Unresolved Issues with our Youth Impact Patience
(A continuation of a blog series “Developing Patience for Your Adolescent!) Unresolved issues impact our patience greatly on both sides of the coin! Many young people we have talked with have unresolved issues with their parents. Conversely, many parents feel like they are limited or unable to address issues with their pre-teens and teens, due to the way they respond. In this blog we will look at both sides of the coin. 1. The unresolved issues youth often have with their parents 2. Things our youth have said and done that hurt...
read morePerspective is Powerful in Developing Patience
In the situation we touched on last week, where we expect are kids to jump up and do what we ask instantaneously; we are dealing with an issue of perspective. We fail to see the perspective of our youth. While an e-mail we are working on, as an adult, seems more important to us than an activity our kids are doing this may not actually be the case. We miss looking at the situation through the perspective of our young person. In their world and with their experience level, the activity we are asking them to step away from is in every way as...
read moreDeveloping Patience for Your Adolescent!
Talking with parents of adolescents across the country we often struggle with patience. Patience is vital during the adolescent years when the oppositional mind-set of our pre-teens and teens kicks in. In this series we will examine some ways to increase our patience and why patience is vital with the adolescents of today. If we are to shepherd our youth like the Good Shepherd, patience is essential. While the disciples encountered many failures, we frequently do not even perceive their failures because of how they were addressed. In one...
read moreUnderstanding and Defining the Culture of our Homes!
Most of us have allowed the culture of our homes to develop over time and have not stopped to truly consider what the culture is or how we got there. The underlying culture of our home has a powerful impact upon our perspective of one another and the motivation level of our young people. The culture of our homes begins to develop when our kids are young and easier to play with, laugh with and deal with. In these years being a parent was easier, for the most part our kids, looked up to us and accepted our authority. This reinforced our view of...
read moreSucceed: Sunday, May 5th 1:00 to 6:00 PM
Parents, every teen we talked to believed that leaving home and the transition to college would be easy… Every college freshman whether going to community college, Christian college or four-year university said the transition was far harder than they had expected. Many of these students told us that they had regrets and wished they would have approached the first days, weeks and semester differently! Is your student ready to manage their own life…. apart from you? Help get your student’s eyes open to the change, stress...
read moreWho’s to Blame?
Who is to blame for the challenges in our homes and with our kids? Is it their fault; is it our fault or is it simply the way the world is today? What if there was another culprit…one we have not even considered! As I am working parents I find many parents frustrated with their kids, especially pre-teens and teens. Even though parents may be frustrated they are ok with the lack of communication and tension because they have been told that this is simply the way it is with pre-teens and teens. Conversely, I find many pre-teens and teens...
read moreUse the World to Disciple Your Kids
Many parents like Deedee and me have been taught that we need to be the one to teach the truth to our kids. The question that we have failed to answer adequately is, “what does teaching our kids the truth look like and how is it best approached with kids 8 and up?” Especially if we want it to be “their faith” rather than our faith. In our research with young people, we found many young people that said that the “faith” is my parent’s faith not mine. Often I get the question from parents, “how do I get my kid to...
read morePreparing Senior’s for A Successful College Transition!
The senior year is pivotal year and vital to a successful transition. There are a number of things parents and churches can do to help young people have a successful college transition. 1. Open their eyes 2. Identify sound roommates 3. Provide a level of comfort 4. Help them connect before leaving home YTN’s research indicates that a form of culture shock is what drives many students to make a poor decision in the first days, weeks and semester on campus. To learn more about this issue read the blog “A Successful College...
read morePreparing sophomores, juniors and even high school freshman for the College Transition!
There are three areas of preparation to consider for a successful college transition. 1. Actions that help build vision 2. Developing internal desire for success 3. Moving to self-management Actions That Build Vision are Vital Many students demotivate in high school because they do not see a reason to excel apart from parents pushing them. This approach runs into the oppositional brain of adolescents. Actions can include: visiting or investigating areas of interest that they have, that might help them identifies potential careers. It also...
read moreA Successful College Transition!
Our interviews with college students across the nation opened our eyes to many things parents can do to help their students avoid the pitfalls that too many students encounter in their first days, weeks and year away from home! Parents of sophomores, juniors and seniors in high school… this series is for you! If you have not seen the video “College Transition & The Inability To Self-Manage!” on our Facebook page…I highly recommend that you (click this link) watch it now. It is important because many parents are...
read moreUnresolved Issues with our Youth Impact Patience
(A continuation of a blog series “Developing Patience for Your Adolescent!) Unresolved issues impact our patience greatly on both sides of the coin! Many young people we have talked with have unresolved issues with their parents. Conversely, many parents feel like they are limited or unable to address issues with their pre-teens and teens, due to the way they respond. In this blog we will look at both sides of the coin. 1. The unresolved issues youth often have with their parents 2. Things our youth have said and done that hurt...
read morePerspective is Powerful in Developing Patience
In the situation we touched on last week, where we expect are kids to jump up and do what we ask instantaneously; we are dealing with an issue of perspective. We fail to see the perspective of our youth. While an e-mail we are working on, as an adult, seems more important to us than an activity our kids are doing this may not actually be the case. We miss looking at the situation through the perspective of our young person. In their world and with their experience level, the activity we are asking them to step away from is in every way as...
read moreDeveloping Patience for Your Adolescent!
