the cow & the haystack: convincing parents to become an impact adult to their kids
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Presentation by Monty Lysne at the 2012 Southeastern Minnesota Synod Assembly as part of a workshop on communication. More on the workshops and the synod at http://semnsynod.org/assembly/workshops/TRANSCRIPT
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“Societal pressures are growing heavier and heavier today at an earlier and earlier age.
“Societal pressures are growing heavier and heavier today at an earlier and earlier age.
At the same time the support systems which traditionally upheld adolescents through their developmental journey are eroding.”
At the same time the support systems which traditionally upheld adolescents through their developmental journey are eroding.”
- Rich Melheim - Rich Melheim
Eroding HaystacksEroding HaystacksThe Theory of Top-heavy
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“Societal pressures are growing heavier and heavier today at an earlier and earlier age.
“Societal pressures are growing heavier and heavier today at an earlier and earlier age.
At the same time the support systems which traditionally upheld adolescents through their developmental journey are eroding.”
At the same time the support systems which traditionally upheld adolescents through their developmental journey are eroding.”
Eroding HaystacksEroding HaystacksRecruiting Session I
• Pressure:
1. How are the following pressures different for the average 13-year-old today than for you when you were 13?
a. Sex b. Drugs
c. Media d. Economics
Eroding HaystacksEroding HaystacksRecruiting Session I
• Support:
How are the following support structures different for the average 13-year-old today than for you when you were 13?
a. Family b. Community
c. School d. Church
Eroding HaystacksEroding HaystacksRecruiting Session I
• Impact Adults:
Think of an adult who made a significant positive impact on you when you were a teen.
a. If you were to distill the gift they gave you down to one word, what word would you choose?
b. How did they make you feel?
Eroding HaystacksEroding HaystacksRecruiting Session I
• Impact Adults:
c. Who/where would you be today without that person?
d. Who do you want your child to say was their impact adult five/ten years from today?
Eroding HaystacksEroding HaystacksRecruiting Session I
• Think:
One day, your child is going to walk away from your grave and a part of you is going to walk away with them. What part do you want it to be?
Do you have a plan to make this happen?
Eroding HaystacksEroding HaystacksRecruiting Session I
• Dream:
When your child is grown, wouldn’t you like them to list you as the main impact adult in their life?
Eroding HaystacksEroding HaystacksRecruiting Session I
• The Question:
If the church had a plan to make you the Impact Adult in your child’s life, would you want to explore it?