In a culture filled with endless options, parents can help teens navigate their FOBO by helping them learn to identify their fear, point them to the God who is greater, limit their options, and teach and model commitment making.
As we continue in our series on prayers for a struggling student, consider this prayer from the perspective of a doubting student. We invite you to step inside the shoes of a teenager who is battling unbelief, and perhaps to even pray alongside a teenager you know is struggling.
The best thing you can do for your teenager who is rebelling is to keep them in church and never stop praying for them.
All the control I could ever exert over my children that I think will bring peace and order in my heart and home is nothing compared to the peace that comes from God: the peace that he established in creation, the peace that Christ gave us through the cross, and the peace that the Holy Spirit uses to continually instruct us.
Experience the freedom that comes from laying your comparisons at the foot of the cross and instead become captivated with the purpose of knowing Jesus more and pointing your children to him.
The answer then to perfectionism is not working harder but resting in Jesus’ work and worth. Our perfection—our identity and worth—is found in his. Whether or not we or our children achieve certain goals, are honored or noticed for our accomplishments, or perfectly excel at anything are not what gives us value.
Welcome to the Rooted Parent Top Ten, a curated list of resources from across the web that we believe will be helpful to parents raising teenagers.
We were once dead in our sins and strangers to your grace, but you have called us by name and made us brothers and sisters
God has proven himself trustworthy; he has proven that he often works in ways we know nothing of until his time is right.
