Both the discipling that happens at home in the everyday and the influence of the church community that wraps around the family are vital for our children and teens’ faith journeys. There are some things only parents and carers can offer, and others that only church can provide. They need both.

Embrace being a parent: you have thousands of hours a year with them, rather than the 200 or so hours they spend in church. God set up children’s discipleship to have family at its core. It’s not about more church; it’s simply sharing your life with God with them and journeying alongside them as they work things out for themselves.