Talking with Your Kids about God: a great resource to have those important conversations

Talking With Your Kids about God: 30 Conversations Every Christian Parent Must Have by Natasha Crain is another great tool to have the all important conversations about God. In a world that is increasingly skeptical and hostile, Christian parents find themselves fighting hard to pass along their faith to their children, becoming overwhelmed and discouraged. How do parents answer their children’s simple and yet complicated questions? Natasha Crain provides a resource that helps parents and the adults in children’s lives have those important conversations and answer the questions about the existence of God, the science of God, the nature of God, what it means to believe in God and the difference God makes in our lives. With step-by-step conversation guides with discussion questions and tips, Talking With Your Kids about God is great for parents, grandparents, or anyone who has questions about how to have informed conversations about God. 

Talking With Your Kids about God is organized in a way that allows for cumulative learning experiences, as the chapters build on each other. Ms. Crain does not shy away from the skeptical questions and objections. She answers each one intellectually with clarity and simplification. I enjoyed that she uses conversational experiences from her own life and her children. I appreciated that she also included additional reading for further investigation and discussion. Overall, I gained a lot of insight about how to talk about what I believe, why I believe it with the resources to show it. Despite the heavy topics of God and the skeptical objections, this book was fairly easy to read and a resource I will keep on hand. I highly, highly recommend Talking With Your Kids about God for anyone who wants or needs an insight on how to have these conversations in an informative and practical way. 

Talking With Your Kids about God: 30 Conversations Every Christian Parent Must Have

is available in paperback, eBook and audiobook

Preparing Your Daughter for Womanhood: a great resource for moms, dads, and guardians

Parents usually worry about everything when it comes to their children. From basic care to discipline, parents are always worrying about doing the right thing. However, nothing scares parents more than “The Talk.” A thousand question swirling around their head. When do I open the conversation? How do I start? How much information to I tell them? How much information too much too soon? Preparing Your Daughter for Womanhood: A Guide for Moms by Robin Jones Gunn is a mentoring book which gets down to the heart level of the mother-daughter relationship as they move into the next stage of their lives: adolescence. Drawing from her own experience with her daughter, Rachel, as well as stories from other mothers and daughters, Ms. Jones Gunn provides inspiration for each mother to tailor this journey to each unique mother-daughter relationship. As she states, “You aren’t just having ‘the talk.’ You’re starting the conversation.” It is the moment to celebrate our daughters as they blossom into the women God created them to be.

I have been a fan of Robin Jones Gunn’s books since I was a teenager. I grew up many with many of her books including the Christy Miller series as well as the Sierra Jensen series. With two daughters myself, 8 and 2 years old, I knew that I wanted to have a different conversation than I had with my mom. So, I began preparing around my oldest daughter’s birthday. Researching the topic and trying to figure out the questions swirling in my head. When I heard that Ms. Jones Gunn was writing a book for moms on this very topic, I eagerly awaited it’s arrival. The book itself isn’t very long about 180 pages and a quick read but it is filled with ideas and inspiration to guide me and my daughters on this journey. It is not a strict how to, do A, B, C, it is a guide to help you tailor this journey to your daughter’s personality and interests. I highly recommend Preparing Your Daughter for Womanhood.

 

Preparing Your Daughter for Womanhood is available in paperback