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Repost: How to protect your kids in a digital world
Great post from a great parent:
Here’s the main bullet points:
Internet filtering
Computer game time
Cell Phone privileges
Cell Phone Limits
iPod Touch restrictions
Email monitoring
Facebook monitoring
TV time
Check it out here
Don’t want to do this
I’ve been thinking a lot about parenting lately and I’ve found SCORES of things I just don’t want to do as a parent, this being one of them…I’m hoping to find some stuff that will actually work. Bring on a Parenting Series at GCC.
Pastor Beeson says…
Any time Pastor Beeson speaks, I listen. This is a photo of him speaking to our middle school students at Camp Adventure where he dropped bombs of wisdom all week long!
He’s got a wealth of wisdom and knowledge that’s helpful to me as I chase Christ. There’s a lot of people who KNOW a lot [...]
Repost: How parents can impact the Church Drop out
There is a great article I read last friday night. Here’s an excerpt from it but go read the full post HERE.
“Ultimately, church and culture don’t have to be mutually exclusive. The church should be the place where students learn how to interact with the culture without being swept into it. What are some practical [...]
Life isn’t about waiting…
My dad sent me this quote sometime last week and it fit in perfect the other day as I was sitting on my back porch listening to the rain.
“Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass, it’s about learning to dance in the rain.” – Unknown.
Ephesians 5:15 encourages us to ‘be very careful how [...]
Parenting Tip: Something is probably wrong
I think it was John Piper who once said, “If your child is rejecting Jesus, something might be wrong, don’t pretend everything is fine.” …acknowledge that something is wrong.
You’ll know the best way to talk to your student but don’t settle for comfort by not talking to them at all. You might feel better about your [...]
Parenting Tip: How Student Ministry can help you!
If you’re a parent of a teenager you’ve probably discovered that you might be losing access to them during these tween & teen years. If I could take a moment and speak to that from the person who they’re usually leaving you for, it might be helfpul. (the person in the sense of another influence [...]
Parents, Trying Harder
I just read this article from Real World Parents by Youth Specialties. It’s awesome!
Title: Trying Harder
“Is it possible that some of us have taken some of the challenge out of following Jesus for our kids? Have we described a relationship with God that is too easy, that only requires students to talk the talk and [...]
