{"id":303607,"date":"2015-08-07T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-08-07T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/podcast\/%series%\/back-to-school-challenges\/"},"modified":"2015-08-07T11:00:00","modified_gmt":"2015-08-07T15:00:00","slug":"back-to-school-challenges","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/podcast\/familylife-today\/back-to-school-challenges\/","title":{"rendered":"Back to School Challenges"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Barbara Rainey reminds parents that their kids could be headed into challenging circumstances in the coming school year. 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Barbara Rainey says that means moms and dads need to get ready to get in the game as well.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> When moms and dads are engaged with their kids\u2014when you know what they\u2019re learning; what they\u2019re reading; who their friends are; who they\u2019re hanging out with; and you go to the events, games, and all of that stuff \/ when you are present\u2014then you have many more open doors to have those good, healthy conversations because you\u2019re a trusted person. You\u2019re not somebody who just shows up once a year to gripe about something.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> This is <em>FamilyLife Today <\/em>for Friday, August 7<sup>th<\/sup>. Our host is the President of FamilyLife<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>, Dennis Rainey, and I'm Bob Lepine. We have some coaching tips for moms and dads today about how you can be engaged with your kids as they head back to school this year. Stay tuned.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>1:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd welcome to <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>. Thanks for joining us on the Friday edition. Do you remember?\u2014as this time of year began to approach in your home, were you wishing it was a few extra weeks and you had a little longer summer vacation? Or were you\u2014 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Are you kidding me?! [Laughter] Bob, you were a dad! How would you answer the question about your kids going back to school? In a way, you kind of get your wife back!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> I mean, it\u2019s been summer\u2014and you\u2019ve got vacations, and you\u2019re in \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t100 percent control of their schedules, from sunup to sundown, and beyond. What about you?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Well, you do get a routine\u2014you get your wife\u2014but you also get a routine back. We\u2019ve got your wife, again, joining us on <em>FamilyLife Today. <\/em>Barbara\u2014welcome back to <em>FamilyLife Today.<\/em>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Thank you.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> There is something about the summertime schedule and the September schedule.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>2:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> They\u2019re two different schedules.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> They\u2019re very different.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> And summertime is a nice break for a while.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> But, honestly, after 11 or 12 weeks of no schedule, you\u2019re ready for a little order and structure; aren\u2019t you? [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Yes, I think most moms\u2014and dads too\u2014but I think moms, especially, feel somewhat ambivalent about the start of school. You kind of hate to turn over your kids, in a sense, because you did enjoy that control\u2014deciding what was going to happen every day\u2014but I think moms also long for that routine and that order that comes with having to get up five days a week and get kids off to school. That rhythm, I think, provides some sense of comfort, security, and consistency. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIt\u2019s hard\u2014I mean, I remember in the summer\u2014I always started the summer with these grand ideas: \u201cWe\u2019re going to go to the library, and the pool, and the zoo,\u201d\u2014all these things. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>3:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd I just needed a break too. [Laughter] So, most of the times, those things didn\u2019t happen.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Right.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> So, I was always kind of glad when school started because then some of those things would happen as field trips that I didn\u2019t have to plan.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> We have talked this week about the fact that there is a need to approach a new school year with an appropriate sense of sobriety\u2014a sense that your kids are headed into what could be challenging circumstances\u2014their worldview may be challenged. They are going to need courage to face what is in front of them.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> And we\u2019re not talking about just kids going into junior high\/high school. We\u2019re talking about what happens in elementary school. In fact, I was on the radio\u2014live, in Southern California\u2014here, a couple of years ago, and was being interviewed about my book, <em>Aggressive Girls, Clueless Boys.<\/em>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<em>\u00a0<\/em>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>4:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI remember being totally <em>stunned <\/em>that nearly all of the phone calls that came in, asking questions about boys having girls after them, were not boys who were junior high and high school. It was boys who were in elementary school.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Moms and dads were calling with these stories\u2014it was like, \u201cYou have got to be kidding me!\u201d At younger and younger ages, this image that we\u2019re seeing in the culture of girls being predators on boys, sexually\u2014even when they\u2019re not sexually-developed and don\u2019t even have categories to discuss it\u2014is impacting young girls and boys in incredible ways.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> So, again, moms and dads need to be alert to this. They need to be prepared for this and helping to prepare their students. But most parents, who are thinking about back to school, aren\u2019t thinking about the danger.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> No, they\u2019re not!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> They\u2019re thinking about\u2014 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> They\u2019re thinking about the backpacks, and the school supplies, and the uniforms\u2014if your kids have to wear uniforms\u2014you know, all of the\u2014 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>5:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u2014I remember our sons couldn\u2019t wait to go back to school because they wanted to get the new coolest tennis shoes\u2014whatever the coolest tennis shoes were. So, [much] of the time, moms get wrapped up in all of these lists of things that you have to prepare, and buy, and get. The kids do, too, because they know they\u2019re going to get back in with their friends; and they want to be cool like certain friends are cool. They\u2019re thinking about the shoes, or the outfit, or the backpack, or whatever it is that\u2019s cool.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Yes, let me ask you about the latest tennis shoes, though, [Laughter] because that\u2019s part of the practical reality of this. You had six children.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> If you were buying new back-to-school clothes for your six kids, and if you were including the latest tennis shoes, and the backpack, and the school supplies\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Oh, there\u2019s a simple answer to this, Bob!\u2014[Laughter]\u2014very simple answer to this.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Well, we\u2019re talking about a bunch of money!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> It can be a big ticket. Yes, it can be a big ticket.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> So the simple answer\u2014I guess the question is, \u201cHow did you handle that?