We are convinced that no matter how much influence we may have on a student, it pales in comparison to the impact of the parent-child relationship. For this reason, we are here to come alongside you as a parent as you walk with your child through the crazy years of adolescence. We want to be a blessing to you and not just your student. We pray that the resources and scripture offered here will be both encouraging and helpful to you.
If you would like more information about what is going on in Catalyst, check out the Summer '09 Calendar. If there is anything else we can do to better serve you or your student, don’t hesitate to connect with us (see Contact page).
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RESOURCES FOR PARENTS:
Focus on the Family Youth Culture department provides a variety of resources and information on popular cultural issues. 1-800-661-9800; www.family.org
Boundless Webzine is an older teens internet-based magazine designed to equip students to understand and defend their faith. www.boundless.org
Christian Parenting Today is a very helpful website with a number of resources on parenting. www.christianparentingtoday.com
Center for Parent / Youth Understanding. CPYU seeks to bridge the gap between parents, youth and their culture. They offer numerous resources for parents. www.cpyu.orgHomeWord is a Christian organization aimed at “Encouraging parents, Building families.” On their website you’ll find countless resources covering topics ranging from discipline to sports to sexuality. You can also subscribe to a weekly email newsletter full of great articles and helpful advice. www.homeword.com.
Counseling resources. First Baptist Church of Elk Grove Caregiving Ministry: 916-685-4821 ext. 347 and leave a message for Mike Beckner.
- Creekside Counseling Associates, 685-5258
- Crisis Pregnancy Center, 880-4040
- Meier Clinics, 888-725-4625
- Joan Buzzard, Christian Marriage and Family Therapist 916-656-6307
Other helpful websites
- www.Ileadyouth.com
- www.fulleryouthinstitute.org
- www.exodusyouth.net (for those wrestling with same-sex attraction)
- www.xxxchurch.com (for those wrestling with online pornography)
- www.theantidrug.com (for those wrestling with substance abuse)
- www.twloha.com (for those wrestling with self-injury, depression, and suicide)
- www.metanoia.org/suicide/ (for those wrestling with suicidal thoughts)
- www.freshhope.net (for those who have had an abortion)
Contact Philip at 685-4821 ext. 133 if you would like more information, resources, or counseling referrals.
SCRIPTURES ON PARENTING
Authority: “Honor your father and mother, as the Lord your God has commanded you, so that you may live long and that it may go well with you in the land the Lord your God is giving you.” (Deuteronomy 5:16)
Balance: “Don’t let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in life, in love, in faith, and in purity.” (I Timothy 4:12)
Discipline: “It is good for a man to bear the yoke while he is young.” (Lamentations 3:27)
Exasperating kids: “Fathers, do not exasperate your children; instead bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord.” (Ephesians 6:4)
Honor: “Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. ‘Honor your father and mother’ – which is the first commandment with a promise – ‘that it may go well with you and that you may enjoy long life on the earth.’” (Ephesians 6:1 3)
Motivating your teen: “Fathers, do not embitter your children, or they will become discouraged.” (Colossians 3:21)
Obedience: “Cursed is the man who dishonors his father or mother.” (Deuteronomy 27:16) “Children, obey your parents in everything, for this pleases the Lord.” (Colossians 3:20)
Respect: “Listen to your father, who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old.” (Proverbs 23:22)
Responsibility: “Whoever can be trusted with very little can also be trusted with much, and whoever is dishonest with very little will also be dishonest with much. So if you have not been trustworthy in handling worldly wealth, who will trust you with true riches? And if you have not been trustworthy with someone else’s property, who will give you property of your own.” (Luke 16:10-12)
Speech: “He who guards his lips guards his life, but he who speaks rashly will come to ruin.” (Proverbs 13:3) “Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it
may benefit those who listen.” (Ephesians 4:29)
Teaching: “Train a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it.” (Proverbs 22:6)
Values: “For you know that we dealt with each of you as a father deals with his own children, encouraging, comforting and urging you to live lives worthy of God, who calls you into his kingdom and glory.” (I Thessalonians 2:11-12)