Talking with parents of adolescents across the country we often struggle with patience. Patience is vital during the adolescent years when the oppositional mind-set of our pre-teens and teens kicks in. In this series we will examine some ways to increase our patience and why patience is vital with the adolescents of today. If we are to shepherd our youth like the Good Shepherd, patience is essential. While the disciples encountered many failures, we frequently do not even perceive their failures because of how they were addressed. In one...
read moreUnderstanding and Defining the Culture of our Homes!
Most of us have allowed the culture of our homes to develop over time and have not stopped to truly consider what the culture is or how we got there. The underlying culture of our home has a powerful impact upon our perspective of one another and the motivation level of our young people. The culture of our homes begins to develop when our kids are young and easier to play with, laugh with and deal with. In these years being a parent was easier, for the most part our kids, looked up to us and accepted our authority. This reinforced our view of...
read moreSucceed: Sunday, May 5th 1:00 to 6:00 PM
Parents, every teen we talked to believed that leaving home and the transition to college would be easy… Every college freshman whether going to community college, Christian college or four-year university said the transition was far harder than they had expected. Many of these students told us that they had regrets and wished they would have approached the first days, weeks and semester differently! Is your student ready to manage their own life…. apart from you? Help get your student’s eyes open to the change, stress...
read moreWho’s to Blame?
Who is to blame for the challenges in our homes and with our kids? Is it their fault; is it our fault or is it simply the way the world is today? What if there was another culprit…one we have not even considered! As I am working parents I find many parents frustrated with their kids, especially pre-teens and teens. Even though parents may be frustrated they are ok with the lack of communication and tension because they have been told that this is simply the way it is with pre-teens and teens. Conversely, I find many pre-teens and teens...
read moreUse the World to Disciple Your Kids
Many parents like Deedee and me have been taught that we need to be the one to teach the truth to our kids. The question that we have failed to answer adequately is, “what does teaching our kids the truth look like and how is it best approached with kids 8 and up?” Especially if we want it to be “their faith” rather than our faith. In our research with young people, we found many young people that said that the “faith” is my parent’s faith not mine. Often I get the question from parents, “how do I get my kid to...
read morePreparing Senior’s for A Successful College Transition!
The senior year is pivotal year and vital to a successful transition. There are a number of things parents and churches can do to help young people have a successful college transition. 1. Open their eyes 2. Identify sound roommates 3. Provide a level of comfort 4. Help them connect before leaving home YTN’s research indicates that a form of culture shock is what drives many students to make a poor decision in the first days, weeks and semester on campus. To learn more about this issue read the blog “A Successful College...
read morePreparing sophomores, juniors and even high school freshman for the College Transition!
There are three areas of preparation to consider for a successful college transition. 1. Actions that help build vision 2. Developing internal desire for success 3. Moving to self-management Actions That Build Vision are Vital Many students demotivate in high school because they do not see a reason to excel apart from parents pushing them. This approach runs into the oppositional brain of adolescents. Actions can include: visiting or investigating areas of interest that they have, that might help them identifies potential careers. It also...
read moreA Successful College Transition!
Our interviews with college students across the nation opened our eyes to many things parents can do to help their students avoid the pitfalls that too many students encounter in their first days, weeks and year away from home! Parents of sophomores, juniors and seniors in high school… this series is for you! If you have not seen the video “College Transition & The Inability To Self-Manage!” on our Facebook page…I highly recommend that you (click this link) watch it now. It is important because many parents are...
read moreUnresolved Issues with our Youth Impact Patience
(A continuation of a blog series “Developing Patience for Your Adolescent!) Unresolved issues impact our patience greatly on both sides of the coin! Many young people we have talked with have unresolved issues with their parents. Conversely, many parents feel like they are limited or unable to address issues with their pre-teens and teens, due to the way they respond. In this blog we will look at both sides of the coin. 1. The unresolved issues youth often have with their parents 2. Things our youth have said and done that hurt...
read morePerspective is Powerful in Developing Patience
In the situation we touched on last week, where we expect are kids to jump up and do what we ask instantaneously; we are dealing with an issue of perspective. We fail to see the perspective of our youth. While an e-mail we are working on, as an adult, seems more important to us than an activity our kids are doing this may not actually be the case. We miss looking at the situation through the perspective of our young person. In their world and with their experience level, the activity we are asking them to step away from is in every way as...
read moreDeveloping Patience for Your Adolescent!
Talking with parents of adolescents across the country we often struggle with patience. Patience is vital during the adolescent years when the oppositional mind-set of our pre-teens and teens kicks in. In this series we will examine some ways to increase our patience and why patience is vital with the adolescents of today. If we are to shepherd our youth like the Good Shepherd, patience is essential. While the disciples encountered many failures, we frequently do not even perceive their failures because of how they were addressed. In one...
read moreUnderstanding and Defining the Culture of our Homes!
Most of us have allowed the culture of our homes to develop over time and have not stopped to truly consider what the culture is or how we got there. The underlying culture of our home has a powerful impact upon our perspective of one another and the motivation level of our young people. The culture of our homes begins to develop when our kids are young and easier to play with, laugh with and deal with. In these years being a parent was easier, for the most part our kids, looked up to us and accepted our authority. This reinforced our view of...
read moreSucceed: Sunday, May 5th 1:00 to 6:00 PM
Parents, every teen we talked to believed that leaving home and the transition to college would be easy… Every college freshman whether going to community college, Christian college or four-year university said the transition was far harder than they had expected. Many of these students told us that they had regrets and wished they would have approached the first days, weeks and semester differently! Is your student ready to manage their own life…. apart from you? Help get your student’s eyes open to the change, stress...
read moreWho’s to Blame?
