Straight Talk: Good Kids or God Kids

For most parents, your goal is to raise Good Kids who are well behaved, respectful, polite, and self controlled. We use all means of discipline, encouragement, and even bribery to achieve this goal. But is that really the goal? Or, is our true challenge to raise children who passionately love Jesus and want to be well behaved, respectful, polite, and self controlled because it pleases God?

In this thought-provoking session hosted by Kristi McElheney, we will look at three very different approaches to parenting we can all identify with and talk about how we can move through them to encourage the growth of truly Godly children.

  1. Pressures of Perfect Parenting
  2. Problems of Pleaser Parenting
  3. Pleasure of Prayerful Parenting

Kristi’s Recommended Resource List for this topic:

  • The Grace Awakening by Charles Swindoll
  • Spiritual Parenting by Michelle Anthony
  • Authentic Parenting in a Postmodern Culture by Mary E. DeMuth
  • Visionary Parenting by Rob Reinow
  • Shelter by Jimmy Holbrook
  • The Legacy Path by Brian Haynes

Author

  • Kristi McElheney

    Kristi McElheney served as Elementary Ministry Leader at Stonebriar Community Church until 2018, and she now serves the Lord as Children and Parenting Pastor at Fellowship Bible Church as well as an Associate Instructor at Walk Thru the Bible in Dallas, TX.

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