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Questions Kids Ask: “What Does Gay Mean?”
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When my daughter was six, she overheard me talking to another adult. One of us used the word gay. “Mom, what’s gay mean?” she quickly asked. I tried not to let the surprise show on my face.
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Valentine’s Day Parent Conversation Starter: Marriage & Singleness
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This season celebrates many beautiful things about Christian marriage, but it also makes obvious the idolatry of romance in culture. Our kids are primed to assume that they can take romance and marriage when and where they want it. But the Bible says we don’t just take what we want.
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Christmas Parent Conversation Starter: Brokenness and God’s Wisdom
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Could Christmastime actually be the perfect setting to talk to your kids about sexual stewardship? Our kids are home more than usual. In between Christmas parties and church celebrations, there is so much opportunity to start important conversations about intimacy, family, singleness, marriage, sex, and sexuality.
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Parent Conversation Starter: Gay Pride & Coming Out
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Coming out is about being fully known and fully loved; Gay Pride is, in part, about connecting to others who have shared experiences and shared history in a place that is safe and free from condemnation, shame, hiding, or fear.
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Parent Conversation Starter: What Causes Same-sex Attraction? Can Attractions Change?
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Are people born gay? What part does God play? Can sexual orientation change?
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Parent Conversation Starter: Vocational Singleness
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What is vocational singleness? Why does God call people to vocational singleness? How can we prepare kids and teens to leverage their singleness for Jesus?
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Parent Conversation Starter: Girls & Sexuality
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Women experience sexuality differently than men; it’s not uncommon for teen girls to feel confusion or shame surrounding their sexuality.
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Parent Conversation Starter: Sexual Ethics
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Teach kids that God knows what’s best for us, God reveals His wisdom to us through scripture, and we enjoy the most good in this life when we follow God’s wisdom.
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Parent Conversation Starter: Intimacy & Family
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God enjoys intimacy in the context of family, and because we have been created in the image of God, we too are made for intimacy in the context of family.
