CONTENTS
1. Tools for Parenting Teens
2. Links to Learn From
3. Learn Their Lingo
4. A Little Encouragement...And Humor
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In this practical book, youth ministry veteran Les Christie will help you take a positive approach to discipline when it becomes necessary. "When Church Kids Go Bad" will:
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- Give you dozens of specific, practical, helpful ideas you can use immediately with your students
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1. TOOLS FOR PARENTING TEENS
POSITIVE VS. NEGATIVE DISCIPLINE
Discipline that focuses primarily on punishment as a way to get a teen to behave properly is what's often called "negative discipline." A negative disciplinarian threatens, frightens, snarls, growls, bristles, and becomes just plain nasty in order to persuade young people to behave. Even if this kind of external pressure gets immediate results, when the pressure lets up, so does the person's response. Negative discipline usually backfires.
Negative discipline can destroy a young person's sense of being loved and wanted. It can leave him feeling insecure and worthless. Negative discipline implies getting even, retaliation, vengeance, and exacting a penalty. Of course, all these dangers are increased whenever negative discipline is cruel, unreasonably severe, or prolonged.
Guilt is another common motivator in negative discipline. But using guilt to get your teen to do something is destructive. Guilt is a tremendously difficult feeling to carry around inside. And even if your teen does change her behavior because she feels guilty, she will resent it; that resentment, coupled with feelings of guilt, can produce intense feelings of anger.
Negative discipline can help control some behavior by establishing an avoidance response. But negative discipline alone never teaches young people to be responsible, motivated, and cooperative. Any improved behavior due to negative discipline simply means the young person has realized that, in this situation, the cost of negative discipline outweighs the benefits of misbehaving. The young person may change the way she behaves, but not change the way she wants to behave.
I've heard that you can train fleas. Apparently, if you throw some fleas in a jar and put the lid back on, for a few minutes you will hear a popping noise. The fleas will jump from the bottom to the top, and their little bodies will crash against the lid for a few minutes. Eventually, they will get wise and won't jump as high--they'll jump to a height just beneath the lid. (After a while, even a flea realizes hitting its head on the lid isn't much fun). After a few hours of this, you can unscrew the lid, and the fleas won't jump out. They have the ability to jump higher than the top of the jar. But something tells them if they jump too high there will be pain. In the same way, negative discipline may make a teenager behave the way you want him or her to just to avoid pain. But inside, nothing has changed.
The problem with negative discipline is that it's effective only as long as the threat hangs over an individual's head. Negative discipline does not teach the long-term benefits of changing behavior. When the threat of negative discipline has been removed, people are likely to resume their inappropriate behavior again. Consider how people tend to drive when they know a police officer is sitting beside the freeway with a radar gun. As long as that police car is visible, most people will carefully stay within the speed limit. But some of those same people are willing to drive at unsafe speeds if the police aren't visible and they think they can get away with it. Negative discipline procedures make the parent a police officer.
Negative discipline may curb some unacceptable behavior. But negative discipline in itself does not teach or motivate a young person toward more desirable behavior. It tells a young person what not to do--it doesn't tell him what to do. Consider our prison system. If punishment were effective in teaching people better behavior, then nearly anyone released from prison after several years of incarceration would go straight from then on. But a recent study showed that more than two-thirds of released prisoners were arrested again within three years. Of course, there are all kinds of reasons why someone who has been imprisoned is more likely to end up there again. But that doesn't change the basic fact that imprisonment merely keeps a person off the street for a period of time; it does very little to encourage rehabilitation or true changes in thinking and behavior.
On the other hand, positive discipline involves a combination of encouragement, consistency, fairness, and high expectations to train young people. A positive disciplinarian uses words, deeds, or circumstances to develop maturity in the young person--which is the ultimate goal. (See Colossians 1:28.) Your task is to prepare, disciple, and train your teen to serve God with their lives, to bring them to maturity, wholeness, and completeness in Christ. Through positive discipline, we develop mature young people who know them, accept themselves, and control themselves.
Positive discipline is more an attitude and atmosphere than an action. It is a tool, not a weapon. It is an expression of love, not anger. Discipline in the true biblical sense is positive and encouraging--in fact, it's even proof of love.
