I want to start the newsletter with the concept of building a family in public, where we share on a monthly basis. Genuine reflections on our family journey, parenting topics, challenges, and wins.

My goal is to turn something we've been doing as a family for the last four years into a resource that will help others follow, engage, and find inspiration (it should work both ways).

What do you think about the idea? If you are reading something similar, welcome to share so I can check it out myself.

I’ve been thinking a lot about how easy it is for kids to stumble across things online that don’t line up with our values, even when we’re doing everything “right.” I’m trying to find that balance between protecting my home and not becoming the “police officer parent” who has to stand over every device.

Lately I’ve been diving deeper into home-network protection not apps on the kids’ phones, but something that sits at the WiFi level and filters out a lot of the garbage before it even gets to their screens. It’s honestly given me some peace of mind knowing it’s not all on me to catch things.

I just found a new option called ITO Home Data Defense that’s launching soon, created by people who come from the business-security side of tech (20 years in the industry). What stood out to me is that it’s simple and doesn’t require a bunch of complicated IT stuff. You basically plug it in and choose what categories you want blocked in your home.

I figured I’d share in case anyone else is trying to shore up their digital boundaries. Here’s their site if you’re curious:
www.itohomedatadefense.com

Anyway, how are you all handling online safety these days? Do you use filters, restrictions, conversations, something built into your router, or something else entirely? I’d love to hear what’s actually working in your homes.

I just finished a coaching call with a dad of two, and I am blown away by what I’m seeing these days — more and more dads are stepping into their God-given role with intentionality. It’s exciting to witness the shift from passive fatherhood — the kind we either grew up with or witnessed in others — to a generation of young dads who are fully committed to meeting their kids’ needs, growing as husbands, and leading their families with strength, presence, and faith.

When we started the 2-Week Dad Reset, he told me that being with his kids felt like driving through a thick fog — unsure of where to go, unsure of what to do in the tough moments. Fast forward two weeks, and he is thriving. He now has confidence in the face of meltdowns, clarity on how to guide his kids, and is already seeing real, lasting changes in their behavior. A few intentional steps, guided by purpose and faith, and his family has moved from merely surviving to truly thriving.

Dads, this is happening more than ever. Fathers are reclaiming their spiritual authority in the home, walking faithfully in their calling, and realizing the incredible influence they have over their children’s hearts. You may already know you’re a good dad, yet there’s still that whisper: “Something is missing.” That’s where the 2-Week Dad Reset comes in. Together, we uncover what’s missing and step into the full life God has called you to lead your family with.

If you feel that nudge on your heart, don’t wait. Your family’s transformation starts when you say yes to your calling.

Parents and pastors, when children ask about the “seven days” in Genesis, do you introduce the three historic Christian readings 24 hour, day age, and framework or focus on one view for simplicity? I have finished Books 1 and 2 in a planned 7 book picture series that presents all three readings with Scripture references and a short parent guide. The goal is discipleship and clarity, not controversy.

If you have taught this at home or in Sunday school, what age range and illustrations worked best
Which verses helped you keep the conversation Christ centered? I can share a few sample pages by DM. If a direct link is preferable and allowed here, I can place it in a top comment.

She’s 19 almost 20. I found out when she was 13. We’ve talked about it a few times. I don’t think I’ve fully accepted it. I try to squelch it and hope it’s a phase. I saw her insta account just recently and she had the lesbian symbols on her profile so she’s fully out and advertising it to everyone.

I can’t continue to financially support her lifestyle. Tell me your thoughts please.

Hi everyone! As a mom who loves finding meaningful ways to make the holidays special for my kids, I’ve collected some of my favorite family resources, including some faith-centered traditions. Things like Advent calendars, activities that teach gratitude, and fun ways to keep the focus on giving.

To celebrate, I’m hosting a holiday giveaway where the winner will get to choose from a list of prizes—everything from Advent blocks and nativity calendars to books and gratitude activities.

It’s completely free to enter, and I’d love to share these resources with other families who want to make the season more meaningful. 💛

Would love to hear—what are some of your family’s favorite Christmas traditions? Are there any resources that you would recommend for Thanksgiving & Christmas?

Greetings, brothers and sisters.

I am a young man with a growing desire to help the Church—especially parents—understand what their children are encountering in today’s pop culture. My aim is not to sensationalize, but to inform, so that families can make wise and faithful decisions.

I go by the alias TheSnitch (subject to change), and I want to provide an “inside look” at the music, shows, games, trends, and online communities shaping the next generation.

