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Pressures on childhood

This book delves into the various pressures impacting childhood development, such as parental expectations, educational systems like SATs and Ofsted, and fostering a sense of community and creativity. Drawing on biblical references, it highlights the significance of security, boundaries, significance, community, and creativity in nurturing young lives. With guiding principles emphasizing the value of each child, relationships, and the establishment of a meaningful life, the text explores the intricacies of painting the landscapes and portraits of childhood.

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Pressures on childhood

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  1. Pressures on childhood Landscapes and portraits Mary Hawes Chichester 2009

  2. Who’s making the frame? • Every child matters? • SATs & targets driven? • Ofsted? • Parental pressure? • Extended schools? • League tables? • Concern for the child?

  3. Preparing the canvas The Growth of Love

  4. Preparing the canvas Security Enough for me to keep my soul tranquil and quiet like a child in its mother’s arms. Psalm 131:2

  5. Preparing the canvas Boundaries You may eat fruit from any tree in the garden, except the one that has the power to let you know the difference between right and wrong. Genesis 2:16,17

  6. Preparing the canvas Significance Can a mother forget the baby at her breast, and have no compassion on the child she has borne? Though she may forget, I will not forget you! See, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands. Isaiah 49:15,16

  7. Preparing the canvas Community Very old people with walking sticks will once again sit around in Jerusalem, while boys and girls play in the streets. Zechariah 8:4,5

  8. Preparing the canvas Creativity We are God’s work of art, created in Jesus Christ to live the good life as from the beginning he had meant us to live it. Ephesians 2:10

  9. Preparing the canvas • Security • A safe base from which to explore; reliable, secure and stable attachments • Significance • To be valued for who they are, not what they can do • Boundaries • To help make sense of the world, and within which to develop reliable concepts of right and wrong • Community • To be more than just an individual; to belong • Creativity • To be able to use all of our senses to express our internal worlds

  10. Painting the landscape Made in the image of God Genesis 1:26,27; 2 Corinthians 3:18 Guiding principle The absolute value of each child and young person

  11. Painting the landscape Called to be in relationship with God and each other Ezekiel 36:26-28; Acts 2: 39,46,47 1 John 2:1,2 Guiding principle The primacy of relationship

  12. Painting the landscape Citizens of the Kingdom of God on earth Genesis 1:26-31; Micah 6:8; Romans 12:2 Guiding principle The establishment of the Kingdom of God here on earth

  13. Painting my portrait • Limits of aloneness • No one else can live in my skin • Freedom • And the lack of it • Meaning • Who I am and what is my place in the world • Death • Wrestling with my ultimate mortality

  14. Painting my portrait • Love • Space • Story

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