\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>6:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Yes. Well, here\u2019s what we did. Our kids wore a lot of hand-me-downs, but to counteract the \u201cI\u2019ve got to have this because it\u2019s the latest and greatest,\u201d we gave all of our children, at age 14, a clothing allowance. We kind of figured out, between the two of us, what we would typically spend per month on the average kid. I don\u2019t even remember what the dollar amount was\u2014it wasn\u2019t a lot, but they got however many dollars\u2014$50\/month \/ $75\/month. I don\u2019t know\u2014it wasn\u2019t much. It wasn\u2019t enough to buy a pair of the coolest, latest, greatest tennis shoes, I know. But if they wanted to get that amount of money that they got every month\u2014and we did not buy them clothes\u2014whatever that money was that we gave them, they were responsible for all of their clothes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Winter jacket?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> I think maybe we bought coats or boots\u2014but basic clothing\u2014they covered it.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> I didn\u2019t want to go to jail, Bob\u2014[Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Yes! \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> \u2014have our kids on a tight allowance here and not be protected from the winter.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Yes, I think we bought coats.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> I think we did too.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>7:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> If they wanted to save their allowance \/ their clothing allowance all summer long so that, in September, they could buy a $200 pair of tennis shoes and something else\u2014that was their choice. They could wear ratty jeans from last year that were too short and didn\u2019t fit well\u2014whatever. It helped them prioritize what was really important because\u2014when kids are looking at mom and dad as the source for what they want \/ what they think they need\u2014then it just becomes this battle. Mom and dad have to be \u201cthe bad guy\u201d in saying, \u201cNo, you can\u2019t,\u201d or \u201cNo, we can\u2019t afford it,\u201d or whatever it is. It\u2019s just never a good enough answer.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> School supplies\u2014same thing? Did you give them an allowance for back to school?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> No, I bought school supplies. We just figured\u2014when they got in high school and they had to have these fancy, expensive calculators\u2014I mean, that just wasn\u2019t fair to make them put that in their budget.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Do you remember?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> It was ridiculous!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> The first time I saw the Texas Instruments 83\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> \u2014Calculator.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> \u2014the \u201cTI83.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Yes, it was almost $100! And then, the next year, there was a new and improved version\u2014so the one you had was obsolete. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>8:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tYes, it was crazy!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> There\u2019s a racket going on there.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> It\u2019s the same guys who created the smartphones. [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Well, yes, that\u2019s true.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Same deal!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> And the textbooks that are out-of-date every year as well.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> So you handled back-to-school supplies and all of that. I guess you just had to figure out how to put your budget together so that you made sure you had money for the kids, at that point.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Yes. It was just a part of what we planned for because we knew it was coming. I mean, everybody knows it\u2019s coming every fall.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Right.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> And with media being what it is today, I know parents are facing really bigger bills around media, and cell phones, and communication devices for kids.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Tablets, yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> You just have to decide what your values are; and how connected do you want your children; and how visible do you want those devices to be to you, as a parent?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> So let\u2019s talk about that because, as you know, we\u2019ve talked about this a little bit on <em>FamilyLife Today. <\/em>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>9:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIf your son or daughter is in the seventh or eighth grade, and does not have a cell phone\/a smartphone, really\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Yes, yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> I mean, if they have a cell phone, they\u2019re going to get laughed at for that. If they have <em>nothing<\/em>\u2014 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> You are fossilized parents. You are absolutely out of it!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Right! So, we didn\u2019t have to deal with this when our kids were going to school. But if you were a mom or dad today\u2014and it is seventh grade\u2014and you\u2019re thinking, \u201cOkay, it would be convenient for them to have a cell phone because then they can do this,\u201d and \u201cThey can always stay in touch.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Would you do it?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Probably for the convenience. I think, knowing where my child was and being able to get to them when I wanted to get them, in this culture, would be worth the risk to me. Because I remember\u2014for instance, when our kids were in school, and they were on sports teams or on cheerleading teams\u2014they would get home, sometimes, from away games at midnight. They didn\u2019t have phones\u2014we were just supposed to be there. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>10:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSometimes, they would get home early. They\u2019d be sitting there, waiting for us to come pick them up at midnight or whatever. I mean, you just don\u2019t want to leave your kids hanging around school unsupervised. I mean, they could get picked up.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Right.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> So, I really would want to have my kids have a phone.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> So, when the 15-year-old son, with the ancient technology cell phone, says to you: \u201cGee, it would sure be nice to have what the other kids have. I could be doing my homework while I\u2019m waiting because I could be on the internet looking at stuff while I\u2019m waiting for you; but this dinosaur\u2014it doesn\u2019t even know what the internet is.\u201d [Laughter] What would you\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> I would say, \u201cSorry.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> That\u2019s it?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Yes, probably\u2014probably. [Laughter] I mean, when our kids were growing up\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> We had to say, \u201cSorry,\u201d about stuff.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> We said, \u201cSorry,\u201d about all kinds of stuff!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> We were \u201csorry\u201d parents!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Yes, they didn\u2019t like it, either; but I didn\u2019t care because I wasn\u2019t running a popularity contest. We always had our computer in a very, very open spot. I remember that our youngest was the one who was kind of on the beginning wave of all this. She was the only one of ours who had a cell phone in high school and on the computer. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>11:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe would walk in, and we would literally stand over her shoulder, and watch who she was talking to and what she was reading. We would go back and check everything she\u2019d done. Of course, that was the Dark Ages compared to today; but I would not hesitate to say: \u201cNo. It\u2019s just too bad.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> And if there\u2019s misuse, use the phone as a point of discipline and remove privileges. As a parent\u2014be the parent.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Don\u2019t allow the peer pressure of \u201ceverybody\u201d who has a cell phone and whose parents \u201calways\u201d let them use them\u2014I might add, just while we\u2019re off on this subject\u2014I\u2019ve always wanted to do this on the broadcast\u2014I would like moms and dads, who have some really good, fun stories of how your children have dropped cell phones in the toilet or in the bathtub\u2014[Laughter] \u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> \u2014tell us your story?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> \u2014tell us the story. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>12:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI remember\u2014and this was in the early days when cell phones were just kind of getting their day\u2014one of our children\u2014it had to be Laura, our youngest\u2014went to school with a young lady who was on her ninth or tenth cell phone.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> At least\u2014at least.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> She had just destroyed\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> It was just the little flip phones.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Yes. Today, there have to be\u2014with all the phones that are out there\u2014there have to be some classic stories of both numbers of times and, I don\u2019t know\u2014maybe we need to come up with an award to the child who has destroyed the most cell phones. It won\u2019t be another cell phone. [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> You can go to our Facebook<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> page\u2014the FamilyLife Facebook page\u2014and share your story\/post on there. You can leave comments on FamilyLifeToday.com on today\u2019s program and share some of those stories with us.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI know for us, one of the big events that would happen in the summer was the day that the kids got their schedule for next year. With the little kids, it was, \u201cWhose room are you going to be in?\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>13:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWith the older kids, it was your block schedule and: \u201cWho do you have for this subject?\u201d\/ \u201cWho do you have for that subject?\u201d The rest of day or the next two days, you were on your phone\u2014talking to all of your classmates\u2014to see what classes you had in common,\u00a0 whether you liked this particular teacher \/ didn\u2019t like that teacher.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIf you looked at that schedule and thought to yourself, as a parent, \u201cGee, I wish my child had gotten Mrs. So-and-so for English instead of Mr. So-and-so,\u201d\u2014[Laughter]\u2014do you leave that alone, or do you go talk to the school?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Are you asking my wife if she was political?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> I\u2019m just asking her, \u201cHow involved do you get in this kind of a scenario?\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> You\u2019re asking a mom who was very present at the school. [Laughter] Does that answer your question?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> They knew, \u201cUh-oh, here comes Mrs. Rainey again!\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Yes. [Laughter] No, actually, I don\u2019t think they thought that because I was also volunteering and helping to do things all of the time. I wasn\u2019t just in there correcting. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>14:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> We resurrected the PTA, as I recall.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Yes, I was there helping a lot too. There are some cases when we chose to intervene. It was usually me that made the trip to the school and made sure that they got put in with the best teachers or in the AP classes <em>because<\/em> I knew that it would be a better learning experience for them.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSome of our kids qualified on the testing to be in all of those advanced classes and others of ours didn\u2019t qualify. If I felt like it would be a better situation to be in the advanced English class rather than the regular English class, I went up there and asked because I had been up at school a lot\u2014and I was serving, and helping, and doing other things. The first couple of times I did it, they weren\u2019t so sure what to think about me. As the years went by, they knew that I had my kids\u2019 best interest at heart; and they knew that I was going to make \/ we were going to make our kids do the work and be a good student. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>15:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tBy the time our last ones came through, they didn\u2019t argue with me. They understood that I was trying to help our kids get the best education possible.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> And so, because we were present, it meant, when there was a problem\u2014like one of our kids cheating on a test\u2014 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Yes, there were\u2014 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> \u2014we had the opportunity to talk directly to the teacher.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> He shot square with us. We talked about it and had a good, healthy conversation with our child who did that.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> And then, when one of our children was asked to read a book that was inappropriate\u2014which I can imagine might happen today\u2014we went up \/ both Barbara and I\u00a0 with the child. There\u2019s something about this, Bob, that I think is really healthy for the parent because the teacher is a person too. This teacher was one of the <em>best <\/em>teachers in the school.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Yes, and they\u2019re doing what, so often, they\u2019re supposed to do. So, it\u2019s not\u2014I mean, they have some control over the reading, like the summer reading that kids have to do or\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>16:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u2014but they\u2019re also reasonable people. Most teachers are there because they care about the kids. We were going in because a problem presented itself, and we felt like we needed to deal with it.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWhen moms and dads are engaged with [their] kids\u2014when you know what they\u2019re learning; what they\u2019re reading; who their friends are; who they\u2019re hanging out with; you go to the events, and games, and all of that stuff \/ when you are present\u2014then you have many more open doors to have those good, healthy conversations because you\u2019re a trusted person. You\u2019re not somebody who just shows up once a year to gripe about something.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Did you ever have conversations like that and get overruled by the teacher and have to say, \u201cOkay; what do we do now?\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> We lost some battles with some teachers.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> I can\u2019t think of one specifically.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Well, I can. I\u2019m not going to name this particular teacher, but she had it in for our child.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Oh, I know who you\u2019re talking about. [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>17:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> And, you know, those are really interesting situations\u2014when you\u2019re watching a child going through a very difficult time in adolescence with their own crisis of confidence and identity issues. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> And you want to teach the child respect for authority.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Oh, yes!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Yes, and we did.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> The teacher is an authority; ad yet, at the same time, you\u2019re thinking, \u201cThis is just not fair.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> She was <em>on this child<\/em>. I mean\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Yes, she really was. You know, we talked about respect\u2014we talked about: \u201cHow you\u2019ve got to follow the rules. You\u2019ve got to do what she asks you to do, even though you don\u2019t like it and it\u2019s hard.\u201d What was interesting is that\u2014this child had that teacher for <em>three<\/em> classes\u2014not just once\u2014but\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Was it his\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Well, she taught sophomore English and then, during the junior year, she taught junior English\u2014she got moved up\u2014so he had her twice. Then he had her for Newspaper Journalism. By the time he graduated, I think things were a little bit better; but it was a <em>rough, rough<\/em> road. Yet, in the sovereignty of God, you have to look at that and say: \u201cOkay, Lord. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>18:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u201cAre you teaching our child patience, perseverance, and longsuffering? What are you teaching?\u201d because God is sovereign and He is in charge. There wasn\u2019t another English teacher option. She was the best English teacher. I would not have taken him out of that class and put him with an inferior English teacher just to relieve his anxiety and his stress.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> And I think that\u2019s important because I think, today, a lot of parents would say, \u201cI\u2019m going to choose comfort over growth.\u201d This is hard stuff!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> It is hard. I mean, I remember when our oldest was in high school. She had a really difficult time making friends. It was not because she didn\u2019t want friends\u2014she <em>loves people<\/em>\u2014but she never found her group. So, all the way\u2014and she describes it this way\u2014that all the way through high school, she was pretty lonely. She had a pretty solitary road through high school. She says, now, looking back\u2014she said, \u201cGod was preparing me for some things that He knew I was going to have to deal with later in my life.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>19:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI remember watching that\u2014it was <em>painful <\/em>for me because I thought, \u201cGod, why aren\u2019t You providing a really sweet, great friend for my daughter?\u201d There are going to be those hard things that, as a parent, we <em>wish<\/em> we could rescue our kids from those. And yet, we just don\u2019t know what God is up to\u2014we don\u2019t know what kind of character He\u2019s trying to build in their lives.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tBack to the school thing\u2014I was very engaged, as a parent. I was up there a lot, but I was not so hyper-vigilant that I was trying to control everything because I respected fully that God was bigger, and God had a plan, and that He knew what He was doing.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> You weren\u2019t a drone parent\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> No.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> \u2014hovering\/going everywhere.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> They\u2019re not helicopters anymore\u2014they\u2019re drones! [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> They\u2019re drones. [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> They\u2019re drone parents.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tHere\u2019s what I challenge every parent who\u2019s listening: \u201cPrepare yourself and your children for what you\u2019re about to have to go through over the next nine\/ nine-and-a-half months.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>20:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tOne of the key issues we\u2019ve been talking about here is courage. Get Barbara\u2019s devotional about <em>Growing Together in Courage<\/em>\u2014seven stories you can read aloud to your children. Then, have a discussion and talk about the story you\u2019ve just [read] and talk about how you\u2019ll apply it in the school where your child\u2019s headed, whether homeschool\u2014and there will be issues of courage for your children there\u2014or public school, or private school, or Christian school. Prepare your kids, spiritually and in their character, to do their duty when they\u2019re facing tough situations.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> We\u2019ve got copies of the book, <em>Growing Together in Courage<\/em>,in our <em>FamilyLife Today <\/em>Resource Center. In fact, we\u2019ve got a four-pack of four books that Barbara has written: <em>Growing Together in Courage, Growing Together in Truth, Growing Together in Forgiveness, <\/em>and <em>Growing Together in Gratitude.<\/em> You can get the books individually or get all four of them for a special price. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>21:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tGet the details, online, at FamilyLifeToday.com. Click the link in the upper left-hand corner of the screen that says, \u201cGO DEEPER.\u201d Order these books from Barbara Rainey\u2014great stories to inspire and motivate your children. Again, the website is FamilyLifeToday.com. Click the link that says, \u201cGO DEEPER,\u201d and look for the books in the <em>Growing Together<\/em> series. Or call 1-800-FL-TODAY if you have any questions or if you\u2019d like to order over the phone\u20141-800-358-6329\u2014that\u2019s 1-800-\u201cF\u201d as in family, \u201cL\u201d as in life, and then the word, \u201cTODAY.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tYou know, I think more than ever in my lifetime, it feels like we are in a season in our culture where I keep describing it as the ground shifting beneath our feet because that\u2019s a little what if feels like. It just feels like things we used to count on\u2014you just can\u2019t depend on some of those things any longer. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>22:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd I want our listeners to know that, at FamilyLife, we\u2019re committed to anchoring ourselves in a foundation that is a more firm foundation than the one the culture is offering us today. It\u2019s the foundation of God\u2019s Word, which provides us with wisdom and guidance for how we are to live. It anchors us in the truth of the gospel and it teaches us how to live lives that honor and please God.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe\u2019re so grateful for those of you who believe with us that that foundation is the only sure foundation in our world. Thanks for your support of this ministry\u2014those of you who are Legacy Partners, giving each month\u2014and those of you who get in touch with us, from time to time, and say: \u201cKeep going. We appreciate what you\u2019re doing.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tRight now, if you\u2019re able to help with a donation, we\u2019d like to say, \u201cThank you,\u201d by sending you a copy of a book by Dennis and Barbara Rainey called <em>Two Hearts Praying as One<\/em>. We\u2019re convinced that the issue of prayer in marriage and family is, in many cases, a missing element for couples or for families. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>23:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThis book is designed to breathe some fresh air into your marriage as you begin to pray together more regularly. That\u2019s what we hope this book will help you do. It\u2019s our gift to you when you make a donation today. You can go to FamilyLifeToday.com. Click the link, online, that says, \u201cI CARE.\u201d It\u2019s the link in the upper right-hand corner of the screen. You can make an online donation and request the book. Or you can call 1-800-FL-TODAY\u2014make your donation over the phone\u2014and ask about the book on prayer. Or you can request the book when you write to us at <em>FamilyLife Today, PO <\/em>Box 7111, Little Rock, AR. Our zip code is 72223.