Twelve Cries Twelve Cries Parents Need to HearParents Need to Hear

I will try to walk a blameless path, but how I need your help, especially in my own home, where I long to act as I should. Psalm 101:2 TLB

Twelve Cries Twelve Cries Parents Need to HearParents Need to Hear

Cool Scale - Need Acceptance Acceptance Compliment Starved - Need - Need

AffirmationAffirmation Confirmation Seeking - - Need Need ApprovalApprovalConstant Strokes - Need AffectionConsistent Safeguard - Need

AuthorityCommon Schedule - Need Access

Three Principles Behind the Twelve Cries and Needs

1. They will aggressively seek to meet these needs.

2. If they don’t get their needs met at home they will seek someone else to meet them.

3. They will tend to embrace the values of those who meet their needs.

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7. Craving Significance – Action7. Craving Significance – Action

If a man is lazy , the rafters sag: if If a man is lazy , the rafters sag: if his hands are idle, the house his hands are idle, the house leaks. leaks.

Ecclesiastes. 10:18 NIVEcclesiastes. 10:18 NIV

Never be lazy, but work hard and Never be lazy, but work hard and serve the Lord enthusiastically. serve the Lord enthusiastically. Romans 12:11 NLTRomans 12:11 NLT

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8. Character Struggle – Attitude 8. Character Struggle – Attitude

For as he thinketh in his For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he; heart, so is he; Proverbs 23:7 Proverbs 23:7 KJV KJV

What affects this character struggle? Your associates. Don’t befriend angry people or associate with hot-tempered people, or you will learn to be like them and endanger your soul. Proverbs 22:24-25 NLT

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9. Continual Support – 9. Continual Support – AccountabilityAccountability

For I told him that I would judge his For I told him that I would judge his family forever because of the sin family forever because of the sin he knew about; his sons made he knew about; his sons made themselves contemptible, and he themselves contemptible, and he failed to restrain them. failed to restrain them. 1 Samuel 1 Samuel 3:13 NIV3:13 NIV

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10. Childish System – Adulthood10. Childish System – Adulthood

When I was a child, I spoke and When I was a child, I spoke and thought and reasoned as a child. thought and reasoned as a child. But when I grew up, I put away But when I grew up, I put away childish things. childish things. 1 Corinthians 1 Corinthians 13:11 NLT13:11 NLT

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11. Culturally Seduced – Arsenal11. Culturally Seduced – Arsenal

Like arrows in the hands of a Like arrows in the hands of a warrior are the sons born in one’s warrior are the sons born in one’s youth, blessed is the man whose youth, blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them. They will not quiver is full of them. They will not be put to shame when they be put to shame when they contend with their enemies in the contend with their enemies in the gate.gate. Psalm 127:4-5 NIVPsalm 127:4-5 NIV

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12. Counseled Structure – Advice12. Counseled Structure – Advice

A pupil is not above his teacher; A pupil is not above his teacher; but everyone, after he has been but everyone, after he has been fully trained, will be like his fully trained, will be like his teacher. teacher.

Luke 6:40 NASBLuke 6:40 NASB