O perigo da internet e especialmente da pornografia

Além do artigo não ser tão breve, ele está em inglês. Não quero desencorajá-los com isso, mas incentivá-los a entender o claro perigo da internet e a profundidade que a pornografia pode trazer aos nossos filhos.

Jamie tinha dez anos quando viu sua primeira cena de sexo pornográfico. Durante uma festa de pijama, um colega se ofereceu para mostrar-lhe "algumas fotos engraçadas" em seu laptop.

"No começo eu achei um pouco assustador e um pouco nojento", Jamie me contou enquanto se mexia desconfortavelmente em sua cadeira durante a nossa sessão de terapia.

"Eu não sabia o que era possível que as pessoas fizessem esse tipo de coisa - e havia muitos close-ups desagradáveis ​​. Mas ele me deu sentimentos engraçadas e as imagens começaram a ficar na minha cabeça".


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4 Lessons I'm Learning as a Soon-to-Be Dad

Por Brandon Smith

Within two years of marriage, my wife and I found out that she was pregnant with our first child. While joyful about the news, we were flooded with questions and concerns. The initial shock exhausted us as we began to anticipate the many necessary skills we do not have. As they say, you're never really "ready" to be a parent. As a husband, it's no small thing to learn to live with and lead my wife, but she can do most things for herself. It's quite another challenge to steward the life of a baby who can do almost nothing on his or her own.

For us, this first pregnancy has been fun, tiring, exciting, terrifying, and everything in between. As a man, the revelation that I am called by God to lead my family is weighty. In fact, Paul tells Timothy that "if anyone does not provide for his relatives, and especially for members of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever" (1 Tim. 5:8). I do not take these implications lightly. It is an absolute privilege for God to entrust a family to me.

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Massachusetts Eliminates Gender Distinctions in Public Schools

The Story: Parents across Massachusetts are concerned about new public school rules that would not only allow transgender students to use restrooms and locker rooms of their choice but would also punish students who refuse to affirm or support their transgender classmates.

The Background: In 2011 the Massachusetts legislature amended several state statutes to include prohibit discrimination based on "gender identity." Last week the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education issued guidance for how the law would be implemented in public schools.

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Parenting: It’s Never an Interruption

Paul Tripp

Parenting is all about living by the principle of prepared spontaneity. You don't really know what's going to happen next. You don't really know when you'll have to enforce a command, intervene in an argument, confront a wrong, holdout for a better way, remind someone of a truth, call for forgiveness, lead someone to confession, point to Jesus, restore peace, hold someone accountable, explain a wisdom principle, give a hug of love, laugh in the face of adversity, help someone complete a task, mediate an argument, stop with someone and pray, assist someone to see their heart, or talk once again about what it means to live together in a community of love.

What you do know is that Scripture gives you the wisdom that you need and your always-present Messiah gives you the grace that you need to be ready to respond to the moments of opportunity he’ll give you. Along with this, you and I must remember that our Lord loves our children more than we ever could and his commitment to their growth and change is more faithful and persevering than ours could ever be. Because of this, in his grace and love, he’ll manufacture moments that expose the needy hearts of our children to us. He’ll faithfully employ the little moments of everyday life to expose to us and our children their need of rescuing and forgiving grace. And he’ll not do this only at the moments which you feel are appropriate and when you feel most prepared.

Let me give you an example. We had planned a day at a local theme park with our children. I was anticipating a day of familial amusement park bliss. You know, I was hoping that on this day my children would be self-parenting and if God could throw in a fully sanctified wife that would be cool! Well, we get to the park and are getting out of the van and one of my children said, "Dad, may we have something to drink before we go into the park?" It didn't seem like a dangerous request. I opened the cooler, which was full of soft drinks, and all of my children sighted in on the one can of soda that they all knew was the best. Immediately, global nuclear war broke out. They were pushing and shoving, grabbing and pulling, throwing ice at one another, saying unkind things and hitting one another's hands out of the way. I couldn't believe it, we’re not in the park yet and my day was already ruined!

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