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Who is influencing my children?. Who is influencing my children?. The people our children become is a product of two things… Their life experience How they interact with that experience. Our Family Make-up Family structure Family roles Family conflict Family failure Family history
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Who is influencing my children? • The people our children become is a product of two things… • Their life experience • How they interact with that experience
Our Family Make-up • Family structure • Family roles • Family conflict • Family failure • Family history • Family Values
Family Identity • “Family identity is strong, if our children feel involved in and proud to belong to our family” • How can we build a strong family identity?
1 Have a set Family Time • A time to discuss • A time to share • A time to teach • A time to prepare • A time to laugh together • A time to pray together • Meal times • Hi-low
2 Family Quote Book • 3 Family Photos • 4 Family Traditions • Exercise • Write down three things that are a tradition in your family
Other Influences • The television • The average father spends three minutes a day in 'quality' conversation with his children. • The average mother, five and a half minutes in ‘quality’ conversation. • One in three children under the age of six watches television for between two and six hours a day • A third of children under three have a television set in their bedroom.
Computers • The school • Friends • Other adults • Extended Family and Significant Others
Our children’s relationship with God • 1 Pray for them • 2 Pray with them • 3 Be open with your children about your own faith • 4 Come together as a family to church • 5 Encourage them to enjoy the Bible themselves.