E308: How To Keep Your Kids Christian For Life w/Dr Greg and Lisa Popcak | Lila Rose Show

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🗓️ 10 April 2026

⏱️ 118 minutes

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Summary

Greg and Lisa have studied the exact nightmare that most devout parents face: their children leaving the faith. Through decades of writing, speaking, and studying, they share a framework for helping children grow into mature, secure, and faithful adults --- all while encouragng parents to actually enjoy parenting.

Greg's books: https://amzn.to/4czbA0p

Popcaks Radio Program: https://catholiccounselors.com/radio/

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00:00:00 - Intro

00:01:13 - What do most parents get wrong?

00:04:32 - Biggest thing parents miss?

00:05:59 - Advice for building strong foundation

00:11:27 - Do parents need aggressiveness?

00:14:06 - “Strong-willed child”

00:20:32 - Jesus cried out on the cross

00:22:44 - How to keep kids to stay in church

00:30:23 - How to help kids build relationship with God

00:38:05 - Incredible moment of prayer

00:41:59 - How to hear God’s voice

00:47:03 - God can correct anything

00:50:07 - Example of St Francis

00:52:38 - What do experts get WRONG about mental health?

00:55:42 - Heal generational wounds

00:59:36 - Don’t put life on hold

01:01:28 - Raise your kids to not be spoiled

01:05:23 - How can parents be more patient?

01:11:59 - How to have fun together?

01:16:38 - The power of problem solving

01:20:31 - Gentleness and Self-control

01:24:56 - The Bedaditudes

01:28:16 - Neither rigid nor chaotic; avoid the Pharisees

01:33:27 - Don’t cosplay gender

01:35:05 - Make a “lovelist”

01:38:16 - Holy Sex: How to maintain sexual intimacy?

01:40:12 - Silent Killer in Marriages

01:44:04 - Navigating financial issues

01:45:51 - Handling Grief

01:49:18 - Discipline without being cold

01:50:06 - How to tell if kids are going through spiritual struggles?

01:52:06 - Prayer habits for kids

01:53:56 - Underrated piece of advice?

Transcript

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0:00.0	How do you help your kids build a relationship with God that's going to stick?
0:04.1	Most of what parents are told about raising faithful kids is just wrong.
0:07.5	85 to 90% of children raised in the church will not remain in the church as adults.
0:12.1	So we looked at families who successfully raised all their kids to a faithful adulthood.
0:15.5	Like 100% success.
0:16.5	100%.
0:16.8	And we just asked, you know, what did your families do?
0:18.9	We identified 12 habits that these families actually shared.
0:21.6	The entire point of Christianity is building a relationship with God,
0:24.6	not to use those spiritual tools in place of relationship.
0:27.6	What is one thing that most experts say about raising mentally healthy children that is wrong?
0:33.6	The kids are resilient.
0:35.6	Oh, Lava, I hate that phrase more than anything else in the world.
0:38.7	How can we as parents heal generational wounds so we don't pass those wounds on?
0:43.5	Number one.
0:44.3	How can parents build more patients?
0:46.2	Getting off our backs and stop seeing parenting as a test.
0:48.5	Give yourself permission to enjoy your children.
0:54.2	Greg and Lisa Popchak, welcome to the podcast. Great to be. enjoy your children. We are so buttoned up as parents.
0:55.4	We think we have to be a... Greg and Lisa Popchak.
0:56.7	Welcome to the podcast.
0:58.0	Great to be for having us.
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