Whether you're tackling questions of politics, identity, or hot topics in culture, ORBC Family Discipleship Pastor Joe Zinkgraf outlines a helpful framework for Christian parents to approach these conversations with your kids. 1. What's your goal as a parent? Step back and let that shape how you have conversations with your kids. 2. Is your end goal to raise someone who looks like you or someone who looks like Christ? Think of the 25-ish year age difference between you and your child in light of eternity. It's so small! 3. "Drip, drip, drip" conversations: this isn't one big conversation but many small, open, age-appropriate ones throughout their growing years. 4. Using the conversations you have with your kids as a gauge, do your kids only know which way you lean, or do they know what God is like? Philippians 4:8 ESV "Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things." Resources Mentioned: Parenting with Words of Grace by William Smith ChristianParenting.org; "How to help kids process disturbing news in a digital age" What Do I Say When: A Parent's Guide to Navigating Cultural Chaos for Children and Teens by Andrew and Christian Walker