Whether we like it or not, we live in an increasingly post-Christian culture that no longer accepts the basic tenets of Christianity as universal truth. The rise of religious pluralism, relativism, and agnostic attitudes toward faith are changing the cultural landscape. Though frustrating, these shifts provide fresh opportunities to engage our children with both the evidence for and the heart of Christianity.

This Parent Guide will help you discuss the following questions:

• What is anxiety?
• Why does anxiety matter?
• What are the differences between anxiety and anxiety disorders?
• Why is anxiety on the rise in young people?
• What does Scripture say about anxiety?
• How can we help young people with anxiety?

 

Parenting Workshop - Oct 2020 - Anxiety and Stress Featuring Sarah Keene / Fieldstone Counseling

This guide will help you discuss the following questions:

• What are autism and ADHD?
• How does social media impact people with autism and ADHD?
• How have cultural perceptions of autism and ADHD changed?
• What do autistic and ADHD teens need from the people who love them?
• What does parenting a teen with autism or ADHD look like?
• What encouragement is in Scripture for parents of teens with autism and ADHD?

Going back to school can be an exciting time for kids, especially if they enjoy learning or being around their friends. But it can also be a dreadful time for kids who hate the thought of summer ending or whose social interactions have been more painful than pleasant . . . meaning they’d be tempted to pull a Ferris Bueller if they knew what that meant!

In this presentation we take a conversational approach to the Bible. Use this to jumpstart your own discussions.

This guide will help you discuss the following questions:

• What are conspiracy theories?
• Why do conspiracy theories matter?
• Are conspiracy theories dangerous?
• How can we combat the fear that comes with conspiracy theories?
• How can we encourage discernment and love in our teens?

In a matter of weeks, COVID-19 has caused a health crisis, a social crisis, and a financial crisis: a three-pronged attack threatening every intimate aspect of our lives.

This guide helps parents know more about the disturbing incidence of depression and anxiety disorders in the lives of young people. Like other Parent Guides in this series, this tool provides knowledge, references, and faith-based encouragement on the subject to help parents connect with their kids.

Talking about taboo, awkward, or uncomfortable topics can be so anxiety-inducing that we put it off so long, we lose our chance. This Guide helps us see these conversations as a chance to love and disciple our kids, as well as offers practical ideas for how to start them.

Through a process we call Culture Translation - It’s biblically based, centered around conversation, and can be used not only by parents, but also by grandparents, teachers, pastors, youth volunteers, administrators—anyone who has influence in teenagers’ lives. This Guide aims to teach you that process so that you can implement it with your teens and pre-teens. We want to give you our “secret sauce” because we believe so strongly in it and the difference it can make.

Thanks to Stranger Things and the rise of “liveplay,” D&D has enjoyed a resurgence in popularity. But is it safe for kids to play? Or was the “Satanic Panic” of the 1970s and ’80s fair? This Guide looks into the game and its history, offering insight for parents as to whether this roleplaying game is worth delving into.

This guide will help you discuss the following questions:

• What are eating disorders?
• How does social media play into the portrayal of eating disorders?
• Why do eating disorders run the risk of being glamorized?
• Why are eating disorders on the rise?
• What can helping a teen with an eating disorder look like?
• What insight does Scripture offer on eating disorders?

Medi-Share & Axis have teamed up to bring you the Emotion Conversation Kit, the easiest way to start a non-awkward conversation with your 8-18 year old about emotions!

Even just hearing the word “failure” can make us cringe. It evokes feelings of sadness, defeat, disappointment, rejection, and more. But it doesn’t have to be this way. This Guide looks at how society talks about failure, how there’s a more life-giving view, and how to impart that to our kids.

Fear is real—in fact, God created it—but worry is never beneficial. By looking a little closer at the problems of fear and worry, we can learn where they come from, what they are at their root, how to overcome them through the power of God, and how to help our kids do the same.

Fortnite: Battle Royale has remained one of the most popular games for both kids and adults since 2017. The game earned $1.8 billion in 2019, making it the highest-earning video game of the year. It has 250 million registered accounts and more than 10.8 million concurrent players as of March 2019. In addition, the game’s creators have successfully targeted women as part of their audience: An estimated 35% of Fortnite players are female. So what is this crazy game, and why on earth is it so popular? More importantly, what should we do if our kids are obsessed with it?

Are you looking at today’s teenagers and wondering why they’re always online or how on earth their views on sexuality, government, and life in general can be so drastically different from yours?

The Gossip conversation kit dives into our words and how we use them. We hope it provides a spark to begin conversations on this topic.