Parents

We are in Pride month, when all things LGBTQ are celebrated. Here’s a message we received from a parent: “We’re wondering what to do about the fact that our 4 year old’s nursery is having a Pride day … Do we send him in, and let the nursery know that it’s been hard for us as Christians to do that,…

Faith in Kids is convinced that raising children to know Jesus is best done as a partnership between church and home. Hopefully, you agree. (If not, click here!) Our most recent Sunday School series, Who am I?, helps children to understand what the Bible tells us about our identity. This is a subj…

The Big Day Out Express is our regular online training event for those who lead children’s ministry in their church. In our May BDO Express we focussed on ‘Partnering with Parents’. But why does this partnership matter? Why can’t kids leaders just deal with what happens in church groups and leave pa…

This blog is part of a series on helping our kids when they feel anxious. If you haven’t already read “Answering our children’s worries” Kids are sponges, they soak in what is going on around them. They might not be able to understand it, or find the words to talk about it, but they sense it.&nbs…

When my child is crying, my prayers are different. They have a problem and I can’t fix it. As I sit with them, I take it to our Father in heaven. He loves my child more than I do. He has all power at his disposal. The words I pray feel like they really matter.   Prayer is a risk  …

Children aren’t the best conversation starters about their emotions and worries, because they don’t yet understand them themselves. Sometimes, they don’t even know that they are worried. They just know that their tummy hurts and they feel sad. They won’t necessarily connect that feeling with the fac…

Surveys consistently find that about three-quarters of UK Christians came to faith before they left secondary school. This is consistent with the Bible story (Proverbs 22:6, Psalm 78:1-6).  Parents matter  While faith transmission is a spiritual work done by the Lord, we would expect t…

Mark 2:1-5 tells us the story of a paralysed man whose four fabulous friends were completely convinced that he needed to meet Jesus.  But there were so many obstacles between their friend and Jesus that you might have thought they’d just give up. Not these guys!  Full of tenacity and deter…

We’re a week into a new year. The pressure’s on to be a new, better version of ourselves. We may spot room for improvement, especially when it comes to our parenting, but are our New Year’s resolutions having much impact, or have they already fallen by the wayside? It can be enough of a struggle to …

The Christmas adverts are out: tables heaving with food, well-dressed people, beautiful homes, extravagant gifts, everything bright and shiny.  Anyone noticed the cost-of-living crisis? The eat or heat question? Strike action? Or wondered how much of a feast you can manage from a food bank?&nbs…