Family Time: Parenting Teenagers making the most of the years Family Time Parenting Teenagers

Course Outline A Galaxy Far, Far Away On The Radar Screen the teenage universe On The Radar Screen teenage communication Built To Last teenage character Boundaries and Battlefields teenage tensions Security, Sex & Substances teenage issues Consumerism, Cash and Cyberspace teenage pressures Family Time Parenting Teenagers

Review of the week Family Time Parenting Teenagers

Session 6 Consumerism, Cash & Cyberspace Media Money Internet Family Time Parenting Teenagers

A. THE MEDIA & CONSUMERISM Family Time Parenting Teenagers

“Whoever can be trusted with very little can be trusted with much...” Bible View “Whoever can be trusted with very little can be trusted with much...” Luke 16:10-12 Family Time Parenting Teenagers

Our teenagers as consumers Our teenagers are told that they are defined by outward labels “Take away my mobile phone and you take away a part of me” a teenager Family Time Parenting Teenagers

B. MONEY & DEBT Family Time Parenting Teenagers

Bible View “...if you lack the means to pay, your very bed will be snatched from under you” Proverbs 22:27 Family Time Parenting Teenagers

A strategy for handing on responsibility train them teach them warn them protect them Family Time Parenting Teenagers

C. GITS – GAMES, INTERNET, TEXTING, SURFING Family Time Parenting Teenagers

G.I.T.S. the attraction the obsession the concerns Family Time Parenting Teenagers

“Do not love the world….” Bible View “Do not love the world….” 1 John 2:15-16 Family Time Parenting Teenagers

Book of the Week Family Time Parenting Teenagers

Discussion Groups Family Time Parenting Teenagers

Taking it Further Family Time Parenting Teenagers