
Help Kids Process Difficulty or Trauma
Very few people feel adequate to help children process their emotions, especially when something tragic happens. Children can be so different, can’t they?
Very few people feel adequate to help children process their emotions, especially when something tragic happens. Children can be so different, can’t they?
I had a fun time one evening recently asking kids ages 7-12 about their thoughts on this topic–worshipping God in everyday life. I’m going to share some of their answers with you.
Psalm 78 gives clear instruction to reach the next generation. Read this issue of the IMPACT magazine to hear how God is using the ministry of CEF to reach the next generation. Through this annual report edition of the 2020 ministry year, you will see that God has raised an army of evangelists around the world so that the next generation might know.
How can we teach kids to value others? The Bible says much about the value of life and loving others. The very first chapter has the foundational reason to value all people.
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Have you heard of the 4 to 14 window? That’s the age when people are most likely to accept Jesus Christ as their personal Lord and Savior. In 2015, the National Association of Evangelicals polled their membership to learn at what age members made this most important decision of their lives.
Mother’s Day and Father’s Day can hold all kinds of emotions for us. For some of us it’s a joyful day and we give loving sentiments to our parent and receive them from children. For others of us it’s a hard day because a relationship with a child or parent is difficult, or we’ve lost a child or parent. Every mention of the day can pour salt into a wound.
If children grow up believing there’s nothing worth dying for, they’ll end up feeling like there’s nothing worth living for.
Why is it that when a preacher or a priest commits an immoral act, it’s bigger news than when, say a plumber, commits the same act? It’s because ministry is a character profession. Guess what? Parenting is a character profession too. We must practice integrity before we can transfer it to our children.
All kinds of digital screens are flashing worldly values in front of kids at a pace that feels impossible to keep up with. What can we do to combat media values?