Can you believe Christmas is only a few weeks away? We hope you and your family are loving this holiday season.
TIP OF THE MONTH
We figured the holidays were the perfect time to share this month’s tip: intentionally spend some quality time with your teenager this month. Your time is limited. So enjoy it! Go make some memories together.
RESOURCE OF THE MONTH
Parents, get yourself a little something for Christmas this year. We suggest the book, The Sticky Faith Guide for Your Family: Over 100 Practical and Tested Ideas to Build Lasting Faith in Your Kids. Practical and tested? Lasting faith? Sounds good to us.
TIP OF THE MONTH
We figured the holidays were the perfect time to share this month’s tip: intentionally spend some quality time with your teenager this month. Your time is limited. So enjoy it! Go make some memories together.
RESOURCE OF THE MONTH
Parents, get yourself a little something for Christmas this year. We suggest the book, The Sticky Faith Guide for Your Family: Over 100 Practical and Tested Ideas to Build Lasting Faith in Your Kids. Practical and tested? Lasting faith? Sounds good to us.
Here's some thoughts on giving your student a cell phone this Christmas:
1) Having a cell phone is an opportunity for your student to earn trust and gain freedom. It gives them lots of opportunities to prove their maturity.
2) It should be clear from the beginning that having a cell phone is a privilege and not a right.
3) You only have one chance to set initial boundaries on phone use. It's harder to set boundaries once the phone is already being used.
4) It's a great idea to have them charge the cell phone in your room at night. This prevents them using it through the night.
5) Offer more boundaries early and loosen them as they earn trust and get older. Leave room for you to give them more freedom as they demonstrate trustworthiness. That's hard to do if all the freedom is given right away :)
1) Having a cell phone is an opportunity for your student to earn trust and gain freedom. It gives them lots of opportunities to prove their maturity.
2) It should be clear from the beginning that having a cell phone is a privilege and not a right.
3) You only have one chance to set initial boundaries on phone use. It's harder to set boundaries once the phone is already being used.
4) It's a great idea to have them charge the cell phone in your room at night. This prevents them using it through the night.
5) Offer more boundaries early and loosen them as they earn trust and get older. Leave room for you to give them more freedom as they demonstrate trustworthiness. That's hard to do if all the freedom is given right away :)
