Week 3 - Putting Up Walls

Step 3. Put up the Walls - Week 3 - Suggested Nights: Tuesday, Feb. 14 or Thursday, Feb. 16

Once you’ve started to create the culture of open conversation and laid a solid foundation, it’s time to start to putting up some walls. Usually this is a bad thing in relationships, but here we’re talking about going through room-by-room of your childs’ heart and hearing from them about what they are struggling with. What are they dealing with? What are they hearing from school? What do they see their friends doing that they question whether it’s right or wrong?

For this week I encourage you to (re)read the article by Jori Reijonen,, Ph.D., ‘Adolescent Sexuality and Finding Identity in Christ.’ Incredible insight into the different rooms of your child’s mind and heart.

I believe that if you are consistent the first two weeks with sitting down and talking to your child, you will be pleasantly surprised with what they share with you during the conversations.