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Les Christie has spent more than forty years in youth ministry, including more than twenty years in the same church. An energetic speaker, Les also chairs the youth ministry department at William Jessup University. He's the author of more than a dozen books and lives in California with his wife, Gretchen, where he no longer has to discipline his two grown sons, Brent and David.
Learn more about and purchase the book "When Church Kids Go Bad" here:http://www.youthspecialties.com/shop/product_info.php?products_id=431
*Save 30% off the retail price of "When Church Kids Go Bad" when you purchase it at the YS Store and use coupon code YPNNV3. This offer expires 12/3/08.
**
2. LINKS TO LEARN FROM
Later School Start Times Could Be Beneficial for Teens [Minneapolis Star Tribune]http://www.startribune.com/local/east/34441034.html
Teens to Spend $312 on Consumer Electronics in the Next 6 Monthshttp://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/CEA-Study-Shows-Nearly-Half/story.aspx?guid={0ECCC629-8DF8-494A-9772-D0393F5DD5BE}
3. LEARN THEIR LINGO...Some slang and texting lingo for you to speak (or at least understand)
- Federal = against the law, or not right. "Yo, I ain't stealing that money, that's federal!"
- Parlayin = v. relaxing and communicating, like sitting and talking to a female. "Check out Reggie parlayin with Shana."
4. A LITTLE ENCOURAGEMENT...AND HUMOR
"As a child my family's menu consisted of two choices: take it, or leave it."~ Buddy Hackett
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Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Thursday, November 13, 2008
Your teen....self-centered? Nah!
1. TOOLS FOR PARENTING TEENS
This week's article is a continuation of the Growing Up, Preteen series by Mark Oestreicher. This week Mark helps parents understand and cope with preteen self-centeredness.
QUESTION: Why is my pre-teen suddenly so self-centered? It seems like she thinks the whole world revolves around her!
This is an almost universal issue with pre-teens and young teens. Consequently, the frustration parents and youth workers experience is also almost universal! Kids who were, just months ago, generous and outward-focused turn into themselves and become seemingly obsessed with themselves and incapable of noticing others.
EVERYTHING'S ABOUT ME!
Self-centeredness is a natural fungus on the tree of development. Your pre-teen might still have a shred of others-focus; but it will disappear soon! The almost-crazy amount of change going on in the lives of young teens (11 – 14 year olds), draws every remaining bit of noticing others in on itself. All young teens (and older pre-teens) see themselves at the center of the universe.
For example: if you walk across the back of a crowded lecture room (say, church), you will try to be quiet as to not distract – but you won't assume people paying attention and facing the opposite direction are noticing you. Not so with young teens. In the same situation, they'll assume that everyone in the room is watching them (apparently through the back of their heads!) and evaluating their every move.
This self-centeredness is natural, but that doesn't mean parents should just ignore it. There are many ways to counter this; but I've found that the absolute best antidote is experience – experience that forces their attention off of themselves. Give them experiences serving others in need (through a day helping at a soup-kitchen, or a family mission trip, or other service projects). For a pre-teen, this establishes a pattern of noticing others needs. For a young teen, it can create a small opportunity for noticing that the world is more than them (and that will work like yeast, spreading into their worldview).
EVERYTHING'S NOW!
A related issue is how "in the moment" pre-teens and young teens seem to live. If you ask their favorite movie of all time, they'll answer the one they saw last week. They don't have a sense of the past (and I'm talking about their own past, not anything grander than that!), and often don't have a sense of the future either.
Think of it this way: as an adult, you're making decisions on the road of life. And you can look in the rear-view mirror and see the long straight-away behind you, including the choices of life. You can look at the long straight-away ahead of you, and get a sense of what's to come. But preteens and young teens are on a sharp curve in the road of life (the curve of transition and developmental change). The rearview mirror doesn't show much; and the front view is a blind curve.
This can be maddening for parents. Ask speculation questions about the future to help your child begin to see more of the road (he won't naturally do this on his own). Share your own thoughts about the future (as well as the past).
And remember, the curve in the road – with its self-centeredness and "all is now" perspectives – will pass. This is the normal stuff of preteen development – and it's the plan God designed for your child to go through at this time of life!