Who is to blame for the challenges in our homes and with our kids? Is it their fault; is it our fault or is it simply the way the world is today? What if there was another culprit…one we have not even considered! As I am working parents I find many parents frustrated with their kids, especially pre-teens and teens. Even though parents may be frustrated they are ok with the lack of communication and tension because they have been told that this is simply the way it is with pre-teens and teens. Conversely, I find many pre-teens and teens...
read moreUse the World to Disciple Your Kids
Many parents like Deedee and me have been taught that we need to be the one to teach the truth to our kids. The question that we have failed to answer adequately is, “what does teaching our kids the truth look like and how is it best approached with kids 8 and up?” Especially if we want it to be “their faith” rather than our faith. In our research with young people, we found many young people that said that the “faith” is my parent’s faith not mine. Often I get the question from parents, “how do I get my kid to...
read morePreparing Senior’s for A Successful College Transition!
The senior year is pivotal year and vital to a successful transition. There are a number of things parents and churches can do to help young people have a successful college transition. 1. Open their eyes 2. Identify sound roommates 3. Provide a level of comfort 4. Help them connect before leaving home YTN’s research indicates that a form of culture shock is what drives many students to make a poor decision in the first days, weeks and semester on campus. To learn more about this issue read the blog “A Successful College...
read morePreparing sophomores, juniors and even high school freshman for the College Transition!
There are three areas of preparation to consider for a successful college transition. 1. Actions that help build vision 2. Developing internal desire for success 3. Moving to self-management Actions That Build Vision are Vital Many students demotivate in high school because they do not see a reason to excel apart from parents pushing them. This approach runs into the oppositional brain of adolescents. Actions can include: visiting or investigating areas of interest that they have, that might help them identifies potential careers. It also...
read moreA Successful College Transition!
Our interviews with college students across the nation opened our eyes to many things parents can do to help their students avoid the pitfalls that too many students encounter in their first days, weeks and year away from home! Parents of sophomores, juniors and seniors in high school… this series is for you! If you have not seen the video “College Transition & The Inability To Self-Manage!” on our Facebook page…I highly recommend that you (click this link) watch it now. It is important because many parents are...
read moreUnresolved Issues with our Youth Impact Patience
(A continuation of a blog series “Developing Patience for Your Adolescent!) Unresolved issues impact our patience greatly on both sides of the coin! Many young people we have talked with have unresolved issues with their parents. Conversely, many parents feel like they are limited or unable to address issues with their pre-teens and teens, due to the way they respond. In this blog we will look at both sides of the coin. 1. The unresolved issues youth often have with their parents 2. Things our youth have said and done that hurt...
read morePerspective is Powerful in Developing Patience
In the situation we touched on last week, where we expect are kids to jump up and do what we ask instantaneously; we are dealing with an issue of perspective. We fail to see the perspective of our youth. While an e-mail we are working on, as an adult, seems more important to us than an activity our kids are doing this may not actually be the case. We miss looking at the situation through the perspective of our young person. In their world and with their experience level, the activity we are asking them to step away from is in every way as...
read moreDeveloping Patience for Your Adolescent!
Talking with parents of adolescents across the country we often struggle with patience. Patience is vital during the adolescent years when the oppositional mind-set of our pre-teens and teens kicks in. In this series we will examine some ways to increase our patience and why patience is vital with the adolescents of today. If we are to shepherd our youth like the Good Shepherd, patience is essential. While the disciples encountered many failures, we frequently do not even perceive their failures because of how they were addressed. In one...
read moreUnderstanding and Defining the Culture of our Homes!
Most of us have allowed the culture of our homes to develop over time and have not stopped to truly consider what the culture is or how we got there. The underlying culture of our home has a powerful impact upon our perspective of one another and the motivation level of our young people. The culture of our homes begins to develop when our kids are young and easier to play with, laugh with and deal with. In these years being a parent was easier, for the most part our kids, looked up to us and accepted our authority. This reinforced our view of...
read moreSucceed: Sunday, May 5th 1:00 to 6:00 PM
Parents, every teen we talked to believed that leaving home and the transition to college would be easy… Every college freshman whether going to community college, Christian college or four-year university said the transition was far harder than they had expected. Many of these students told us that they had regrets and wished they would have approached the first days, weeks and semester differently! Is your student ready to manage their own life…. apart from you? Help get your student’s eyes open to the change, stress...
read moreWho’s to Blame?
Who is to blame for the challenges in our homes and with our kids? Is it their fault; is it our fault or is it simply the way the world is today? What if there was another culprit…one we have not even considered! As I am working parents I find many parents frustrated with their kids, especially pre-teens and teens. Even though parents may be frustrated they are ok with the lack of communication and tension because they have been told that this is simply the way it is with pre-teens and teens. Conversely, I find many pre-teens and teens...
read moreUse the World to Disciple Your Kids
Many parents like Deedee and me have been taught that we need to be the one to teach the truth to our kids. The question that we have failed to answer adequately is, “what does teaching our kids the truth look like and how is it best approached with kids 8 and up?” Especially if we want it to be “their faith” rather than our faith. In our research with young people, we found many young people that said that the “faith” is my parent’s faith not mine. Often I get the question from parents, “how do I get my kid to...
read morePreparing Senior’s for A Successful College Transition!