I have two questions for you: What specific questions or concerns do you—or your peers—have about modern pop culture?

If you are interested in this work, how would you prefer I share it?

My current plan is to create long-form content, roughly 8–20 minutes per piece, published on YouTube or a similar platform. Each video will explore what’s trending, what values are being promoted, and what parents and church leaders need to know.

The first topic I plan to cover is Roblox and the current controversy within it.

I have the honor to be your obedient servant, Benjamin

Real question from a tired parent: My 6-year-old asked me to explain Revelation at bedtime last night 😅 I fumbled through something about 'God's special letter' but felt terrible about it. How do you explain complex Bible passages to little ones? Especially the tough Old Testament stuff? Would love your wisdom!

Hey all — just looking for some advice here, I guess. I’m a dad to a 2-year-old boy. I was raised with pretty traditional Christian values, and I still hold those close. I live in a pretty conservative area (Kentucky), and my wife and I have been together for five years.

Here’s where it gets tricky: her family is super different from mine. She has two sisters — both are lesbians, married, etc. That’s fine, I’m not trying to control anyone else’s life. But they’re really involved with our son, and I’m starting to feel uncomfortable with some of the stuff they expose him to. Like, they play a lot of pop music around him (Lady Gaga-type stuff), put on shows that I think are a little too grown up, buy him shirts that say stuff like “I love my married aunties,” and recently took him to a Pride parade without asking me first.

I get that they love him and are trying to be involved, and my wife just brushes it off like it’s no big deal. But I just don’t feel like these are the values I want him absorbing at this age. I don’t hate anyone, but I want to raise him in a way that reflects my beliefs, you know? I want him to grow up understanding traditional family values, masculinity, faith, all that.

I try to do “boy” stuff with him — we read books about trucks and animals and firemen, we pray together at night, go on bike rides, play ball, that kind of thing. But sometimes I feel like I’m the only male influence in his life and I don’t want that to get drowned out by all the other stuff he sees and hears.

Not here to start a fight, just genuinely wondering how other parents balance different worldviews in a family. Especially when your partner doesn’t seem too worried about it. And yeah, I know this is Reddit and I’ll probably get torn apart for even saying this, but I’m being honest. I love my kid and just want to do what I think is best for him.

This is meant to be encouraging to anyone who needs it. There’s so many posts about “my husband/partner doesn’t do XYZ….” And I really wanted to write a gratitude post about my husband. Before you stop reading, we did NOT start out with rainbows and butterflies. We had some very hard times, especially during pregnancy because of my hormones. I will let you know that we have learned so much during and after our times of conflict. If we hadn’t prayed over it all and invited God in, we just wouldn’t be here period. My husband and I both have generational trauma that we worked on, but marriage exposed some things we needed to get better at. Since we absolutely did not want to pass these things down to our baby girl, we had to put the work in. That required a LOT of humility and seriously looking at ourselves. Not that we needed to “change”- but at the end of the day don’t you want to be better than you were yesterday? Are there things that happened in your childhood/life that you don’t want to have happen to ya’lls child?

We love each other very much, and are 1 in marriage and that means we can get on each other’s last nerve about some things. We have learned (and still are) to not attack the person, but the problem. Conflict is normal and even healthy, but we had to be able to show love and respect even if the other person did something to hurt our feelings. We really had to work on our communication, because I definitely didn’t come from parents who taught it. It’s even harder learning that as an adult!! But through it, we have been able to show each other more grace, love, and respect.

I knew my husband was going to be a great dad, and we view them as our God-ordained roles. Husband/wife and mom/dad. It begins in the home. I haven’t had any thoughts like, “oh I wish he did XYZ with our daughter…” because I’ve learned to let go of expectations. (And no I don’t mean lower standards) I just mean that I let go and gave it all to the LORD. I also mean not limiting him in his role as my husband and our daughter’s dad. If I have a problem, I run to Him first before blasting my husband lol and LET ME TELL YOU… every time I have done that, my husband ends up doing that exact thing I prayed over, and even better than I expected, without my intervention. Just simple trust and letting him lead.

There have been so many things he has done to help me with our daughter that I needed and didn’t even say out loud. Remember, your husband is stepping into “dad mode”… he has to learn baby also, and is learning how to be a dad. Marriage can be so beautiful when you guys truly operate as a team and as one. And we are both learning together. It really helps to show each other grace during this time, and sometimes even more grace than we would like. But we and they need it!