**
Mark Oestreicher is the president of Youth Specialties (www.YouthSpecialties.com), the leading provider of resources and training for Christian youth workers. Marko speaks to parents, teens and youth workers around the world, and writes books (mostly for youth ministry and young teens). He lives in San Diego with his wife, Jeannie, and his two kids, Liesl and Max.
**
2. LINKS TO LEARN FROM
Prescription Drug Abuse Still a Big Problemhttp://news10now.com/content/all_news/127560/local-teens-using-prescription-drugs-in-schools/Default.aspx
Riding the Highs and Lows of Teenage Faith Developmenthttp://fulleryouthinstitute.org/2008/11/riding-the-highs-and-lows-of-teenage-faith-development/
3. INSIDE YOUR TEEN'S WORLD...Random things you may not have heard about...
Holiday Shopping Preview and Forecasthttp://gendigital.typepad.com/gendigital/2008/11/holiday-shopping-preview-forecast.html
UK Kids and Teens Communicate Nonstophttp://www.emarketer.com/Article.aspx?id=1006721
4. LEARN THEIR LINGO...Some slang and texting lingo for you to speak (or at least understand)
- Cheezin' = Smiling
- Dropped the dime = Told on someone
5. A LITTLE ENCOURAGEMENT...AND HUMOR
"When we choose to be parents, we accept another human being as part of ourselves, and a large part of our emotional selves will stay with that person as long as we live. From that time on, there will be another person on this earth whose orbit around us will affect us as surely as the moon affects the tides, and affect us in some ways more deeply than anyone else can. Our children are extensions of ourselves." ~ Fred Rogers
copyright 2008 :: Youth Specialties300 S. Pierce St. El Cajon, CA 92020 888.346.4179
This week's article is a continuation of the Growing Up, Preteen series by Mark Oestreicher. This week Mark helps parents understand and cope with preteen self-centeredness.
QUESTION: Why is my pre-teen suddenly so self-centered? It seems like she thinks the whole world revolves around her!
This is an almost universal issue with pre-teens and young teens. Consequently, the frustration parents and youth workers experience is also almost universal! Kids who were, just months ago, generous and outward-focused turn into themselves and become seemingly obsessed with themselves and incapable of noticing others.
EVERYTHING'S ABOUT ME!
Self-centeredness is a natural fungus on the tree of development. Your pre-teen might still have a shred of others-focus; but it will disappear soon! The almost-crazy amount of change going on in the lives of young teens (11 – 14 year olds), draws every remaining bit of noticing others in on itself. All young teens (and older pre-teens) see themselves at the center of the universe.
For example: if you walk across the back of a crowded lecture room (say, church), you will try to be quiet as to not distract – but you won't assume people paying attention and facing the opposite direction are noticing you. Not so with young teens. In the same situation, they'll assume that everyone in the room is watching them (apparently through the back of their heads!) and evaluating their every move.
This self-centeredness is natural, but that doesn't mean parents should just ignore it. There are many ways to counter this; but I've found that the absolute best antidote is experience – experience that forces their attention off of themselves. Give them experiences serving others in need (through a day helping at a soup-kitchen, or a family mission trip, or other service projects). For a pre-teen, this establishes a pattern of noticing others needs. For a young teen, it can create a small opportunity for noticing that the world is more than them (and that will work like yeast, spreading into their worldview).
EVERYTHING'S NOW!
A related issue is how "in the moment" pre-teens and young teens seem to live. If you ask their favorite movie of all time, they'll answer the one they saw last week. They don't have a sense of the past (and I'm talking about their own past, not anything grander than that!), and often don't have a sense of the future either.
Think of it this way: as an adult, you're making decisions on the road of life. And you can look in the rear-view mirror and see the long straight-away behind you, including the choices of life. You can look at the long straight-away ahead of you, and get a sense of what's to come. But preteens and young teens are on a sharp curve in the road of life (the curve of transition and developmental change). The rearview mirror doesn't show much; and the front view is a blind curve.
This can be maddening for parents. Ask speculation questions about the future to help your child begin to see more of the road (he won't naturally do this on his own). Share your own thoughts about the future (as well as the past).
And remember, the curve in the road – with its self-centeredness and "all is now" perspectives – will pass. This is the normal stuff of preteen development – and it's the plan God designed for your child to go through at this time of life!
