Four Parenting Tips for Discipling Teenagers
Navigating the teenage years can feel overwhelming, but it’s also a crucial time to nurture your child’s faith. In this episode, Amy and Sara sit down with Alecia Bryant, Brand Owner and Content Editor for The Gospel Project for Students at Lifeway, to uncover four practical for parents discipling teenagers. Whether you’re feeling lost or just looking for fresh ideas, this conversation is packed with encouragement and actionable insights to help you make a lasting impact on your teenager’s faith journey. Tune in now!
Questions of the Week: What is the hardest part of living out your faith as a teenager? Do you have someone in your life disciplining you right now?
Time Stamps:
(1:52) Introducing Alecia Bryant
(3:50) Definition of “discipleship.” What is discipleship, and what it is not?
(7:25) Where do we start? We can’t disciple our teenagers unless we are disciples ourselves.
(11:06) Equipping parents is to understand today’s culture. We must dive into our kid’s culture because it isn’t going away.
(13:30) Alecia asked her teenage students, “What do you wish your parents knew about your phones?”
(16:07) Jesus was not ignorant to the culture of his time. He deeply understood it.
(17:08) Be vulnerable with your teens about your own mistakes. Our teens aren’t looking for perfection in us; in fact, they crave authenticity.
(23:32) Parents are the primary disciplers, but look to the church and other women/men or older college aged students to pour into your teenager.
(27:44) Question of the day
Links:
Blog: A Message for Moms Battling Exhaustion
Podcast Episode: Surrounding Kids with Faith Influences
Resource: Lifeway’s Parent Partner