The senior year is pivotal year and vital to a successful transition. There are a number of things parents and churches can do to help young people have a successful college transition. 1. Open their eyes 2. Identify sound roommates 3. Provide a level of comfort 4. Help them connect before leaving home YTN’s research indicates that a form of culture shock is what drives many students to make a poor decision in the first days, weeks and semester on campus. To learn more about this issue read the blog “A Successful College...
read morePreparing sophomores, juniors and even high school freshman for the College Transition!
There are three areas of preparation to consider for a successful college transition. 1. Actions that help build vision 2. Developing internal desire for success 3. Moving to self-management Actions That Build Vision are Vital Many students demotivate in high school because they do not see a reason to excel apart from parents pushing them. This approach runs into the oppositional brain of adolescents. Actions can include: visiting or investigating areas of interest that they have, that might help them identifies potential careers. It also...
read moreA Successful College Transition!
Our interviews with college students across the nation opened our eyes to many things parents can do to help their students avoid the pitfalls that too many students encounter in their first days, weeks and year away from home! Parents of sophomores, juniors and seniors in high school… this series is for you! If you have not seen the video “College Transition & The Inability To Self-Manage!” on our Facebook page…I highly recommend that you (click this link) watch it now. It is important because many parents are...
read moreUnresolved Issues with our Youth Impact Patience
(A continuation of a blog series “Developing Patience for Your Adolescent!) Unresolved issues impact our patience greatly on both sides of the coin! Many young people we have talked with have unresolved issues with their parents. Conversely, many parents feel like they are limited or unable to address issues with their pre-teens and teens, due to the way they respond. In this blog we will look at both sides of the coin. 1. The unresolved issues youth often have with their parents 2. Things our youth have said and done that hurt...
read morePerspective is Powerful in Developing Patience
In the situation we touched on last week, where we expect are kids to jump up and do what we ask instantaneously; we are dealing with an issue of perspective. We fail to see the perspective of our youth. While an e-mail we are working on, as an adult, seems more important to us than an activity our kids are doing this may not actually be the case. We miss looking at the situation through the perspective of our young person. In their world and with their experience level, the activity we are asking them to step away from is in every way as...
read moreDeveloping Patience for Your Adolescent!
Talking with parents of adolescents across the country we often struggle with patience. Patience is vital during the adolescent years when the oppositional mind-set of our pre-teens and teens kicks in. In this series we will examine some ways to increase our patience and why patience is vital with the adolescents of today. If we are to shepherd our youth like the Good Shepherd, patience is essential. While the disciples encountered many failures, we frequently do not even perceive their failures because of how they were addressed. In one...
read moreUnderstanding and Defining the Culture of our Homes!
Most of us have allowed the culture of our homes to develop over time and have not stopped to truly consider what the culture is or how we got there. The underlying culture of our home has a powerful impact upon our perspective of one another and the motivation level of our young people. The culture of our homes begins to develop when our kids are young and easier to play with, laugh with and deal with. In these years being a parent was easier, for the most part our kids, looked up to us and accepted our authority. This reinforced our view of...
read moreSucceed: Sunday, May 5th 1:00 to 6:00 PM
Parents, every teen we talked to believed that leaving home and the transition to college would be easy… Every college freshman whether going to community college, Christian college or four-year university said the transition was far harder than they had expected. Many of these students told us that they had regrets and wished they would have approached the first days, weeks and semester differently! Is your student ready to manage their own life…. apart from you? Help get your student’s eyes open to the change, stress...
read moreWho’s to Blame?
Who is to blame for the challenges in our homes and with our kids? Is it their fault; is it our fault or is it simply the way the world is today? What if there was another culprit…one we have not even considered! As I am working parents I find many parents frustrated with their kids, especially pre-teens and teens. Even though parents may be frustrated they are ok with the lack of communication and tension because they have been told that this is simply the way it is with pre-teens and teens. Conversely, I find many pre-teens and teens...
read moreUse the World to Disciple Your Kids
Many parents like Deedee and me have been taught that we need to be the one to teach the truth to our kids. The question that we have failed to answer adequately is, “what does teaching our kids the truth look like and how is it best approached with kids 8 and up?” Especially if we want it to be “their faith” rather than our faith. In our research with young people, we found many young people that said that the “faith” is my parent’s faith not mine. Often I get the question from parents, “how do I get my kid to...
read morePreparing Senior’s for A Successful College Transition!
The senior year is pivotal year and vital to a successful transition. There are a number of things parents and churches can do to help young people have a successful college transition. 1. Open their eyes 2. Identify sound roommates 3. Provide a level of comfort 4. Help them connect before leaving home YTN’s research indicates that a form of culture shock is what drives many students to make a poor decision in the first days, weeks and semester on campus. To learn more about this issue read the blog “A Successful College...
read morePreparing sophomores, juniors and even high school freshman for the College Transition!
There are three areas of preparation to consider for a successful college transition. 1. Actions that help build vision 2. Developing internal desire for success 3. Moving to self-management Actions That Build Vision are Vital Many students demotivate in high school because they do not see a reason to excel apart from parents pushing them. This approach runs into the oppositional brain of adolescents. Actions can include: visiting or investigating areas of interest that they have, that might help them identifies potential careers. It also...
read moreA Successful College Transition!
