Ask Questions First
Focus on the Family Parenting Podcast
Focus on the Family
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🗓️ 16 April 2026
⏱️ 14 minutes
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Summary
What kind of questions are you asking your kids about the world today? Jim Daly chats with Dr. Sean McDowell on the power of asking sincere questions. Afterwards, you'll hear John and Danny explain why questions is a good strategy for clarifying any misunderstandings with your kids.
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| 0:32.6 | Asking questions. I saw a video the other day and the person said the quality of your relationships |
| 0:38.2 | depends on the questions you ask. Well, this relates to parenting in a big way. And I'm John |
| 0:44.9 | Fuller, along with Dr. Danny Werta, who heads up our parenting team. We're going to begin today |
| 0:49.5 | with a conversation, focus on the family president, Jim Dalyalyhead with Dr. Sean McDowell. |
| 0:55.0 | Sean is professor of apologetics at Talbot School of Theology, and he had a great discussion |
| 1:02.2 | with Jim about how to engage your teens through the power of good questions. |
| 1:07.5 | Let me parlay that into the discussion. Of course, you're a trained professor, and you can have those discussions and feel confident about those discussions. |
| 1:15.0 | You've read a lot. |
| 1:16.2 | You've learned a lot, and you should be probably the smartest guy in the room at Biola. |
| 1:21.2 | Maybe not always. |
| 1:22.1 | Some of your students are pretty good. |
| 1:23.7 | But, you know, for the average parent, for example, or maybe even a grandparent, and you're talking to your 15, 16 year old about deep concepts. |
| 1:31.9 | You want to have those conversations. |
| 1:34.1 | And I'm just reminded of Charlie Brown, you know. |
| 1:36.8 | Remember the adult, want, want, want, want, and to your point, the entertainment industry packages their persuasion in such bite-sized forms and |
| 1:47.1 | influential ways and storytelling is powerful. And here we come along, kind of the clunky |
| 1:52.6 | parent trying to tell our kids about what the Bible has to say about truth. And it's probably |
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