Faith and Mental Health: Helping Children Talk About Trauma and Shame - Dr. Ed Welch
FamilyLife Today®
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🗓️ 2 February 2026
⏱️ 26 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | You know, I've realized I'm kind of picky when it comes to Bible translations. |
| 0:04.7 | Yeah, you are, because you're the guy that underlines half the page and then argues with the footnotes. |
| 0:10.0 | And I have a good arguer. |
| 0:11.0 | But, you know, I care about two things. |
| 0:13.6 | Faithfulness to the original text and just being able to read it without feeling like I'm reading a dictionary. |
| 0:19.8 | Which is why we're grateful for the support of the Christian Standard Bible. |
| 0:24.3 | The CSB was created to be accurate and readable, helping people engage God's word with confidence |
| 0:29.9 | and clarity. |
| 0:31.1 | And it sponsors like the CSB that help make this podcast possible. |
| 0:35.2 | To learn more, visit c.sbibble.com. |
| 0:42.2 | What are the kinds of things we should be asking of our children? |
| 0:46.3 | It might be to say to our children, |
| 0:48.4 | we know that there are things in your heart that are so, so important. |
| 0:56.6 | And we know that there are things in your heart that are so, so important. And we know that there are things in your heart that are really, really hard and hopeless. And we know it's hard for you to say those things. |
| 1:05.5 | What can we do that would invite you to be able to speak those things? What have we done that has made it hard to speak of these things? |
| 1:13.6 | What can we do that would make it easier to speak those things? |
| 1:21.6 | Welcome to Family Life today, where we want to help you pursue the relationships that matter most. |
| 1:29.4 | I'm Dave Wilson. |
| 1:30.3 | And I'm Ann Wilson, and you can find us at FamilyLife Today.com. |
| 1:34.9 | This is Family Life Today. |
| 1:41.2 | So you've met with more teenage, college age girls recently than I can remember in the last 20 years about, I don't know, depression, trauma, shame. |
| 1:56.8 | Anxiety, suicidal ideation, self-harm. And I've met with a lot of those moms as well. |
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