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Let's face it. We all could use some new ideas every now and again to add to our parenting tool box as our children grow and change. Here we present ideas that have helped other parents. No two kids are alike, so try different strategies until you find one that works for you and your child.

Remember to pray, pray, pray!

Code Red

6/12/2014

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Parents can protect their children only so much from the seedier sides of our modern culture.  The brain doesn't have a delete button.  An appreciation for modesty and decency need to be instilled in children from a young age (it can be done later, but it is harder and the damage has been done).  So one of the ways the Lewis family (five boys) teaches their children to have "custody of their eyes" is a simple "game" called "Code Red." 

Whenever anyone in the family sees lips touching (PDAs) or immodest clothing, etc. they call out "Code Red!" and everyone averts their eyes.  Venue doesn't matter.  Could be at the mall, watching TV or a movie, or on the street. 

Parents could even incorporate this game into TV programming or commercials that have violence.  Maybe even give it a different color...Code Black!  Code Plaid!

This "game" trains them/us to be intentional in our visual consumption.  We get to choose what we see.  We develop discernment and self-control over our curiosity and keep a check on the initial spark of nearly all our desires:  the visual image.  Males were created by God to be highly visual, so it is extremely important to teach our boys to guard their eyes (as we must teach our girls to guard their hearts). 

We can't control others' behavior or what the media spews out at us, but we can choose what we consume with our eyes, what we allow to become a part of our memory. 

"Finally, brethren, whatsoever is true, whatsoever is honorable, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report: if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things."  Phil 4:8









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1/1/2021 02:46:01 am

As much as we want to protect our kids their whole lives, we cannot do so as parents. There will come a time when they will be hurt or when they will commit sins that we do not approve of and there is absolutely nothing we can do to prevent that from happening. It is not entirely a bad thing because those experiences will teach them the greatest lessons in life. What we can do, though, is to guide them and support them. We must let them know that when the time comes that they will need our help, we are always going to be here ready to lend a helping hand.

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