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Authentic Manhood

Authentic Manhood. Winning at Work & Home. Session 8:. What Every Dad Needs to Know. The Top Ten Key Ingredients for a Healthy Family. A. The family is characterized by strong, supportive, honest communication . . B. Family members spend a large

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Authentic Manhood

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  1. Authentic Manhood Winning at Work & Home Session 8: What Every Dad Needs to Know

  2. The Top Ten Key Ingredients for a Healthy Family A. The family is characterized by strong, supportive, honest communication. B. Family members spend a large quantity of time together. C. Family members share a common faith and practice. D. Family members agree on key values. E. Family members practice love and mutual appreciation.

  3. The Top Ten Key Ingredients for a Healthy Family F. Family members sacrifice for the good of one another. G. Family members have common goals and interests. H. Family members demonstrate trust with one another. I. Husband and wife engage in regular sexual intercourse. J. Husband and wife have a firm, parental coalition in raising their children.

  4. What Your Child Needs for You to Know “I need you to know somebody must be there for me in the early years. It’s critical for my development!”

  5. What Your Child Needs for You to Know “One of the things I have learned in my psychiatric training is that approximately 85% of a person’s ultimate personality is formed by the time he or she is 6 years old. Those first 6 years are obviously the most crucial for a child in his or her development.” Dr. Paul Meier

  6. What Your Child Needs for You to Know “I need you to know somebody must be there for me in the early years. It’s critical for my development.”

  7. High Love Low Discipline/ Instruction High Discipline/ Instruction Low Love What Your Child Needs for You to Know “I need a balance of discipline, instruction, and love growing up.” Permissive Authoritative Neglectful Authoritarian Dads

  8. What Your Child Needs for You to Know “I need you to know my personality and honor it. The sooner, the better.”

  9. What Your Child Needs for You to Know “I need you to discover my bent and actively support it.”

  10. What Your Child Needs for You to Know “I need you to know too much is too much.” 1. Too much control – crushes or incites. 2. Too much money – spoils and pacifies. 3. Too high expectations – discourage.

  11. What Your Child Needs for You to Know “I need you to know too much is too much.” “Fathers, do not embitter your children or they will become discouraged.” Colossians 3:21

  12. What Your Child Needs for You to Know “I need you to show me what to believe by living it.”

  13. What Your Child Needs for You to Know “I need you to know you can wound me for a lifetime.”

  14. What Your Child Needs for You to Know “I need you to adjust your leadership style to me as I grow.” 1. 0-13 – Coach = Directing 2. 13-18 – Cheerleader/Counselor = Encouraging, problem solving 3. 18-up – Consultant = Listening, supporting

  15. What Your Child Needs for You to Know “I need you to make some great memories with me to live on.”

  16. What Your Child Needs for You to Know “I need you to love God and share Him with me.”

  17. “I have no greater joy than to see my children walking in the truth.” 3 John 4 Final Thoughts A. Children are God’s gifts to us. B. Children are hard work, but nothing brings greater joy.

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