**
Mark Oestreicher is the president of Youth Specialties (www.YouthSpecialties.com), the leading provider of resources and training for Christian youth workers. Marko speaks to parents, teens and youth workers around the world, and writes books (mostly for youth ministry and young teens). He lives in San Diego with his wife, Jeannie, and his two kids, Liesl and Max.
**
2. LINKS TO LEARN FROM
Prescription Drug Abuse Still a Big Problemhttp://news10now.com/content/all_news/127560/local-teens-using-prescription-drugs-in-schools/Default.aspx
Riding the Highs and Lows of Teenage Faith Developmenthttp://fulleryouthinstitute.org/2008/11/riding-the-highs-and-lows-of-teenage-faith-development/
3. INSIDE YOUR TEEN'S WORLD...Random things you may not have heard about...
Holiday Shopping Preview and Forecasthttp://gendigital.typepad.com/gendigital/2008/11/holiday-shopping-preview-forecast.html
UK Kids and Teens Communicate Nonstophttp://www.emarketer.com/Article.aspx?id=1006721
4. LEARN THEIR LINGO...Some slang and texting lingo for you to speak (or at least understand)
- Cheezin' = Smiling
- Dropped the dime = Told on someone
5. A LITTLE ENCOURAGEMENT...AND HUMOR
"When we choose to be parents, we accept another human being as part of ourselves, and a large part of our emotional selves will stay with that person as long as we live. From that time on, there will be another person on this earth whose orbit around us will affect us as surely as the moon affects the tides, and affect us in some ways more deeply than anyone else can. Our children are extensions of ourselves." ~ Fred Rogers
copyright 2008 :: Youth Specialties300 S. Pierce St. El Cajon, CA 92020 888.346.4179
Thursday, November 6, 2008
Slow down! Whew!
FOR PARENTS
INCREASING SLOWNESS
When my children were young, track meets filled part of each week during the spring. One particularly hot spring day, I attended a junior high track meet, arriving in the middle of the boys' 1500 meter race. During the last lap of the race, the audience stood, cheering two boys running side-by-side for the final fifty meters. A short distance behind them ran a pack of about four or five boys jockeying for third place. The crowd broke into applause for the first and second-place finishers, and then crescendoed as the pack fought for third place.
Another runner suddenly caught my attention. As I looked down the track, I saw one boy lagging far behind. Poor kid. The portly seventh grader struggled for each breath, his face red and sweaty, the main artery in his neck bulging and throbbing to supply oxygen to his deprived muscles.
Suddenly the woman to my left stepped over me and rushed down to the railing overlooking the track--obviously the boy's mother.
She screamed, "Johnny, run faster!"
I wish you could have seen the incredulous look on the boy's face. He had to be thinking, Mom! I'm running as fast as I can!
Spiritual growth does not happen by running faster.
What keeps many of us from growing is not sin but speed.
Most of us are just like Johnny. We are going as fast as we can, living life at a dizzying speed, and God is nowhere to be found. We're not rejecting God; we just don't have time for him. We've lost him in the blurred landscape as we rush to church. We don't struggle with the Bible, but with the clock. It's not that we're too decadent; we're too busy. We don't feel guilty because of sin, but because we have no time for our spouses, our children, or our God. It's not sinning too much that's killing our souls, it's our schedule that's annihilating us. Most of us don't come home at night staggering drunk. Instead, we come home staggering tired, worn out, exhausted, and drained because we live too fast.
Speed is not neutral. Fast living used to mean a life of debauchery; now it just means fast, but the consequences are even more serious. Speeding through life endangers our relationships and our souls.
Voices surround us, always telling us to move faster. It may be our boss, our pastor, our parents, our wives, our husbands, our politicians, or, sadly, even ourselves. So we comply. We increase the speed. We live life in the fast lane because we have no slow lanes anymore. Every lane is fast, and the only comfort our culture can offer is more lanes and increased speed limits. The result? Too many of us are running as fast as we can, and an alarming number of us are running much faster than we can sustain.
Speed damages our souls because living fast consumes every ounce of our energy. Speed has a deafening roar that drowns out the whispering voices of our souls and leaves Jesus as a diminishing speck in the rearview mirror.
