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This week: The Tesla Rocket Car, Friction in Teens' Faith, and Why Gendered Messaging Often Backfires

Parents are often asking for genuine advice on what to do for their teen that is struggling or going through a difficult season. If you’re a parent of a teen, it’s only a matter of time before your son or daughter experiences disappointment, loss, or gets hurt. Whether it’s not making the team they worked so hard for, breaking up with a boyfriend or girlfriend, or not getting the exact outcome they had hoped for, as parents, our hearts hurt with them, and we want to make that hurt stop as soon as possible! But please consider these three immediate steps when your teen is hurting.

It seems like yesterday that your teen was chatting away about everything and anything that crossed their mind—voluntarily.

Who said what at the lunch table. The latest achievement of their favorite athlete. Nerves about auditions, or tests, or tryouts. That new outfit or video game console or TikTok trend.

Their embarrassments. Their hurts. Their longings.
Their questions about life, the future, faith, and God.

You had a front row seat to it all. Until one day, you didn’t.

Even the most innocent questions are now answered with a huff. And asking anything beyond “how are you?” might as well be a police interrogation. What gives?

We’re equipping parents to step confidently into their roles as Disciplemakers + Influencers. Parenting teenagers can feel like living in the middle of a hundred important conversations all at once. Yet it’s often in those ordinary moments at home that faith is quietly taking shape — in conversations about wonder, doubt, truth, and what it really means to follow Jesus.

Discover how your everyday influence can help form a faith that lasts — one conversation at a time.