How To Prepare Your Child for Life
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Subject Line: How To Prepare Your Child for Life
Dear (Insert name of parent),
There are so many things about life we need to know, and it helps us when somebody equips us for the road. One way to prepare your child for the road of life is to think about your tool belt before you think about what to put in your child’s.
In less than five minutes, we discuss this and so much more!
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We believe in you,
(Insert leader’s name)
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Subject Line: How To Prepare Your Child for Life
Dear (Insert name of parent),
So much of parenting is not within our control, but what is within our control is the freedom to go out and pursue our own life tools. As adults, we don’t have to wait for someone to equip us for life, we have the personal freedom to go get it for ourselves.
So today’s step is brave yet straightforward. We can accept responsibility for taking inventory of the life tools we have. Figure out what more we want, then plan how to get it. If you want to hear more of this, click the link for a short, encouraging video.
https://vimeo.com/parentministry/review/394575322/ede4853941
Imagine your child at 35 as he/she looks at his or her children passing down what they were given. Can you imagine what it would look like if they have just a few more tools than you did?
Proverbs 3:13 states, “Joyful is the person who finds wisdom, the one who gains understanding.” Collecting life tools is finding wisdom.
We hope this tip helps you just a little bit today as a parent.
Believing in you,
(Insert leader’s name)
Video
Video Script
Kid Video Script March 2020
Title: How to Prepare Your Child for Life
Welcome to this month’s online parenting class! Last class, we offered you ways to grow your confidence as a parent: understanding your story, your child’s story, and how God’s story connects them all. If you missed it, ask your Director or Minister to send it to you.
Today, we offer you a way to help prepare your child for life. This mission can seem simple, but when we break down into every day, the process can feel complicated or overwhelming.
Imagine everyone, including you, has a tool belt for life. When you were young, your parents or parental figures in your life put a “tool” in your tool belt to show you how to live life.
For example:
How do you manage money?
How do you learn how to date?
How do you forgive?
How do you cook?
How do you navigate emotions?
What’s important about marriage?
What are some good study habits?
How do you change a tire on a car?
There are so many things about life we need to know, and it helps us when somebody equips us for the road. One way to prepare your child for the road of life is to think about your tool belt before you think about what to put in your child’s.
As you take a personal assessment of what is in your life tool belt, please know there is no perfect parent. EVERY ONE of us will have empty pockets. Some of us had parents who filled pocket after pocket of “life tools,” while others received very minimal. Either way, our parental figures or parents were only able to pass down what they were given, and whatever that is is not within our control.
What is within our control is the freedom to go out and pursue our own life tools. As adults, we don’t have to wait for someone to equip us for life, we have the personal freedom to go get it for ourselves.
So today’s step is brave yet straightforward. We can accept responsibility for taking inventory of the life tools we have. Figure out what more we want, then plan how to get it.
For example, let’s say you didn’t learn how to manage money. That’s okay, so many parents didn’t receive that tool. Where can you find wisdom and practical tips? Is there someone you admire who seems to manage their money wisely, not extravagantly, but wisely? Can you seek out Biblical advice from a mentor? A financial advisor? A legitimate, authorized company online?
This step requires intentionality, but it is worth it. Imagine your child at 35, looking at his or her child passing down what they were given. Can you imagine what it would look like if they have just a few more tools than you did?
Please keep it simple and start with one or two items. Because it is not possible to fill an entire tool belt, take your time evaluating. Ask the Lord for help. Once you identify a “life tool” you want, begin to look for a trusted and vetted friend, mentor, life coach, church member, teacher, website, or counselor for suggestions on where to start.
Thank you for joining this month’s Online Parenting Class. If you want more classes, please ask your Minister or Director.
In our next class, we have a unique, online, guided prayer time where we don’t just tell you “how to pray,” but we will pray with you for your child, and if you think another parent would benefit from this encouragement, please share what you have learned. And remember…start small…what is one life tool you want to add to your tool belt? Go get it! We are cheering for you Parents.
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Imagine your child at 35, looking at his or her children passing down what they were given. Can you imagine what it would look like if they have just a few more tools than you did?
What is within our control as parents? We have the freedom to go out and pursue our own tools for life and then pass them on to our children.
One way to prepare your child for the road of life is to think about your tool belt before you think about what to put in your children’s.
Pursuing “life tools” is brave and straightforward. We can accept responsibility for taking inventory of the life tools we have. All we do is figure out what more we want, then plan how to get it.