7. Remember the description that called multitasking a “continual, partial attention”? When do you fall into that pattern? Do you see it happening with your teen? When are you most able to concentrate and focus on only one need or idea?
8. Take a guess. How do you think your teen would answer the question, “What problems would you like to help solve?”
Brainstorm a time this week when you might actually ask your teen this question.
1. If you were going to rename this authority lie, what would you call it?
2. Despite your best efforts, when have you been a Friend Parent, an Absent Parent, or an Inconsistent Parent? When have you found the best balance of consistent and gentle authoritative parenting? What goes right when you're consistent in exercising loving authority?
3. You have probably noticed authority figures being ridiculed on television or at the movies. When have your kids noticed and mentioned this trend? Have you ever seen behaviors in your family that mimic that disrespect for parents and other authorities? How have you been able to help your kids show respect for parents and teachers?
4. If you are familiar with the Bible, brainstorm truths you know from God's Word that talk about how people should relate to authority. When have you seen some of these positive principles at work?
5. What kinds of authority figures are currently part of your teen's life? Do these people handle their position wisely and well? How do your teens relate to their use of power, whether it's good or bad?
6. When do you find it easiest to submit to authorityâGod's
authority, a boss's authority, a teacher's authority, the church leadership? What do leaders do to make it easier for you to submit to their authority over you?
1. How would you define
information
? Does that definition differ from the definition for
knowledge
or the definition of
wisdom
?
2. Who have been your most influential teachers over the course of your life? What made their teaching so meaningful for you?
3. When has your teen's intuitive understanding of tech tools been a blessing for your family? Were you able to articulate your thanks to your teen for sharing that expertise?
4. What is good about self-sufficiency? Are there areas in which we should encourage teens to be self-sufficient? How does self-sufficiency relate to living in community? In what ways should we encourage teens to develop dependence on others?
