6. Where do you incorporate quiet during the average day, or during the average week? What do you think about when you're surrounded by quiet? How might you find more ways to fit times of silence into your family's week?
7. Does your family have good memories of times when you read together? What were the favorite stories? Do you still share in reading together or listening to audiobooks?
8. How can boredom be positive?
9. What ways has your family continued to find ways to play together?
10. When have you felt most thankful? Do you see your teenagers discovering the gratitude attitude, or is this an area of challenge for your family? What practices have you found that reinforce your feelings of thankfulness?
1. If you had to come up with a different name for the center-of-the-universe lie, what would it be?
2. In general terms, do you think self-at-the-center is a common way to view the world? What evidence do you see in the culture at large that this worldview is in operation? Do you see it at home, too?
3. If you are familiar with the Bible, brainstorm some principles you know from God's Word that refute the lie that each person is the center of his or her own universe.
4. Was there a time when you overprioritized your children? Did you see any negative results for you? For them?
5. How do tech tools broaden awareness of the wider world and its needs? How could overuse of tech tools contribute to a self-at-the-center mentality?
6. What makes personal relationships offline more meaningful to you than your online friendships? Which interpersonal skills can develop only in person-to-person contact?
1. While you probably would never say the actual words
I deserve to be happy all the time
, when do you see yourself falling into a pattern of thinking or acting this way?
2. Do you see any FOMO (fear of missing out) behaviors associated with technology use at your house?
