{"id":1959,"date":"2014-04-23T11:35:05","date_gmt":"2014-04-23T15:35:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.faithlafayette.org\/faithkids\/?p=1959"},"modified":"2014-07-22T10:57:09","modified_gmt":"2014-07-22T14:57:09","slug":"book-review-how-to-talk-to-your-kids-about-pop-culture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.faithlafayette.org\/faithkids\/book-review-how-to-talk-to-your-kids-about-pop-culture\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Review: How to Talk to Your Kids about Pop Culture"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Free eBook available of <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">How to Talk to Your Kids about Pop <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Culture<\/span> at: <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/a\/axis.org\/axisresources\/free-axis-ebook\">https:\/\/sites.google.com\/a\/axis.org\/axisresources\/free-axis-ebook<\/a><\/p>\n<h2><strong>To Disciple or Not to Disciple My Kids&#8230;<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>It\u2019s no secret that today more than any other era in history parents are facing steep competition for being the primary teachers and disciplers in their children\u2019s lives. \u00a0Things like movies, video games, friends, TV, school and advertisements are competing with parents to be their teachers. This<strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"> SHORT (30 page)<\/span><\/strong> eBook is a great overview resource reiterating the importance of parents being diligent to disciple their kids.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe as a parent you\u2019re waiting or wondering what questions your kids have? The problem with waiting as explained in the book is, \u201cthe issue is not unanswered questions, the issue is <i>unquestioned<\/i> answers.\u201d\u00a0 The point is if parents \u201care not answering\u2026questions, popular culture is more than happy to take your place.\u201d<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>In chapter 4 of the book a breakdown of how much time per day a teenager spends on TV\/Movies, music, video games, computer, print (books\/newspapers\/magazines) per day.\u00a0 The statistics are shocking and if multi-tasking wasn\u2019t taken into account, the Kaiser Family Foundation found that teens spend an average of 14 hours a day with pop culture. With multi-tasking taken into account teens spend about 8 hours a day engaging with technology and mobile devices.<\/p>\n<p>The cry to parents and churches to make disciples is imperative to win the next generation for Christ!<\/p>\n<h2><b>Target Audience of the Book: <\/b><\/h2>\n<p><b><\/b>Parents of teenagers.\u00a0 However, I think that this book is very important for parents who will soon have teens, couples who are wanting to have children, and anyone who engages in discipleship of children.<\/p>\n<h2><b>Book Outline:<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Chapter 1 \u2013 The Epidemic<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Pop culture is highly present in your kid\u2019s lives, and pop culture is more than willing to answer your kid\u2019s questions\u2026even the ones that your kid\u2019s aren\u2019t asking out loud.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Chapter 2 \u2013 Teenagers Have Questions<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>The world is full of questions. Kids are no different.\u00a0 They \u201care asking deep meaning-of-life questions \u2013 maybe not consciously, but those issues are on their minds\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Six questions your kid\u2019s are asking:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 150px\">I. Where did I come from?<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 150px\">II. What is real?<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 150px\">III. Who am I?<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 150px\">IV. How do I know what is right or wrong?<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 150px\">V. What is my purpose in life?<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 150px\">VI. What happens when I die?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<li>This chapter gives examples of how pop culture is answering each one of those questions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<li><strong>Chapter 3 \u2013 What About Discipleship?<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>What is discipleship and making disciples?<\/li>\n<li>4 Characteristics of Discipleship\n<ul>\n<li>Time, Leaders, Values and Life<\/li>\n<li>4 Questions to help you and your kids figure out what\/who is discipling you.\n<ul>\n<li>What do I spend the majority of my <b>time <\/b>doing and thinking about?<\/li>\n<li>What <b>leaders <\/b>do I follow?<\/li>\n<li>Where do I get my <b>values<\/b>?<\/li>\n<li>How do I live my <b>life<\/b>?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Chapter 4 \u2013 Why Parents Lose<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Parents are losing because of the way they are discipling their kids.<\/li>\n<li>4 Reasons Why Parents Lose:\n<ul>\n<li>Why Parents Lose #1: Time<\/li>\n<li>Why Parents Lose #2: Leaders<\/li>\n<li>Why Parents Lose #3: Values<\/li>\n<li>Why Parents Lose #4: Life<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Chapter 5 \u2013 How Parents Win<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>This chapter begins with a story to illustrate solid discipleship from infants in the house till married kids out of the house.<\/li>\n<li>This chapter explains the goal of the discipleship is to \u201cteach your kids how to think, not what to think.\u201d\n<ul>\n<li>This happens by building \u201ca strong relationship with your kids based on communication\u2026\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Free eBook available of How to Talk to Your Kids about Pop Culture at: https:\/\/sites.google.com\/a\/axis.org\/axisresources\/free-axis-ebook To Disciple or Not to Disciple My Kids&#8230; 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