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Monday, April 1, 2019
Chapter One
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Icebreaker: What do you consider to be the defining event of your generation?
ReplyDeleteFor me, the defining event of my generation is social media. It has changed the way we communicate, for better or worse. We can keep ties with people over great distances (at least on a superficial level). It also has the capacity to make us more isolated. Politics, advertising, news, and commerce are all trying to use social media to influence our generation. The bombardment has created an information overload that can support whatever truth one wants to subscribe.
DeleteIf you are a parent of a teenager, how does your child's life confirm that 14 is the new 24? What in your child's life counters that saying?
ReplyDeleteMy daughter feels all the pressure and stress of achievement at 15 that I felt at 20. She is taking AP classes as a freshman, and is worried that decisions today will impact her whole academic career. When she is connected to her phone, there is constant interaction socially and academically. When she is not connected, she is concerned about what she might be missing. While she may act older, she still has the needs of a 15 year old. The longing for love and security. The desire to fit in and form her identity - even though she feels pressure to make decisions about her future.
DeleteIf you are a parent of a twentysomething, how does your child's life confirm that 28 is the new 18? How, if at all, is your child perhaps also embracing the myth that 30 is the new 20?
ReplyDeleteWhich of the three Growing With dynamic verbs - withing, faithing, and adulting - is easiest for you to embrace?
ReplyDeleteWhich of the three Growing With verbs is toughest for you and your child to embody? What makes it difficult for you?
ReplyDeleteWhat do you hope happens in your family as a result of reading this book? How about in your own attitudes or behaviors?
ReplyDeleteIt changes the way I think of parenting, as opposed to directing the path of my kids, I am learning to be a curious traveller with them. It has changed our conversations and the way we interact. I have more influence walking with them than I do trying to drag them my direction.
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