The Five Love Languages of Teenagers – Acts of Service & Gifts
We continue today with the last two in the series of The 5 Love Languages of Teenagers New Edition: The Secret to Loving Teens Effectively
Acts of Service can be a powerful expression of love for your teenager. According to Dr. Gary Chapman:
Loving service is an intentionally motivated desire to give one’s energy to others.
When you honestly want to give of yourself to serve another person in love, now that is priceless. Be aware, though, of manipulation. If you are only doing something for someone so that they will do something in return, that is not a true loving act of service. The “If you __________, I will _____________.” An example: “If you clean your room, I’ll take you to the game.” This is asking the teen to do something you want, then you’ll do something nice for them in return. Dr. Gary Chapman says:
Manipulation has nothing to do with love and everything to do with control. It is not a good approach for parent teen relationships.
Keep in mind, though, as you choose an act of service that read more…
The Five Love Languages of Teenagers – Physical Touch & Quality Time
Today we will cover Physical Touch & Quality Time in The 5 Love Languages of Teenagers New Edition: The Secret to Loving Teens Effectively
The information contained within the pages of this book have held my attention so much that I found it hard to put this book down today. I will try to condense all of the information offered so that you can continue on showing love long after Valentine’s Day to your teenagers and your entire family as well.
Physical Touch
There is such emotional power and communication through the act of appropriate physical touch. Knowing when to offer the physical touch to your teenager is key, though. There are three things to consider read more…
Ice Storm In The South
Just a few, short weeks ago I was sharing a post about the snow we had in our area. I was so excited to actually see some of the fluffy white stuff around here, as it is extremely rare! Now, though, the weather forecast was calling for the dreaded ICE! While we tried to prepare, my family and I joked about the Vanilla Ice song from the 80s, “Ice Ice Baby.” This was our attempt to lighten the mood as we braced for the worst.
Ten years ago, we had an ice storm come through our area. I was pregnant with my youngest daughter at the time. Our Winter Wonder Land quite literally became an extremely slippery slope. You could hear the “crunch” beneath you as you tried to walk out on the patio, IF you were lucky to make it across without slipping and falling … hard … on your backside! That hurts terribly, by the way, especially as you get older! Just speaking the truth!
As the ice storm threatened our area and ultimately took down power lines and trees ten years ago, we were forced to flee to shelter. We simply could not remain in our house with an eight year old and being pregnant at the time as well. We were without power at our house for an entire week before the utility company could work their magic to get us back up and running. We were never so glad in all of our lives to get back to our house. It definitely gives new meaning to “Home Sweet Home” when you’re forced out due to conditions beyond your control and not allowed access to your beloved home!
Fast forward now to the present, and here we are in the same situation. The younger generation surely did not remember what it was like ten years ago as they were much smaller, of course. The adults, however, knew full well what the approaching storm would bring. We prepared as best as we could, but our state is simply not set up to handle this type of weather. We’re used to extremely mild winters with everyone freaking out when the temperature dips down a little below freezing. With white stuff in the forecast, we joked that people were rushing to the stores for bread and milk while forgetting how to drive along the way! Now with ice, oh brother, that made it a thousand times worse! read more…
