{"id":4818,"date":"2016-05-27T10:00:37","date_gmt":"2016-05-27T14:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/?p=4818"},"modified":"2016-05-16T16:58:23","modified_gmt":"2016-05-16T20:58:23","slug":"52-weeks-talking-kids-calendar-meetings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/52-weeks-talking-kids-calendar-meetings\/","title":{"rendered":"52 Weeks of Talking To Our Kids: Calendar Meetings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"52 Weeks of Talking to Our Kids Calendar Meetings\" href=\"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/52-weeks-talking-kids-calendar-meetings\" rel=\"lightbox\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"52 Weeks of Talking to Our Kids Calendar Meetings\" src=\"https:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7736\/26784471050_aa245a9a4b_z.jpg\" alt=\"52 Weeks of Talking to Our Kids Calendar Meetings\" height=\"427\" width=\"640\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The scene was the same for our three girls and Mom and Dad\u2014time to gather in the living room with calendars in hand, ready to go over the upcoming weeks and months to be sure we have everything down on the schedule\u2014and to be sure that we have plenty of time set aside for each other and our family. What wasn\u2019t the same was the addition of our future son-in-law\u2014a sweet, amazing young man who has no need for meetings, sitting for long periods of time listening to three teenage\/young adult girls and their parents gab. His response to our \u201ccalendar meeting\u201d was hilarious as he put a pillow over his head and kept coming up periodically to ask if it was almost over!<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>As our kids turned sixteen to eighteen (depending on gender, maturity, and where they were in their education), their involvement in outside activities increased exponentially\u2014from doing school at home with Mom and Dad full time and spending most free time with family and close friends to college, more ministry activities, etc. It was extremely important to me and Ray that we stay close to our young adults. Calendar meetings helped make that happen.<\/p>\n<p>If you have kids who are not yet teens, do not believe the falsehoods about how older teens and young adults do not need their parents. It has been our experience that they still need us greatly\u2014but the roles change drastically. They still need our continual input in their lives\u2014but in the role of counselor, mentor, help, and sounding board. But they still need us! And calendar meetings helped make all of that talking, time together, and counseling more of a reality in our young adults\u2019 lives.<\/p>\n<p>Calendar meetings helped us have another talk time built into our schedule. They helped our kids know that spending time talking with them was a priority to use. 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