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tBy the way, if your donation today is your first donation, we\u2019d like to add an additional thank-you gift. We\u2019ll send you a copy of a prayer card designed to help you pray for your family during challenging times. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>24:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThat\u2019s our thank-you gift if you\u2019re making a first-time donation this month. We do hope to hear from you. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd we hope you have a great weekend. I hope you and your family are able to worship together this Sunday in church. I hope you can join us back on Monday when we\u2019re going to talk with Courtney Reissig about how she became what she refers to as an \u201caccidental feminist.\u201d I hope you can join us for that.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI want to thank our engineer today, Keith Lynch, along with our entire broadcast production team. On behalf of our host, Dennis Rainey, I\u2019m Bob Lepine. We will see you back next time for another edition of <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> is a production of FamilyLife of Little Rock, Arkansas. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tHelp for today. Hope for tomorrow.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe are so happy to provide these transcripts to you. 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You\u2019re not somebody who just shows up once a year to gripe about something.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> This is <em>FamilyLife Today <\/em>for Friday, August 7<sup>th<\/sup>. Our host is the President of FamilyLife<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>, Dennis Rainey, and I'm Bob Lepine. We have some coaching tips for moms and dads today about how you can be engaged with your kids as they head back to school this year. Stay tuned.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>1:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd welcome to <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>. Thanks for joining us on the Friday edition. Do you remember?\u2014as this time of year began to approach in your home, were you wishing it was a few extra weeks and you had a little longer summer vacation? Or were you\u2014 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Are you kidding me?! [Laughter] Bob, you were a dad! How would you answer the question about your kids going back to school? In a way, you kind of get your wife back!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> I mean, it\u2019s been summer\u2014and you\u2019ve got vacations, and you\u2019re in \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t100 percent control of their schedules, from sunup to sundown, and beyond. What about you?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Well, you do get a routine\u2014you get your wife\u2014but you also get a routine back. We\u2019ve got your wife, again, joining us on <em>FamilyLife Today. <\/em>Barbara\u2014welcome back to <em>FamilyLife Today.<\/em>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Thank you.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> There is something about the summertime schedule and the September schedule.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>2:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> They\u2019re two different schedules.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> They\u2019re very different.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> And summertime is a nice break for a while.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> But, honestly, after 11 or 12 weeks of no schedule, you\u2019re ready for a little order and structure; aren\u2019t you? [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Yes, I think most moms\u2014and dads too\u2014but I think moms, especially, feel somewhat ambivalent about the start of school. You kind of hate to turn over your kids, in a sense, because you did enjoy that control\u2014deciding what was going to happen every day\u2014but I think moms also long for that routine and that order that comes with having to get up five days a week and get kids off to school. That rhythm, I think, provides some sense of comfort, security, and consistency. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIt\u2019s hard\u2014I mean, I remember in the summer\u2014I always started the summer with these grand ideas: \u201cWe\u2019re going to go to the library, and the pool, and the zoo,\u201d\u2014all these things. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>3:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd I just needed a break too. [Laughter] So, most of the times, those things didn\u2019t happen.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Right.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> So, I was always kind of glad when school started because then some of those things would happen as field trips that I didn\u2019t have to plan.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> We have talked this week about the fact that there is a need to approach a new school year with an appropriate sense of sobriety\u2014a sense that your kids are headed into what could be challenging circumstances\u2014their worldview may be challenged. They are going to need courage to face what is in front of them.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> And we\u2019re not talking about just kids going into junior high\/high school. We\u2019re talking about what happens in elementary school. In fact, I was on the radio\u2014live, in Southern California\u2014here, a couple of years ago, and was being interviewed about my book, <em>Aggressive Girls, Clueless Boys.<\/em>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<em>\u00a0<\/em>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>4:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI remember being totally <em>stunned <\/em>that nearly all of the phone calls that came in, asking questions about boys having girls after them, were not boys who were junior high and high school. It was boys who were in elementary school.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Moms and dads were calling with these stories\u2014it was like, \u201cYou have got to be kidding me!\u201d At younger and younger ages, this image that we\u2019re seeing in the culture of girls being predators on boys, sexually\u2014even when they\u2019re not sexually-developed and don\u2019t even have categories to discuss it\u2014is impacting young girls and boys in incredible ways.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> So, again, moms and dads need to be alert to this. They need to be prepared for this and helping to prepare their students. But most parents, who are thinking about back to school, aren\u2019t thinking about the danger.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> No, they\u2019re not!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> They\u2019re thinking about\u2014 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> They\u2019re thinking about the backpacks, and the school supplies, and the uniforms\u2014if your kids have to wear uniforms\u2014you know, all of the\u2014 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>5:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u2014I remember our sons couldn\u2019t wait to go back to school because they wanted to get the new coolest tennis shoes\u2014whatever the coolest tennis shoes were. So, [much] of the time, moms get wrapped up in all of these lists of things that you have to prepare, and buy, and get. The kids do, too, because they know they\u2019re going to get back in with their friends; and they want to be cool like certain friends are cool. They\u2019re thinking about the shoes, or the outfit, or the backpack, or whatever it is that\u2019s cool.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Yes, let me ask you about the latest tennis shoes, though, [Laughter] because that\u2019s part of the practical reality of this. You had six children.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> If you were buying new back-to-school clothes for your six kids, and if you were including the latest tennis shoes, and the backpack, and the school supplies\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Oh, there\u2019s a simple answer to this, Bob!\u2014[Laughter]\u2014very simple answer to this.