As a Christian parent, you want to raise your children up in the way they should go.

That's a scripture verse, of course, but practically, how do you do that?

Sometimes it's just hard.

I mean, I remember trying to have devotions, a formal devotions time.

I kind of am logical, and I like to exegete the scriptures to my three-year-old and my six-month-old.

Probably parents with trauma on this one.

There was not a lot of attention to my words.

I don't know what I was doing wrong, but I kept at it until I finally gave up and realized,

you know, a preschool kid needs something just a little bit different,

a little bit lighter.

And so we pivoted, and eventually there were times

we were having devotions that included loud music,

running around, and lots of laughter.

It finally worked.

I'm John Fuller, joined by the head of our parenting team,

Dr. Danny Werta, and Danny, we want to

teach these biblical principles, but it's hard. How did you really try to do that?

Yeah, no, we tried and imperfectly. We had moments where we tried to read with expression.

I learned that I'm not really a voice actor doing that. And we dressed up. We just,

we've tried several different things. And I would say that the kids getting to draw or or have

fidgets was a very helpful thing that we saw worked with them as they paid attention

and also letting them lead some of the, especially as they were going into the later elementary

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