Recently, a celebrity dad revealed the measures he takes to ensure his 18-year-old daughter still maintains her sexual integrity as a freshman in college. This caused a lot of backlash in the online world. The question is, how are we as Christian parents supposed to teach and support our children as they learn to make their own decisions?
This solo episode was inspired by a recent podcast episode that went viral and was taken down. While we will not defend or condemn the actions of the father in the viral podcast episode, we will talk about what this means for us as Christian parents.
In this episode we discuss:
Resources mentioned
Keeping It Centered Podcast (S1:E6) - How to Raise Christ-Centered Kids, guest Tina Chambers Smith
Keeping It Centered Podcast (S1:E1) - Calling Out Our Children in Love
Parent Cue is an amazing digital resource for parents. This site has a blog, podcast, and free resources to help parents with children ages 0-18. They talk about so many issues families may encounter, including blended families, technology guidelines, sexual integrity, special needs, anxiety issues, and so much more. Check out the site here.
Bible Verses to Further Explore
Colossians 3:21
Fathers, do not provoke your children, lest they become discouraged.
Proverbs 22:6
Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it.
Ephesians 6:4
Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.
Proverbs 29:15
The rod and reproof give wisdom, but a child left to himself brings shame to his mother.
Proverbs 20:11
Even a child makes himself known by his acts, by whether his conduct is pure and upright.
Deuteronomy 6:6-9
And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise. You shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes. You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.
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