Our interviews with college students across the nation opened our eyes to many things parents can do to help their students avoid the pitfalls that too many students encounter in their first days, weeks and year away from home! Parents of sophomores, juniors and seniors in high school… this series is for you! If you have not seen the video “College Transition & The Inability To Self-Manage!” on our Facebook page…I highly recommend that you (click this link) watch it now. It is important because many parents are...
read moreUnresolved Issues with our Youth Impact Patience
(A continuation of a blog series “Developing Patience for Your Adolescent!) Unresolved issues impact our patience greatly on both sides of the coin! Many young people we have talked with have unresolved issues with their parents. Conversely, many parents feel like they are limited or unable to address issues with their pre-teens and teens, due to the way they respond. In this blog we will look at both sides of the coin. 1. The unresolved issues youth often have with their parents 2. Things our youth have said and done that hurt...
read morePerspective is Powerful in Developing Patience
In the situation we touched on last week, where we expect are kids to jump up and do what we ask instantaneously; we are dealing with an issue of perspective. We fail to see the perspective of our youth. While an e-mail we are working on, as an adult, seems more important to us than an activity our kids are doing this may not actually be the case. We miss looking at the situation through the perspective of our young person. In their world and with their experience level, the activity we are asking them to step away from is in every way as...
read moreDeveloping Patience for Your Adolescent!
Talking with parents of adolescents across the country we often struggle with patience. Patience is vital during the adolescent years when the oppositional mind-set of our pre-teens and teens kicks in. In this series we will examine some ways to increase our patience and why patience is vital with the adolescents of today. If we are to shepherd our youth like the Good Shepherd, patience is essential. While the disciples encountered many failures, we frequently do not even perceive their failures because of how they were addressed. In one...
read moreUnderstanding and Defining the Culture of our Homes!
Most of us have allowed the culture of our homes to develop over time and have not stopped to truly consider what the culture is or how we got there. The underlying culture of our home has a powerful impact upon our perspective of one another and the motivation level of our young people. The culture of our homes begins to develop when our kids are young and easier to play with, laugh with and deal with. In these years being a parent was easier, for the most part our kids, looked up to us and accepted our authority. This reinforced our view of...
read moreSucceed: Sunday, May 5th 1:00 to 6:00 PM
Parents, every teen we talked to believed that leaving home and the transition to college would be easy… Every college freshman whether going to community college, Christian college or four-year university said the transition was far harder than they had expected. Many of these students told us that they had regrets and wished they would have approached the first days, weeks and semester differently! Is your student ready to manage their own life…. apart from you? Help get your student’s eyes open to the change, stress...
read moreWho’s to Blame?
Who is to blame for the challenges in our homes and with our kids? Is it their fault; is it our fault or is it simply the way the world is today? What if there was another culprit…one we have not even considered! As I am working parents I find many parents frustrated with their kids, especially pre-teens and teens. Even though parents may be frustrated they are ok with the lack of communication and tension because they have been told that this is simply the way it is with pre-teens and teens. Conversely, I find many pre-teens and teens...
read moreUse the World to Disciple Your Kids
Many parents like Deedee and me have been taught that we need to be the one to teach the truth to our kids. The question that we have failed to answer adequately is, “what does teaching our kids the truth look like and how is it best approached with kids 8 and up?” Especially if we want it to be “their faith” rather than our faith. In our research with young people, we found many young people that said that the “faith” is my parent’s faith not mine. Often I get the question from parents, “how do I get my kid to...
read morePreparing Senior’s for A Successful College Transition!
The senior year is pivotal year and vital to a successful transition. There are a number of things parents and churches can do to help young people have a successful college transition. 1. Open their eyes 2. Identify sound roommates 3. Provide a level of comfort 4. Help them connect before leaving home YTN’s research indicates that a form of culture shock is what drives many students to make a poor decision in the first days, weeks and semester on campus. To learn more about this issue read the blog “A Successful College...
read morePreparing sophomores, juniors and even high school freshman for the College Transition!
There are three areas of preparation to consider for a successful college transition. 1. Actions that help build vision 2. Developing internal desire for success 3. Moving to self-management Actions That Build Vision are Vital Many students demotivate in high school because they do not see a reason to excel apart from parents pushing them. This approach runs into the oppositional brain of adolescents. Actions can include: visiting or investigating areas of interest that they have, that might help them identifies potential careers. It also...
read moreA Successful College Transition!
Our interviews with college students across the nation opened our eyes to many things parents can do to help their students avoid the pitfalls that too many students encounter in their first days, weeks and year away from home! Parents of sophomores, juniors and seniors in high school… this series is for you! If you have not seen the video “College Transition & The Inability To Self-Manage!” on our Facebook page…I highly recommend that you (click this link) watch it now. It is important because many parents are...
read moreUnresolved Issues with our Youth Impact Patience
(A continuation of a blog series “Developing Patience for Your Adolescent!) Unresolved issues impact our patience greatly on both sides of the coin! Many young people we have talked with have unresolved issues with their parents. Conversely, many parents feel like they are limited or unable to address issues with their pre-teens and teens, due to the way they respond. In this blog we will look at both sides of the coin. 1. The unresolved issues youth often have with their parents 2. Things our youth have said and done that hurt...
read morePerspective is Powerful in Developing Patience
In the situation we touched on last week, where we expect are kids to jump up and do what we ask instantaneously; we are dealing with an issue of perspective. We fail to see the perspective of our youth. While an e-mail we are working on, as an adult, seems more important to us than an activity our kids are doing this may not actually be the case. We miss looking at the situation through the perspective of our young person. In their world and with their experience level, the activity we are asking them to step away from is in every way as...
read moreDeveloping Patience for Your Adolescent!
