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Who influences your children the most?
Leslie DixonExecutive Director
The Birds & Bees Connection
Who influences your children the most?
From the beginning of your child’s life, you play the most important role. They watch, observe, and model what you do. They look to you for support and wisdom. You influence your child’s moral character, faith, and perspectives on people and the world.
Who influences your children the most?
Who influences your child from birth to 10 years of age?
Who influences your children the most?
Tools to insure greater parental influence in the early years
Hone your listening skillsFamily meals, time togetherLess electronic devicesMonitor shows your child watchesUse the media to educate your childHealthy peer groups
Who influences your children the most?
Who is the greatest influence during the teen years? Is it different for girls & boys?
Who influences your children the most?
What role do peers play?
Who influences your children the most?
Positive Peer Influence: Why are peer groups important?
Who influences your children the most?
Positive Influences: Teachers, Coaches and Mentors
Who influences your children the most?
What Makes this Generation of Teens Different?
Who influences your children the most?
What Drives this Generation of Teens?
Who influences your children the most?
As children age, they tend to be bombarded with the power of the media Celebrities begin to take on the job of role models.
Who influences your children the most?
Positive Media Influences
Who influences your children the most?
Who influences your children the most?
Who influences your children the most?
How Ashton Kutcher Award at the Teen Choice Awards Influenced
Teens
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Who influences your children the most?
Tools for addressing Positive and Negative Media Influences.
Monitor what your teen is watching and what they might be watching at a friends home.
Whether it’s positive or negative, find teachable discussions to have with your teen.
Engage your teen in discussion, allow them to have their opinions. They need to realize you have yours as well.
Monitor and set limits with electronic devices.
Who influences your children the most?
To an adolescent, there is nothing in the world more embarrassing than a parent. Dave Barry
Children aren't happy without something to ignore, And that's what parents were created for. Ogden Nash
Who influences your children the most?
Often parents have to wear many hats, and therefore they are often overwhelmed.
To raise a child it takes a village. What a profound statement and one that is often not taken advantaged of.
However, in modern life a parent becomes: chauffer, caregiver, cook, coach, friend, teacher, nurse. And often times both parents take on these roles.
What an almost impossible task juggle all those roles.
Who influences your children the most?
Bottom line parents impact in their child’s life.
Who influences your children the most?
The best inheritance a parent can give his children is a few minutes of his time each day.Orlando A. Battista
Who influences your children the most?
So what’s a parent to do?
Who influences your children the most?
Find time to have “family time” and “one-on-one” dates.
Be consistentPreview movies and potentially
provocative showsBe willing to say no to television shows
which may have a negative influences
Who influences your children the most?
Parents can only give good advice or put them on the right paths, but the final forming of a person's character lies in their own hands.Anne Frank
Who influences your children the most?
How do the courses offered at the Birds & Bees Connection support parental influence?