Midsummer Check-in: How’s It Going, Parents?
When Rooted asked me to write down my thoughts on “how to summer with kids” I have to confess: shame from all of the ways in which I failed to make the best of our time in summers…
As parents, we want our teens to know that Jesus does not need us to do excellent work or to be perfect in order for him to be pleased with us.
When Rooted asked me to write down my thoughts on “how to summer with kids” I have to confess: shame from all of the ways in which I failed to make the best of our time in summers…
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.
We pulled together some of the best resources on the blog to help parents think biblically and practically about schoolwork.
My desire for my two children to turn out to be godly young adults has actually become an idol.
Until I realized that I was trying to be my own savior and conquer the pressures of high school by myself, I did not realize I was seeing Jesus incorrectly.
The sooner we admit our vulnerability to ourselves, to our friends, and to our children, the sooner we can stop holding ourselves and our kids hostage to unattainable ideals, and lead them instead into the rest and freedom of life with Christ.