Gordon: SHE'S STRONG,

KIND, AND SURROUNDED BY

DUCK CALLS.

"DUCK DYNASTY'S" KORIE

ROBERTSON SHARES HER

RED-NECK WISDOM ON RAISING

KIDS, ON TODAY'S "700 CLUB

INTERACTIVE."

WELL, WELCOME TO THE SHOW.

WILLIE AND KORIE

ROBERTSON'S ADVENTURES ON

"DUCK DYNASTY" HAVE MADE

THEM AND THEIR CHILDREN

FAN FAVOURITES.

SO WHAT'S THE SECRET OF

THEIR SUCCESS AS PARENTS?

TAKE A LOOK.

Reporter: MANY FANS

OF THE HIT REALITY SHOW

"DUCK DYNASTY" WONDER HOW

WILLIE AND KORIE ROBERTSON

HAVE MANAGED TO RAISE SUCH

GOOD KIDS.

IN HER BOOK, "STRONG AND

KIND," KORIE SHARES HER

TIME-TESTED PRACTICES FOR

PARENTING AND TALKS ABOUT

CHARACTER TRAITS THAT KIDS

NEED TO LEAD SUCCESSFUL

LIVES.

Gordon: KORIE,

WELCOME TO THE SHOW.

WE'VE HAD LOTS OF

RBLRTSONS ON THIS SHOW.

HAPPY TO HAVE YOU WITH US.

I'M HAPPY TO BE HERE.

Gordon: YOU HAD A

FAMILY TRADITION GROWING

UP, AND WHILE YOUç WERE

GROWING UP, I DON'T THINK

YOU REALLY ENJOYED IT

MUCH, BUT IT LEFT YOU WITH

SOMETHING.

WHAT WAS IT?

WHEN YOU'RE KIDS AND

YOUR ON VACCINE VACATION, YOU

DON'T WANT TO STOP AND

HAVE FAMILY DEVOTION

TIME -- YOU JUST WANT TO

BE ON THE BEACH.

BUT MY DAD GOT US TOGETHER

TO TALK ABOUT THE VALUES

THAT ARE IMPORTANT FOR OUR

FAMILY.

AND WE MADE UP PRINCIPLES

FOR LIVING FOR OUR FAMILY.

IT WAS A LIST FOR ALL OF

US TO COME UP WITH, WHAT

VALUES WE HELD DEAR,

THINGS LIKE TREATING

PEOPLE MORE IMPORTANTLY

THAN YOU TREAT THINGS AND

SHARING AND CARING.

AND THAT MADE AN IMPACT ON

ME.

Gordon: DID YOU KNOW

AT THE TIME WHY HE WAS

DOING IT?

I THINK AS A KID, YOU

GET IT, YOU UNDERSTAND

THAT, OKAY, THIS IS SOME

IMPORTANT, BUT YOU DON'T

REALLY WANT TO SIT DOWN

AND DO IT.

AND YOU DON'T EVER REALLY

UNDERSTAND UNTIL LATER

WHAT KIND OF IMPACT THAT

WILL MAKE ON YOU.

Gordon: WHAT WAS THE

IMPAG

ON YOU?

I THINK THE IMPACT ON

ME WAS REALLY ABOUT BEING

INTENTIONAL ABOUT HOW WE

LIDE.

IT MATTERS.

HAVING GOOD CHARACTER,

HAVING INTEGRITY, HAVING

VALUES, THOSE THINGS

MATTER.

AND THE WAY THAT WE LIVE

OUR LIVES.

AND AS KIDS -- A LOT OF

TIMES IT IS HARD FOR US TO

LOOK AT OUR KIDS AS

ADULTS.

BUT I THINK IT IS

IMPORTANT FOR US TO SEE

OUR KIDS AS THE ADULTS WE

WANT THEM TO BE.

WHENEVER THEY'RE THROWING

A TANTRUM IN THE GROCERY

STORE AT THREE, IT IS HARD

TO SEE THAT.

BUT YOU THINK, I WANT MY

CHILD TO BE AN ADULT SOME

DAY WHO HAS SELF-CONTROL,

AND WE'RE GOING TO SAY,

WE'RE NOT GOING TO ALLOW

THAT KIND OF BEHAVIOR AND

TEACH THEM THE RIGHT WAY.

Gordon: YOU SAY, I

WANT TO BE INTENTIONALLY

PARENTING, AND WHAT KIND

OF ADULT DO I WANT HERE

AND HOW DO I INSTILL THAT?

