"Saying the quiet parts out loud" means vocalizing something usually left unsaid. A good definition is "to publically express a sentiment one is expected to keep to themselves."

Your children will be motivated by the idols they worship in the same way that you are. Thus, a theology of idolatry is fundamental to godly parenting.

Your God-given task is to show your teens how to interpret the grey for what it often is: evil called good, and good evil; darkness for light, and light for darkness; bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter (Isaiah 5:20)