Build Lasting Faith in Your Kids :: Dr. Kara Powell [Ep 290]
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🗓️ 15 June 2020
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
From learning to walk to tying their shoes and eventually learning to drive (coming up for me soon!), so much of parenting is teaching, training and encouragement.
When it comes to faith in God, we do all we can to teach our kids about God’s Word and engage kids in church, but research from the Fuller Youth Institute is helping to shine a light on the potential gaps that cause a high number of youth to abandon their faith in college.
My guest Dr. Kara Powell shares a number of research findings that can be game changers for our families as we seek to help our kids develop a faith that sticks with them their whole lives, or “sticky faith.” As a mom of three, she talks about how she’s parented differently in light of her research and why now is the perfect time to start making small changes that could make all the difference.
“One of the things that surprised me in our research is that when young people feel close to their parents, they're also more open to what's important to their parents, including their faith. And so it's not just good for our family relationships. It's also good for the long-term trajectory of our kids.”
Connect with the Fuller Youth Institute:- Website: fulleryouthinstitute.org
- Facebook: facebook.com/fulleryouthinstitute
- Instagram: @fulleryouthinstitute
- Growing With: Every Parent's Guide to Helping Teenagers and Young Adults Thrive in Their Faith, Family, and Future [BOOK]
- Resources for building Sticky Faith
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| 0:00.0 | Hey y'all, welcome back to the Don't Mom Loan Podcast. |
| 0:10.6 | I am your host Heather McFadian and this is a place where I'm going to walk alongside |
| 0:15.5 | you and connect you with people and resources so you know that you don't mom alone. |
| 0:22.2 | And this episode number 290 of the privilege of introducing you to Dr. Cara Powell. |
| 0:28.4 | So you know we train parents to say I don't know but you know but I don't know but that's |
| 0:33.7 | such a good question. |
| 0:34.7 | Let's get together in a couple days and talk about it more. |
| 0:37.4 | Or I don't know but you know I know somebody at our church who loves asking those tough |
| 0:41.8 | questions about science and faith. |
| 0:43.4 | How about we invite them over for dinner or have some over for coffee. |
| 0:46.6 | I don't know but here's what I have found to be true about dogs and here's how God can |
| 0:51.2 | change to shape me. |
| 0:52.9 | So you know sometimes we need that place holder for when our kid stumps us and I have found |
| 0:58.7 | both forward. |
| 0:59.7 | I don't know but they've been my go to with my own kid. |
| 1:04.1 | Dr. Powell although she'd prefer we call her Cara has her PhD in practical theology. |
| 1:10.2 | She's the executive director at Fuller Youth Institute and a seminary professor at Fuller |
| 1:15.4 | and today she's joining us sharing some research she's found on how they stick. |
| 1:22.8 | What is involved in training our kids to continue to follow God for their lives and I'm |
| 1:31.5 | hoping that you will be put at ease encouraged and maybe even a little surprised by what she |
| 1:37.5 | has to say. |
| 1:38.5 | So let's get right to it. |
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