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On May 19^th, Mack Ogren held a seminar at the Kiev "Kinopanorama" movie theater called "Transfer from Childhood to Adult Life, part 2"

"Great countries consist of great communities, great communities consist of great families. What we will pass on to our children will determine the future of our country," - Mack Ogren.

Mack Ogren, who works at the organization called JH Ranch as an Outback International Director and Advancement, visited Kiev with his 4-hour seminar, which teaches parents how to change their way of raising children depending on children’s age.

"Kinopanorama", Kiev, 2016

Mack Ogren distinguishes 4 phases in children's lives and each phase implies that parents should change their behavior towards their children accordingly.

Correspondingly, he distinguishes 4 roles of parenting:

0-5 years

Parent's role: Caretaker

At this phase parents have three main responsibilities in their children's lives:

to protect
to provide
to pray

At this phase children completely depend on their parents - if their parents do not take care of them, they will die.

5-12 years

Parent's role: Cop

Parents’ responsibilities at this point are:

to teach
to train
to discipline
to pray

At this stage parents have to teach their children the laws. If you don’t teach your children to look both ways when crossing the road, they can be killed.

12-17 years

Parent's role: Coach

Parents’ responsibilities at this very important stage are:

to teach
to model
to encourage
to pray

This is a very important stage both for children and for parents. At this point, a parent must stop being a cop and start being a coach. It is very important to be a good model for your children, because they will copy your behavior, not your words.

18+ years

Parent's role: Consultant

When children grow older and start becoming more independent from their parents, parents become consultants and their responsibilities are:

to advise
to support
to listen
to pray

In this phase parents stay the longest or at least they should be. To be a consultant means to come only when you are invited in - and you should never forget that. If parents get stuck in being a coach they most likely will ruin their relationship with their children.

"Being a parent is the greatest job in the world and the most terrifying at the same time. You are never sure whether you are doing a great job or a lousy job. The only thing you can be sure of, is that it is the most important job that you have," Mack Ogren.