Well, thanks for joining us today.

We're going to address the difficult subject of how to pray for your child, your son or daughter, when they struggle with suicidal thoughts.

Now, many parents have been in that spot.

Please know, there's hope and help for you here today.

I'm John Fuller, joined by Dr. Danny Werta, who leads our parenting

team, and we're going to kick off with part of a conversation from Focus on the Family President

Jim Daly. He spoke with Jody Burnt, who has written a terrific guide on praying for your teen,

and they'll talk about this, and then later they'll offer thoughts on praying for a son or a daughter who has walked away from God.

In that regard, probably the most difficult part of this conversation with teens is suicidal ideation and those deep what-ifs.

We've got a great resource for parents, for youth pastors, for coaches, alive to thrive.

It's free.

If you want to be informed about teen suicidal ideation, get a hold of us.

We'll get it to you for free.

We'd love to see the resource fly out of focus on the family, because this is actually saving people's lives.

Absolutely.

But speak to that environment of self-harm and suicide.

What do parents need to know?

And how do we engage that if we have, probably the biggest question is we think we might suspect something, but we don't act on it.

And oh my goodness, parents that grieve that.

And I thank you so much for the resources you provide because those things are difference makers,

because we don't know what to do.

We don't even know what's going on sometimes.

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