Protecting Children from Sex-Trafficking

I am attaching a link to the first article in a series from Focus on the Family. I found the story about Ryan made me shutter.

When my son was just beginning to play online video games, he announced he wanted to play with his friend on-line. I had to run out to do something for a half hour and I thought surely he will be okay until I get back and then I will talk to him about online safety.

Wow what a shock when I returned and found out that someone had asked for his name and what school he attended.

As a children’s minister, you can never warn the kids too much about the dangers in the world. Most of all they need to learn to listen to the promptings of the Holy Spirit.

http://www.focusonthefamily.com/socialissues/family/sex-trafficking-victims/sex-trafficking-a-parents-guide-to-protecting-your-child

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Understanding Personalities

Below is a link to an article posted by Focus on the Family. As a Children’s Minister you might want to forward it on to the families in your church.

How I found this related to me in the Children’s Church setting, was in understanding my daughter. Although she was and is my greatest helper, because of the familiarity, she could try to “take charge”. Fortunately I recognized early on, that the reason she is like that is because she is a natural born leader. Understanding her personality helped me to avoid a lot of conflict.