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Confident Parenting in Turbulent Times Protecting Our Kids from the Dangers in Today’s Culture

Confident Parenting in Turbulent Times Protecting Our Kids from the Dangers in Today’s Culture. The National Center for Fathering. “Father of the Year Essay Contest”. "My dad is the best dad ever. I would kiss a pig for him.". From a first grader:.

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Confident Parenting in Turbulent Times Protecting Our Kids from the Dangers in Today’s Culture

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  1. Confident Parenting in Turbulent Times Protecting Our Kids from the Dangers in Today’s Culture

  2. The National Center for Fathering “Father of the Year Essay Contest”

  3. "My dad is the best dad ever. I would kiss a pig for him." From a first grader:

  4. "My dad is a Frito-Lay man. That is an important job because Frito-Lay means chips, which is food. That is so important because you could not live without food." From another first grader:

  5. "The dad in my life isn't really my dad. He's my Grandpa. But he's been like a dad to me since before I was born. . . .I hope that as I get older Grandpa will teach me all the stuff he knows about wood, and first-aid, and everything else he knows about. My Grandpa isn't my Father, but I wouldn't trade him for all the dads in the world." A Third Grader

  6. "Sometimes as a joke I'll put my stinky socks in his briefcase, so at work the next day he will think of me! He's always at the concerts and plays that I'm in, even though he lives about an hour away." A Fourth Grader

  7. "…You know what else my dad does? He braids my hair. I'm the only girl I know whose dad braids her hair. I think that's a perfect dad. He already is the world's greatest dad to me. I just wanted everyone to know that." A Fifth Grader

  8. "One time I had an assembly and I was a soloist and my dad was in the first row and after my song I smiled at my dad and my dad smiled back and started crying. That was the best thing I ever saw." A Sixth Grader

  9. "Fatherhood is a lifelong commitment. I have seen through my father's actions, words, and decisions that he will be committed to me and my life from the second I was born, almost 13 years ago, to the day I die....Even if you assembled the most brilliant team of scientists and artists there was, there still is no possible way you could duplicate my father." Finally, this one from a seventh-grader:

  10. KIDS AT RISK

  11. KIDS AT RISK In Your Congregation In Your Community In Your Own Home

  12. Media Influence Full-Time Job? American children and teens spend an average of 8 hours and 33 minutes immersed in media each day. This includes TV, radio, music, magazines, computers, the Internet and video games. 68% of 8-17 year olds have a TV in their room; 37% have cable or satellite access; 20% of 2-year-olds and more than 30% of 3-to-6-year-olds have a television in their bedroom. 

  13. Media Influence: NO RULES53% of 8-18 year-olds say their parents have no rules about TV watching. Of the remaining 47% of kids who say their parents do have rules, the vast majority say these rules are enforced only some of the time, a little of the time, or never.

  14. WEB SAVVYMore than 76% of children ages 3 to 17 have access to a computer at home. The Internet

  15. Media Influence: Online 64% of teens say they do things online that they wouldn't want their parents to know about.

  16. Media Influence: Online 64% of teens say they do things online that they wouldn't want their parents to know about. 70% of 15- to 17-year-olds have looked at pornography online.

  17. The Internet WEB PREDATORS 20% of kids have been solicited online for sex, usually through e-mail, texting or “chat rooms.”

  18. The Internet A FEW TEXT MESSAGES THAT YOU SHOULD KNOW

  19. The Internet A FEW TEXT MESSAGES THAT YOU SHOULD KNOW POS

  20. The Internet A FEW TEXT MESSAGES THAT YOU SHOULD KNOW 420

  21. The Internet A FEW TEXT MESSAGES THAT YOU SHOULD KNOW KPC

  22. The Internet A FEW TEXT MESSAGES THAT YOU SHOULD KNOW NIFOC

  23. Drugs and Alcohol EXPERIMENTS 37% of teens have smoked marijuana. 9% have used Ecstasy and 8% have used methamphetamine. Prescription and over-the-counter drug usage is rising. 18% of teens have abused Vicodin, 10% have tried OxyContin, 10% have used prescription stimulants such as Ritalin without a doctor's order, and 9% have abused OTC cough medications. Pot Cocaine

  24. Drugs and Alcohol KIDS AND BOOZE The percentage of kids who report drinking alcohol in the past 30 days 17% of 8th graders 33% of 10th graders 47% of 12th graders

  25. IN THE ACT47% of high school students reported having sexual intercourse. 14% of today's teens say they’ve had sex with “multiple partners” (defined as sex with four or more different persons in their life).54% of teen girls and 55% of teen boys have had oral sex.A poll by Seventeen magazine revealed that 56% of respondents don't think oral sex is “sex.” Sexual Issues

  26. The Impact of Media on Teens’ Sexual Behavior Research by the RAND Corporation Teens who watch TV programs with a lot of sexual content are twice as likely to engage in sexual intercourse than their peers who watch few such programs.

  27. DEPRESSINGU.S. teens are experiencing symptoms of serious depression at higher rates than any generation in modern history. Nationwide, 16.9% of students have seriously considered attempting suicide during the previous 12 months. Depression and Suicide About 25% of sexually active girls ages 14 to 17 say they are depressed all, most or a lot of the time. Only 8% of abstinent girls feel the same.

  28. ENDING IT ALL:Suicide rates for children and teens have quadrupled since the 1950’s.Suicide is the third leading cause of death for kids ages 15-19. Girls are almost twice as likely as boys to think about suicide or try to take their own lives. Depression and Suicide

  29. What You Can Do To Protect Your Kids • Educate Yourself About the Risks • Provide Love, Limits and Time • Clearly State Your Expectations • Keep Lines of Communication Open • Make Faith Relevant in Your Home • Pray, Pray, Pray!

  30. FOCUS ON THE FAMILY is here to help Thriving Family Magazine Online Parenting Forums “My Family”

  31. FOCUS ON THE FAMILY is here to help “Essentials of Discipline” DVD Series Coming Soon… The “Essentials of Parenting” DVD Series

  32. FOCUS ON THE FAMILY is here to help PluggedIn.com Focus on the Family’s most popular website 1 million visits per month

  33. FOCUS ON THE FAMILY is here to help How to Drug-Proof Your Kids DrugProofYourKids.com

  34. FOCUS ON THE FAMILY is here to help A wide variety of relevant parenting resources Logged On Tuned Out: A Non-Techie’s Guide to Parenting a Tech-Savvy Generation The “Big Dig” Apologetics Conference for Teens Stand, Teen Christian worldview set

  35. FOCUS ON THE FAMILY is here to help www.FocusontheFamily.com 1-800-A-FAMILY

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