Talking with parents of adolescents across the country we often struggle with patience. Patience is vital during the adolescent years when the oppositional mind-set of our pre-teens and teens kicks in. In this series we will examine some ways to increase our patience and why patience is vital with the adolescents of today. If we are to shepherd our youth like the Good Shepherd, patience is essential. While the disciples encountered many failures, we frequently do not even perceive their failures because of how they were addressed. In one...
read moreUnderstanding and Defining the Culture of our Homes!
Most of us have allowed the culture of our homes to develop over time and have not stopped to truly consider what the culture is or how we got there. The underlying culture of our home has a powerful impact upon our perspective of one another and the motivation level of our young people. The culture of our homes begins to develop when our kids are young and easier to play with, laugh with and deal with. In these years being a parent was easier, for the most part our kids, looked up to us and accepted our authority. This reinforced our view of...
read moreSucceed: Sunday, May 5th 1:00 to 6:00 PM
Parents, every teen we talked to believed that leaving home and the transition to college would be easy… Every college freshman whether going to community college, Christian college or four-year university said the transition was far harder than they had expected. Many of these students told us that they had regrets and wished they would have approached the first days, weeks and semester differently! Is your student ready to manage their own life…. apart from you? Help get your student’s eyes open to the change, stress...
read moreWho’s to Blame?
Who is to blame for the challenges in our homes and with our kids? Is it their fault; is it our fault or is it simply the way the world is today? What if there was another culprit…one we have not even considered! As I am working parents I find many parents frustrated with their kids, especially pre-teens and teens. Even though parents may be frustrated they are ok with the lack of communication and tension because they have been told that this is simply the way it is with pre-teens and teens. Conversely, I find many pre-teens and teens...
read moreUse the World to Disciple Your Kids
Many parents like Deedee and me have been taught that we need to be the one to teach the truth to our kids. The question that we have failed to answer adequately is, “what does teaching our kids the truth look like and how is it best approached with kids 8 and up?” Especially if we want it to be “their faith” rather than our faith. In our research with young people, we found many young people that said that the “faith” is my parent’s faith not mine. Often I get the question from parents, “how do I get my kid to...
read morePreparing Senior’s for A Successful College Transition!
The senior year is pivotal year and vital to a successful transition. There are a number of things parents and churches can do to help young people have a successful college transition. 1. Open their eyes 2. Identify sound roommates 3. Provide a level of comfort 4. Help them connect before leaving home YTN’s research indicates that a form of culture shock is what drives many students to make a poor decision in the first days, weeks and semester on campus. To learn more about this issue read the blog “A Successful College...
read morePreparing sophomores, juniors and even high school freshman for the College Transition!
There are three areas of preparation to consider for a successful college transition. 1. Actions that help build vision 2. Developing internal desire for success 3. Moving to self-management Actions That Build Vision are Vital Many students demotivate in high school because they do not see a reason to excel apart from parents pushing them. This approach runs into the oppositional brain of adolescents. Actions can include: visiting or investigating areas of interest that they have, that might help them identifies potential careers. It also...
read moreA Successful College Transition!
Our interviews with college students across the nation opened our eyes to many things parents can do to help their students avoid the pitfalls that too many students encounter in their first days, weeks and year away from home! Parents of sophomores, juniors and seniors in high school… this series is for you! If you have not seen the video “College Transition & The Inability To Self-Manage!” on our Facebook page…I highly recommend that you (click this link) watch it now. It is important because many parents are...
read moreUnresolved Issues with our Youth Impact Patience
(A continuation of a blog series “Developing Patience for Your Adolescent!) Unresolved issues impact our patience greatly on both sides of the coin! Many young people we have talked with have unresolved issues with their parents. Conversely, many parents feel like they are limited or unable to address issues with their pre-teens and teens, due to the way they respond. In this blog we will look at both sides of the coin. 1. The unresolved issues youth often have with their parents 2. Things our youth have said and done that hurt...
read morePerspective is Powerful in Developing Patience
In the situation we touched on last week, where we expect are kids to jump up and do what we ask instantaneously; we are dealing with an issue of perspective. We fail to see the perspective of our youth. While an e-mail we are working on, as an adult, seems more important to us than an activity our kids are doing this may not actually be the case. We miss looking at the situation through the perspective of our young person. In their world and with their experience level, the activity we are asking them to step away from is in every way as...
read moreDeveloping Patience for Your Adolescent!
Talking with parents of adolescents across the country we often struggle with patience. Patience is vital during the adolescent years when the oppositional mind-set of our pre-teens and teens kicks in. In this series we will examine some ways to increase our patience and why patience is vital with the adolescents of today. If we are to shepherd our youth like the Good Shepherd, patience is essential. While the disciples encountered many failures, we frequently do not even perceive their failures because of how they were addressed. In one...
read moreUnderstanding and Defining the Culture of our Homes!
Most of us have allowed the culture of our homes to develop over time and have not stopped to truly consider what the culture is or how we got there. The underlying culture of our home has a powerful impact upon our perspective of one another and the motivation level of our young people. The culture of our homes begins to develop when our kids are young and easier to play with, laugh with and deal with. In these years being a parent was easier, for the most part our kids, looked up to us and accepted our authority. This reinforced our view of...
read moreSucceed: Sunday, May 5th 1:00 to 6:00 PM
Parents, every teen we talked to believed that leaving home and the transition to college would be easy… Every college freshman whether going to community college, Christian college or four-year university said the transition was far harder than they had expected. Many of these students told us that they had regrets and wished they would have approached the first days, weeks and semester differently! Is your student ready to manage their own life…. apart from you? Help get your student’s eyes open to the change, stress...
read moreWho’s to Blame?
