Kristen Hatton
Kristen Hatton holds a master’s in Clinical Mental Health Counseling, working toward state licensure. She is the author of Parenting Ahead (2023 release), The Gospel-Centered Life in Exodus for Students, Face Time: Your Identity in a Selfie World, and Get Your Story Straight. Kristen and her pastor husband are the parents of three young adults and a son-in-law. Learn more by visiting her website at www.kristenhatton.com.
Posts by Kristen Hatton
Why Our Teens Don’t Know They Need Jesus
Gospel-Centered
Law
Moralism
Behind a Counselor’s Door: Why Kids Don’t Talk to Their Parents
Communication
Confession
Failure
Relationships
The Beauty of the Church: Intergenerational Relationships in Our Children’s Lives
Church
Community
Intergenerational Integration
A Word of Hope for Youth Pastors and Parents: God’s Greatness Seen through the Plagues and in COVID
Evil
Exodus
Grace
Suffering
Helping Our Kids Through Grief and Disappointment Caused by COVID-19
Emotions
Grief
Psalms
Seniors
Our Kids Don’t Win When We Fight their Battles for Them
Control
Fear
Idolatry
Parenting
Redeeming Summertime With Our Kids
Family
Parenting
Summer
The Seculosity of Parenting
Justification
Parenting
The Bond and Burden of Motherhood
Mothers
Parenting
Sanctification
Suffering
What’s Driving Our Lawnmower Parenting?
Failure
Parenting
Parental Self-Justification and the College Admissions Scandal
College
Justification
Parenting
To the Parent Struggling With a Struggling Teen
Parenting
Struggle
Cultivating Kids Who Follow Christ
Grace
Justification
Parenting
Sin
HTH: Three Reminders for Our College Bound Kids
College
13 Reasons Why We Need to Have Conversations With Our Kids
Culture
Redeeming Summertime With Our Kids
Family
Parenting
Summer
HTH: The Local Youth Worker Podcast
Navigating Prom: Looking Through the Lens of God’s Word to Filter Our Parenting Decisions
Faith
Growth
Parenting
Seniors
Wisdom
Are Kids’ Sports Our New God?
Church
Culture
Idolatry
Parenting
Sports
Don’t Hurry the Hurt
Parenting
Perfectionism
Struggle
How Parenting Out of Weakness Strengthened My Relationship With My Teen
Authenticity
Communication
Parenting
What Do Parents Need from Their Youth Pastors? (Rooted 2017 Workshop Preview)
Parenting
Rooted 2017
Reorienting Our Teens to the Truth Social Media Distorts (Rooted 2017 Workshop Preview)
Social Media
When Talking to Your Teen is Hard (Rooted Parent Repeat)
Embracing a New Normal After a Child Leaves for College
College
Growth
Parenting
Ecclesiastes and the Post Modern Teen: Letting Go of ‘Hevel’
Anxiety
Depression
Ecclesiastes
Parenting Opportunities During Prom Season
Culture
Parenting
Seniors
Have Our Kids’ Minds Gone to Pot?
Drugs and Alcohol
Grace
Parenting
What’s Love Got To Do With It: Navigating Teen Dating
Culture
Relationships
Sex
For Such a Time as This: Talking Truth with our Teens
Culture
Scripture
Rooted’s Most Read: Why Our Teens Don’t Know They Need Jesus
Rooted’s Most Read: Justification and the Teen Identity Crisis
The Heart of Middle School Meanness
Identity
School
Longing for More: What Lies Beneath the Desire to be “Hot”
Body Image
Identity
What Stressed Out Kids Need from Their Parents…Who are Stressing Them Out
Anxiety
Parenting
Perfectionism
Performance
When Talking to Your Teen is Hard
Parenting
Social Media is Not the Real Problem
Justification
Righteousness
Social Media
It Doesn’t Take a Youth Group to have a Vibrant Youth Ministry
Church
Community
Youth Group Culture
Youth Ministry
Justification and the Teen Identity Crisis
Eating Disorder
Justification
HOPE THIS HELPS: So What? Teen Bible Curriculum
Why Teens Don’t Talk to Their Parents
Parenting
Partnering with Parents
The Scandal of Christmas
Christmas
Rooted Recommends: Get Your Story Straight
Devotional
Behind the Scenes of Our Teen’s Selfie Society
Social Media