RIGHT.

Gordon: WHY DID YOU

TITLE THE BOOK "STRONG AND

KIND?"

I CARRIED THOSE TRAITSç

WHEN WE THE KIDS WERE

YOUNG.

WE WANTED THEM TO BE

STRONG, NOT JUST IN WHOç

THEY ARE BUT WHOSE THEY

ARE.

THEY WANTED THEM TO KNOW

THAT GOD IS WITH THEM AND

HE IS FOR THEM.

I KNOW LIFE IS TOUGH.

WE'RE ALL GOING TO GO

THROUGH DIFFICULT TIMES.

NOBODY IS IMMUNE TO TOUGH

TIMES IN THIS WORLD.

I WANT THEM TO BE STRONG

TO KNOW THAT EVEN THOUGH

THEY MIGHT BEND, THEY WILL

NOT BREAK.

BECAUSE GOD IS WITH THEM

AND HE IS HOLDING THEM UP.

AND KINDNESS FOR OTHERS.

BECAUSE IF WE WERE KINDER,

I THINK OUR WORLD WOULD BE

A MUCH BETTER PLACE.

ALL OF THE THINGS THAT

COME WITH KINDNESS IS

COMPASSION AND GENEROSITY.

I WANT THEM TO BE KIND,

THE WAY THEY LIVE THEIR

LIFE AND THE WAY THEY

INTERACT WITH OTHERS.

Gordon: YOU'RE

UNUSUAL, AND I THINK IT IS

AN ACT OF KINDNESS IN WHAT

YOU DID, THAT YOU NOT ONLY

HAD NATURAL CHILDREN, BUT

YOU ALSO WENT OUT AND

ADOPTED.

WHY WERE YOU COMPELLED TO

DO THAT?

WELL, GROWING UP, OUR

FAMILY WAS VERY

HOSPITABLE.

WE HAD A GUEST ROOM THATç

WAS NEVER EMPTY.

WE HAD MOTHERS WITH

CHILDREN WHO MAYBE NEEDED

A PLACE.

MAYBE THEY CAME FSóM AN

ABUSIVE SITUATION.

AND IT WAS, LIKE, OVER 80

PEOPLE LIVE WITH US AS WE

WERE GROWING UP.

SO OUR HOME -- THEY

PRACTICED HOSPITALITY, AND

SO I UNDERSTOOD THAT.

WHILE THEY DIDN'T ADOPT A

CHILD, WE TOOK IN A LOT OF

CHILDREN AT DIFFERENT

CHILDREN AT DIFFERENT

TIMES THROUGHOUT THEIR

LIFE.

MY SENIOR YEAR IN HIGH

SCHOOL, MY BIBLE TEACHER

ADOPTED, AND HE REALLY

TALKED ABOUT THE VERSE,

RELIGION THAT IS TRUE AND

FAULTLESS IS TAKING CARE

OF AN ORPHAN.

WHEN WILLIE AND I STARTED

DATING, I TOLD WILLIE, AND

HE WAS, LIKE, ABSOLUTELY.

HE WAS 100% ON BOARD FROM

THE VERY BEGINNING.

IT WAS A DECISION WE KNEW

WE ALWAYS WANTED TO DO.

Gordon: WAS THERE A

DIFFERENCE IN APPARENTLY

YOUR NATURAPARENTINGYOUR NATURAL CHILDREN

AS

ADOPTED?

I THINK EVERY CHILD IS

DIFFERENT.

THEY'RE ALL A SURPRISE.

ABSOLUTELY NOT IN THE WAY

YOU LOVEç THEM AND IN THE

WAY THEY ARE YOURS 100%.

JUST LIKE WE ARE GOD'S

ADOPTED CHILDREN.

WE ARE HIS AND OURç

CHILDREN ARE OURS, NO

MATTER HOW THEY CAME TO

US.

BUT EACH CHILD IS

ABSOLUTELY DIFFERENT IN

THEIR PERSONALITIES AND

THEIR TALENTS AND THEIR

STRENGTHS AND THEIR

WEAKNESSES, SO, YES, YOU

PARENT EACH ONE

DIFFERENTLY.

Gordon: ANY

CHALLENGES RIGHT NOW?

YOU ARE, I WOULD SAY MEGA

FAMOUS, NOT JUST FAMOUS.

BUT YOU'VE HIT A, CAN YOU

WALK THROUGH AIRPORTS

ANYMORE?

WHEN YOU GO INTO THE

GROCERY STORE, PEOPLE ARE

LOOKING AT YOU.