Who is to blame for the challenges in our homes and with our kids? Is it their fault; is it our fault or is it simply the way the world is today? What if there was another culprit…one we have not even considered! As I am working parents I find many parents frustrated with their kids, especially pre-teens and teens. Even though parents may be frustrated they are ok with the lack of communication and tension because they have been told that this is simply the way it is with pre-teens and teens. Conversely, I find many pre-teens and teens...
read moreUse the World to Disciple Your Kids
Many parents like Deedee and me have been taught that we need to be the one to teach the truth to our kids. The question that we have failed to answer adequately is, “what does teaching our kids the truth look like and how is it best approached with kids 8 and up?” Especially if we want it to be “their faith” rather than our faith. In our research with young people, we found many young people that said that the “faith” is my parent’s faith not mine. Often I get the question from parents, “how do I get my kid to...
read morePreparing Senior’s for A Successful College Transition!
The senior year is pivotal year and vital to a successful transition. There are a number of things parents and churches can do to help young people have a successful college transition. 1. Open their eyes 2. Identify sound roommates 3. Provide a level of comfort 4. Help them connect before leaving home YTN’s research indicates that a form of culture shock is what drives many students to make a poor decision in the first days, weeks and semester on campus. To learn more about this issue read the blog “A Successful College...
read morePreparing sophomores, juniors and even high school freshman for the College Transition!
There are three areas of preparation to consider for a successful college transition. 1. Actions that help build vision 2. Developing internal desire for success 3. Moving to self-management Actions That Build Vision are Vital Many students demotivate in high school because they do not see a reason to excel apart from parents pushing them. This approach runs into the oppositional brain of adolescents. Actions can include: visiting or investigating areas of interest that they have, that might help them identifies potential careers. It also...
read moreA Successful College Transition!
Our interviews with college students across the nation opened our eyes to many things parents can do to help their students avoid the pitfalls that too many students encounter in their first days, weeks and year away from home! Parents of sophomores, juniors and seniors in high school… this series is for you! If you have not seen the video “College Transition & The Inability To Self-Manage!” on our Facebook page…I highly recommend that you (click this link) watch it now. It is important because many parents are...
read moreUnresolved Issues with our Youth Impact Patience
(A continuation of a blog series “Developing Patience for Your Adolescent!) Unresolved issues impact our patience greatly on both sides of the coin! Many young people we have talked with have unresolved issues with their parents. Conversely, many parents feel like they are limited or unable to address issues with their pre-teens and teens, due to the way they respond. In this blog we will look at both sides of the coin. 1. The unresolved issues youth often have with their parents 2. Things our youth have said and done that hurt...
read morePerspective is Powerful in Developing Patience
In the situation we touched on last week, where we expect are kids to jump up and do what we ask instantaneously; we are dealing with an issue of perspective. We fail to see the perspective of our youth. While an e-mail we are working on, as an adult, seems more important to us than an activity our kids are doing this may not actually be the case. We miss looking at the situation through the perspective of our young person. In their world and with their experience level, the activity we are asking them to step away from is in every way as...
read moreDeveloping Patience for Your Adolescent!
Talking with parents of adolescents across the country we often struggle with patience. Patience is vital during the adolescent years when the oppositional mind-set of our pre-teens and teens kicks in. In this series we will examine some ways to increase our patience and why patience is vital with the adolescents of today. If we are to shepherd our youth like the Good Shepherd, patience is essential. While the disciples encountered many failures, we frequently do not even perceive their failures because of how they were addressed. In one...
read moreUnderstanding and Defining the Culture of our Homes!
Most of us have allowed the culture of our homes to develop over time and have not stopped to truly consider what the culture is or how we got there. The underlying culture of our home has a powerful impact upon our perspective of one another and the motivation level of our young people. The culture of our homes begins to develop when our kids are young and easier to play with, laugh with and deal with. In these years being a parent was easier, for the most part our kids, looked up to us and accepted our authority. This reinforced our view of...
read moreSucceed: Sunday, May 5th 1:00 to 6:00 PM
Parents, every teen we talked to believed that leaving home and the transition to college would be easy… Every college freshman whether going to community college, Christian college or four-year university said the transition was far harder than they had expected. Many of these students told us that they had regrets and wished they would have approached the first days, weeks and semester differently! Is your student ready to manage their own life…. apart from you? Help get your student’s eyes open to the change, stress...
read moreWho’s to Blame?
Who is to blame for the challenges in our homes and with our kids? Is it their fault; is it our fault or is it simply the way the world is today? What if there was another culprit…one we have not even considered! As I am working parents I find many parents frustrated with their kids, especially pre-teens and teens. Even though parents may be frustrated they are ok with the lack of communication and tension because they have been told that this is simply the way it is with pre-teens and teens. Conversely, I find many pre-teens and teens...
read moreUse the World to Disciple Your Kids
Many parents like Deedee and me have been taught that we need to be the one to teach the truth to our kids. The question that we have failed to answer adequately is, “what does teaching our kids the truth look like and how is it best approached with kids 8 and up?” Especially if we want it to be “their faith” rather than our faith. In our research with young people, we found many young people that said that the “faith” is my parent’s faith not mine. Often I get the question from parents, “how do I get my kid to...
read morePreparing Senior’s for A Successful College Transition!
