AGES AND STAGES - PARENTING PARENTS (3 OF 3)
by Joey Rodgers
Scripture: Ephesians 6:1-3
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Title: Ages and Stages - Parenting Parents (3 of 3)
Series: Ages and Stages
Author: Joey Rodgers
Text: Ephesians 6:1-3
(3) expectant dads were together in the hospital waiting room as their wives were delivering their babies. The nurse entered and told the 1st man that his wife had just delivered twins. He said, "What a coincidence I play for the MN Twins." A few min. later, the nurse re-entered and told the 2nd man that his wife just delivered triplets. He said, "That's amazing, I work for the 3M Company." At that point, the 3rd man collapsed into the fetal position crying. The other guys asked if he was okay. He said, "No, I work for 7-Up."
For (2) weeks, we've been in a series on parenting entitled - Ages/Stages - in which we've been looking at the key elements needed to love/care for our families thru the various stages of life. I shared last week that broadly speaking, the scope of parenting can be summed up in (5) major stages:
Stage 1 - Forming Stage - birth to the start of puberty
Stage 2 - Preparing Stage - puberty to graduation
Stage 3 - Releasing Stage - graduation to off-payroll
Stage 4 - Partnering Stage - walking alongside them
Stage 5 - Caring Stage - kids start caring for you
Week 1 - we learned from Proverbs 22:6 that parenting/GP begins w/ the adults taking full responsibility for training their kids uniquely to who they are and how they learn in the ways of God.
Last week we talked about how the adolescent years are much like the struggle a caterpillar goes thru in the cocoon to strengthen its wings to be able to fly - and this struggle leads to the development of (4) qualities they need to wrestle w/ to face the world - convictions and character so that they have courage and civility.
Today, we're going to look at stage 5 of the parenting process which is learning to parent our parents.
DYK according to the CDC that over 10 mil. adults over age 50 are currently caring for an aging parent. Cou ...
Series: Ages and Stages
Author: Joey Rodgers
Text: Ephesians 6:1-3
(3) expectant dads were together in the hospital waiting room as their wives were delivering their babies. The nurse entered and told the 1st man that his wife had just delivered twins. He said, "What a coincidence I play for the MN Twins." A few min. later, the nurse re-entered and told the 2nd man that his wife just delivered triplets. He said, "That's amazing, I work for the 3M Company." At that point, the 3rd man collapsed into the fetal position crying. The other guys asked if he was okay. He said, "No, I work for 7-Up."
For (2) weeks, we've been in a series on parenting entitled - Ages/Stages - in which we've been looking at the key elements needed to love/care for our families thru the various stages of life. I shared last week that broadly speaking, the scope of parenting can be summed up in (5) major stages:
Stage 1 - Forming Stage - birth to the start of puberty
Stage 2 - Preparing Stage - puberty to graduation
Stage 3 - Releasing Stage - graduation to off-payroll
Stage 4 - Partnering Stage - walking alongside them
Stage 5 - Caring Stage - kids start caring for you
Week 1 - we learned from Proverbs 22:6 that parenting/GP begins w/ the adults taking full responsibility for training their kids uniquely to who they are and how they learn in the ways of God.
Last week we talked about how the adolescent years are much like the struggle a caterpillar goes thru in the cocoon to strengthen its wings to be able to fly - and this struggle leads to the development of (4) qualities they need to wrestle w/ to face the world - convictions and character so that they have courage and civility.
Today, we're going to look at stage 5 of the parenting process which is learning to parent our parents.
DYK according to the CDC that over 10 mil. adults over age 50 are currently caring for an aging parent. Cou ...
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