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Helping Your High School Senior with Social Behavior

Everything about college is socially oriented. A student lives, studies, and shares downtime with friends. The perception of a student’s identity in college is often found in the groups they are connected to, the teams they play on, and the offices they serve in a student organization. College is a culture that thrives on community.

 

In high school, your son or daughter has probably been involved in many social groups as well. There are school clubs and teams, youth groups, and Christian organizations. One might assume that a healthy social life in high school will equal a healthy social life

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New Podcast Episode: Freedom Permit – Social Behaviors & Goal Setting

Today on The Launch Mission Podcast, we will introduce the final two parts of the Freedom Permit: Social Behaviors & Goal Setting. These topics are probably more difficult to address but both are so important to insuring that teenagers are prepared for the challenges ahead.  After listening, check out daily blog posts this week for more insight on this topic.

 

Apple Podcasts – https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-launch-mission-podcast/id1677806999

 

Spotify – https://open.spotify.com/show/4idjJJooUzWyJ1LONU35Jw

 

Google Podcasts – https://podcastsmanager.google.com/show?show=show%3A4hNZQ8gazTpZA6v9oMNypA

 

Amazon Music – https://podcasters.amazon.com/podcasts/4be2f418-75bd-43e0-9cee-5d36db7630d3

Tommy McGregor

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Four Expectations for Your College Experience

When my wife and I were engaged, we were challenged to come up with our expectations for marriage. We had no idea what married life would be like, but we were excited to experience it together. We established what expectations had and then formed some goals together to achieve the expectations we thought would be attainable and helpful. We did not go into this new stage of life with pessimism or such low expectations that we anticipated the worst. We carried excitement, optimism, and hope into our new life together, and this served us well as we navigated this new

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New Podcast Episode: Wisdom with Mark Matlock

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.

 

Apple Podcasts – https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-launch-mission-podcast/id1677806999

 

Spotify – https://open.spotify.com/show/4idjJJooUzWyJ1LONU35Jw

 

Google Podcasts – https://podcastsmanager.google.com/show?show=show%3A4hNZQ8gazTpZA6v9oMNypA

 

Amazon Music – https://podcasters.amazon.com/podcasts/4be2f418-75bd-43e0-9cee-5d36db7630d3

Tommy McGregor

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Asking The Right Life Management Questions About Your Senior

Here are some follow-up questions for you to ask yourself as you work with your senior on life management practices.

 

What do you think are going to be the most common struggles in time management with your college-bound child?

 

What do you think are going to be the most common struggles in money management with your college bound child?

 

What are some of the more practical life management issues that you will need to address with your child before college?

 

How will you put these new management traits into practice this year (make a list)?

Tommy McGregor

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Helping Your High School Senior with Life Management

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

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New Podcast Episode: The Freedom Permit – Life Management

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.

 

Apple Podcasts – https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-launch-mission-podcast/id1677806999

 

Spotify – https://open.spotify.com/show/4idjJJooUzWyJ1LONU35Jw

 

Google Podcasts – https://podcastsmanager.google.com/show?show=show%3A4hNZQ8gazTpZA6v9oMNypA

 

Amazon Music – https://podcasters.amazon.com/podcasts/4be2f418-75bd-43e0-9cee-5d36db7630d3

Tommy McGregor

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Making This Year Special

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

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Looking Back to See Ahead

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

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What Legacy Will Your Senior Help Create?

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

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