In an interview with the BBC, Ludwig Minelli, founder of a Swiss right-to-die group, said that suicide is a “marvelous, marvelous possibility for a human being.” He further stated, “Suicide is a very good possibility to escape a situation which you can’t alter.” At the same time, Bonnie Erbe of U.S. News and World Report, asserted that abortion is “not a bad choice” in an economic downturn.

"Mess up" is admittedly a euphemism. It is a term we often use to avoiding taking the full brunt of failure as a parent. For me, it is a personal term, as in, "I can't believe I messed up again." It is a phrase I said far too often as a parent, and thought even more often. Messing up, or more precisely, sinning and falling short of God's best, is a fact of life for parents. Prayer and good intentions will never eliminate failure from your parenting. Because this is true, we have a natural, fleshly tendency to become comfortable with these failures - hence the euphemistic term "mess up."

Low expectations; that’s what we have in this culture when it comes to children and/or teens. We don’t believe that children can comprehend the deep issues of life. This notion is particularly problematic in the church as we constantly play with our children in Sunday School or church rather than teach them the things of God. That trend continues in youth ministry as the primary focus is often entertainment. Such a dynamic leads to immature adults who need more than God’s word to keep them in church. They’ve been trained to be that way from their formative years.