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Blake Caldwell interviews Mark Matlock at Northwest Ministry Conference 2012′s “Backstage Connect.”

Mark Matlock discusses the importance of the home being the primary discipleship training for children.

Most youth pastors primarily view technology as a tool to help us communicate our messages, connect with our kids, and create our programmatic elements. But what if we dug deeper, looking beyond what technology can do and tried to understand why we create the technology we do?

Wouldn’t it be great if you could connect with your teenager? If you could begin the process of tearing down the walls and help establish some emotional trust and closeness? How do you begin the process of connecting with your teenager? Here are some suggestions that will take a minimum of 5 minutes per day to enhance the rapport with your teenager

Being a parent is one of the most fulfilling experiences a person can have. There is a natural instinct that seems to come to a new parent, but there are bits of advice that can help when you are challenged in the growing up years. The most important thing however, that any parent can give their child, is a sense of being loved and the most important thing that any parent can remember is that they don’t have to be infallible to be a “perfect” parent.

Real Wold Parents is a series of messages designed by Mark Matlock to help parents led their family into the mission of God. Raising Wise Children is a workshop for parents looking to cultivate the characteristic of wisdom in their children.