Dinner Talk for Champions

Dinner Talk for Champions

Your Guide to Character Building for Young Adults HERE

Are you concerned about peer pressure?

Peer pressure appeals to a person’s need to "look up to" someone. Teen idols are a form of hero worship. Research shows that parents are still the strongest influence on adolescents’ big decisions...* Deep down they want you to be their hero. And why not? Give them heroes to look up to. Your guidebook gives them epic heroes of all ages, worthy of emulation.
Not only that, you can help them discover the epic hero within themselves! Click here to get your copy of Epic Heroes.

But how do you bridge that communication gap?
The journey of life demands your part—
Courage, faith, and a willing heart.
Day by day, big and little—
Answers await life’s every riddle.

Keep in mind that dinner talk is not an event— it is a process.

Teens may be difficult to talk to because they don’t feel safe in opening their hearts to you. Here are some tips to create a balmy climate for communication.

1. Eat Dinner Together. Home cooked meals communicate that you are available, and that you care.

2. Always Listen. Put relationships first. When a Teen needs to talk, he doesn’t want to wait till it’s convenient. No matter when: be there, drop everything, and listen.

3. Lose the Battle, Win the War. Nothing kills communication like a power struggle. Let them decide on clothing, hairstyles, and other relatively minor decisions, even if you don’t agree.* If they see you respect their free will, they are more likely to listen to you on issues that really matter. Then small things will take care of themselves in the long run.
*(Helpful information on managing peer pressure: Philip Morris USA Youth Smoking Prevention www.philipmorrisusa.com/ysp)

3 HUGE Benefits of Dinner Talk for Kids

Did you know that most of the world’s problems can be solved at the dinner table?

Problem: Society cannot be expected to adhere to the standard of morality that we desire for our families. At the end of the day, the responsibility for teaching and perpetuating sound moral values belongs to parents.

Solution: Thousands of years of practice have proven that dinner table talk is the most effective modality for teaching children those moral values vital to the perpetuation of our free society.

Research from the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA) and other organizations reveals that the time spent together at the dinner table can produce long-lasting benefits. Children who eat family dinners:

• Abuse drugs and alcohol less.

• Have more nutritious diets.

• Perform better in school.

That’s right. Tonight’s dinner talk builds tomorrow’s heroes! Dinner Table Talk has been parents’ most effective teaching modality for thousands of years. It’s that simple.

So. You turn off the television and sit down at the dinner table with your family. What do you talk about? Will they tune you out? Roll their eyes? Don’t give up. Just try this!

Why Religion is Important for Kids

Religion is important for children of all ages for at least two reasons.

• Identity. In the span between childhood and maturity, children experience an “identity crisis,” or in some respects a spiritual awakening. Those who are given to understand that they are created in the image of God, and that they are alive because someone loves them, tend to face challenges more successfully than those whose identity consists of nothing more than a package of hormones.

• Security. Children feel insecure in a society of moral relativism. They may put up a blustery facade to cover their insecurity, but deep down they hunger for eternal truths that they can hang onto, that can’t be changed or destroyed by peers or circumstances.

How Dinner Talk Works

A genuine work of art must mean many things. The truer its art, the more things it will mean. The best thing you can do for your fellow, next to rousing his conscience is, — not to give him things to think about, but to wake things up that are in him; or say, to make him think things for himself.

~George MacDonald, a mentor of C.S. Lewis

Let’s look at a model of the greatest teacher who ever lived. Jesus would give a parable, then ask questions, allowing his hearers to think for themselves.

Which of these two sayings have more impact on you?

1) We should all have more unconditional love and care more about others. We should be kind and considerate, and help those who need help without thinking of ourselves or resenting the inconvenience.

2)The Good Samaritan

On these rare occasions a few words paint an indelible picture on our hearts, changing our lives permanently. Such can be the power of a parable.

A line well-written is worth a thousand words shouted. A moment of faith more than scores of years doubted.

See what I mean? Dinner Talk for Champions will help you discover the epic hero in each of your children, in the most comfortable setting you could ask for— your dining room!

You will learn secrets for successful parenting that will bless your entire family. And surprise! One day you will discover that your children are teaching you, as well! Dinner time will become a cherished legacy for your grandchildren.

Discover things that will be treasured,
Perhaps not always in money measured.

With A Parable of Two Families, you not only have your survival kit for today’s challenging world. You can begin building your legacy today.

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