Archive for the 'Parental Authority' Category
Saturday, September 24th, 2016
Learning how to love and be loved is like archery lessons that teach us how to cast out fear: aim for the bulls-eye, where the love of God rests and there is peace. Hopefully we are all learning how to become better versions of ourselves, holding one accountable with a mercy and a heart full of hope and faith that the grace of God carries us forward closer to Him when we seek His face.
Posted in Anxiety, Bullying, Children & Teens Problems & Pitfalls, Children's Health & Mental Health, Cyber Safety, Faith, God's love, Mobile Phone Use and Children, Parent-child relationship, Parental Authority, Parental control, Parenting, Sexting, Social Media, Substance Abuse & Addiction | Comments Off on On forming a united front in the family
Tuesday, August 23rd, 2016
Let this declaration of my choice to believe and walk according to the Word of God resonate in every nook and cranny of my heart and mind, body and soul; in my house, and in every family relationship so that the enemy realizes that I know and You, Jesus, witness that I know, that he who is in the world has no power of what You God have already given me before I was born …
Posted in Cyber Safety, Faith, Family, God's love, Mobile Phone Use and Children, My two cents, Parent-child communication, Parental Authority, Parental control, Parenting, Social Media, Texting | Comments Off on Reclaiming family in the social network
Monday, August 15th, 2016
My faith teaches me that the only way to gain understanding is to experience life with a heart full of gratitude to God for my own intellect and free will. This is my capacity to learn how to love and be loved fearlessly, as God does. In Jesus’ name, Amen.
Posted in Bullying, Children & Teens Problems & Pitfalls, Cyber Safety, Cyberbullying, Faith, Family, Mobile Phone Use and Children, My two cents, Parent-child relationship, Parental Authority, Parental control, Privacy, Social Media, Teenagers, Texting, Wisdom | Comments Off on Cyber-safe thinking
Monday, February 15th, 2016
A recent Huffington Post article features the modern day problem of parents posting photos to their social media accounts with other people’s children and tagging them. It is a new challenge that requires a restraint, or at least a mindfulness about taking and posting photos. The old adage, just because you can doesn’t mean that you should is demonstrated by this dilemma.
Posted in Boundaries, Children & Teens Problems & Pitfalls, Cyber Safety, Cyberbullying, Faith, Family, Friendship, Mobile Phone Use and Children, Parental Authority, Parental control, Parenting, Privacy, Wisdom | Comments Off on Parents posting photos of children on-line can create risks: Why less is more
Saturday, February 13th, 2016
The William Glasser Institute offers insights about human nature that has practical application for raising tech-savvy kids. Glasser’s Choice Theory describes how every individual has command and control over thoughts and actions, while feelings and the physiological responses (the senses and emotions) to life’s events and experiences individuals do not control -they just happen. This means that we can easily be deceived by the feelings inspired by experiences on and off line.
Posted in Anxiety, Boundaries, Bullying, Children & Teens Problems & Pitfalls, Children's Health & Mental Health, Cyber Safety, Cyberbullying, Faith, Family, Mobile Phone Use and Children, Parent-child communication, Parent-child relationship, Parental Authority, Parental control, Privacy, Sex and sexual exploitation, Sexting, Social Media, Teenagers, Texting, Wisdom | Comments Off on Why your child needs to recognize a lie in order to be cyber safe
Saturday, January 30th, 2016
Naturopathic Doctor, Greta Hauck D’Amico, who practices at Four Rivers Naturopathic Clinic in Auburn, California. She spoke to a group of citizens at Sun City in Lincoln, about the role of virtue in a cyber-powered world that hypes human judgment as truth. D'Amico offers insights for parents and grandparents struggling with concerns about the lessons featuring risky behavior, social justice conflicts, war and terrorism we are witnessing in the global social network and what this means for the future.
Posted in Cyber Safety, Faith, Family, Mobile Phone Use and Children, Motivation, My two cents, Parent-child communication, Parental Authority, Parenting, Social Media, Wisdom | Comments Off on Tips to express the wisdom of your faith to your child
Monday, January 25th, 2016
Growing up and parenting are deeply affected by cyber connectivity, as children are natural born users of technology which is constantly changing and requiring well-informed adaptation. And so there is much education required on the part of parents in order to provide the guidance kids need in their cyber social realms.
Posted in Boundaries, Bullying, Children & Teens Problems & Pitfalls, Cyber Safety, Cyberbullying, Faith, Family, Mobile Phone Use and Children, Parent-child communication, Parental Authority, Parental control, Parenting, Privacy, Relationship, Social Media, The Fish 103.9FM Cyber Tues, Wisdom | Comments Off on Top three reasons why parents do not prepare children for internet threats
Thursday, January 14th, 2016
It’s a new day for growing up, being a parent, worship and love...
Posted in Banana Moments Monthly Round Up, Cyber Safety, Education, Faith, Family, God's love, Mobile Phone Use and Children, Parent-child communication, Parental Authority, Parental control, Parenting, Relationship, Social Media, Substance Abuse & Addiction, Wisdom | Comments Off on How technology sharpens the need for worship and love
Saturday, December 12th, 2015
A recent article by Naomi Schaefer Riley in the New York Post features the lack of parental confidence in a child’s ability to be responsible for their own security as a type of schizophrenia that looks something like this: little girls are wearing sexy Halloween costumes while college students are calling parents daily to make basic decisions about class courses and campus life. The article points to an “amorphous fear” of a culture that is not geared toward protecting children.
Posted in Banana Moments Monthly Round Up, Bullying, Children & Teens Problems & Pitfalls, Cyber Safety, Cyberbullying, Discipline, Faith, Family, God's love, Mobile Phone Use and Children, Parent-child relationship, Parental Authority, Parental control, Parenting, Sex and sexual exploitation, Social Media, Substance Abuse & Addiction, Teenagers, Texting, Wisdom | Comments Off on Hopeless in America: Why parents are afraid to let kids grow up
Monday, August 10th, 2015
The transition struggles youth experience graduating into middle school, high school and college in the hyper-connected world amplify any confusion or self doubt a person might have. The most important thing a parent can do for a child going through the struggles of life's transitions is to express the spiritual wisdom of their chosen faith.
Posted in Anxiety, Children & Teens Problems & Pitfalls, Children's Health & Mental Health, Faith, God's love, Mobile Phone Use and Children, My two cents, Parent-child communication, Parent-child relationship, Parental Authority, Parental control, Relationship, Substance Abuse & Addiction | Comments Off on Respond to your child’s school transition struggles by agreeing with God’s promises, not your fears
Let this declaration of my choice to believe and walk according to the Word of God resonate in every nook and cranny of my heart and mind, body and soul; in my house, and in every family relationship so that the enemy realizes that I know and You, Jesus, witness that I know, that he who is in the world has no power of what You God have already given me before I was born …
