when to teach our children. He gives an example of his family feeds their children when they are ready,
which is much earlier in the day than he arrived home from work. They still sat around the table as a
family, after he got home but it was important to feed the children when they were hungry. This
lesson can be used in all types of scenarios. When do you learn an idea the best? Most likely it is when
you have a desire to know the information. So the idea is to teach our children important concepts when
they are ready.
INTIMACY
This and other videos published are great resources on how we as parents can effectively teach
our children the importance of sexual intimacy.
Lessons should be age appropriate, respectful, let your children ask questions and be as curious as they
want. It is not necessary to give them more information than they can handle. This is an on-going
conversation. Start talking to your children when they are young and continue increasing information as
needed until they are ready. Your children won't remember everything but they will remember that they
had these conversations with their parents and they will remember how you made them feel.
FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
Ideas on how to teach your kids about family finances from "One for the Money" by Marvin J. Ashton.
1, Pay an honest tithe
2. Learn to manage money before it manages you
3. Learn Self-discipline and self-restraint
4. Use a budget
5. Teach family members early the importance of working and earning
MEDIA USE
An article posted by NPR found a correlation between hours spent online and teen depression and suicidal
thoughts.
One hour, maybe two hours [a day], doesn't increase risk all that much," Twenge says. "But once you get to three hours — and especially four and then, really, five hours and beyond — that's where there's much more significant risk of suicide attempts, thinking about suicide and major depression.
Our best recourse is to take action as parents. What parents can do to safeguard their kids as much as
possible is to have boundaries that surround screen time. Placing priorities around real world activities,
screen time limits, and even discussing together the things that both parents and kids are viewing online
help them to see that what they're viewing does matter. And when the time is up, to be able to
put it down and find other things to do will help the child know that too much of anything is too much.
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