Topic: How to have hard conversations with your kids
Never before have kids faced such an overwhelming range of options for self-definition. Rather than receiving an identity, they are told to create one for themselves, ignoring all limits. But, increasingly, kids are finding this unfettered freedom to be oppressive. As parents, how should we embrace our responsibility to lovingly shape our kids’ identities into the true freedom of the gospel?
About the Speaker
Jimmy Scroggins is the lead pastor of Family Church—a network of neighborhood churches in South Florida. He holds an MDiv and a PhD from the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and teaches as a visiting professor at both Southern and Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminaries. He is the author or co-author of multiple books including, Turning Everyday Conversations into Gospel Conversations and Full Circle Parenting. He and his wife, Kristin, have 8 children—James, Daniel, Jeremiah, Isaac, Stephen, Anna Kate, Mary Claire, and Caleb.