Milestones for Boys
-May 25, 2011-Comments (2)
This month it seems we have just been clicking off the milestones for my 12-year-old son, Jonathan. Jonathan has been in the same school, St. Paul Christian Academy, since Kindergarten and is graduating tomorrow night. So we have been doing the last of everything: last Field Day, last day of classes, last field trip, last tests, etc. But there have been so many other milestones that hit at the age of 12: his last year in Bible drill, his last year playing Cal Ripken baseball, and all the other milestones of being a last-year preteen. I have been thinking for quite a while how to help Jonathan mark this transition into becoming a teenager. I am leaning toward a road trip this summer and going through the Passport2Purity study with him as part of that trip. Passport2Purity is produced by FamilyLife.
I would love to know what you have done to help your preteen mark this transition into the teenage years. What worked well and what does not? Thanks for your help!
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I've been working on a book for our son that will have personalized chapters on all the things we want him to know and remember (reassurance of his salvation, how to study Scripture, worldviews, sexual purity, marriage, money, evangelism, etc.) These are things we are working on with him already and will continue to reinforce. The book can be bound and printed by one of the print-on-demand publishers for a reasonable cost. I am including very personal stories I want him to remember and hopefully it will be something he can refer to the rest of his life. I also want to create an eBook version as that will be a likely format he will use in the future. It's been quite a learning experience for me!
Posted on May 25, 2011 11:04 AM
Great! thank you so much for the resource. My oldest turns 13 in a few short weeks...looking for something exactly like this!
Posted on May 26, 2011 8:18 AM