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Smart kid. Athlete. Trouble-maker. Pastor’s kid. The funny one. The disappointment. Kids collect labels fast—and sometimes we’re the ones handing them out. Dr. Collin Outerbridge explores how to help kids find their identity in Christ when achievement, approval, and culture are eager to name them first. Because even “I just want you to succeed” can quietly become a heavier message than we intended.
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Your kid is being shaped by something. Friends. Teachers. Coaches. Screens. Algorithms. And everybody’s got an opinion about what matters. Dr. Collin Outerbridge gets practical about raising Christian kids in today’s culture when you can’t—and shouldn’t—control every influence. How do you help your kids build a faith that’s actually theirs, without wrapping them in spiritual bubble wrap?
Show Notes and Resources
Learn more about Dr. Collin Outerbridge and Nona Church.
Listen to Collin Outerbridge’s podcast: pod.link
Watch Collin Outerbridge’s Kids These Days series on YouTube.
Learn more about how digital screens influence us: familylife.com.
Find resources from these episodes: shop.familylife.com.
Find more content and resources on the FamilyLife app: familylife.com/app/.
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You carted them to church. Youth group. Maybe even the mission trip. So why are so many kids leaving the faith once they start thinking for themselves? Dr. Collin Outerbridge has studied unchurched and de-churched Gen Z—and he’s a dad in the thick of it. He joins Dave and Ann Wilson to unpack what’s competing for your kid’s heart and how parents can respond before, “I don’t believe this anymore.”
Show Notes and Resources
Learn more about Dr. Collin Outerbridge and Nona Church.
Listen to Collin Outerbridge’s podcast: pod.link
Watch Collin Outerbridge’s Kids These Days series on YouTube.
Learn more about how digital screens influence us: familylife.com.
Find resources from these episodes: shop.familylife.com.
Find more content and resources on the FamilyLife app: familylife.com/app/.
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Explore the FamilyLife Podcast Network: familylife.com/podcast/.
Weekend to Remember marriage getaway: weekendtoremember.com.
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Your spouse is talking. Your phone lights up. And somehow, the tiny glowing rectangle wins again. How do phones affect marriage when “just checking one thing” becomes a hundred small exits from each other? On FamilyLife Today, Dave and Ann Wilson get painfully practical about phones, distraction, and the quiet marital drift that can happen while you’re both sitting three feet apart.
Show Notes and Resources
Simon Sinek: Want Better Teams? Put Your Phone Down First.
FamilyLife Marriage Help
Vertical Marriage by Dave and Ann Wilson
Verses mentioned: Deuteronomy 24:5, Romans 12:2
Randy Stonehill
Dan Orlovsky
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You share a bed, a calendar, maybe a Costco membership. But lately, your deepest conversation is, “Who’s picking up the kids?” Feeling disconnected from your spouse doesn’t always mean your marriage is in crisis. Jennifer Abbott joins Cheryl Shumake on FamilyLife Today to talk about the quieter kind of marital drift—where nothing's on fire, but while you're getting everything done, something's missing from your marriage.
Show Notes and Resources
Weekend to Remember marriage getaway: weekendtoremember.com
Fight Fair! Winning at Conflict Without Losing at Love by Tim and Joy Downs: visit the shop
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