The Parenting for Faith podcast Parenting for Faith

Rachel Turner, Lucy Rycroft and Rhianne O'Rourke share about how we can parent our children and teens for faith when we (or our spouses) are involved in the unique parenting context of church leadership. The conversation will also be helpful to those of us who aren't church leaders, as we support those who are.

Links:
- Parenting as a Church Leader online training day: brfonline.org.uk/collections/parenting-for-faith-events/products/parenting-as-a-church-leader-day-helping-your-family-thrive
- Parenting as a Church Leader book: parentingforfaith.brf.org.uk/resource/parenting-as-a-church-leader-helping-your-family-thrive-the-book/
- Parenting as a Church Leader Facebook community including bonus Q and A videos: facebook.com/groups/962128114181843

Cavan Wood, author and autism dad, shares how we can help children and teens on the autistic spectrum to connect with God and engage with church. We also chat about how we, as parents and carers, can build a support network.

Links:
- Lunch with Leaders 18 Jan parentingforfaith.brf.org.uk/upcoming-events/#facebooklive
- 'Entertaining Angels' by Cavan Wood https://www.eden.co.uk/christian-books/family/parenting/entertaining-angels/
- Additional needs resources on the Parenting for Faith website: https://www.parentingforfaith.brf.org.uk/topics/additional-needs/

Happy New Year!

This is the start of our new season. We all want our kids and teens to meet and know God but WHAT IF....? This season we'll be answering your questions about what God connection looks like for all sorts of different kids, families and contexts, whatever your 'WHAT IF...?'

Rae Morfin from TLG shares how we can help children and teens who have had challenging life experiences to meet and know God. Those might be ACEs(adverse childhood experiences), a medical condition or experience, something to do with their family circumstances or something else.

Links:
- Pop up small groups starting 17 Jan parentingforfaith.brf.org.uk/upcoming-events/#facebooklive
- TLG tlg.org.uk/
- Emotional First Aid and The Emotional Rollercoaster tlg.org.uk/get-involved/training
- Dan Hughes PACE approach danielhughes.org/p.a.c.e..html

This is our second Q&A episode with Rachel Turner and the last episode of this season.

She answers questions including:
- how we can talk to our children about adults close to them who don't have faith and their different choices
- what to do if our kids find God boring
- how to handle kids with a lot of questions

Four simple steps to answering any question your kids asks - parentingforfaith.org/post/questions

Get email notifications when a new podcast episode is available - parentingforfaith.org/podcast/ parentingforfaith.org/course/ . We'll be back with season five in January.

This is our first Q&A episode with Rachel Turner.

She answers questions including:
- should we prioritise church on a Sunday morning?
- how can we encourage our kids to have a faith without forcing them
- how to do Sabbath as a family, and
- how significant friendships are with church friends?

Free Advent downloadable - parentingforfaith.org/post/growing-gratitude-in-our-kids/

The Original Parenting for Faith course - parentingforfaith.org/course/

This week, we chat to Lizzie Laferton all about how we can help our kids connect with God over Christmas. She also tells us about her new family devotional, The God of Amazing Gifts.

Donate via The Big Give until 6 December to get your donation doubled - https://donate.thebiggive.org.uk/campaign/a056900002NBL4iAAH

The God of Amazing Gifts - https://www.eden.co.uk/christian-books/christmas-and-advent-books/advent-books/advent-devotionals/the-god-of-amazing-gifts/