DOES THAT CHANGE HOW YOU

PARENT?

I THINK IT MEANS THAT

YOU HAVE TO TALK TO YOUR

KIDS EVEN MORE.

I THINK THAT IN EVERY PART

OF LIFE -- WHENEVER WE

DECIDED TO DO THIS SHOW,

WE HEARD A LOT OF FEAR

FROM PEOPLE, ARE YOU SURE

YOU WANT TO DO THIS?

YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENS TO

REALITY SHOW KIDS?

AND I THOUGHT, THIS IS

EVERY FAMILY.

THERE ARE UNIQUE

CHALLENGES TO BEING A

SCHOOL TEACHER OR BEING A

PASTOR, OR BEING WHATEVER

YOU ARE IN LIFE.

YOU'VE GOT TO FOCUS ON GOD

AND ASK HIM TO BLESS YOU

AND TO CARE FOR YOUç AND TO

WATCH OVER YOU.

AND YOU'VE GOT TO STAY

WITHIN HIS PATH.

SO I DON'T THINK THAT IT

ISç NECESSARILY UNIQUE

EXCEPT FOR THE FACT IT HAS

CAUSED US TO REALLY MAKE

SURE WE REPAIR THEM FOR

THE ROAD, AND FOR THE

DIFFICULTIES THAT MIGHT

COME WITH SOCIAL MEDIA OR

WHAT OTHER MIGHT SAY OR

OTHER PEOPLE'S THOUGHTS.

OR EVEN JUST PEOPLE TAKING

PICTURES OF YOU WHEN YOU

WALK DOWN THE AIRPORT.

WE TALK ABOUT BEING KIND

TO EVERYBODY.

Gordon: TAKE THE

MOMENT, STAY IN THE

MOMENT.

YOU'VE HAD A FEW YEARS OF

BEING STRONG AND KIND AND

LIVING INTENTIONALLY AND

BEING AN INTENTIONAL

PARENT.

WHAT ARE YOU MOST PROUD

OF?

WELL, I'M PROUD OF

WILLIE AND MY 24 YEARS OF

MARRIAGE.

I THINK THAT IS SO

IMPORTANT TO TEACH YOUR

CHILDREN.

EVERY SINGLE VALUE CAN BE

SUMMED UP AND SHOWN IN A

GOOD MARRIAGE AND A

HEALTHY MARRIAGE.

BECAUSE WE'VE HAD

DIFFICULT YEARS, LIKE

EVERYBODY ELSE.

24 YEARS OF MARRIAGE IS

NOT ALL EASY.

Gordon: MARRIAGE IS

WORK.

BUT SHOWING YOURç KIDS

THAT LOYALTY, THAT

HUMILITY WHEN IT IS TOUGH.

SAYING YOU'RE SORRY WHEN

YOU DON'T NECESSARILY WANTç

TO.

SHOWING LOVE AND

COMPASSION TO YOUR SPOUSE.

AND SO I THINK THAT THE

MOST IMPORTANT THING YOU

CAN DO FOR YOUR KIDS IS TO

LOVE YOUR SPOUSE AND TO

RESPECT THEM AND TREAT

THEM WELL.

SO I'M MOST PROUD OF THAT.

AND THEN, OF COURSE, MY

KIDS.

I COULDN'T BE MORE PROUD

OF EACH OF OUR KIDS.

I WAS PROUD OF THEM WHEN

THEY CAME OUT OF THE WOMB

AND WHEN WE GOT THEM.

Gordon: ARE YOU READY

TO BE A GRANDMOTHER?

YES, I AM.

I'M NOT SURE WHAT THEY'RE

GOING TO CALL ME, BUT I

AM.

THEY STILL HAVE COLLEGE

AND ALL OF THAT TO GO TO,

BUT WHEN THEY'RE READY,

I'LL ABSOLUTELY BE LOOKING

FORWARD TO IT.

I LOVE ME SOME BABIES.

Gordon: THE BOOK FROM

KORIE ROBERTSON, "STRONG

AND KIND AND OTHER

IMPORTANT CHARACTER TRAITS

YOUR CHILD NEEDS TO

SUCCEED."

I ENCOURAGE TO YOU GET IT

WHENEVER BOOKS ARE SOLD.

KORIE THAN THANK YOU SO MUCH

FOR BEING WITH US.

THANK YOU FOR HAVING

ME.

Gordon: WE'LL BE

RIGHT BACK WITH MOREç OF

"700 CLUB INTERACTIVE"

RIGHT AFTER THIS.

