Join us Friday April 4 (5:30-9:00 P.M.) at Forest Hills Baptist Church for this outstanding seminar for parents of teens, featuring the wisdom of Wayne Rice. Cost is $25 per person which includes dinner, refreshments and conference materials.
During these seminars, we’ll help you understand why teenagers act the way they do; and how you as a parent can respond in positive ways to normal adolescent behavior. Some of the issues that we cover:
Session One: “The Changing World of Today’s Teenager”
How the world has changed and how you can respond to those changes in positive ways.
How youth have changed physically, emotionally, intellectually, socially and spiritually and what you can do to work with your children’s development rather than against it.
Why conflict is normal with parents and teenagers, how to evaluate and deal with it, and how to respond to rebellion when it occurs.
Why friends are so important to your teenager and how to make sure peer pressure doesn’t have the last word in your family.
How teenagers are forming values and beliefs and how you can influence your kids to make good decisions and develop a strong faith.
Session Two: “Principles for Effective Parenting”
After a refreshment break, we’ll give you our “short list” of practical and easy-to-remember principles to help you build positive relationships with your kids and to encourage them towards responsibility and self-reliance. Here are just a few of the topics we’ll discuss:
How to make sure the rules you set for your teenager don’t lead to rebellion.
How to stay close to your kids when they become teens.
How to encourage positive behavior in your teen and build his or her self-image.
How to decide which battles are worth fighting and which are not.
How to talk with your teenager about sex and other tough issues.
How to effectively use natural and logical consequences rather than punishment.
How to avoid “handicapping” your teenager by making life too easy for them.
How to relax and enjoy your kids more while they are teens!
Who is Wayne Rice?
Wayne is the founder and director of HomeWord’s Understanding Your Teenager seminars. Besides conducting dozens of seminars each year, he is an author, musician and frequent speaker at events for youth, youth workers, and parents.
Wayne has worked with teenagers since 1963 in church and para-church youth ministry. He is co-founder of Youth Specialties, the nation’s largest provider of resources and training for youth ministry, and has authored or co-authored more than thirty books for youth workers and parents includingCleared for Takeoff, Enjoy Your Middle Schooler, Junior High Ministry, and the best-selling Hot Illustrations for Youth Talks series.
And when he’s not speaking and writing, he plays banjo and guitar! He was an original member of the group “Brush Arbor,” voted Vocal Group of the Year at the Academy of Country Music Awards in 1973. He also performs with a San Diego bluegrass band called “Lighthouse” and hosts a weekly radio program called “The Bluegrass Special.”
Wayne and his wife Marci live in Lakeside, California. They have three grown children and (so far) three grandchildren. For more information about Wayne, visit his personal web site.
REGISTRATION
Friday, April 4 5:30 - 9:00 P.M. A seminar for parents of teens featuring the wisdom of Wayne Rice Cost $25 (per registrant): Includes dinner, refreshments and conference materials.
