This nightmare has become a reality as more youngpeople than ever before are "backsliding." GeorgeBarna contends that over 60 percent of Christian kidswho attend youth group run off to university and casttheir faith aside. Some pollsters believe the number is ashigh as 80 percent.Imagine ten teenagers from your church youth group arelined up against a wall. Once those kids become adults,eight of them are likely to never darken the doorstep ofa church again. Eighty percent! But there is great news!Your child doesn't have to be a statistic. Your child canbecome an adult who loves the Lord the same way youdo. While you cannot save your child, you can avoidthe pitfalls that become the excuses that kids use toapostatize.