ççççç

Gordon: JIN LIVING IMAGINE

LIVING WHERE MOST CHILDREN

DON'T GET ENOUGH TO EAT?

THAT'S THE REALITY IN

HAITI, WHERE ONE IN FIVE

CHILDREN ARE UNDERWEIGHT,

AND ONE IN 14 WILL DIE

BEFORE REACHING THE AGE OF

FIVE.

THE HUNGER CRISIS THEREç

AFFECTS ALL A ASPECTS OF

LIFE, ESPECIALLYç

EDUCATION.

CAITLIN BURKE TRAVELLED TO

HAITI FOR A LOOK AT THE

SOLUTIONS.

Reporter: WHAT IF YOU

HAD TO GO TO SCHOOL IN

STIFLING HEAT AND TRY TO

FOCUS WHEN YOU'RE ALSO

STARVING.

IF KIDS ARE HUNGRY, THEY

CAN'T LEARN.

IF THEY CAN'T LEARN, THEY

CAN NEVER GROW UP AND

BECOME THE CHANGE THAT

THEIR COUNTRY SO

DESPERATELY NEEDS.

IN HAITI, RICHARD AND DANA

ADAMS HAVE SEEN THIS FOR

MORE THAN 30 YEARS.

THEY OVERSEE THREE

CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS.

WE HAD CHILDREN THAT

WERE FAINTING IN SCHOOL

BECAUSE OF THE HEAT AND

COMING WITH AN EMPTY

STOMACH.

AND WE HAD A BURDEN FOR

YEARS TO BE ABLE TO FEED

THEM.

AND WE HAD A FEEDING

PROGRAM WHEN WE HAD 400

STUDENTS AT THE MAIN

COMPOUND.

BUT THEN THE SCHOOL BEGAN

TO GROW, AND WE JUST COULD

NOT KEEP GOING.

AND WE JUST PRAYED AND

PRAYED FOR THE LORD TO

GIVE A DELIVERANCE.

Reporter: GOD

ANSWERED THEIR PRAYER IN

THE FORM OFç CBN'S

"ORPHANS' PROMISE," WHICH

PROVIDED FUNDS TO START A

FEEDING PROGRAM IN TWO OF

THEIR SCHOOLS.

THE CAPACITY WE'RE

FUARED FOR THIS YEAR IS

1200 STUDENTS A DAY.

WE HAVE ABOUT 900 THAT

WE'RE FEEDING RIGHT NOW.

Reporter: FIVE DAYS A

WEEK, STUDENTS EAT A

NUTRITIOUS MEAL, PREPARED

BY HAITIAN COOKS HERE AT

THE SCHOOL.

THEY'RE MORE ALERT.

THEY'RE ABLE TO PAY

ATTENTION MORE.

IT MAKES ALL OF THE

DIFFERENCE.

THERE IS A HAITIAN PROVERB

THAT SAYS: "AN EMPTY SACK

CANNOT STAND."

Reporter:

DR. PATRICIA WOLF ALSO SO

A NEED WHEN SHE STARTED

COMING TO HAITI IN 1988.

PIERNTIO I WOULD COME BACK THE

NEXT TIME, AND THE KIDS

YOU SAW THAT WERE

MALNOURISHED WERE SICK

AGAIN OR SOMETIMES THEY

HAD DIED IN THE MEANTIME.

Reporter: AFTER 15

YEARS OF MEDICAL MISSION

VOLUNTEER WORK, WOLF

DECIDED TO DO SOMETHING ON

A BIGGER SCALE.

IN 2003, WE STARTED

MIXING TOGETHER PEANUTS,

POWDERED MILK, SUGAR AND

OIL, AND WE GAVE THEM

EXTRAç VITAMINS AND

MINERALS BECAUSE WE DIDN'T

HAVE THE VITAMINS AS

POWDER.

AND WE STARTED THATç IN A

METHODIST CHURCH SCHOOL

ROOM.

AND WE MADE THAT YEAR, IN

2003, WE MADE

100 KILOGRAMS A MONTH, AND

WE TREATED 10 KIDS A

MONTH.

AND IT WAS LIKE A MIRACLE.

ALL OF THE KIDS WHO LOOKED

HALF DEAD POPPED UP WITHIN

A WEEK OR TWO AND WERE

CURED IN SIX TO EIGHT

WEEKS.

