parents night 09

Hope Fellowship ChurchHope Fellowship ChurchNew Ipswich, NH

“Living Purely in an Impure World –

HIS Extravagant Love”

February 6, 2009

Dear parents…We embrace the use of the

World Wide Web & the Internet. Our goal is to provide information, tools and tips for a safe internet experience

with age-appropriate material approvedapproved

by the individual family.

Discovery and Action

•A Sex Saturated Culture

•Threat of the Enemy &Response of the Parent

•Pornography and the Marriage“One Woman’s Story”

•Counseling 101… how not to do it!

A Sex Saturated Culture

•Sex and Tech… Sanborn Regional H.S.

•Flirting Goes High – Tech

•Standing on a ‘Naked Snowboard’

•Sony PSP and Playboy – the “Web Connection”

Predators prey where children play!

Predators prey where children play!

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A Sex Saturated Culture

•‘Sexting’ and Arrests

•“The Secret Life of the American Teenager”

•Coming to a School Near You…Gay Friendly Middle Schools

•“Who Posts – Who Meets – Who Lies”

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Source: 241,090 i-SAFE Student/Parent Assessments 2003-’04

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“I have met a new personfrom the Internet face-to-face

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“I do not share what I do & where I go on the Internet with

my parents”

Source: 241,090 i-SAFE Student/Parent Assessments 2003-’04

Frontal Assault and Sneak

Attack

The battle begins…

Burton – TV – Arrests – Secret Life – Gay Friendly

…the enemy steps out with pride…

no more hiding…

Frontal Assault and Sneak

Attack

Threat of the Enemy & Response of the Parent

•Remember who you are… you are the parent not the best friend!

•Talk to your kids about sex… talk… talk… Teachable Moments… talk… talk… talk…

•Know their friends and their friends parents

•Model Respect “they do what we do not what we say”

Threat of the Enemy & Response of the Parent

•“Lean not on your own understanding…”

Proverbs speak… Your command 3:5-6 Their command 3:11-12 Why we must act 22:6 & 23:13-14 Results of healthy boundaries 9:10 And if you do not… model – teach – set boundaries 19:18…

Pornography & the Marriage

•Impact more powerful than cocaine

•Generational Curse

•One Woman’s Story

Counseling 101

…how not to do it

Thank you for your Thank you for your teachable heart for the teachable heart for the

children of this children of this generation and their generation and their children’s children!children’s children!

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