Parenting Resources
Books for Parents
- The Tech-Wise Family by Andy Crouch
- 12 Ways Your Phone is Changing You by Tony Reinke
- Theology of the Body for Beginners by Christopher West
- Divine Sex by Jonathan Grant
- Fill These Hearts (God, Sex, and the Universal Longing) by Christopher West
- You Are What You Love by James K.A. Smith
Books to help young kids understand their bodies and pornography
- Good Pictures, Bad Pictures Jr (age 3-6)
- Good Pictures, Bad Pictures (age 7-11)
- God Made All of Me by Justin Holcomb
A Series of 4 Books to help discuss sex with your kids by Stan and Brenna Jones
- The Story of Me (ages 3-5)
- Before I was Born (ages 5-8)
- What's the Big Deal? (ages 8-11)
- Facing the Facts (ages 11-14)
Watch
- Watch the movie "Nerve" with your 13-18 year olds and discuss the dangers of social media.
- Simon Sinek on Millenials (Watch this 15 minute video, alone first, and then with your teenager)
- The best sermon I've watched on Marijuana
- Quit Social Media
Listen
Internet Filters and Reporting SoftwareHelpful Websites
Curriculum and Catechesis
- The Gospel Project (A Journey through Scripture)
- Catechesis of the Good Shepherd
- Godly Play
Devotionals for Youth
- The Aim of My Heart (modified Book of Common Prayer for Teenagers, 77 days of prayer)
Helpful Articles
- The Latest Research on the Mental Effects of Social Media
- Five Ways to Develop Empathy in Generation Z
- How to Navigate Youth Sports as Christ Followers
- A Cell Phone Agreement for the Christian Teen
- Three Cautions and Encouragements for Dads
- The Three Most Important Lessons Christians Can Learn in College
- How to Talk to Your Kids About Doubt
- No Teen is too Far Gone
- How the Bible Calls Dads to Father their Daughters
- A Prayer for the Wondering Son
- Why You Should Let Your Kids See You do Something you Love
- What Did We Bring Into The World
- 32 Reasons for a Digital Detox
- The LightPhone
- Have Smartphones Destroyed a Generation?
- There Is Absolutely No Good Reason To Buy Your Child A Smartphone
- 13 Reasons Why and 13 Questions Because
- The Importance of Eating Together
- Sex Before Kissing (Caution: This is a very alarming read)
- Teaching Your Children How To Lose
- Creating a Board of Advisors for Your Child
- The X-Plan: Giving Them A Way Out
- 8 Things Kids Need To Do By Themselves by Age 13
- She Has My Delight
- 5 Rules We Gave Our 13 Year Old When She Joined Instagram
- Why Social Media Is Not Smart for Middle Schoolers
- Driving Contract for New Teenage Driver
- 50 Questions To Ask Your Kids Instead Of Asking “How Was Your Day”
- Why We Can't Look Away From Our Screens
- 3 Ways to Help Your Kids Face Peer Pressure
- 10 Mobile Device Safeguards for Youth
- 3 Hilarious Discipline Tactics That Work With Teenagers
- Prayer in the Facebook Age
- 3 Ways to Keep Your Kids from Sexting
- Great Parents Do This Well by Donald Miller
- Parents Recreate Daughter's Ridiculous Selfies
- 10 Resources for talking to your kids about Porn
- Creating Conversations with Your Kids About Technology
- What's the Point of Parenting?
- Building A Home Kids Want to Come Home To
- Note to a Young Man Interested in Dating My Daughter