You need to know who your teenager is eating lunch with. Not just their name.
Their values.
Their home life.
Their parents.
What they laugh at.
What they post.
What they talk about when nobody's watching.
Because that friend group is not just keeping your child company. They are shaping them.
Proverbs 13:20 says it plainly.... walk with the wise and become wise. Walk with fools and suffer for it. Your teenager is becoming who they spend time with. And if you have never had a real conversation about what makes a good friend they are choosing friends based on who is fun, who is popular, and who accepts them. Not who is good for them.
Here's what I need you to do this week
— Ask your teenager to tell you about their three closest friends. Not "are they good kids."
—Ask what do you like about them? What do they believe? How do they treat people? How do they treat you?
Listen to the answers. Because your teenager will tell you everything you need to know if you ask the right questions without making it feel like an interrogation. Know the village that's raising your child. Because they have one whether you built it or not.