Teaching Children to Manage Their Emotions
video series

Healthy Ways to Protect Children

Parents are right to be concerned about all the negative influences in our culture. But fear can lead parents to over-control their children in ways that ultimately see parents lose influence over their kids. In video six, Cherilyn Orr provides a better way for parents to protect their children from temptations that might pull them away from Christ.

Get more out of this series!

After watching video six, consider taking these steps to get the most out of this part of the series: 

// Step 1

Read and meditate on these Scripture verses: “. . . for God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control.” (2 Timothy 1:7 ESV)

// Step 2

Answer these discussion questions:

1. 1. How have you tried to protect your children from worldly influences? Has fear tempted you to over-control your children in any way?
   2. What, if anything, might make your children think twice about discussing a difficult topic with you? How could you help your children feel even more safe with you than they do already?
   3. How are you allowing your children to see your love for Christ and your trust in him?

// Step 3

Spend time in prayer:

Dear Jesus,
Fear of the world’s influence over our children can make us panic and act unwisely.
Lord, help us! We don’t want to drive our kids away.
On the contrary, we want to draw our kids closer to us. And through our example, we want to draw them closer to you.
Please show us where we need to fix brokenness in our relationship with our children.
May they see your unfailing love reflected in the way we love them; 
May they see the wisdom of following you through our example.
Despite all our failings, may our kids always stay faithful to you.
We ask this, Lord, in your name,
Amen.

// Step 4

Visit our series page “Getting kids to talk” for ideas on how to connect with your kids and teens in ways that help them share what is on their hearts and minds. 

// Step 5

Visit our series page “Helping kids manage their emotions” to learn more about building your child’s emotional intelligence.

Recommended resource

Signals: How Brain Science and the Bible Help Parents Raise Resilient Children by Cherilyn Orr introduces the analogy of a traffic light to give families a common language for talking about managing strong emotions. As you teach your kids about regulating their emotions, you’ll learn how to keep your cool in the face of misbehaviour too, so that your kids can feel safe with you and remain receptive to your instruction. (Read a review of this book here.)

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