The Parenting for Faith podcast

This is the recording of our Facebook Live event on how to talk to your kids and teens about faith and the coronavirus. To watch the original video and read the notes, go to parentingforfaith.org/coronavirus If you want to help keep families connected to church and to each other at this time, head to parentingforfaith.org/post/keeping-families-connected For help and advice on running the Parenting for Faith course online while socially distancing, go to parentingforfaith.org/course-online To...

Rachel delves into her teenage nerdyness of Greek mythology to give us some encouragement! She reflects on how helping our child to meet and know God isn't a goal to complete but a journey of coming alongside them. Our question today comes from a parent who lives in an Islamic country and wants to explain the call to prayer to her four year old. In our wildcard section, we introduce a new resource that we've produced in partnership with Naomi Graham, Kay Morgan-Gurr and Mark Arnold to make...

We kick off this week, by looking at a question we often ask 'Has God answered our prayer?' and explore some alternatives. In the Q and A section, Rachel explores a question from a single parent about how to frame for their child their relationship journey as they start dating. You can watch the Facebook Live videos about boyfriends and girlfriends at parentingforfaith.org/post/boyfriends-and-girlfriends-facebook-live . The wildcard section this week is a 'book that you don't have time to...

Rachel shares from her personal experience of life and ministry, some ideas to help you get 'unstuck' when you hit a dead end in helping your kid meet and know God. She answers a question from one of our Facebook Live events on how to help our kids learn to fail well when they live in a world that punishes failure. Anna interviews Simon Parry about the new streaming channel Allstars Kids Club GO. Check it out at www.allstarskidsclub.com

We kick off by talking about The Chosen (www.imdb.com/title/tt9471404/)a multi-season show about the life of Jesus and how we can use different representations of Jesus to chat about how we see Him. Our question this week is from a parent looking at choosing secondary schools. How do we balance the different merits of faith schools, letting the child be key in the decision making and maintaining friendships? Anna chats to Sanna about podcast clubs. Sanna shares how she got started, how it...

In this episode, we explore different types of prayer, such as intercession, corporate prayer and chat and catch. How do we describe these to our children in a way that enables them to engage with it? Olly Goldenberg from Children Can, answers a question about how to equip our children and teenagers to find their own answers in the Bible. Annie Willmot from Honest Conversation shares from her experience as a funeral pastor, about how to talk to children about death, dying and funerals.

Rachel kicks of the New Year by asking how we can frame for our kids what is coming up this year. She unpacks the idea of the law of first mention and what it means for spiritual parenting. She answers a very practical question about what to do if your kid doesn't like the taste of communion. In the wildcard section, Anna interviews Olly Goldenberg of Children Can about the new series of At Home with God. For more details, see ahwg.co.uk

In today' episode, Rachel digs into the power of apology and how to apologise, just in case we need to, over the Christmas holidays! She talks about how you to talk to your kids about Herod and his role in the Christmas story. Finally, Becky shares a reflection from the woods and what birds have to do with Parenting for Faith.

In this special Christmas episode, we look at different characters in the nativity and how they found and met Jesus. We answer a question about how to help kids who are free range during church on a Sunday. In the final section, we look at different muddled views of God that children can get at Christmas and how to unwind them.

Today's first section is all about remembering that you don't have to! There are so many spiritual opportunities at Christmas and Rachel explains why you don't have to take all of them. We answer a question about how to help our children when they are being Christ-like and are rejected for it at school. Finally, Becky shares a powerful reminder of what God has for children in her reflections on a recent trip to Uganda and North and South Sudan.

How do you lead your kids in a decision to follow Christ whilst you're at home? Should we encourage them to pray a specific prayer or wait for them to approach us? Is this a one-off event or an ongoing journey? Becky answers a question about how to support your child through parental separation or divorce. In the wildcard section, Rachel talks about milestones.

We kick off this week's episode by exploring your journey of chat and catch. Rachel answers a question about a toddler who doesn't believe God is real. Anna interviews Lucy Rycroft, author of Redeeming Advent, about how to bring our focus back to God as we prepare for Christmas.

Rachel explores how to create opportunities to talk about God without always asking questions. She answers a listener's question about how to help their child deal with peers being aggressive in RE lessons. In our wildcard section, we welcome back Crystal Chiang to get some top tips from her on talking to teenagers.

Rachel kicks off by talking about how to respond to the good things going on - we talk a lot about how to help your kid with difficult situations but what about when things are going well? She answers a question on how to talk to your kid about lying. The wildcard section is to help you frame Halloween, and discuss why some people take joy in the darkness and being scared. Halloween 1 - What’s with the joy of being scared?

We start by asking how important is fun in faith formation? Sarah Hogben, Children's Work Team Leader at Gateway Church in York answers a question about what to do if you go to a church with no provision for under threes... and you have some with you! In the wildcard section, find out why Rachel is annoyed at her kid's school.

In this bonus episode, we pull together content from different places on Halloween. It explores: - how to decide what you personally think about Halloween and how to explain that to your child. - how to find the right fit for your family and tailor your response to them - how to engage or deal with films that talk about the afterlife such as Coco - how to help your children find comfort in the darkness with a sample chapter from Rachel's book.

This week, Rachel asks how can we help our kids deal with shame? She answers a question about how to handle the situation where your kids aren't allowed to see or hear the same things as their peers. In our wildcard section, Anna shares what it was like to attend an event and church service in a different language and culture. This sparked four ideas for how to help our kids and visitors navigate a church service.

Anna asks what are we growing in our kids and shares how to get involved with the Homegrown online conference on Tuesday 8 October, for more see methodist.org.uk/homegrown . We take our question this week from a parent who asked 'How can we be merciful to ourselves?'. We hear lots of great ideas and advice but sometimes it can just feel overwhelming and we can beat ourselves up or feel too scared to start. Rachel shares what to do if you find yourself in that rut. For our wildcard section...

This week, we kick off by looking at the story of David and Goliath(1 Sam 17)and asking what Saul's role was. What did he do and what can we learn from it? During our Facebook Live events (parentingforfaith.org/upcoming-events#facebooklive), we encourage you to ask questions about anything. We were asked one about how to explain Bible stories that include non-monogamous relationships, for example concubines. Discover how Rachel tackled it in our Q and A section. In our wildcard section, Anna...

Becky kicks off with some thoughts on the gospel and different worldviews. Rachel answers the question 'Why isn't the church more like holiday club?' The wildcard section is an exploration of gender neutral toys, do we think they are a good idea or not?