Spiritual growth is not running faster, as in more meetings, more Bible studies, and more prayer meetings. Spiritual growth happens when we slow our activity down. If we want to meet Jesus, we can't do it on the run. If we want to stay on the road of faith, we have to hit the brakes, pull over to a rest area, and stop. Christianity is not about inviting Jesus to speed through life with us; it's about noticing Jesus sitting at the rest stop.
While the church earnestly warns Christians to watch for the devil, the devil is sitting in the congregation encouraging everyone to keep busy doing "good things." I just received a letter from a woman minister who was on the edge of crashing and burning. She and her family had joined a growing, active church and quickly volunteered to help. But two years later, she realized that her entire family was speeding by each other in unrestrained zeal to lead one activity or another at church every week.
"Run faster!" this woman's church bulletin screamed, but the only way she could save her soul from death was to slow down, which meant finding a new job.
Sin does not always drive us to drink; more often it drives us to exhaustion. Tiredness is equally as debilitating as drunkenness. Burnout is slang for an inner tiredness, a fatigue of our souls. Jesus came to forgive us all of our sins, including the sin of busyness. The problem with growth in the modern church is not the slowness of growth but the rushing of growth.
Jesus came to give us rest.
We know we are ready for God to work in our lives when we're tired. When our lives begin to weigh us down, God is present in the heaviness. It turns out that it's weariness that's next to godliness, because when our souls are tired, we are able to hear his voice, and according to Matthew 11:28, what he's saying is, "Come. Rest."
The ugly truth, however, is that many of us do not knowhow to rest!
Actually, we do know how to rest; we simply refuse to rest. Rest is a decision we make. Rest is choosing to do nothing when we have too much to do, slowing down when we feel pressure to go faster, stopping instead of starting. Rest is listening to our weariness and responding to our tiredness, not to what is making us tired. Rest is what happens when we say one simple word: "No!" Rest is the ultimate humiliation because in order to rest, we must admit we are not necessary, that the world can get along without us, that God's work does not depend on us. Once we understand how unnecessary we are, only then might we find the right reasons to say yes. Only then might we find the right reasons to decide to be with Jesus instead of working for him. Only then might we have the courage to take a nap with Jesus.
SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT
1. What do you, as a parent, need to say "no" to in order to slow down?
2. What do you need to help your child say "no" to help them slow down?
**
Mike Yaconelli was the co-founder of Youth Specialties. He spent 43 years of his life in ministry to youth, and 20 years as a pastor of a small church in Yreka, California. He wrote dozens of books for youth ministry. Before Mike passed away in October of 2003, he also wrote "Devotion" for students.
Learn more about and purchase the book, "Messy Spirituality" here:http://www.youthspecialties.com/shop/product_info.php?products_id=366
*Save 30% off the retail price of "Messy Spirituality" when you purchase it at the YS Store and use coupon code YPNNV1. This offer expires 11/19/08.
**
copyright 2008 :: Youth Specialties300 S. Pierce St. El Cajon, CA 92020 888.346.4179
INCREASING SLOWNESS
When my children were young, track meets filled part of each week during the spring. One particularly hot spring day, I attended a junior high track meet, arriving in the middle of the boys' 1500 meter race. During the last lap of the race, the audience stood, cheering two boys running side-by-side for the final fifty meters. A short distance behind them ran a pack of about four or five boys jockeying for third place. The crowd broke into applause for the first and second-place finishers, and then crescendoed as the pack fought for third place.
Another runner suddenly caught my attention. As I looked down the track, I saw one boy lagging far behind. Poor kid. The portly seventh grader struggled for each breath, his face red and sweaty, the main artery in his neck bulging and throbbing to supply oxygen to his deprived muscles.
Suddenly the woman to my left stepped over me and rushed down to the railing overlooking the track--obviously the boy's mother.
She screamed, "Johnny, run faster!"
I wish you could have seen the incredulous look on the boy's face. He had to be thinking, Mom! I'm running as fast as I can!
Spiritual growth does not happen by running faster.
What keeps many of us from growing is not sin but speed.
