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Motherhood and Identity

Wed, 17 Aug 2011 18:19:33 +0000

Becoming a mother for the first time is an amazing and wonderful time in a woman’s life. But in between the joy of sweet giggles and the strain of midnight feedings mothers sometimes begin to lose their identity. Once you become a mother you are changed forever, but changed into what?

Asking Your Kids Good Questions Part 1

Wed, 20 Jul 2011 11:00:59 +0000

Part 14 of the “How to be a Hero to your Kids” video series

>> Watch part 15 of this series: Asking Your Kids Good Questions Part 2

How can you be a hero to your kids? And why is it so important today? This video series taught by Josh McDowell gives answers, and offers a game plan based on the principles taught by Jesus. Josh is an internationally recognized author and public speaker, and over his long career has addressed more than 10 million young people, giving over 24,000 talks in 118 countries. Here he explores how to be a hero to your children drawing on his own experience as a father to his four children.

In this video, Josh says: “Relationships with our children. What I’d like to do for a number of segments is just share with you some things I try to be creative as a father to relate to my children. I’m going to deal with different issues, and phrases, and examples of things you can do. For example, I would always say to my children, “What would you like to do that we have never done before? Is there anything you’d like to do with Dad that you’ve never done before?”

>> Watch part 15 of this series: Asking Your Kids Good Questions Part 2

Teaching Kids What Love is About

Wed, 20 Jul 2011 11:00:57 +0000

Part 4 of the “How to be a Hero to your Kids” video series

>> Watch part 5 of this series: Family Comes Before Ministry

In this video, Josh says: “It’s very important that our children understand love, what it means to love and all. And one of the things I’ve struggled with my children is my three daughters and my son would grow up, how do they know if they’re in love? How do they really know if they love someone? And I finally concluded this: That one of the greatest heritages I can leave my children is my love for their mother and her love for me.”

>> Watch part 5 of this series: Family Comes Before Ministry

Sharing Your Past with Your Kids

Wed, 20 Jul 2011 11:00:57 +0000

Part 13 of the “How to be a Hero to your Kids” video series

>> Watch part 14 of this series: Asking Your Kids Good Questions Part 1

In this video, Josh says: “With our children, to pass values on them, we need to be honest about our own past. And you know what I found? The more I could share, not just positive but even negative things out of my past with my children, the greater impact it has in their life. And they can see that their father, their mother is real.”

>> Watch part 14 of this series: Asking Your Kids Good Questions Part 1

Passing on a Parent’s Values

Wed, 20 Jul 2011 11:00:55 +0000

Part 8 of the “How to be a Hero to your Kids” video series

>> Watch part 9 of this series: Talking to Kids about Ethics

In this video, Josh says: “One of the most important things we need to pass onto our children are our values. Why are things right, why are things wrong, what do we value or not? And I have learned as a father the best way to do that is through interaction with my children.”

>> Watch part 9 of this series: Talking to Kids about Ethics

How Do You Show Your Love?

Wed, 20 Jul 2011 11:00:50 +0000

Part 3 of the “How to be a Hero to your Kids” video series

>> Watch part 4 of this series: Teaching Kids What Love is About

In this video, Josh says: “One of the most important things I can do for my children is to love their mother. But I always try and find out from my kids what does love mean to them? How do they know I love their mother?”

>> Watch part 4 of this series: Teaching Kids What Love is About

How to Be a Hero to Your Kids Index

Wed, 20 Jul 2011 11:00:47 +0000

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Affirming Your Kids

Wed, 20 Jul 2011 11:00:44 +0000

Part 17 of the “How to be a Hero to your Kids” video series

>> Watch part 18 of this series: Fun Family Connection Activities

In this video, Josh says: “You know one of the best things is to help our children to be able to express appreciation — to be able to have a confidence in saying to someone why you like them or that you love them and why they’re special to you. And in the book of Psalms chapter 139 it says how we are created in the image of God, that he formed us out of the dust of the earth, and God said, “You cannot number my thoughts about you.”"

>> Watch part 18 of this series: Affirming Your Kids

How to Listen to Your Kids

Wed, 20 Jul 2011 11:00:41 +0000

Part 6 of the “How to be a Hero to your Kids” video series

>> Watch part 7 of this series: Teaching God’s Truth to Kids

In this video, Josh says: “If you do not communicate with your children, if you do not listen to them and share with them, you will never become a hero to your child. And what I had to learn was to listen to my kids. Now, I didn’t come up with a couple these ideas myself; it was my wife mentoring me on what to do. And these are some of the things I did that I would suggest to you if you have children.”

>> Watch part 7 of this series: Teaching God’s Truth to Kids

Encourage Good Parent Child Communication

Wed, 20 Jul 2011 11:00:33 +0000

Part 19 of the “How to be a Hero to your Kids” video series

>> Watch part 20 of this series: Find Creative Ways to Connect With Kids

In this video, Josh says: “You know, the more we can do with our children, the more we can interact with them, the better the family will be. And the happier our children will be, the happier any parent would be. So let me share with you something else. It’s kind of like a game or a question answer time I would have with my kids.”

>> Watch part 20 of this series: Find Creative Ways to Connect With Kids