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HELPFUL LINKS
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Jackbox Games: the best internet-able family game night around!
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Thursday
How are your kids’ social lives doing? Set up play-dates over the web with their friends or go on social-distance treasure hunts and send pictures of your finds!
And how is YOUR social life? I pray that you are able to connect with family and friends in new and creative ways.
<>< Mrs. G.
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MEDITATIONS KIDS CAN DO
[/vc_message][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]Daily examen. The daily examen is a prayerful meditation that focuses on how God was present in the events of the day—and how we responded to God’s presence. It’s a hugely valuable prayer for spiritual growth. “Highs and Lows” is a family-friendly way of adapting the daily examen to the dinner table.
Imaginative prayer. In Ignatian imaginative prayer, you prayerfully “enter” a particular scene from the Bible, using your imagination to interact with the people and environment and in many cases, entering into conversation with God or someone who speaks for God. It’s a powerful form of meditation especially suited for children.
Meditate on sacred art. Meditating on sacred art is an especially good introduction to imaginative meditation for children.
Meditate in nature. Sometimes Christians are wary of nature-related prayer because of the connection to New Age practices as well as the well-worn trope that “nature is my Church.” However, many, many saints extol the natural world as another “book” that reveals God to us. Click through to the article for ways to place this type of meditation within a Catholic context.
Sung prayer. Song can be a form of meditation, depending on the music and the attitude of the singers. Look for simple, repetitive liturgical music or “praise and worship” music.
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VIDEO CORNER
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PRAYERS
- For those missing special events like graduations, weddings, birthdays, funerals, proms, and special honors.
- For churches without the technology to meet like we can
- For those who are too shy to ask for help
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CRAFT CENTER
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LIFE LESSONS
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NON-ELECTRONIC FUN
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10 Habits to Strengthen the Parent-Child Relationship
From Psychology Today
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- Aim for 12 hugs or physical connections every day. As family therapist Virginia Satir famously said, “We need 4 hugs a day for survival. We need 8 hugs a day for maintenance. We need 12 hugs a day for growth.“
- Play. Laughter and rough-housing keep you connected with your child by stimulating endorphins and oxytocin in both of you.
- Turn off technology when you interact with your child. Really. Your child will remember for the rest of her life that she was important enough to her parents that they turned off their phone to listen to her.
- Connect before transitions. Kids have a hard time transitioning from one thing to another. They need us to “co-regulate” them through those moments when they really don’t want to give up what they’re doing to move onto something we want them to do.
- Make time for One-On-One time. Do whatever you need to do to schedule 15 minutes with each child, separately, every day.
- Welcome emotion. Sure, it’s inconvenient. But your child needs to express his emotions or they’ll drive his behavior.
- Listen, and empathize. The habit of seeing things from your child’s perspective will ensure that you treat her with respect and look for win/win solutions.
- Slow down and savor the moment. Use every interaction all day long as an opportunity to connect.
- Bedtime snuggle and chat. Set your child’s bedtime a wee bit earlier with the assumption that you’ll spend some time visiting and snuggling in the dark.
- Show up. Your child has only about 900 weeks of childhood with you before he leaves your home. He’ll be gone before you know it.
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FCC LINKS
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- FCCD Zoom Bible Study on the Lord’s Prayer: Wednesday, April 1st at 9:30AM. Lead by FCC Members.
- Online Church School Lessons
- Previous Isolation Newsletters
- Sunday Service from March 22nd
- Quiet-Time Meditations with Pastor Ben
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