I read a very helpful and concise article titled “4 Issues Your Children Are Facing That You Never Had To” on Crossway that parents and grandparents would benefit from. Here is an excerpt…
Parenting in this culture is fraught with challenges that our parents did not encounter when we were kids. Our parents took certain things for granted that our generation of parenting no longer can. For example, the idea of “pronoun preference” was inconceivable twenty or thirty years ago.
Parenting in today’s culture can make you feel like you’re in a boat headed out into uncharted waters. The good news is that even though the culture may throw new challenges in the face of Christian parents, we believe that Scripture speaks a better, inspired, and authoritative word in which to anchor our parenting.
What’s fascinating in the current cultural moment is that even non-Christians agree that many of the biggest changes in our culture are posing massive threats to childhood well-being. This means that parenting is growing more difficult because it requires living in a culture that actively undermines, among other things, the innocence and mental health of children. We should also be encouraged that despite what seems to be very strong headwinds that cause challenges for parents today, the formula for parenting remains fairly simple: intentional engagement, tender-hearted love, and godly authority.
Read it all HERE