Most of us are just like Johnny. We are going as fast as we can, living life at a dizzying speed, and God is nowhere to be found. We're not rejecting God; we just don't have time for him. We've lost him in the blurred landscape as we rush to church. We don't struggle with the Bible, but with the clock. It's not that we're too decadent; we're too busy. We don't feel guilty because of sin, but because we have no time for our spouses, our children, or our God. It's not sinning too much that's killing our souls, it's our schedule that's annihilating us. Most of us don't come home at night staggering drunk. Instead, we come home staggering tired, worn out, exhausted, and drained because we live too fast.
Speed is not neutral. Fast living used to mean a life of debauchery; now it just means fast, but the consequences are even more serious. Speeding through life endangers our relationships and our souls.
Voices surround us, always telling us to move faster. It may be our boss, our pastor, our parents, our wives, our husbands, our politicians, or, sadly, even ourselves. So we comply. We increase the speed. We live life in the fast lane because we have no slow lanes anymore. Every lane is fast, and the only comfort our culture can offer is more lanes and increased speed limits. The result? Too many of us are running as fast as we can, and an alarming number of us are running much faster than we can sustain.
Speed damages our souls because living fast consumes every ounce of our energy. Speed has a deafening roar that drowns out the whispering voices of our souls and leaves Jesus as a diminishing speck in the rearview mirror.
Spiritual growth is not running faster, as in more meetings, more Bible studies, and more prayer meetings. Spiritual growth happens when we slow our activity down. If we want to meet Jesus, we can't do it on the run. If we want to stay on the road of faith, we have to hit the brakes, pull over to a rest area, and stop. Christianity is not about inviting Jesus to speed through life with us; it's about noticing Jesus sitting at the rest stop.
While the church earnestly warns Christians to watch for the devil, the devil is sitting in the congregation encouraging everyone to keep busy doing "good things." I just received a letter from a woman minister who was on the edge of crashing and burning. She and her family had joined a growing, active church and quickly volunteered to help. But two years later, she realized that her entire family was speeding by each other in unrestrained zeal to lead one activity or another at church every week.
"Run faster!" this woman's church bulletin screamed, but the only way she could save her soul from death was to slow down, which meant finding a new job.
Sin does not always drive us to drink; more often it drives us to exhaustion. Tiredness is equally as debilitating as drunkenness. Burnout is slang for an inner tiredness, a fatigue of our souls. Jesus came to forgive us all of our sins, including the sin of busyness. The problem with growth in the modern church is not the slowness of growth but the rushing of growth.
Jesus came to give us rest.
We know we are ready for God to work in our lives when we're tired. When our lives begin to weigh us down, God is present in the heaviness. It turns out that it's weariness that's next to godliness, because when our souls are tired, we are able to hear his voice, and according to Matthew 11:28, what he's saying is, "Come. Rest."
The ugly truth, however, is that many of us do not knowhow to rest!
Actually, we do know how to rest; we simply refuse to rest. Rest is a decision we make. Rest is choosing to do nothing when we have too much to do, slowing down when we feel pressure to go faster, stopping instead of starting. Rest is listening to our weariness and responding to our tiredness, not to what is making us tired. Rest is what happens when we say one simple word: "No!" Rest is the ultimate humiliation because in order to rest, we must admit we are not necessary, that the world can get along without us, that God's work does not depend on us. Once we understand how unnecessary we are, only then might we find the right reasons to say yes. Only then might we find the right reasons to decide to be with Jesus instead of working for him. Only then might we have the courage to take a nap with Jesus.
SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT
1. What do you, as a parent, need to say "no" to in order to slow down?
2. What do you need to help your child say "no" to help them slow down?
**
Mike Yaconelli was the co-founder of Youth Specialties. He spent 43 years of his life in ministry to youth, and 20 years as a pastor of a small church in Yreka, California. He wrote dozens of books for youth ministry. Before Mike passed away in October of 2003, he also wrote "Devotion" for students.
Learn more about and purchase the book, "Messy Spirituality" here:http://www.youthspecialties.com/shop/product_info.php?products_id=366
*Save 30% off the retail price of "Messy Spirituality" when you purchase it at the YS Store and use coupon code YPNNV1. This offer expires 11/19/08.
**
copyright 2008 :: Youth Specialties300 S. Pierce St. El Cajon, CA 92020 888.346.4179
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