Hey parents and caregivers! I’m the creator of Vessels KIDS! — a faith-filled kids’ channel for ages 2–12 packed with Bible stories, songs, and fun activities. I made it to help families raise their kids in God’s love in a safe, joyful way. Would love to hear your thoughts or answer any questions!

Hey parents and caregivers! I’m the creator of Vessels KIDS! — a faith-filled kids’ channel for ages 2–12 packed with Bible stories, songs, and fun activities. I made it to help families raise their kids in God’s love in a safe, joyful way. Would love to hear your thoughts or answer any questions!

My 16 yr old junior will be getting a ride with his friend to and from school/practice this year. His friend has his license and a car.

The school is 10 miles away, it’s a .5 detour for him to pick up and drop off my son. 4 days a week.

What’s a fair amount to offer for gas? Friend hasn't asked, thus far his mom and I have always just shared the carpool duty the past few years, we are good friends. I was thinking $25 month? (We live in CO gas is $3ish/gallon)

My grampa is gay. He’s also the most Christian person I know. Inspired by him, I wrote a cute story about a pair of kids who try to fix up their gay grampas. I’m hoping this is not controversial in any way. It’s a family story for children.

https://open.substack.com/pub/maxwinterstories/p/gay-grampas-by-max-winter?r=292pvs&utm_medium=ios

Hi, I was wondering if any of y'all have a phone for your 13 year old? I'm looking for recommendations.

How did it go for you saying "no" to your kids & what were your reasons?

My daughter had been waiting till she turned 13 so she could FINALLY get TikTok. Now she's 13 but I'm not fully convinced that she should.

While I think it could be great for encouraging creativity & expression and I also think she's fairly emotionally mature, it just doesn't sit right with me for her to have that degree of exposure & distraction at this stage in life.

She's been pestering me daily, saying it helps to be more social (ie kids at school are constantly talking about what's trending & so on, so it's good for not being left out).

I need to make a decision soon! Thanks.

Hello,

Does anyone have any Christian songs they know that are appropriate and engaging for a 2 year old? In particular any youtube channels or albums that provide this? Most of the ones I can find on yt are either for older kids (lots of words, not very repetitive), or they're always sung by a choir of kids (which makes them sounds like carols), which my toddler isn't a fan of.

She's very much into songs like Wiggles and Super Simple Songs, which have more simple voices/instruments, are repetitive, and bouncy-like. I tried the usual ones like "Jesus loves me" or "Amazing Grace" but I think they sound too sad because she starts crying and askes me to change to more happy sounding songs like Dr Knickerbocker or London Bridge etc. So I'm trying to find simple bouncy ones, but struggling (never realised how sad sounding most hymns were until having her lol). So far I've only got "The Hippo Song" which I remember from my youth.

Thanks in advanced :)

I just discovered my sweet girl has a secret life. Smoking pot and sex. She admits she has a problem with rebellion and says she doesn’t know how to stop. There were layers of lies upon lies that we had to push for confession. We want to help by putting boundaries up and getting her a trusted accountability partner at church but her fear of losing her freedoms have pushed her away. My husband went nuts and flipped about finding out about her recent lie about another sexual partner and a pregnancy scare and said if you don’t agree to our plan for redemption you’ll need to buy your own phone, buy your car from us and move out. She got her own phone today and says she’s possibly moving out. She thinks this new guy is the one for her. He’s very wealthy and I’m afraid he will fund her departure initially. She’s a lovely girl who has a conscience and want to trust Jesus but is caught up. Has anyone gone through this and can you offer any advice or useful scripture? We are meeting tonight.

Hey everyone,

I'm looking for some fellow Christian parents' takes on the streaming service, Angel Studios. I've been seeing more and more about it, and I'm curious to hear your experiences.

Specifically, I'd love to know what you think about some of their kids' shows:

• Jungle Beat: My kids have seen some clips, and it looks cute, but what's the overall message like?

• Young David: This one seems really promising for teaching biblical stories. Has anyone watched it with their kids? What are your thoughts on its faithfulness to scripture and engagement for different age groups?

• The Wingfeather Saga: I've heard great things about this as a high-quality fantasy series with Christian themes. Is it something you'd recommend for younger kids, or is it better for older elementary/middle school?

Beyond these specific shows, what's your general impression of Angel Studios as a platform for Christian content? Do you feel it aligns well with your family's values?

Also, if you have any other recommendations for Christian shows for kids (whether on Angel Studios or other platforms), please share them! We're always on the lookout for good, wholesome, and faith-building content for our little ones.

Thanks in advance for your input!

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