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Well, we\u2019re talking about a bunch of money!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> It can be a big ticket. Yes, it can be a big ticket.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> So the simple answer\u2014I guess the question is, \u201cHow did you handle that?\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>6:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Yes. Well, here\u2019s what we did. Our kids wore a lot of hand-me-downs, but to counteract the \u201cI\u2019ve got to have this because it\u2019s the latest and greatest,\u201d we gave all of our children, at age 14, a clothing allowance. We kind of figured out, between the two of us, what we would typically spend per month on the average kid. I don\u2019t even remember what the dollar amount was\u2014it wasn\u2019t a lot, but they got however many dollars\u2014$50\/month \/ $75\/month. I don\u2019t know\u2014it wasn\u2019t much. It wasn\u2019t enough to buy a pair of the coolest, latest, greatest tennis shoes, I know. But if they wanted to get that amount of money that they got every month\u2014and we did not buy them clothes\u2014whatever that money was that we gave them, they were responsible for all of their clothes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Winter jacket?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> I think maybe we bought coats or boots\u2014but basic clothing\u2014they covered it.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> I didn\u2019t want to go to jail, Bob\u2014[Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Yes! \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> \u2014have our kids on a tight allowance here and not be protected from the winter.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Yes, I think we bought coats.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> I think we did too.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>7:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> If they wanted to save their allowance \/ their clothing allowance all summer long so that, in September, they could buy a $200 pair of tennis shoes and something else\u2014that was their choice. They could wear ratty jeans from last year that were too short and didn\u2019t fit well\u2014whatever. It helped them prioritize what was really important because\u2014when kids are looking at mom and dad as the source for what they want \/ what they think they need\u2014then it just becomes this battle. Mom and dad have to be \u201cthe bad guy\u201d in saying, \u201cNo, you can\u2019t,\u201d or \u201cNo, we can\u2019t afford it,\u201d or whatever it is. It\u2019s just never a good enough answer.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> School supplies\u2014same thing? Did you give them an allowance for back to school?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> No, I bought school supplies. We just figured\u2014when they got in high school and they had to have these fancy, expensive calculators\u2014I mean, that just wasn\u2019t fair to make them put that in their budget.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Do you remember?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> It was ridiculous!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> The first time I saw the Texas Instruments 83\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> \u2014Calculator.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> \u2014the \u201cTI83.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Yes, it was almost $100! And then, the next year, there was a new and improved version\u2014so the one you had was obsolete. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>8:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tYes, it was crazy!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> There\u2019s a racket going on there.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> It\u2019s the same guys who created the smartphones. [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Well, yes, that\u2019s true.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Same deal!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> And the textbooks that are out-of-date every year as well.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> So you handled back-to-school supplies and all of that. I guess you just had to figure out how to put your budget together so that you made sure you had money for the kids, at that point.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Yes. It was just a part of what we planned for because we knew it was coming. I mean, everybody knows it\u2019s coming every fall.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Right.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> And with media being what it is today, I know parents are facing really bigger bills around media, and cell phones, and communication devices for kids.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Tablets, yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> You just have to decide what your values are; and how connected do you want your children; and how visible do you want those devices to be to you, as a parent?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> So let\u2019s talk about that because, as you know, we\u2019ve talked about this a little bit on <em>FamilyLife Today. <\/em>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>9:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIf your son or daughter is in the seventh or eighth grade, and does not have a cell phone\/a smartphone, really\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Yes, yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> I mean, if they have a cell phone, they\u2019re going to get laughed at for that. If they have <em>nothing<\/em>\u2014 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> You are fossilized parents. You are absolutely out of it!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Right! So, we didn\u2019t have to deal with this when our kids were going to school. But if you were a mom or dad today\u2014and it is seventh grade\u2014and you\u2019re thinking, \u201cOkay, it would be convenient for them to have a cell phone because then they can do this,\u201d and \u201cThey can always stay in touch.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Would you do it?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Probably for the convenience. I think, knowing where my child was and being able to get to them when I wanted to get them, in this culture, would be worth the risk to me. Because I remember\u2014for instance, when our kids were in school, and they were on sports teams or on cheerleading teams\u2014they would get home, sometimes, from away games at midnight. They didn\u2019t have phones\u2014we were just supposed to be there. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>10:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSometimes, they would get home early. They\u2019d be sitting there, waiting for us to come pick them up at midnight or whatever. I mean, you just don\u2019t want to leave your kids hanging around school unsupervised. I mean, they could get picked up.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Right.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> So, I really would want to have my kids have a phone.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> So, when the 15-year-old son, with the ancient technology cell phone, says to you: \u201cGee, it would sure be nice to have what the other kids have. I could be doing my homework while I\u2019m waiting because I could be on the internet looking at stuff while I\u2019m waiting for you; but this dinosaur\u2014it doesn\u2019t even know what the internet is.\u201d [Laughter] What would you\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> I would say, \u201cSorry.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> That\u2019s it?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Yes, probably\u2014probably. [Laughter] I mean, when our kids were growing up\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> We had to say, \u201cSorry,\u201d about stuff.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> We said, \u201cSorry,\u201d about all kinds of stuff!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> We were \u201csorry\u201d parents!