672. How Do I Talk With My Teen About Explicit Social Media Content? | Ask Paul Tripp

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🗓️ 17 August 2024

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Ask Paul Tripp is a semi-weekly podcast resource from Paul Tripp Ministries. Each week, pastor and best-selling author Dr. Paul David Tripp answers your questions about anything and everything, connecting the transforming power of Jesus Christ to everyday life in the process.

In this episode, Paul answers another hard question from a heartbroken parent: “My teenage daughter is addicted to social media and follows several lesbian accounts. I discovered that she recently began identifying as bi-sexual. How do I approach a conversation with her about this?"

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0:00.0	Welcome back to Ask Paul Tripp. Last episode, Paul, I had two heartbreaking questions for you from
0:08.4	parents of adult children who had walked away from the faith. Today, I have a rather lengthy
0:12.9	question for you from a mom, Amy, who signs her email, a heartbroken mom. Here's her question.
0:19.0	My daughter is 17 and a half years old, a junior in high school.
0:22.4	She's our only kid. She's addicted to Korean pop or K-pop music, idolizes beauty and the
0:27.9	girls, is addicted to their Instagram, and follows some lesbians on social media.
0:32.2	In January, I discovered an entry in my daughter's journal to a therapist where she identifies
0:36.7	as bisexual.
0:38.5	After watching these K-pop videos, I felt that there might be a connection between her
0:42.0	attraction to the music and her feelings of identity.
0:45.6	She went to a traditional Christian school since kindergarten.
0:48.8	My husband and I are Christians.
0:50.1	We took her to church almost every week.
0:52.5	My daughter follows several lesbian accounts on Instagram
0:54.9	and spends a significant amount of time on the platform, especially since she began online school last
1:00.3	August. I'm concerned about her online activity. I'd like to talk to my daughter about K-pop and her
1:05.6	Instagram use. Could you advise me on the best way to approach this conversation? She has closed
1:10.6	her mouth to me and my husband for a last couple of years.
1:13.2	So I want to repeat this again because I think it's very important that if I had this mom
1:19.7	in the room with me or if I had her daughter in the room with me, I wouldn't start by giving
1:26.9	answers. I would start by giving answers.
1:28.3	I would start by asking questions.
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