Talking to Your Kids About Good vs Evil - Episode 263

Rock Solid Families - EP263  Israel-Hamas War: Talking to Your Kids About Good vs Evil
Merrill and Linda Hutchinson

“Teach your children to pray so that if their little hearts feel heavy, they can go to God and not the world.” These powerful words from the Rock Solid Families podcast episode on parenting through dark times resonate deeply. As we reflect on war going on between Russia and Ukraine and war going on between Israel and Hamas, both adults and children are seeing and hearing painful, frightening news.  There are images on social media and on the news showing a world filled with suffering and death, darkness and evil. In these times it's crucial to equip our kids with the tools to navigate these challenges. This episode delves into the battle between good and evil, offering guidance on how to talk to our kids about it from a biblical worldview. The hosts emphasize the importance of teaching our children about love, recognizing good versus evil, and finding hope in the midst of tragedy. They remind us that while evil is prevalent, there is always hope in Jesus Christ. This episode serves as a reminder to parents that we have the power to shape our children's perspective and provide them with the hope and strength they need to face the darkness.

Key Takeaways:
Teach your children about good versus evil from a biblical worldview.
Help your children understand that love cannot be coerced and that God wants us to choose to love Him.
Recognize that all have sinned and fallen short of God's glory, but through Christ, we can be reconciled and justified.
Look for opportunities to display God's works and be a light in times of tragedy and darkness.
Provide your children with hope by pointing them to Jesus and the eternal life He offers.

Quotes:
“If you and I don't have a hope, our kids are going to see that hopelessness. They're going to feel overwhelmed, even more so by that tragedy. So it's really important that we teach our children very early on before the first storm or for the first tragedy, that there is good and evil and that is real and that they are in opposition to each other.”  (9:58 | Linda Hutchinson) Audiogram
“It's hard to understand why God would allow a child to die, and that's a really hard conversation to have with a child, depending on their age, but to understand that there is hope, there is life, that this world is not our own, this is just temporary. Helping them understand that there is something so that they don't fear death.” (14:43 | Linda Hutchinson)
“Teach your children to pray so that if their little hearts feel heavy, they can go to God and not the world. And so we've got to start now, even before the first storm, the first tragedy, the first crisis, the first death they experience. If you don't teach them about a God who loves them and about a heaven that they can go to and that they will be able to see those people they love again, then you're not giving them the tools they need for when those storms come.” (18:08 | Linda Hutchinson) Audiogram
“You do not have to walk through the evil alone. There is good. There is hope. And his name is Jesus.” (36:31 | Linda Hutchinson) SM Quote

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