Reporter: IN 2012,

M.F.K. BUILT THIS NEW

STATE-OF-THE-ART FACILITY,

WITH THE CAPACITIES TO

FEED 8,000 CHILDREN.

THE PRODUCTS INCLUDE A

PRODUCT FOR THE SEVERELY

MALNOURISHED, AND A

PRE-NATAL SUPPLEMENT, AND

A SCHOOL SNACK.

ALL OF THE M.F.K. PRODUCTS

ARE MADE HERE, USING LOCAL

WORKERS, AND WHENEVER

POSSIBLE, HAITIAN RAW

MATERIALS.

WHAT WE NEED TO DO IN

HAITI IS GO BEYOND RESCUE.

WE NEED TO RESCUE PEOPLE

WHO ARE LIKELY TO DIE AND

WHOç DON'T HAVE ENOUGH

NUTRITIOUS FOOD TO EAT,

BUT THAT DOESN'T GO

ANYWHEREç UNLESS YOU

DEVELOP THE COUNTRY AND

EMPLOY THEIR PARENTS SO

THAT THE NEXT CHILD AND

THE NEXT CHILD IN THAT

FAMILY ARE NOT ALSO

MALNOURISHED.

Reporter: THESE

PRODUCTS GIVE DESPERATE

PARENTS A WAY TO FIGHT

MALNUTRITION AND TO KEEP

THEIR FAMILIES TOGETHER.

A COMMON REASON A CHILD

WOULD BE IN AN O ORPHANAGE

IS BECAUSE THEIR PARENTS

CAN'T FEED THEM.

Reporter: IT IS THE

AGE WHEN THEIR BRAINS ARE

DEVELOP, AND WITHOUT

PROPER NUTRITION, THEY

WILL NEVER BE AS SMART OR

HEALTHY AS THEY COULD BE.

WE HAVE TO GO WITH THE

KIDS BECAUSE THE KIDS ARE

THE FUTURE.

AND THEY'RE THE MOST

LIKELY TO BE THE DAMAGED.

AND WE KNOW HOW TO FIX IT.

WE JUST HAVE TO PUT

RESOURCES INTO IT.

WE HAVE TO BE DETERMINED

TO PUT RESOURCES INTO IT.

Reporter: M.F.K. NOW

EXPORTS PRODUCTS TO OTHER

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, WITH

BOTH UNICEF AND THE WORLD

FOOD PROGRAM AS MAJOR

COSTUMERS.

BUT EVEN WITH THE

ORGANIZATION'S GROWTH,

RUJt SAYS HER WORK IS

5Q

FAR FROM

OVER.

THE WORLD REALLY

SHOULDN'T BE THISç WAY.

PART OF THE WAY I FEEL

ABOUT IT IS THAT THERE ARE

SOME PEOPLE IN THE WORLD,

LIKE THE PEOPLE WHO ARE

BORN IN NORTH AMERICA OR

EUROPE, WHO KIND OF WON

THE LOTTERY.

IT ISN'T HAPPENING HERE.

IF YOU SAW A STRANGER

DROWNING, YOU WOULD JUMP

IN AND TRY TO SAVE THEM.

AND THAT'S PRETTY MUCH MY

MOTIVATION.

Reporter: CAITLIN

BURKE, CBN NEWS, HAITI.

Gordon: NUTRITION IS

ABSOLUTELY KEY TO

EDUCATION.

WITHOUT IT, CHILDREN DON'T

LEARN.

THEIR BRAINS DON'T

DEVELOP.

THEY DON'T HAVE THE

NEUROCONNECTIONS.

SO DOING THAT, TAKING A

HOLISTIC APPROACH, WHERE

YOU'RE NOT JUST SAYING,

WE'RE GOING TO GIVE A

HANDOUT, WE'RE GOING TO

GIVE A HANDUP IS THE

ABSOLUTE SOLUTION.

HOW DO YOU CHANGE A

COUNTRY?

YOU NEED TO TAKE AN ENTIRE

GENERATION AND SAY, WE'RE

GOING TO WALK YOU FUM.

WE'RçTHROUGH.

IN EASTERN HUNGARY, ONE

LITTLE BOY SPENT HIS DAYS

ONç THE STREETS BEGGING FOR

FOOD.

Terry: EVERY DAY,

FROM DAWN UNTIL DUSK, SEDU

SINGS THROUGHOUT HIS SMALL

VILLAGE IN INDIA.

IT IS THE ONLY WAY THE

5-YEAR-OLD CAN MAKE ENOUGH

MONEY TO BUY FOOD.

