Understanding Teenagers Seminars

We offer a comprehensive seminar to assist parents and others to Understand Teenagers. We are able to tailor the content to suit the available time - anything from one evening to a full 9 hours. If you are interested in make a booking then click here to find out some of the practical requirements and pricing.

The full contents include:

Introduction

Where we're coming from: research and experience in Youth Work and its impact on parenting.
The River Wild: the UYT approach to the journey through adolescence: the value of preparation.

Stage 1: Knowing the Landscape

1.1 Bible Base: The Bible speaks clearly of a God who wants to be involved in the process of adolescence and invests in the adults who will emerge.
1.2 Initiation and the Teenager: When will they grow up?
1.3 Adolescence: Three Key Phases.
1.4 The Process of Change: Adolescence is a period of rapid change.
1.5 Roots and Wings: Stability with encouragement to grow.
1.6 You are on a journey too! As parents you are changing too.

Stage 2: Planning the Route

2.1 Landmarks you will meet: Warning - incoming values.
Beware - shifting sands.
2.2 Sexuality: The unexploded bomb.
2.3 Conflict: Know you are being tested - this is not the real war .
2.4 T.A.L.K: A framework to help plan the route.
2.5 Faith: Cultivate a working faith.
2.6 Values you will need: Six core values.

Stage 3: Packing for the Journey

3.1 Formulating Vision: Instil a sense of vision for you and your children.
3.2 Making Rules: Set the boundaries before the teenage years.
3.3 Dare to Discipline: Discipline makes them part of the family.
3.4 Maintaining Communication: Creative ideas to help.
3.5 Clearing Out the Rubbish: Face the issues in your own life.
3.6 Creating Support: Who is in it with you?
3.7 Praying it Through: It's reassuring that God knows what it's like to be a parent of a teenager.

Stage 4: The Journey Through Single Parenting

Stage 5: The Last Word: Faith, Hope and Love