Parenting Conference 2013

Parenting Conference 2013

Session Two

The Counsel From Parents

Factors For Effective Counseling:

Factors For Effective Counseling:

1. Listen

Factors For Effective Counseling:

1. Listen2. Wisdom

Factors For Effective Counseling:

1. Listen2. Wisdom3. Application

Factors For Effective Counseling:

1. Listen2. Wisdom3. Application4. Positive Result

Children Are Compared With Two Things:

Children Are Compared With Two Things:

1. Children Are Like Arrows

Children Are Compared With Two Things:

1. Children Are Like Arrows

2. Children Are Like Plants

Children Are Compared With Two Things:

1. Children Are Like Arrows

2. Children Are Like Plants

“Our sons and their youth will be like well nurtured plants.”

Psalm 144:12

Children Are Compared With Two Things:

1. Children Are Like Arrows

2. Children Are Like Plants

Children Are Compared With Two Things:

1. Children Are Like Arrows

2. Children Are Like Plants

P - Partnership

Children Are Compared With Two Things:

1. Children Are Like Arrows

2. Children Are Like Plants

P - Partnership L - Lead

Two Truths About Leadership:

Two Truths About Leadership:

1. Must Be Consistent In Our Talking

Two Truths About Leadership:

1. Must Be Consistent In Our Talking

2. Must Be Consistent In Our Walking

Two Truths About Leadership:

1. Must Be Consistent In Our Talking

2. Must Be Consistent In Our Walking

“Take to your heart all the words with which I am warning you today, which you shall command your sons to observe carefully, even all the words of this law.”

Deuteronomy 32:46

Two Truths About Leadership:

1. Must Be Consistent In Our Talking

2. Must Be Consistent In Our Walking

“Be imitators of me, just as I also am of Christ.”

I Corinthians 11:1

Two Truths About Leadership:

1. Must Be Consistent In Our Talking

2. Must Be Consistent In Our Walking

“Train up a child in the way he should go… and go there yourself once in a while.”

Unknown Author

Two Truths About Leadership:

1. Must Be Consistent In Our Talking

2. Must Be Consistent In Our Walking

“Do not exasperate your children…”

Ephesians 6:4

Children Are Compared With Two Things:

1. Children Are Like Arrows

2. Children Are Like Plants

P - Partnership L - Lead

Children Are Compared With Two Things:

1. Children Are Like Arrows

2. Children Are Like Plants

P - Partnership L - Lead A - Anchor

Three Important Anchors:

Three Important Anchors:

1. The Word

“I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in the truth.”

III John 4

Three Important Anchors:

1. The Word

Three Important Anchors:

1. The Word

2. Prayer

Three Important Anchors:

1. The Word

2. Prayer

* Salvation

Three Important Anchors:

1. The Word

2. Prayer

* Salvation * Sanctification

Three Important Anchors:

1. The Word

2. Prayer

* Salvation * Sanctification * Service

Three Important Anchors:

1. The Word

2. Prayer

* Salvation * Sanctification * Service * Safety

Three Important Anchors:

1. The Word

2. Prayer

* Salvation * Sanctification * Service * Safety * Spouse

Three Important Anchors:

1. The Word

2. Prayer

* Salvation * Sanctification * Service * Safety * Spouse * Love

“Just as a father has compassion on his children, So the Lord has compassion on those who fear Him.”

Psalm 103:13

Children Are Compared With Two Things:

1. Children Are Like Arrows

2. Children Are Like Plants

P - Partnership L - Lead A - Anchor

Children Are Compared With Two Things:

1. Children Are Like Arrows

2. Children Are Like Plants

P - Partnership L - Lead A - Anchor N - Nurture

“…Bring your children up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.”

Ephesians 6:4

Children Are Compared With Two Things:

1. Children Are Like Arrows

2. Children Are Like Plants

P - Partnership L - Lead A - Anchor N - Nurture

Nurture Means: To care for, and encourage the growth or development of.

Neglecting Nurture In Our Children:

Neglecting Nurture In Our Children:

1. Spoiling Your Children

Neglecting Nurture In Our Children:

1. Spoiling Your Children 2. Providing Poor Discipline

Neglecting Nurture In Our Children:

1. Spoiling Your Children 2. Providing Poor Discipline 3. Praising Mediocrity

“While American students trail their counterparts in other

countries in just about every academic area, they have the highest levels of self-esteem and feel good about their educational achievements. That’s sad. They’re fools

and don’t even know it.”

