Who Gets to Influence My Kids?

Sep 20, 2021

The hosts discuss the importance of guiding kids through cultural narratives and preparing them to navigate different worldviews. They explore the influence of media, friendships, and family in shaping children's values. Emphasizing the role of parents in being the safest people for kids to seek guidance from, they tackle tough conversations on relationships, marriage, and societal challenges.

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Introduction

00:00 • 2min

Influential Figures in Children's Lives

01:46 • 5min

Navigating Conflicting Worldviews with Children

07:06 • 2min

Navigating Challenges in a Hyper-sexualized Culture for Children

09:07 • 2min

Influencing Children's Outlook on Relationships and Marriage

11:06 • 3min

Navigating Tough Conversations with Children

14:05 • 28min

On the third episode of the Family Discipleship Podcast the hosts (Adam Griffin, Cassie Bryant, and Chelsea Griffin) talk about who and what gets to influence our kids.

Questions for Christian parents that we answered in this episode:

How do you decide who or what gets to influence your kids?
What does determining influences have to do with leading your home spiritually?
What are some of the cultural narratives that don’t line up with what we believe that we try to help our kids navigate or protect our kids from?
How do you think about or advise parents to make decisions about preparing their kids to be exposed to other worldviews or to escape from them?
How do you help kids think through the things they’ll see and hear?
What should our practice be around smart phones? Not just whether our kids get them, but how they see us use them in their presence.
How do we prepare our kids to be countercultural?
How do you think through friendships for your kids?
How do we make content decisions for our kids?
How do we develop a family where we, the parents, are the safest people to ask about things they are hearing or seeing?
Where does God give us guidance in this area regarding influences?

Resources mentioned in this episode:

Christian Movie Reviews: https://www.pluggedin.com/movies/
Christian Media: https://www.rightnowmedia.org/
Owlegories Show: https://owlegories.com/
Superbook Show: https://thesuperbookshow.com/
Wingfeather Books by Andrew Peterson: https://www.wingfeathersaga.com/
The Green Ember by SD Smith: https://sdsmith.com/book/the-green-ember/
Prince Warriors books by Priscilla Shirer: https://theprincewarriors.com/books/

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