We can look back and laugh at our naivety of being new parents while experiencing an enormous amount of angst, contemplating how to parent our teens through difficult and challenging circumstances.
Families in Crisis – Sharing the Burden
One of the most difficult things you may experience as a leader is walking alongside kids and parents who are deeply entrenched in an unexpected storm of life. Whether these situations come with a bit of warning or completely out of the blue, the resulting devastation hits hard. Whenever this happens, you have the opportunity to help anchor families to God’s faithfulness as a constant presence and restorer who turns things meant for evil into something for our good and His glory.
Helping Parents Survive Difficult Circumstances with Their Teens
As a youth leader, you know the incredibly weighty issues many teens face today: gender identity, sexual identity, drug use, promiscuity, failing grades, bullies, and the list goes on. Many of these are a parent’s worst nightmare, but chances are you will have at least a few parents whose teenagers are struggling with one of these difficult circumstances. So, how can you support parents going through challenging times with their teens?
October 2023: Your October Resources Are Here!
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Church and Sports – Finding Balance
What do you do as a Christian parent when your kids want to be on a team? How do you maintain a healthy balance between sports and church involvement?
Navigating Teens and Sports
As Christian parents, we can also help our teens utilize their participation in sports as a way to help them grow in their faith.