MY FATHER DIED BEFORE I

WAS BORN.

AND MY MOTHER DIED THE DAY

SHE GAVE BIRTH TO ME.

Terry: HIS

GRANDMOTHER SELLS FIREWOOD

SHE COLLECTS IN THE

JUNGLE, WHY SEDU BEGS AT

THE SHOPS.

SHE MAKES ENOUGH TO LIVE

ON HER OWN, BUT SOMETIMES

THEIR COMBINED INCOME

ISN'T ENOUGH TO BUY FOOD

FOR THEM BOTH.

SO SHE DECIDED TO TAKE HIM

TO A CHILDREN'S HOME

SUPPORTED BY "ORPHANS'

PROMISE." HERE HE HAS FOOD

EVERY DAY AND HE IS

ENROLLED IN A CHRISTIAN

SCHOOLMENT.

BEFORSCHOOL.

BEFORE COMING HERE, I

HAD TO WORK ALL OF THE

TIME.

BUT NOW I CAN GO TO SCHOOL

AND LEARNç MANY THINGS.

Terry: IT DIDN'T TAKE

LONG BEFORE SEDU ASKED

JESUS TO BE HIS LORD ANDç

SAVIOR.

NOW INSTEAD OF SINGING FOR

FOOD, HE SINGS ABOUT GOD'S

LOVE.

MY NEW PARENTS AND

FRIENDS LOVE ME SO MUCH.

I REALLY LIKE IT HERE.

Gordon: YOU CAN BE A

PART OF IT.

YOU CAN BE A PART OF

EVERYTHING WE DO AROUND

THE WORLD.

HOW DO YOU DO THAT?

YOU JUST JOIN "THE 700

CLUB."

HOW MUCH IS IT?

$20 A MONTH, 65 CENTS A

DAY, AND YOU JOIN WITH

TENS OF THOUSANDS OF

PEOPLE THAT SAY, YES, I

WANT TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE

IN THE WORLD TODAY.

IF YOU WANT TO BE A PART

OF HELPING PEOPLE, IF YOU

WANT TO BE A PART OF

FEEDING CHILDREN, IF YOU

WANT TO BE A PART OF

PREACHING THE GOSPEL, JOIN

"THE 700 CLUB."

A PORTION OF EVERY GIFT

GOES INTO THE WORK OF

"OPERATION BLESSING" TO

HELP PEOPLE AROUND THE

WORLD.

ANOTHER PORTION GOES INTO

THE WORK OF CBN

INTERNATIONAL TO PREACH

THE GOSPEL AROUND THE

WORLD, AND YOU'RE PART OF

ALL OF IT WHEN YOU JOIN

"THE 700 CLUB."

SO DO IT NOW.

CALL US, 1-888-777-1999.

OR YOU CAN LOG ONç TO

700clubinteractive.com,

AND THERE IS A PLACE ON

THE HOME PAGE WHERE YOU

CAN CLICK TO GIVE.

AND WHEN YOU GIVE, ASK FORç

PLEDGE EXPRESS.

THAT'S ELECTRONIC MONTHLY

GIVING WHERE THE BANK DOES

ALL OF THE WORK.

THERE ARE NO CHECKS TO

WRITE IN.

WE SAVE SO MUCH ON THE

PROCESSING, WE CAN SEND AS

OUR GIFT TO YOU, "POWER

FOR LIFE," MONTHLY

TEACHING C.D.s.

ASK FOR PLEDGE EXPRESS

WHEN YOU CALL OR JUST GIVE

MONTHLY ON THE WEBSITE.

> STILL AHEAD, A MOTHER

WHO REALIZED HER

14-YEAR-OLD HAD A DARK

SECRET ON THE DAY HER

DAUGHTER KILLED HERSELF.

THERE WAS A

CONVERSATION AT THE MOMENT

SHE DIED.

I'VE BEEN MARRIED 17

YEARS, AND I HAVEN'T HAD

CONVERSATIONS LIKE THAT

WITH MY HUSBAND.

Gordon: FIND OUT WHAT

WAS SO SHOCKING ABOUT THIS

CONVERSATION, AND LEARN

HOW TO TELL IF YOUR CHILD

IS HAVING ONE LIKE IT.

UP NEXT.

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Gordon: FOR ONE

ALABAMA MOTHER, THE PAIN

OF SUICIDE BECAME A

REALITY AFTERç HER

14-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER TOOK

HER OWN LIFE.