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Yes, they didn\u2019t like it, either; but I didn\u2019t care because I wasn\u2019t running a popularity contest. We always had our computer in a very, very open spot. I remember that our youngest was the one who was kind of on the beginning wave of all this. She was the only one of ours who had a cell phone in high school and on the computer. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>11:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe would walk in, and we would literally stand over her shoulder, and watch who she was talking to and what she was reading. We would go back and check everything she\u2019d done. Of course, that was the Dark Ages compared to today; but I would not hesitate to say: \u201cNo. It\u2019s just too bad.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> And if there\u2019s misuse, use the phone as a point of discipline and remove privileges. As a parent\u2014be the parent.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Don\u2019t allow the peer pressure of \u201ceverybody\u201d who has a cell phone and whose parents \u201calways\u201d let them use them\u2014I might add, just while we\u2019re off on this subject\u2014I\u2019ve always wanted to do this on the broadcast\u2014I would like moms and dads, who have some really good, fun stories of how your children have dropped cell phones in the toilet or in the bathtub\u2014[Laughter] \u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> \u2014tell us your story?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> \u2014tell us the story. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>12:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI remember\u2014and this was in the early days when cell phones were just kind of getting their day\u2014one of our children\u2014it had to be Laura, our youngest\u2014went to school with a young lady who was on her ninth or tenth cell phone.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> At least\u2014at least.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> She had just destroyed\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> It was just the little flip phones.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Yes. Today, there have to be\u2014with all the phones that are out there\u2014there have to be some classic stories of both numbers of times and, I don\u2019t know\u2014maybe we need to come up with an award to the child who has destroyed the most cell phones. It won\u2019t be another cell phone. [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> You can go to our Facebook<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> page\u2014the FamilyLife Facebook page\u2014and share your story\/post on there. You can leave comments on FamilyLifeToday.com on today\u2019s program and share some of those stories with us.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI know for us, one of the big events that would happen in the summer was the day that the kids got their schedule for next year. With the little kids, it was, \u201cWhose room are you going to be in?\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>13:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWith the older kids, it was your block schedule and: \u201cWho do you have for this subject?\u201d\/ \u201cWho do you have for that subject?\u201d The rest of day or the next two days, you were on your phone\u2014talking to all of your classmates\u2014to see what classes you had in common,\u00a0 whether you liked this particular teacher \/ didn\u2019t like that teacher.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIf you looked at that schedule and thought to yourself, as a parent, \u201cGee, I wish my child had gotten Mrs. So-and-so for English instead of Mr. So-and-so,\u201d\u2014[Laughter]\u2014do you leave that alone, or do you go talk to the school?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Are you asking my wife if she was political?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> I\u2019m just asking her, \u201cHow involved do you get in this kind of a scenario?\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> You\u2019re asking a mom who was very present at the school. [Laughter] Does that answer your question?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> They knew, \u201cUh-oh, here comes Mrs. Rainey again!\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Yes. [Laughter] No, actually, I don\u2019t think they thought that because I was also volunteering and helping to do things all of the time. I wasn\u2019t just in there correcting. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>14:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> We resurrected the PTA, as I recall.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Yes, I was there helping a lot too. There are some cases when we chose to intervene. It was usually me that made the trip to the school and made sure that they got put in with the best teachers or in the AP classes <em>because<\/em> I knew that it would be a better learning experience for them.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSome of our kids qualified on the testing to be in all of those advanced classes and others of ours didn\u2019t qualify. If I felt like it would be a better situation to be in the advanced English class rather than the regular English class, I went up there and asked because I had been up at school a lot\u2014and I was serving, and helping, and doing other things. The first couple of times I did it, they weren\u2019t so sure what to think about me. As the years went by, they knew that I had my kids\u2019 best interest at heart; and they knew that I was going to make \/ we were going to make our kids do the work and be a good student. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>15:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tBy the time our last ones came through, they didn\u2019t argue with me. They understood that I was trying to help our kids get the best education possible.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> And so, because we were present, it meant, when there was a problem\u2014like one of our kids cheating on a test\u2014 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Yes, there were\u2014 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> \u2014we had the opportunity to talk directly to the teacher.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> He shot square with us. We talked about it and had a good, healthy conversation with our child who did that.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> And then, when one of our children was asked to read a book that was inappropriate\u2014which I can imagine might happen today\u2014we went up \/ both Barbara and I\u00a0 with the child. There\u2019s something about this, Bob, that I think is really healthy for the parent because the teacher is a person too. This teacher was one of the <em>best <\/em>teachers in the school.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Yes, and they\u2019re doing what, so often, they\u2019re supposed to do. So, it\u2019s not\u2014I mean, they have some control over the reading, like the summer reading that kids have to do or\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>16:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u2014but they\u2019re also reasonable people. Most teachers are there because they care about the kids. We were going in because a problem presented itself, and we felt like we needed to deal with it.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWhen moms and dads are engaged with [their] kids\u2014when you know what they\u2019re learning; what they\u2019re reading; who their friends are; who they\u2019re hanging out with; you go to the events, and games, and all of that stuff \/ when you are present\u2014then you have many more open doors to have those good, healthy conversations because you\u2019re a trusted person. You\u2019re not somebody who just shows up once a year to gripe about something.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Did you ever have conversations like that and get overruled by the teacher and have to say, \u201cOkay; what do we do now?\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> We lost some battles with some teachers.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> I can\u2019t think of one specifically.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Well, I can. I\u2019m not going to name this particular teacher, but she had it in for our child.