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Parenting With Love: Stepping Out of the Cultural Stream

Parenting With Love: Stepping Out of the Cultural Stream. Dr. Peggy Kendall Bethel University. Busy Families. Default Values. Identify the Trend Discuss the impact Model Healthy Choices. Things have changed. Busy. Things Have Changed. What’s important. Busyness. McNuggets

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Parenting With Love: Stepping Out of the Cultural Stream

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  1. Parenting With Love: Stepping Out of the Cultural Stream Dr. Peggy Kendall Bethel University

  2. Busy Families

  3. Default Values

  4. Identify the Trend Discuss the impact Model Healthy Choices

  5. Things have changed

  6. Busy Things Have Changed • What’s important

  7. Busyness • McNuggets • How do you see your life speeding up? • How does a fast life impact your kids?

  8. Problem • Don’t notice things • Don’t notice people • Impatient • People = interruptions • No margins • Lack of commitment

  9. “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control.” Galatians 5:22-23

  10. “But the fruit of the Spirit is efficiency, productivity, being on time, the ability to multi-task and the ability to meet everyone’s needs in timely manner.”

  11. “But the fruit of the Spirit is getting good grades, having tons of friends, being in lots of activities, looking good, and staying out of trouble.”

  12. “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control.” Galatians 5:22-23

  13. Solutions Figure out what is important • Refine • Combine • Commit

  14. Solutions • Emphasize what is important • Refine schedules • Establish protected space • Play • ?

  15. Alone Together

  16. The Impact

  17. Internet Use in 2000 46% of adults used the internet 5% had broadband 53% had cell phones 0% use social network sites

  18. 2010 Internet Use

  19. 2010 Cell Phone Use

  20. 2010 Social Network Use

  21. 65% of American households play video games The Top 5 Video Games: • Wii Sports (Wii) • Super Mario (NES) • Pokeman Red/Green/Blue (GB) • Tetris (GB) • Duck Hunt (NES)

  22. Video Games Video Games

  23. Alone Together • ALONE TOGETHER • Individualized • Always On • Don’t think through things • Miss the here & now • Limit the power of God

  24. Solutions Consider the impact Model good choices Set limits Talk about it Play together Learn to be quiet

  25. He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters, he restores my soul.

  26. What can you do to slow down? How can you protect family time? How can you foster love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control in your kids? What can YOU do right now to role model these characteristics?

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