NOW SHE IS ON A MISSION TO

WARN PARENTS ABOUT HOW

STRANGERS CAN INFLUENCE

THE LIVES OF THEIR

CHILDREN, ESPECIALLY ON

THE INTERNET OR EVEN ON

THEIR SMARTPHONES.

CHARLENE AARON BRINGS US

THAT STORY FROM PELLE

CITY, ALABAMA.

Charlene: JENNIFER

SELLERS SURROUNDS HERSELF

WITH MEMORIES AND PICTURES

OF HER DAUGHTER, SYDNEY.

SHE WAS BEAUTIFUL.

SHE TOOK AFTER HER DAD.

Charlene: THEIR

RELATIONSHIP APPEARED AS

CLOSE AS ANY MOTHER AND

DAUGHTER COULD BE.

WE WEREN'T AND GOT OUR

HAIR DONE TOGETHER.

WE DID OUR NAILS TOGETHER.

WE DID WAL-MART TOGETHER.

Charlene: AND YET

SYDNEY KEPT SECRETS.

THOSE SECRETS WOULD LEAD

TO TRAGEDY IN 2014.

WHEN SELLERS SAW HER

TEENAGED DAUGHTER HANGING

FROM A BELT WHEN SHE

OPENED HER BEDROOM DOOR.

I SAID, SYDNEY, THAT IS

NOT A GOOD PRACTICAL JOKE.ç

Charlene: BUT IT WAS

REAL.

I DIDN'T HAVE THE

STRENGTH TO PICK HER UP.

THAT'S WHEN I STARTED

SCREAMING FOR MY HUSBAND.

HE PICIe HER UP.

I CUT HER DOWN, AND WE

LAID HER ON THE GROUND AND

HE IMMEDIATELY STARTED

C.P.R., AND I CALLED

9-1-1.

Charlene: SELLERS, A

CHILD ADVOCACY ATTORNEY

STILL STRUGGLES TO

UNDERSTAND WHY HER

DAUGHTER WHAT COMMIT SUCH

A DRASTIC ACT, ESPECIALLY

SINCE SHE SHOWED NO SIGNS

OF STRUGGLES.

AND SHE GLADLY ATTENDED

CHURCH WITH HER FAMILY

THAT MORNING.

WE WENT TO MASS.

IT WAS HER FIRST DAY AS AN

ALTER SERVER, AND WE WERE

SO EXCITED.

SHE DID A GREAT JOB.

Charlene: AS WORD

SPREAD OF SYDNEY'S DEATH,

HER FAMILY LEARNED FROM

FRIENDS SHE HAD BEEN

BULLIED AT SCHOOL AND HAD

ALSO BEEN CUTTING HERSELF.

YET NOTHING PREPARED THEM

FOR AN ONLINE CONVERSATION

THEY DISCOVERED ON

SYDNEY'S SMARTPHONE.

AT THE TIME OF HER DEATH,

SYDNEY AND A STRANGER HAD

BEEN MESSAGING ONE ANOTHER

ON AN APPç CALLED KICK.

THE SUBJECT, EROTIC

ASPHYXIATION OR BREATH

CONTROL PLAY,ç WHICH IS THE

INTENTIONAL RESTRICTION OF

OXYGEN TO THE BRAIN FOR

THE PURPOSES OF SEXUAL

ARROUSAL.

I'VE BEEN MARRIED 17

YEARS, AND I HAVEN'T HAD

CONVERSATIONS LIKE THAT

WITH MY HUSBAND.

THERE WAS A CONVERSATION

HAPPENING AT THE MOMENT

SHE DIED, BETWEEN HER AND

A PERSON WHO PURPORTED

HIMSELF TO BE A TEENAGED

BOY.

AND IT WAS DISGUSTING.

AND HE WAS GIVING HER

INSTRUCTIONING ON THINGS

INSTRUCTIONS ON THINGS TO

DO.

Charlene: SEXUALLY?

YES, VERY SEXUALLY.

Charlene: MANY TEENS

LOG ON TO THE INTERNET NOT

FROM A P.C., BUT FROM A

MOBILE DEVICE, LIKE A

SMARTPHONE OR A TABLET.

AND THEY'RE OFTEN

CONNECTING WITH PEOPLE

THEY DON'T REALLY KNOW,

AND THEIR PARENTS ARE

COMPLETELY UNAWARE.

PREDATORS ARE EVERYONE

O OON THE INTERNET.

THEY POSE AS SOMEONE THAT

A CHILD MIGHT EASILY TALKç

TO.

