Parenting Creatively can be tough. As parents, God has imparted to us the joy of raising children so that they use their talents to help further His kingdom.
Tapping into their talents and interests can be challenging.
How do you motivate them to fulfil their God-given direction in life and use their talents to the fullest without nagging?
How do you encourage them in forward thinking? How do you show them that their futures and adulthood will come quickly.
The passing of time is something they do not see as an enemy. Children live in the here and now and do not give much thought to their future. Tweens and teens focus on friends and fun. They do not want to think about college or future careers; but it is our job as parents to help them plan for their future success.
Announcing the Parenting Creatively Series
Each Tuesday and Thursday at Maryandering Creatively, I plan to focus on tips and resources for parenting tweens and teens. Topics will include motivating your tweens and teens in different areas of life: sports, scholarship, organization, reading, and writing. I also plan to share resources on national organizations which offer great scholarships and summer camps.
Let’s face it parenting tweens and teens can be difficult. When you try to get them to read or focus on school work of any type of self-improvement, you often hear the “Oh, mom, I’ll do it later. Can’t I just relax. I have plenty of time.”
How do you motivate and encourage without becoming a nag?
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In this ongoing series, I hope to give you actionable activities and lists of great resources to help be the best parent that you can be to your tween and teen.
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To start the series off, please share in the comments section your number one parenting concern.
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My main issue is with listening? How can we make our children really listen to what we tell them? Sometimes I feel I’m talking to a wall made of bricks.
That makes it hard not to loose patience, but if the situation escalates it only gets worse.
Thanks for your tips
https://www.roamingmommy.com
My main issue is with listening? How can we make our children really listen to what we tell them? Sometimes I feel I’m talking to a wall made of bricks.
That makes it hard not to loose patience, but if the situation escalates it only gets worse.
Thanks for your tips
http://www.roamingmommy.com
Mary this is going to be great for parents, I am sure they will lap up all the help you can give them.
My number one parenting concern is that I can navigate my boys through the teen years and into adulthood without them making any horribly irreversible mistakes like getting involved in drugs or something like that. I know we live in an area where heroin is becoming an epidemic and many parents are mystified how their seemingly nice, normal, everyday kids became users. I know my boys are good boys and we’re pretty open with communication but I’m always so afraid there’s something we’re forgetting to talk about or some pitfall I’m might miss….
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Hi, parents share these type of fears. I know I stay awake nights praying for my daughter to make wise decisions. Thanks for sharing.
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