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When my son was small, we really went through a season where he was very fearful of the dark. And we had to hold his hand till he fell asleep every night.

When my oldest son was about two years old, he suddenly became terrified of the bathtub. It was a fight to get him in to take a bath every night.

That was a big stressor for him for a long time.

My son is nine and in the past, he struggled with self-confidence. If he made a mistake, he was really tough on himself.

Well, it can be very difficult for moms and dads when our children have negative thoughts or they just get stuck in feelings of insignificance and sadness, maybe rejection.

What do you do? How do you help them?

This is focused on the family. Today we're going to examine some common challenges our children face, that our teens face.

And the important role you have is a parent to navigate those challenges and equip your kids with emotional and mental resilience.

Your host is focus president and author Jim Daly and I'm John Fuller.

John, there's something that rises up in a parent's heart when their child is discouraged or hurt in some way, both physically and emotionally.

You want to protect them. And you know, it's a natural thing to do.

But the Lord has plans in those valleys as well. And we need to realize how we go about that kind of parenting style to encourage our kids, but not over encourage them, right?

And we're going to talk today about how to kind of coming out of the post pandemic world.

How do we address some of the anxiety, which is sky high right now.

And we experience that in our own household. And that's really close to heart for me.

And so I am looking forward to our discussion just to give the folks some perspective here.

We're still dealing with the fallout of the pandemic. Research shows that seven out of 10 parents believe the pandemic has taken a toll on their children's mental health.

Seven out of 10. That's big. And 69% almost that same percentage believe COVID was the worst thing that happened to their child in their lives.

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