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A Recipe for Raising a Narcissist Mar 11, 2025

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What happens when you never tell a kid "no" or set limits around what they can and can't do? As we explored last week, that's a quick recipe for raising a narcissist. In this episode, Brett and Erin react and respond to a viral TikTok video from creator arelyvictoriaa where she lists the "controversial ways" she is raising her son without many limits.

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6 Steps to Avoid Raising a Narcissist Mar 04, 2025

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Correcting and disciplining our kids isn't an easy job. But what we do TODAY as parents has long-term consequences...for good or ill. And in our overly individualistic and self-centered modern culture, if we don't correct a child's sinful tendencies to only consider their own desires and wants, we may end up raising little narcissists. In this episode, Brett and Erin discuss six steps to raising thoughtful kids who will be equipped to maintain healthy relationships. MAVEN...is donor-supported...DONATE HERE: https://maventruth.com/donation/

Talking to Your Kids about Sex, Love, and Relationships w/ Sean McDowell Feb 25, 2025

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Our culture is rife with confusion around dating, sex and relationships. It's evident everywhere: entertainment, social media, music, etc. How we help our kids navigate our culture's confusion will have an impact on how they navigate dating and relationships when the time comes. In this episode, Brett and Erin interview Sean McDowell, a Christian author, apologist, and podcaster, about his book "Chasing Love: Sex, Love, and Relationships" and about the issues facing kids today when it comes to relationships. Get "Chasing Love" at https://seanmcdowell.org/item/chasing-love Check out Sean's podcasts and resources at https://seanmcdowell.org/ MAVEN...is donor-supported...DONATE HERE: https://maventruth.com/donation/

What Boundaries Should Parents Set for Teens and Dating? Feb 18, 2025

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What kind of rules and boundaries should parents establish for their kids when it comes to dating? What practical direction can we offer that will move them in the trajectory of God’s good design for love and relationships? In this episode, Brett and Erin lay out seven boundaries for dating they’ve used with their own kids to encourage healthy and biblical dating relationships.

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5 Conversations You Should Have With Your Teens Before They Date Feb 11, 2025

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Dating is huge topic, and it's changed very much, very fast over the years. How do we prepare our kids to enter the world of dating? What kinds of conversations should parents be having to help them develop a healthy view of love and relationships? In this episode, Brett and Erin continue their conversations about helping kids navigate the world of relationships, by discussing how they met, their dating story, and some of the important conversations we need to have with our kids about dating in our broken and confused culture.

Watch Part 1 of our series on kids and dating: https://linktw.in/nYQZUG

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Helping Your Kids Navigate the Wonderful World of Dating Feb 04, 2025

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For many parents and adults, the topic of teenage dating in the modern world may be confusing, a source of frustration or even the cause of serious anxiety and fear. Things have changed...a lot! In addition, our kids are growing up in an increasingly sexually broken world. How can we equip them to navigate the modern world of dating and sex? In this episode, Brett and Erin begin to discuss relationships and marriage, building the necessary biblical framework for the topic of dating.

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Answering Kids' Questions About Scripture w/ Tim Barnett Jan 28, 2025

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Kids sometimes ask excellent questions about Scripture: "How did we get the Bible?" "How do we know that the Bible is from God?" "What does God-breathed mean?" It can leave us wondering, "wait, do I even know the answer to that?" How we respond to these questions, and how well we are prepared for them, is critical for fostering our children's trust in Scripture as the authoritative Word of God. In this episode, Brett and Erin interview Tim Barnett, host of the Red Pen Logic YouTube channel, about the apologetics for Scripture's reliability and inspiration. Tim also outlines the strategies he's used to navigate these kinds of questions about Scripture with his kids.

Read the "Aunt Sally's Secret Sauce" article: https://www.str.org/w/is-the-new-testament-text-reliable-#.W6bdMRNKjdc

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Build the Authority of God's Word in Your Kids' Lives Jan 21, 2025

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As Christians, the most authoritative presence in our lives is Scripture. It speaks to every area of life and teaches us how to follow Christ. But why is it so authoritative? We learned last week that the "who" behind Scripture is one reason why it has authority. But how do we know that God is the "who" behind the book? In this episode, Brett and Erin continue the conversation on authority, honing in on answering why Scripture is authoritative in our lives and how we can pass on a respect for this reality to our kids. MAVEN...is donor-supported...DONATE HERE: https://maventruth.com/donation/

What Happened to Our Trust in Authority? Jan 14, 2025

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There is a crisis of authority in our culture. Across the board there is more distrust in our once authoritative institutions: politics, parents, universities, etc. But have you ever stopped to ask: What is authority? What are its ingredients? And what has to be missing or go wrong with an authority to make us distrustful? In this episode, Brett and Erin unpack the nature of authority, how this applies to the authority of Scripture, and how to explain authority to your kids.

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Addressing the Growing Crisis of Authority in Parenting Jan 07, 2025

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Parenting is experiencing a crisis of authority. Gentle Parenting advocates say that the child is the authority, rather than the parent. In this episode, Brett and Erin analyze one example of this idea: A post by popular parenting influencer, Consciousmommy, where she claims that disrespect is really just a symptom that a child needs more autonomy in their life and that you (the parent) don't want to want to be challenged.

Read the post for yourself here: https://www.instagram.com/p/DDXYP0KIGbu/?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==

Read the Rod Dreher article here: https://www.theamericanconservative.com/sex-after-christianity/

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