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Welcome. Parent Workshop October 30, 2011. Loving Teens in “Their” Own Language. Parenting is a Vocation. Our family’s first church is in our home. Children who live in homes where parents practice their faith are 300 times more likely to continue their faith lives as adults.

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  1. Welcome Parent Workshop October 30, 2011

  2. Loving Teens in “Their” Own Language

  3. Parenting is a Vocation • Our family’s first church is in our home. • Children who live in homes where parents practice their faith are 300 times more likely to continue their faith lives as adults.

  4. Society Creates Challenges • We live in a secularized culture of “busyness”. • Parents juggle jobs, marriages, children, finances, friends, etc. • Teens are pushed, pulled and overcommitted with school, sports, music, friends, college prep, etc.

  5. What demographic, in the worldwide population, is reported to have the highest suicide rate? American Teenagers

  6. Parent Connection Prayer Inspiration Wisdom Connection Communication Love

  7. Five Love Languages of Teenagers

  8. Communication Parent: “How do I make my child understand?” Teen: “You don’t understand me!”

  9. Five Love Languages • Quality Time • Gifts • Words of Affirmation • Physical Touch • Acts of Service

  10. Quality Time • Undivided Attention • Really being there • Distractions • Postponed Dates

  11. Gifts • Visible, tangible symbol of love • Thoughtfulness, effort • Missed birthday • Thoughtless gift

  12. Words of Affirmation • Verbalize Affection • Compliments, praise, support • “I love you.” • Insults, Complaints • Silence

  13. Physical Touch • Hugs, pat on the back • Closeness • Neglect • Abuse

  14. Acts of Service • Favors • Ease burden or responsibility • Laziness • Create more work

  15. The Five Love Languagesby Dr. Gary Chapmanwww.5lovelanguages.com

  16. Too often we under estimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind of word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of a caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.- Leo Buscaglia

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