Walter WilliamsGeorge Mason University

Cheerleader Verses Coach

Cheerleader Verses CoachOffers False Praise Genuine Praise &

Encouragement

Cheerleader Verses CoachOffers False Praise Genuine Praise &

EncouragementCan’t or Doesn’t Offer Instruction

Provides Expertise

Cheerleader Verses CoachOffers False Praise Genuine Praise &

EncouragementCan’t or Doesn’t Offer Instruction

Provides Expertise

Uses External Motivation

Uses Internal Motivation

Cheerleader Verses CoachOffers False Praise Genuine Praise &

EncouragementCan’t or Doesn’t Offer Instruction

Provides Expertise

Uses External Motivation

Uses Internal Motivation

Applauds Mediocrity Expects Excellence

Neglecting Nurture In Our Children:

1. Spoiling Your Children 2. Providing Poor Discipline 3. Praising Mediocrity

Neglecting Nurture In Our Children:

1. Spoiling Your Children 2. Providing Poor Discipline 3. Praising Mediocrity 4. Failing To Give Responsibility

Neglecting Nurture In Our Children:

1. Spoiling Your Children 2. Providing Poor Discipline 3. Praising Mediocrity 4. Failing To Give Responsibility 5. Not Being A Role Model

“Bretheren (Children) join in following my example, and observe those who walk according to the pattern

you have seen in us.”

Philippians 3:17

Neglecting Nurture In Our Children:

1. Spoiling Your Children 2. Providing Poor Discipline 3. Praising Mediocrity 4. Failing To Give Responsibility 5. Not Being A Role Model

“No matter what you teach a child, he insists on behaving like his parents.”

Unknown Author

Neglecting Nurture In Our Children:

1. Spoiling Your Children 2. Providing Poor Discipline 3. Praising Mediocrity 4. Failing To Give Responsibility 5. Not Being A Role Model

Neglecting Nurture In Our Children:

1. Spoiling Your Children 2. Providing Poor Discipline 3. Praising Mediocrity 4. Failing To Give Responsibility 5. Not Being A Role Model 6. Setting Poor Expectations

Neglecting Nurture In Our Children:

1. Spoiling Your Children 2. Providing Poor Discipline 3. Praising Mediocrity 4. Failing To Give Responsibility 5. Not Being A Role Model 6. Setting Poor Expectations 7. Failing To Get Involved In School

Neglecting Nurture In Our Children:

1. Spoiling Your Children 2. Providing Poor Discipline 3. Praising Mediocrity 4. Failing To Give Responsibility 5. Not Being A Role Model 6. Setting Poor Expectations 7. Failing To Get Involved In School 8. Not Being Consistent

Neglecting Nurture In Our Children:

1. Spoiling Your Children 2. Providing Poor Discipline 3. Praising Mediocrity 4. Failing To Give Responsibility 5. Not Being A Role Model 6. Setting Poor Expectations 7. Failing To Get Involved In School 8. Not Being Consistent 9. Failing To Explain Your Reason and Position

Neglecting Nurture In Our Children:

1. Spoiling Your Children 2. Providing Poor Discipline 3. Praising Mediocrity 4. Failing To Give Responsibility 5. Not Being A Role Model 6. Setting Poor Expectations 7. Failing To Get Involved In School 8. Not Being Consistent 9. Failing To Explain Your Reason and Position10. Criticizing Instead Of Encouraging

Neglecting Nurture In Our Children:

1. Spoiling Your Children 2. Providing Poor Discipline 3. Praising Mediocrity 4. Failing To Give Responsibility 5. Not Being A Role Model 6. Setting Poor Expectations 7. Failing To Get Involved In School 8. Not Being Consistent 9. Failing To Explain Your Reason and Position10. Criticizing Instead Of Encouraging11. Never Apologizing Or Admitting You Are Wrong

Neglecting Nurture In Our Children:

1. Spoiling Your Children 2. Providing Poor Discipline 3. Praising Mediocrity 4. Failing To Give Responsibility 5. Not Being A Role Model 6. Setting Poor Expectations 7. Failing To Get Involved In School 8. Not Being Consistent 9. Failing To Explain Your Reason and Position10. Criticizing Instead Of Encouraging11. Never Apologizing Or Admitting You Are Wrong12. Never Or Seldom Saying “Yes”

Neglecting Nurture In Our Children:

1. Spoiling Your Children 2. Providing Poor Discipline 3. Praising Mediocrity 4. Failing To Give Responsibility 5. Not Being A Role Model 6. Setting Poor Expectations 7. Failing To Get Involved In School 8. Not Being Consistent 9. Failing To Explain Your Reason and Position10. Criticizing Instead Of Encouraging11. Never Apologizing Or Admitting You Are Wrong12. Never Or Seldom Saying “Yes”13. Failing To Take Time

“Parents are prone to give their children everything except the one thing they need the most, that is time: Time for listening, time for understanding, time for helping, and time for guiding. It sounds simple, but in reality it is the

most difficult, and the most sacrificial task of parenthood.”

Emma K. Hulbert

Children Are Compared With Two Things:

1. Children Are Like Arrows

2. Children Are Like Plants

P - Partnership L - Lead A - Anchor N - Nurture

Children Are Compared With Two Things:

1. Children Are Like Arrows

2. Children Are Like Plants

P - Partnership L - Lead A - Anchor N - Nurture T - Train

“Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.”

Proverbs 22:6

“A father tells his sons about your faithfulness.”

Isaiah 38:19

“Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who substitute darkness for light and light for darkness, who substitute bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter.”

Isaiah 5:20

“For the eyes of the Lord move to and fro throughout the earth searching for hearts that are completely His so that

He may strongly support them.”

II Chronicles 16:9

Parenting Conference 2013

Session Two

The Counsel From Parents