Today on The Launch Mission Podcast, our guest is author and “wisdom hacker” Mark Matlock as we discuss the importance of wisdom as students prepare for life after high school.
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I remember the day I stood over the washer and dryer in my childhood home as my mother taught me how to wash my own clothes. This was not a skill that I had needed to learn prior to going to college, so I started laundry lessons a few weeks after graduation. When I got to college, I remember having to call home because the buttons on the community washers were different! Similarly, during our year-long engagement, my wife at 21 years old learned how to prepare meals of every kind. She had cooked some growing up, but not to
Today on The Launch Mission Podcast, we will introduce the second part of the Freedom Permit: Life Management. Life Management is defined as preparing to manage all of the aspects of your life that was previously managed or co-managed by a parents & other adult. This includes everything from time and money management to person responsibilities. After listening, check out daily blog posts this week for more insight on this topic.
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Here are a few questions to help you think about making this senior year special for your senior and your family
How can you celebrate the major holidays this year in a special way as this will be the last year that your child will be a high school student living at home?
What “senior privileges” can your family adopt at home to make your senior feel more responsibility?
What are some family outings/trips that you can plan for this senior year?
How will it change the dynamic of your family to have this child out of high school in
Life is made up of a series of seasons with transitional periods in between. How we handle one life transition will effect the next one as well.
For the majority of high school graduates, this is the first major life transition, or at least the first one they will make on their own. If you ask them, it can not come soon enough, but you and I know that they need every moment of this year to prepare.
When we make a transition in our life, it is up to us how prepared we want to be. We can wing-it
Everyone remembers being a young high school student and looking up to the seniors of that day with respect and honor. Or, possibly, some might even recall looking at them and thinking that they aren’t doing anything impressive. The senior class should be the leaders of the school, setting an example for the younger students…but do they know that?
Even though some senior classes are stronger than others, every school (and church student ministry) needs for their seniors to step up and lead. The ones who do, create a legacy of change and make a difference in the lives of
This week’s Podcast episode features a youth ministry roundtable discussion featuring three student ministry leaders talking about the importance of staying connected during this last year of high school.
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The struggles that a teenager faces during this transition is not a college-cultural problem, but rather a discipleship issue. Though it is true that many older teens wander through this next stage of life as they get caught up in a worldly lifestyle, but that goes back to the point that they are not prepared to stand firmly in their faith in that new setting.
So, how do you plan to help prepare your seniors for these challenges? Since holding their hand and becoming a helicopter-parent for the next 4+ years is out of the question (not to mention, spiritually