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Oh, I know who you\u2019re talking about. [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>17:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> And, you know, those are really interesting situations\u2014when you\u2019re watching a child going through a very difficult time in adolescence with their own crisis of confidence and identity issues. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> And you want to teach the child respect for authority.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Oh, yes!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Yes, and we did.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> The teacher is an authority; ad yet, at the same time, you\u2019re thinking, \u201cThis is just not fair.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> She was <em>on this child<\/em>. I mean\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Yes, she really was. You know, we talked about respect\u2014we talked about: \u201cHow you\u2019ve got to follow the rules. You\u2019ve got to do what she asks you to do, even though you don\u2019t like it and it\u2019s hard.\u201d What was interesting is that\u2014this child had that teacher for <em>three<\/em> classes\u2014not just once\u2014but\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Was it his\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Well, she taught sophomore English and then, during the junior year, she taught junior English\u2014she got moved up\u2014so he had her twice. Then he had her for Newspaper Journalism. By the time he graduated, I think things were a little bit better; but it was a <em>rough, rough<\/em> road. Yet, in the sovereignty of God, you have to look at that and say: \u201cOkay, Lord. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>18:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u201cAre you teaching our child patience, perseverance, and longsuffering? What are you teaching?\u201d because God is sovereign and He is in charge. There wasn\u2019t another English teacher option. She was the best English teacher. I would not have taken him out of that class and put him with an inferior English teacher just to relieve his anxiety and his stress.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> And I think that\u2019s important because I think, today, a lot of parents would say, \u201cI\u2019m going to choose comfort over growth.\u201d This is hard stuff!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> It is hard. I mean, I remember when our oldest was in high school. She had a really difficult time making friends. It was not because she didn\u2019t want friends\u2014she <em>loves people<\/em>\u2014but she never found her group. So, all the way\u2014and she describes it this way\u2014that all the way through high school, she was pretty lonely. She had a pretty solitary road through high school. She says, now, looking back\u2014she said, \u201cGod was preparing me for some things that He knew I was going to have to deal with later in my life.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>19:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI remember watching that\u2014it was <em>painful <\/em>for me because I thought, \u201cGod, why aren\u2019t You providing a really sweet, great friend for my daughter?\u201d There are going to be those hard things that, as a parent, we <em>wish<\/em> we could rescue our kids from those. And yet, we just don\u2019t know what God is up to\u2014we don\u2019t know what kind of character He\u2019s trying to build in their lives.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tBack to the school thing\u2014I was very engaged, as a parent. I was up there a lot, but I was not so hyper-vigilant that I was trying to control everything because I respected fully that God was bigger, and God had a plan, and that He knew what He was doing.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> You weren\u2019t a drone parent\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> No.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> \u2014hovering\/going everywhere.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> They\u2019re not helicopters anymore\u2014they\u2019re drones! [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> They\u2019re drones. [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> They\u2019re drone parents.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tHere\u2019s what I challenge every parent who\u2019s listening: \u201cPrepare yourself and your children for what you\u2019re about to have to go through over the next nine\/ nine-and-a-half months.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>20:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tOne of the key issues we\u2019ve been talking about here is courage. Get Barbara\u2019s devotional about <em>Growing Together in Courage<\/em>\u2014seven stories you can read aloud to your children. Then, have a discussion and talk about the story you\u2019ve just [read] and talk about how you\u2019ll apply it in the school where your child\u2019s headed, whether homeschool\u2014and there will be issues of courage for your children there\u2014or public school, or private school, or Christian school. Prepare your kids, spiritually and in their character, to do their duty when they\u2019re facing tough situations.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> We\u2019ve got copies of the book, <em>Growing Together in Courage<\/em>,in our <em>FamilyLife Today <\/em>Resource Center. In fact, we\u2019ve got a four-pack of four books that Barbara has written: <em>Growing Together in Courage, Growing Together in Truth, Growing Together in Forgiveness, <\/em>and <em>Growing Together in Gratitude.<\/em> You can get the books individually or get all four of them for a special price. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>21:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tGet the details, online, at FamilyLifeToday.com. Click the link in the upper left-hand corner of the screen that says, \u201cGO DEEPER.\u201d Order these books from Barbara Rainey\u2014great stories to inspire and motivate your children. Again, the website is FamilyLifeToday.com. Click the link that says, \u201cGO DEEPER,\u201d and look for the books in the <em>Growing Together<\/em> series. Or call 1-800-FL-TODAY if you have any questions or if you\u2019d like to order over the phone\u20141-800-358-6329\u2014that\u2019s 1-800-\u201cF\u201d as in family, \u201cL\u201d as in life, and then the word, \u201cTODAY.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tYou know, I think more than ever in my lifetime, it feels like we are in a season in our culture where I keep describing it as the ground shifting beneath our feet because that\u2019s a little what if feels like. It just feels like things we used to count on\u2014you just can\u2019t depend on some of those things any longer. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>22:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd I want our listeners to know that, at FamilyLife, we\u2019re committed to anchoring ourselves in a foundation that is a more firm foundation than the one the culture is offering us today. It\u2019s the foundation of God\u2019s Word, which provides us with wisdom and guidance for how we are to live. It anchors us in the truth of the gospel and it teaches us how to live lives that honor and please God.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe\u2019re so grateful for those of you who believe with us that that foundation is the only sure foundation in our world. Thanks for your support of this ministry\u2014those of you who are Legacy Partners, giving each month\u2014and those of you who get in touch with us, from time to time, and say: \u201cKeep going. We appreciate what you\u2019re doing.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tRight now, if you\u2019re able to help with a donation, we\u2019d like to say, \u201cThank you,\u201d by sending you a copy of a book by Dennis and Barbara Rainey called <em>Two Hearts Praying as One<\/em>. We\u2019re convinced that the issue of prayer in marriage and family is, in many cases, a missing element for couples or for families. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>23:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThis book is designed to breathe some fresh air into your marriage as you begin to pray together more regularly. That\u2019s what we hope this book will help you do. It\u2019s our gift to you when you make a donation today. 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