Resources for Families
Suggested articles, videos and activities to benefit children, teens, parents (and grandparents)
…. and other people in the church and community
The Calvin Institute offers a variety of podcasts (and other resources) on young people, their needs and preferences, and their spiritual lives.
They offer a wide variety (click the photo above for the menu), but a suggested example is Almeda Wright on “the Beautiful and Complex Lives of Young People”
Podcaster Arthur C. Brooks (How to Build a Happy Life) says children and teens are bombarded with out-of-perspective reminders of danger.
Families can truly help young ones with reminders —and evidence!— of how wonderful people, communities, and the world really are.
A Conversation with Christian counselor Rich Hoffman about perspectives on how some children and teens are needing family encouragement, especially as they seek to reconnect socially, adapt back to school, and developing their sense of self.
Rich is founder and clinical director of Christian Counseling Associates (of Western Pennsylvania and surrounding states).
Inter-generational Inter-actions
Young people need the church.
The church needs young people.
The benefits swirl and multiply, both ways.
(Choose 1 or 2 or 3 of the 33 articles from the Fuller Youth Institute…for your own understand, or to talk abut with children or teens in your household or extended family.)
Teens, Tech, and Social Media
Helping parents to manage teens’ online lives, but less likelihood of your guidance becoming counterproductive. Work together to help young people to balance their lives, be appropriate online, and not get lost in tech time. (from Wired.com)
“What Adults Don't Get About Teens and Digital Life” — for consideration and family discussion, to see what does and doesn’t fit your situations.
d365.org
Music, a thought-starter, scripture and prayer for each of the 365 days of the year.
Get a short daily devotional from the young adult offices of three partnered denominations, including ours. Available as an app, through the website, on various social media, or subscribe to receive d365 by e-mail.
Edinboro Presby shares these resources simply as general information. An item’s inclusion here is not necessarily an endorsement of the material, its source or its content. These are provided for your consideration.
Those which you find helpful: share it with others, read/watch/talk about it as a family, or explore if there are any insights which guide you to come to other or better conclusions.
Those which differ from your understanding or perspective: be able to demonstrate what else is true or helpful or appropriate for your situations, ponder how you can be in a fruitful conversation with some else who might agree with the original item, or use this content to motivate you to act faithfully (even if you go forward in a different direction toward a better result). You do not need to agree with someone else in order to learn from them.