The senior year is pivotal year and vital to a successful transition. There are a number of things parents and churches can do to help young people have a successful college transition. 1. Open their eyes 2. Identify sound roommates 3. Provide a level of comfort 4. Help them connect before leaving home YTN’s research indicates that a form of culture shock is what drives many students to make a poor decision in the first days, weeks and semester on campus. To learn more about this issue read the blog “A Successful College...
read morePreparing sophomores, juniors and even high school freshman for the College Transition!
There are three areas of preparation to consider for a successful college transition. 1. Actions that help build vision 2. Developing internal desire for success 3. Moving to self-management Actions That Build Vision are Vital Many students demotivate in high school because they do not see a reason to excel apart from parents pushing them. This approach runs into the oppositional brain of adolescents. Actions can include: visiting or investigating areas of interest that they have, that might help them identifies potential careers. It also...
read moreA Successful College Transition!
Our interviews with college students across the nation opened our eyes to many things parents can do to help their students avoid the pitfalls that too many students encounter in their first days, weeks and year away from home! Parents of sophomores, juniors and seniors in high school… this series is for you! If you have not seen the video “College Transition & The Inability To Self-Manage!” on our Facebook page…I highly recommend that you (click this link) watch it now. It is important because many parents are...
read moreUnresolved Issues with our Youth Impact Patience
(A continuation of a blog series “Developing Patience for Your Adolescent!) Unresolved issues impact our patience greatly on both sides of the coin! Many young people we have talked with have unresolved issues with their parents. Conversely, many parents feel like they are limited or unable to address issues with their pre-teens and teens, due to the way they respond. In this blog we will look at both sides of the coin. 1. The unresolved issues youth often have with their parents 2. Things our youth have said and done that hurt...
read morePerspective is Powerful in Developing Patience
In the situation we touched on last week, where we expect are kids to jump up and do what we ask instantaneously; we are dealing with an issue of perspective. We fail to see the perspective of our youth. While an e-mail we are working on, as an adult, seems more important to us than an activity our kids are doing this may not actually be the case. We miss looking at the situation through the perspective of our young person. In their world and with their experience level, the activity we are asking them to step away from is in every way as...
read moreDeveloping Patience for Your Adolescent!
Talking with parents of adolescents across the country we often struggle with patience. Patience is vital during the adolescent years when the oppositional mind-set of our pre-teens and teens kicks in. In this series we will examine some ways to increase our patience and why patience is vital with the adolescents of today. If we are to shepherd our youth like the Good Shepherd, patience is essential. While the disciples encountered many failures, we frequently do not even perceive their failures because of how they were addressed. In one...
read moreUnderstanding and Defining the Culture of our Homes!
Most of us have allowed the culture of our homes to develop over time and have not stopped to truly consider what the culture is or how we got there. The underlying culture of our home has a powerful impact upon our perspective of one another and the motivation level of our young people. The culture of our homes begins to develop when our kids are young and easier to play with, laugh with and deal with. In these years being a parent was easier, for the most part our kids, looked up to us and accepted our authority. This reinforced our view of...
read moreSucceed: Sunday, May 5th 1:00 to 6:00 PM
Parents, every teen we talked to believed that leaving home and the transition to college would be easy… Every college freshman whether going to community college, Christian college or four-year university said the transition was far harder than they had expected. Many of these students told us that they had regrets and wished they would have approached the first days, weeks and semester differently! Is your student ready to manage their own life…. apart from you? Help get your student’s eyes open to the change, stress...
read moreWho’s to Blame?
Who is to blame for the challenges in our homes and with our kids? Is it their fault; is it our fault or is it simply the way the world is today? What if there was another culprit…one we have not even considered! As I am working parents I find many parents frustrated with their kids, especially pre-teens and teens. Even though parents may be frustrated they are ok with the lack of communication and tension because they have been told that this is simply the way it is with pre-teens and teens. Conversely, I find many pre-teens and teens...
read moreUse the World to Disciple Your Kids
Many parents like Deedee and me have been taught that we need to be the one to teach the truth to our kids. The question that we have failed to answer adequately is, “what does teaching our kids the truth look like and how is it best approached with kids 8 and up?” Especially if we want it to be “their faith” rather than our faith. In our research with young people, we found many young people that said that the “faith” is my parent’s faith not mine. Often I get the question from parents, “how do I get my kid to...
read morePreparing Senior’s for A Successful College Transition!
The senior year is pivotal year and vital to a successful transition. There are a number of things parents and churches can do to help young people have a successful college transition. 1. Open their eyes 2. Identify sound roommates 3. Provide a level of comfort 4. Help them connect before leaving home YTN’s research indicates that a form of culture shock is what drives many students to make a poor decision in the first days, weeks and semester on campus. To learn more about this issue read the blog “A Successful College...
read morePreparing sophomores, juniors and even high school freshman for the College Transition!
There are three areas of preparation to consider for a successful college transition. 1. Actions that help build vision 2. Developing internal desire for success 3. Moving to self-management Actions That Build Vision are Vital Many students demotivate in high school because they do not see a reason to excel apart from parents pushing them. This approach runs into the oppositional brain of adolescents. Actions can include: visiting or investigating areas of interest that they have, that might help them identifies potential careers. It also...
read moreA Successful College Transition!
Our interviews with college students across the nation opened our eyes to many things parents can do to help their students avoid the pitfalls that too many students encounter in their first days, weeks and year away from home! Parents of sophomores, juniors and seniors in high school… this series is for you! If you have not seen the video “College Transition & The Inability To Self-Manage!” on our Facebook page…I highly recommend that you (click this link) watch it now. It is important because many parents are...
read more