If we don’t want our kids to be among the two-thirds who drop out of church when they become young adults, we need to help them become comfortable wrestling through the difficult questions that Christians inevitably face in a fallen world. Here are four principles for parenting to build antifragile faith.

Answers to the questions: What if I don’t have the answer? How, practically, do I expose my kids to secular thought? Will encouraging my kids to ask questions also encourage them to doubt?

We want our kids to have a faith that is not merely firm, but strong enough to grow stronger when it faces challenges instead of crumbling. God has created our immune systems that way. Exposure to germs (in limited amounts) makes it stronger. The many biblical examples of people bringing their questions and doubts to God and receiving his mercy suggest he made our hearts that way, too.

A curated list of some helpful articles, podcasts, and books on this topic for those who want to explore it further.