Melissa Kruger: How should we shape our kids' identities?

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

Melissa Kruger is an author, speaker, and vice president of discipleship programming for The Gospel Coalition. Her books include Identity Theft: Reclaiming the Truth of Who We Are in Christ, The Envy of Eve: Finding Contentment in a Covetous World, Growing Together: Taking Mentoring beyond Small Talk and Prayer Requests, and Walking with God in the Season of Motherhood. Her husband, Mike, is the president of Reformed Theological Seminary, and they have three children.

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