The Parenting for Faith podcast

This special bonus episode is here to help you work out how to get the most out of all the online opportunities this summer. To watch the video of this episode or read the notes that go with it, head to parentingforfaith.org/post/online-festivals. To find Parenting for Faith at United Breaks Out, New Wine's online festival go to parentingforfaith.org/UBO.

This special bonus episode is here to help you work out how to get the most out of all the online opportunities this summer. To watch the video of this episode or read the notes that go with it, head to parentingforfaith.org/post/online-festivals. To find Parenting for Faith at United Breaks Out, New Wine's online festival go to parentingforfaith.org/UBO.

We explore how to tell your big story this summer, whilst trapped in the car together or whilst you're just at home. In the Q&A section, we ask Dr Naomi Graham from Growing Hope about how to encourage and help children connect with God when they have limited communication skills. We also interview Gail Adcock, author of The Essential Guide to Family Ministry, who shares some ideas for serving a family.

Rachel kicks off this week by exploring what we can learn from pioneering. She answers a question that we reckon a fair few of you are wondering about... is it okay if we've quite enjoyed the break from physical church? What should we do if we (or our kids) are nervous about going back? Anna interviews Simon Parry of Allstar Kids Club to find out how we can encourage and equip kids and teens with a heart for songwriting.

Bible baddies – there are lots of them! In this episode of the podcast, Rachel ponders on what we can learn from them and how important it might be for us and our kids to delve into some of those stories to see what we can learn. We’ve recruited the wonderful Olly Goldenberg to help us answer our listener’s question on how to explain the joy of the Lord to our kids, and in our wildcard section, we have an interview with Dr Naomi Graham, founder of Growing Hope, a charity that provides free therapy for children and young people with additional needs in partnership with local churches in the UK.

Today's episode is an audio version of our Facebook Live Bedtime Drinks event for parents and carers, where we explore how to help preteens and teens who are disengaged or disinterested. You can watch the original video and read notes at parentingforfaith.org/post/disengaged. You can find out about our next Facebook Live and where to find us at United Breaks Out(New Wine's Online Festival) at parentingforfaith.org/UBO. This podcast episode is age specific, so if you have younger children, head to episode 70a (0 - 5s) or 70b (5-11s).

Today's episode is an audio version of our Facebook Live Bedtime Drinks event for parents and carers, where we explore how to help primary school aged children who are disengaged or disinterested. You can watch the original video and read notes at parentingforfaith.org/post/disengaged. You can find out about our next Facebook Live and where to find us at United Breaks Out(New Wine's Online Festival) at parentingforfaith.org/UBO. This podcast episode is age specific, so if you have younger children, head to episode 70a (0 - 5s) or for older ones, go to 70c (11+).

Today's episode is an audio version of our Facebook Live Bedtime Drinks event for parents and carers, where we explore how to help under fives who are disengaged or disinterested. You can watch the original video and read notes at parentingforfaith.org/post/disengaged. You can find out about our next Facebook Live and where to find us at United Breaks Out(New Wine's Online Festival) at parentingforfaith.org/UBO. This podcast episode is age specific, so if you have older children, feel free to skip onto episode 70b (5 -11s) or 70c (preteens and teens).

We kick off this week by digging into what the Bible has to say about conversational prayer. Where do we see it in the Bible and how do we apply it to our lives? Our question comes from a parent who wants her children to enjoy Bible stories but at the moment they're wriggling and squiggling rather than listening. Rachel throws out some ideas to try. Our wildcard section is an interview with the wonderful Fuzz Dix - children's pastor, mum, foster carer and part of the team at Kids Matter. We asked her how we can help children develop trust, in particular for those who've had their trust broken in the past.

This week, we're talking about 'the positive plateau' - when your child just seems to be sort of chugging along in their faith. Should we be worried and do we need to do anything differently? Our question this week is from a parent who worries that her children are selfish. Rachel unpacks what might be going on and some different ways to approach this. Here's a link to a resource Rachel mentions about growing gratitude in our children parentingforfaith.org/post/growing-gratitude-our-kids. In our wildcard section, we hear from the legendary Alan Charter, on fostering. Amongst other things, Alan is the Chair of Home for Good, the Network Facilitator of the Global Children's Forum and a dad with adopted, birth and foster children.