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When you encourage achievement and perfection in such a demanding way that your child feels pressured beyond reasonable bounds, the potential exists to virtually destroy your adult child\u2019s drive \u2013 and their desire to live. Your child learns that NOTHING they do pleases or satisfies you. Their response may become \u201cwhy bother?\u201d And we have seen the suicide rates climb nearly 30 percent among Americans ages 35-64 from 1999 to 2010 and reach a 30 year high in 2016.<\/p>\n
Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord<\/em>. \u00a0Ephesians 6:4<\/p>\n Instruct and encourage your child in the Lord\u2019s ways. Teach them who they are and Whose they are \u2013 even as adults.<\/p>\n Everyone has sinned and fallen short\u00a0of God\u2019s glorious standard<\/em>, \u00a0Romans 3:23<\/p>\n Newsflash! Perfection is not humanly possible \u2013 except for Jesus. And even Jesus was giving the choice to make for Himself \u2013 not My will, but Yours\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n Are your kids prepared to withstand the tidal waves of our culture\u2014or will they get swept away?<\/strong><\/p>\n The cultural currents our kids are facing aren\u2019t just subtle\u2014they\u2019re hitting like tidal waves, challenging the very foundations of our parenting. If you\u2019ve ever wondered what exactly our kids are up against and how in the world we, as parents, can help them stand strong, this \u201cBest Of\u201d episode of CP\/CW is for you.<\/p>\n Catherine welcomes back Dr. Jonathan Morrow, a true heavyweight in the world of apologetics and worldview training. With over 18 years equipping students and parents, Dr. Morrow is uniquely qualified to map out the storms facing our kids\u2014and how you can help them stand strong.<\/p>\n To unpack these seismic shifts, Jonathan digs deep into the five biggest challenges facing this generation. He doesn\u2019t just identify headlines or surface trends\u2014he gets to the heart of what\u2019s shaping our kids every single day. If this episode helps you be a more thoughtful parent or grandparent, be sure to subscribe to Christian Parent, Crazy World<\/strong> on\u00a0<\/strong>Apple<\/strong> or Spotify<\/strong> so you never miss an episode!<\/p>\n Photo credit: \u00a9GettyImages\/PixelsEffect<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" When you encourage achievement and perfection in such a demanding way that your child feels pressured beyond reasonable bounds, the potential exists to virtually destroy your adult child\u2019s drive \u2013 and their desire to live. Your child learns that NOTHING they do pleases or satisfies you. Their response may become \u201cwhy bother?\u201d And we have<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":25374,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[1939,897,72,1862],"class_list":["post-25373","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-christian-living","tag-adult","tag-children","tag-christian","tag-parenting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25373","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=25373"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25373\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/25374"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25373"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25373"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25373"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Related Resource: The 5 Biggest Obstacles Facing Gen Z and How Parents Can Help<\/h2>\n