Charlene: SMARTPHONE

APPS ARE OFTEN THE WEAPONS

THEY USE TO TARGET KIDS.

Qjrrñ THEY KNOW HOW TO LURE

THESE KIDS INTO WHAT LOOKS

LIKE HARM LUS THINGLESS THINGS AND

GET THEM TALKING.

WHAT PARENTS NEED TO

REALIZE IS YOUR TEENS ARE

LIVING IN AN ENTIRELY

DIFFERENT WORLD.

Charlene: CALEB

KINCHLOW SHOWED US SOME OF

THE POPULAR APPS USED BY

TEENS TO CONNECT ON THE

INTERNET, OFTEN WITH

STRANGERS.

Facebook IS NOT THE

MOST POPULAR APP.

NOW IT IS INSTAGRAM,

SNAPCHAT, OOVOO.

AND TEENS ARE WILLING TO

SHARE INFORMATION THEY

NORMALLY WOULDN'T BE

COMFORTABLE SHARING,

INCLUDING NUDE PICTURES

AND THINGS OF MATURE

CONTENT.

Charlene: THE MAN

CHATTING WITH SYDNEY COULD

NOT BE TRACED BECAUSE THE

KICK APP ALLOWS USERS TO

CONNECT ANONYMOUSLY.

TODAY THIS GRIEVING MOTHER

SPENDS TIMES TALKING TO

TROUBLED TEENAGERS AND

ENCOURAGES PARENTS TO KEEP

UP WITH THEIR KIDS' LIVES,

SOMETHING SHE REGRETS NOT

DOING WITH HER OWN CHILD.

yñ I HAD GOTTEN

COMPLACENT.

SHE WENT TO SCHOOL, AND

SHE CAME BACK AND DID HER

WORK AND SHE MADE GREATç

GRADES.

WE FIGURE WE WERE GOOD

THERE.

Charlene: SHE SAYS

PARENTS NEED TO MONITOR

THEIR KIDS' INTERNET

ACTIVITY AS MUCH AS

POSSIBLE.

THEY NEED TO LOOK AT

EVERY DEVICE AND SAY, IS

THERE IS WAY TO ACCESS THE

INTERNET THROUGH THAT

DEVICE.

BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE

DON'T THINK OF AN XBOX,

BEC ABLBEING ABLE TO GET ON THE

INTERNET FROM THERE.

Charlene: SELLERS

AGREES.

MOST KIDS ARE FINE IF

THEY'RE ON THEIR TABLETS

OR PHONES FOR AN HOUR

BEFORE THEY GO TO BED.

THEY'RE NOT MONITORING

THAT.

IF YOU BOUGHT THAT PHONE

AND PAID FOR THAT, THAT IS

YOUR PROPERTY AND YOU HAVE

A RIGHT TO KNOW WHAT'S ON

IT.

SEARCH IT OUT.

AND YOU NEED TO KNOW WHAT

IS GOING AND WITH YOUR

KIDS' ELECTRONICS.

WHILE UNPOPULAR, JUST

MIGHT SAVE A LIFE.

CHARLENE AARON, CBN NEWS,ç

PELLE CITY, ALABAMA.

Gordon: WISE WORDS

FROM A PARENT WHO HAS A

LOT OF REGRETS SHE DIDN'T

DO THAT.ç

TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT

ADVICE, AND FIND OUT WHAT

YOUR CHILDREN ARE DOING,

JUST FOR YOUR OWN PEACE OF

MIND.

MAYBE YOU'LL SEE SOME

EARLY WARNING SIGNS THAT

YOU CAN INTERFERE, YOU CAN

BE PART OF YOUR LIVES, AND

SHOW THEM A BETTER WAY TO

GO.

IF YOU WANT MORE

INFORMATION ABOUT THIS,

INFORMATION ABOUT THIS,

WE'VE GOT IT FOR YOU ON

cbnnews.com.

HOW YOU CAN BE INFORMED

ABOUT WHAT APPS TO WATCH

OUT FOR, WHAT KIND OF

CONVERSATIONS TO LOOK FOR.

IT IS ALL AVAILABLE FOR

YOU.

ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS GO

TO cbnnews.com.

WE LEAVE YOU WITH THESE

WORDS FROM EPHESIANS: "BE

KIND AND COMPASSIONATE

WITH EACH OTHER, BE

FORGIVING TO EACH OTHER,

JUST AS IN CHRIST GOD

FORGAVE YOU."

GOD BLESS YOU.

WE'LL SEE YOU AGAIN.