Seminars

Family Tools provides seminars to educate parents with proactive and preventive parenting skills, covering the life span of children from infants to teens. In addition to seminars geared specifically for parents, Family Tools also offers seminars for youth (5th-12th grades) and inspirational seminars for women. Each can stand alone as a single event or be "packaged" as a series of classes for any number of weeks that suit your programming needs. Each seminar is 45-60 minutes in length, depending on topic, and can be adjusted as needed.

Parenting - Birth to 12

Winning the Chore War
Intentional Parenting
Character Training: Kids Under Construction
Tools for the Parenting Trade
Teaching Responsibility and SMART Expectations
Establishing Your Children in the Word
Sibling Rivalry - The Strife of Family Life
Antidotes to Anger for Parents Who Scream
Home Management for Harried Moms
A Parent's T.A.S.K. Talking About Sexuality with your Kids
Clearing the CHAOS of School Choice
Burn Out Versus Balance: Juggling the Demands of Parenting
Parenting a Child With Special Needs
Valuing Your Child Just the Way They Are
Understanding the World of Relational Aggression (How Girls Bully)
Taming the Media Monster

Parenting - Teens

Parental Priorities During the Teen Years
Responsibility Requirements for Teens
Integrity Guidelines for Teens: Attitude & Appearance
Communication Challenges with your Teen
Transitions to Independence
Establishing a Philosophy of Dating
Self-Esteem: Developing A Godly Self-Identity
Dealing With Difficult Subjects

Sexuality Topics for Parents

A Parents T.A.S.K. Talking About Sexuality with your Kids (focus on ages 0 - 12)
Navigating the Dating Maze (focus on ages 10 - 16)
Self-Esteem: Developing A Godly Self-Identity
Dealing With Difficult Subjects

Youth Schools or youth groups

The Wonderful Truth About Me (1st - 5th grades)
The Dating Game (4th - 6th grades)
The Whys Behind the Don'ts (6th - 8th grades)
Prescription for Purity (9th - 12th grades)

Women - General Inspirational

Apples of Gold: The Fruit of the Tongue
Bloom Where You Are Planted
Unlocking the Secret of Finding Contentment
Diving for Sunken Treasure
Maneuvering Marriage Minefields
Burn Out Versus Balance
Ingredients to Godly Self-Esteem
Standing Firm Amidst Your Fears
Spiritual Makeover

The goals of our seminars are to:

Establish parents as the primary educator of values
Encourgae parents in their roles
Motivate parents to be proactive
Provide developmental understanding of children
Equip with resources and & practical tools.

RetreatsBack to top

Family Tools provides several retreats varying in length from 2 hours, to half-day, whole day, overnight and weekend formats. While we offer specific retreats as listed below, each retreat can be customized to suit your programming needs and lengthened or shortened accordingly. Any combination of topics can be grouped together to customize a retreat for your program needs. To schedule a retreat, it is recommended that you call 4-6 months in advance.

Navigating The Dating Maze (Teen Daughters & Moms)
Finding The Keys To Worth (Pre-Teen Daughter & Moms)
True Virtue, Tested Valor (Teen Sons & Parents)
A Parents T.A.S.K - Talking About Sexuality with your Kids
Prescription for Purity
B.R.E.A.K. Time - Be Ready. Embrace Adolescence with Knowledge

Women's RetreatsBack to top

Family Tools offers inspirtational retreats for women. These retreats include three or four keynote presentations, each about 45 minutes, depending on your format.

Diving For Sunken Treasure
Unlocking the Secret of Finding Contentment
Theme Based - Speaker will develop material for your chosen theme