teens. We believe this fact so much that we created an entire website of practical resources over at Church FamilyBasedYouthMinsitry.org or cfbym.org.
Brenda Seefeldt is the founder of Wild Frontier and has been in youth ministry since 1981 Locally she serves as the youth pastor at New Covenant Fellowship in Manassas, Virginia, where she has been since 1990. The rest of the Wild Frontier team are faithful volunteers who have been with Brenda for years. 
