One of the ways we help our children begin to exercise their own faith is by letting them make some of their own decisions-even wrong decisions. Our host is Dennis Rainey, and I’m Bob Lepine. I’d rather be there to help them clean up the mess than just never let them even potentially make a bad decision.īob: This is FamilyLife Today for Friday, March 23 rd. Todd: “I need to start letting my kids make some of their own decisions”-and this will sound pretty radical-“but even make some mistakes along the way” because if I try to protect them and put the bumper rails on everything, when it’s their turn to give it a go, they are going to make a big hash of it. Todd Friel says he’s had to recognize his own tendency to do that and back off a little bit. Bob: It’s possible that one reason teenagers are turning away from their Christian faith is because their moms and dads continue to try to control them, even when they become young adults.
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