Let's Parent On Purpose

Show Highlights Show me your friends, and I’ll show you your future. Our friends determine the direction and quality of our lives. Why I should intentionally equip myself and my family on how to have the most healthy friendships How negative behaviors and bad habits become normal to us when we surround ourselves with bad company Why not to make close friends with gaping character defects Am I establishing healthy friendships and avoiding unhealthy ones?  Are my children? How do we help our children recognize and identify healthy friendships, and how do we cultivate them? Help your kids be intentional in identifying the good qualities in others Analyze your own friendships.  Model healthy friendships.  It’s hard for my kids to do what they don’t see. Who are you becoming? What direction are your closest friends taking you? You need givers AND takers in your life, people you pour into and people who pour into you. You become a composite of the 5-7 people you spend the most time with.  Do you like what’s