PARENTS
Find what you need here to encourage and support you in your role as a parent or grandparent.
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Nurturing Faith
How to Choose a Children's Storybook Bible (CRCNA)
Book: I Wonder: Engaging a Child's Curiosity about the Bible offers ideas for helping kids engage with the Bible, including recommendations for story Bibles and devotionals.
Imaginative Play and Spirituality (Real Kids, Real Faith)
Book: The Sticky Faith Guide for Your Family: Over 100 Practical and Tested Ideas to Build Lasting Faith is grounded in research from the Fuller Youth Institute and empowers parents to nurture family faith.
Listen, learn, speak up, and talk with your children and youth about justice and systemic racism through these anti-racism resources for all ages.
Parenting Through Difficult Situations
Book: When Kids Ask Hard Questions: Faith-Filled Responses for Tough Topics, edited by Bromleigh McCleneghan and Karen Ware Jackson
How to Talk to Kids About School Shootings (Common Sense Media)
Talking to Kids about Gun Violence (excerpted from the When Kids Ask Hard Questions book referenced above)
Helping Children with Scary News (Sally-Lloyd Jones, author)
Naming Loss and Gratitude with Young People in These Uncertain Times (Fuller Youth Institute)
Faith in an Anxious World
Parent Podcasts
Episode 1: Faith in an Anxious World
Episode 2: Life in a Relational World
Episode 3: Life in a Hurting World
Episode 4: Life in a Thriving World
Faith Language
Good Friday with Children: Why (and How) to Talk About the Crucifixion (Amelia Richardson Dress)
How to Talk with Your Kids about Good Friday (Beaming Books)
Why We Call Good Friday Good (Wendy Claire Barrie)
Tips to Celebrate Easter's Spiritual Meaning (Beaming Books)
Back to School
Back to School: Let's Talk About It (Ministry Architects) This article gives great conversation starters, prompts, and questions to check in with your child.
Grief
Is your family facing the death of a loved one or pet? Talking about grief and faith with your children and youth is so important. But we often wonder what we should say. Use these resources to support your children and youth as they experience grief.
Articles/Websites
Be Honest and Concrete: Tips for Talking to Kids About Death (www.npr.org)
10 Tips for Preparing a Child for a Loved One's Death (www.good-grief.org)
How to Tell a Child Someone Died (www.good-grief.org)
Supporting Students Coping with Grief (www.mswdegrees.org)
10 Tips for Supporting Grieving Kids (www.good-grief.org)
Saying Goodbye to Pets (www.buildfaith.org)
Books
Books for Children Experiencing Loss or Trauma (National Association of School Psychologists)
Ten Essential Children's Books about Grief (www.traci-smith.com)
The Little Blue Bottle (Jennifer Grant) - beautiful book about wondering how God is near when we suffer.
The Memory Box: A Book About Grief (Joanna Rowland, Thea Baker). A book that describes making a box of memories.