The Seven Essential Strategies of the Convergence Master System

Mark Rogers | Convergence

Myself and my wife Joana have over 50+ years of experience in the medical model and non-profit sectors. We have been able to help thousands of families along the way. At Convergence we stand for, 'Building thriving families & drug free kids.' The Convergence Master System provides a dynamic blueprint which supports the Traditional American Family. One of the reasons we exist is to provide a way to pass on traditional values to the next generations of American Families

Convergence specializes in equipping the family with the essential strategies, core values, first principles and the critical skills to thrive in today's world. The Convergence Master System is made up seven first principles, seven core values, seven critical skills and all anchored by seven essential strategies. By utilizing the Convergence Master System you will not only drug proof your kids but they will be positioned to thrive and reach their full potential.

In the following article I will name the seven essential strategies of Convergence and provide a concise overview for each one. The seven essential strategies which make up the Convergence Master System need to be employed at the right times in the right manner to build a thriving family with drug free kids in today's challenging times.

Strategy #1 The Thriving Family

The Thriving Family will always place the environment as top priority and take all the necessary steps to safeguard it. And whenever there is something that doesn't seem right the thriving family knows to always look to what has changed in the environment, because this is wherein the problem lies.

Wherever there are growing kids in various ages & stages the environment is extremely dynamic. Because the nature of the environment is subjected to such fluidity it is in need of periodic check ups and maintenance to ensure everything is safe and secure. The thriving family knows it must have ways of observing, measuring and adjusting the environment in order to keep it in top shape.

Strategy #2 The Learning Family

It's been said, "the family that learns together is the family that grows together." Knowing and choosing what to learn together sometimes can be a daunting task with so much information and advice at our fingertips. With so many unknown dangers lurking just below the surface which our kids will come into contact with, no child is immune to the dangers so learning together will help insulate them from danger and keep them safe.

The rate at which the likelihood of our children encountering the opportunity to use illicit drugs before they reach middle school is alarming. This trend is showing no signs of slowing and we must assume it will only continue to rise if we want to insulate our children from the lurking dangers.

Our children grow up in lightning speed, blink and we may miss it. Learning alone is not enough. But learning the right strategies and applying them in the right ways at the right time is what prevention is all about. It's never too early to learn the right strategies.

This is the main reason my wife and I created the Convergence Master System which allows young families to benefit from our 50+ years experience in the medical model and non-profit sectors. The time to learn is now.

Strategy #3 The Open Family

Do you want our kids to be open and honest with us as they grow older? Will we be happy if when our kids are older and need our input the most, is the time they decide to put their headphones on, look down at their screens and shut us out as they sit right in front of us?

The Open Family essential strategy is geared to not only keep the lines of communication open as our children grow through the ages & stages but to learn to value understanding. It cannot be overstated that in all of our getting the principle thing is to get understanding.

The Convergence Master System explores and dives deep into communication strategies that make truth and transparency part of the daily expectation in the family system. The Open Family essential strategy ensures family culture is cemented and never allows the family members to isolate one from another. The Open Family will go the distance, remain safe and secure while fortifying it against bad actors and unperceived threats looking to do harm.

Strategy #4 The Courageous Family

Courage is not an option. If you have kids the truth is you have a drug problem, a problem which requires courage to solve. It will take courage to stand up and go against what so many of the institutions and so called experts are saying today. Our culture is being turned on it's head, as so many institutions are seeking to throw out conventional wisdom, redefine terms, move ancient markers, and remake the modern family in a non-traditional image.

Not on our watch!

Contrary to popular opinion kids need structure and discipline and will not just figure it out as they grow up. If you believe in the traditional American nuclear family then you will need to make courage an essential ingredient and have a plan to instill it so that the next generation may thrive and reach convergence in their lifetime.

For these and additional reasons we have identified courage as one of the essential strategies of the Convergence Master System.

Strategy #5 The Winning Family

People do not plan to fail but fail to plan, and so it is with families. Families don't plan to fail, but fail to plan. Here at Convergence we deeply desire for your family to win. That's right, WIN! Winning is not a bad word. Being a winning family doesn't mean you have somehow taken something away from another family in order to win but instead realize when your family wins so do other families who are in close proximity to you. When your family wins so others also win.

There are two questions we must ask ourselves if we want our family to win. Winning in the context we are speaking of is having kids that thrive and are drug free. The first question is, "Do I have a plan to drug proof my kids which enables them to thrive? If the answer is 'Yes' the second question is, 'Is the plan written down and does it address the seven critical areas?'

Planning and being prepared may seem like elementary concepts but you'd be shocked if I told you the number of parents who have not even thought about having a drug proof plan yet alone one which is written down, never mind one that addresses the seven critical areas.

We know there is a lot of angst when it comes to the subject of drugs and our kids, but the facts are in and they are undeniable, it is an insidious problem and the evils that exists do not care about our angst. This is why we created the Convergence Master System which walks you through step by step on the why, what and how of writing a plan to drug proof your kids.

Strategy #6 The Connected Family

The Connected Family may be one of the hardest to master in the American context. We as Americans are so blessed with so many choices it can be difficult to be in community. It's so easy to say yes to so many good things and become so busy we end up with no time left to be involved in meaningful community.

Community is a primary first principle, making up the essential strategy of connection. Without meaningful community we will drift into isolation and isolation is deadly. Isolation lulls us to sleep while allowing us to think we need to rest, or we just need to take a break. We can become too busy and throw ourselves out of balance leaving us in a deficit without the bandwidth to connect to meaningful community. Humans are made to live in meaningful community with vital connections leading to an abundant life, not become so busy that we just run from thing to thing.

Belonging to a supportive meaningful community is a requirement if we want our family to thrive and our kids to be drug free. The impulse of the connected family will be to seek out community. The connected family knows community is an extension of the family, full of like-minded people who share the same values, and have similar goals.

The Connected Family seeks to nurture the value found in community. Community provides strength, resources, opportunities, security and other unnamed intangibles we cannot obtain anywhere else.

Strategy #7 The Engaged Family

The family that fully embraces all seven essential strategies of the Convergence Master System will reap the benefits the most. The engagement strategy is where the magic happens as all the strategies come together in one place. The engagement strategy is not a stand alone strategy but is supported by the six previous strategies.

The nuclear family unit has a real enemy which desires to steal from us, destroy us, and kill us. While it's true we must learn to fight for our families on our knees we must also be prepared to engage in the battle on all fronts at all times for the enemy is relentless and never sleeps.

The heart of the Engaged Family is to know our enemy and how to engage it in the battle. The

enemy is relentless and would like nothing better than to kill our child with one pill, one time at one party and yet the enemy is not alcohol or drugs. The battle is not against the substances themselves, but against the spirit behind the substances.

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