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

2. Course Outline 1. A Galaxy Far, Far Away  the teenage universe 2. On The Radar Screen  teenage communication 3. Built To Last  teenage character 4. Boundaries and Battlefields  teenage tensions 5. Security, Sex & Substances  teenage issues 6. Consumerism, Cash and Cyberspace  teenage pressures Family Time Parenting Teenagers

3. Review of the week Family Time Parenting Teenagers

4.  Picking up Issues  Listening Skills  Communicating Feelings Family Time Parenting Teenagers

6. Communication Different ways of communicating. “We’d like a word with you – or two out of you, whichever is easier!” Family Time Parenting Teenagers

7. Bible View “Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble...” 2 Corinthians 1:3,4 Family Time Parenting Teenagers

9. 1. Showing interest in their world  ask the right questions.  prove to them that their world matters to you. Family Time Parenting Teenagers

10. 2. Adjusting to their timing  respond to the moment  create the atmosphere Many of the best conversations happen in the most “ordinary” times. Family Time Parenting Teenagers

11. 3. Listening to their concerns  read the signs  look beneath the surface “The more a child becomes aware of a parent’s willingness to listen, the more a parent will begin to hear” Parentalk Family Time Parenting Teenagers

12. 4. Responding to their issues  real listening is the gateway to good responding Family Time Parenting Teenagers

13. Bible View “Take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry” James 1:19 Family Time Parenting Teenagers

15. Four ingredients of family  shared identity  shared values  shared experiences  shared feelings Family Time Parenting Teenagers

16. Book of the Week Family Time Parenting Teenagers

17. Discussion Groups Family Time Parenting Teenagers

18. Taking it Further Family Time Parenting Teenagers