One thing that our student ministry has done over the past year is increase the resources that we are sharing with the parents of our students. We try to share a new blog post or resource each week with them as well as share something that can be beneficial for them to use in being an effective parent of a student. I want to share a few of the resources that we regularly share with parents of our students. So, here they are:
Name of Resource: The Source for Parents
Resource’s Website: thesource4parents.com/
What does this resource provide: This website is put on by Jonathan McKee. Jonathan shares helpful resources and blog posts about your student, and the way that they are thinking, and the way that they approach things. On this website, he studies regularly youth culture and how it applies to your home.
Name of Resource: The Center for Parent and Youth Understanding
Resource’s Website: CPYU.org
What does this resource provide: The Center for Parent/Youth Understanding is a nonprofit organization committed to building strong families by serving to bridge the cultural-generational gap between parents and teenagers.
Name of Resource: The Youth Culture Report
Resource’s Website: theyouthculturereport.com
What does this resource provide: The Youth Culture Report is a daily website news organization delivering news on youth culture seven days a week. We save you time and work, by bringing you the latest news on youth culture in one place.
Name of Resource: Focus on the Family
Resource’s Website: focusonthefamily.com
What does this resource provide: Their main focus and goal is to make parents thrive.
Name of Resource: Orange Parents
Resource’s Website: orangeparents.org/
What does this resource provide: This resource provides helpful articles on the family. They provide other resources and book suggestions to show you how to have a Godly home.
Name of Resource: ParentMinistry.net
Resource’s Website: parentministry.net/
What does this resource provide: This resource provides practical helps for the student pastor and its leaders to minister and teach the parents as well as the students. They connect and provide you with the resources to give to the parents based on what you are studying. They also provide blog posts that are practical for parenting kids and teens.
Question: What resources do you regularly share with parents?
I share my own articles as well as many articles from these websites with my parents almost every week in my parent emails. Great resources here man. Thanks for sharing!
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