Parenting is a never-ending road. No matter how old you or your kids get you are still their parent. There are different seasons of course, but the road never ends. On that journey, there are varying types of conversations and interactions you will and should have. There are intentional topics and recurring talks you will have with your children. This may look like weekends away, milestones, and just simple purposeful date days. You also will have random conversations throughout their lives. These “as we go” interactions may be some of the most impactful and undervalued. Both are needed.

One issue you are bound to have with your kids revolves around sex and gender. We can have these conversations well and intentionally or poorly and haphazardly. Either way, they will be discussed. Issues of sexuality and gender are all around us. It’s the air we breathe, the ethos we imbib. And the reality is our kids are hearing and having these conversations, the question is are we a part of it?

Discipling your kids to have biblical words and concepts planted in their hearts and minds is a foundational way to equip them to think and discern wisely…

Ellen Mary Dykas

Depending on your own experience with your parents, the topic of sex and gender can make the hairs on the back of your neck stand up immediately. Let’s just admit it – this is an awkward subject. But there is good news; it doesn’t have to be. We all know we should be talking to our kids about all subjects including sexuality and gender, the question is how. How can we help them think about these important topics, especially from a Biblical perspective? Ellen Mary Dykas gives us a good starting place in her article: “Talking with Kids about Gender Issues: Give Them Biblical Vocabulary“.

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I highly recommend and appreciate how Dykas addresses this issue and gives the theological underpinnings of how and why to have this conversation. Like I said before, your kids are likely talking about it already, they are most definitely thinking and hearing about it. So how will you engage? How have you broached this subject with your kids? How did it go? What were your kid’s responses? What would you do differently if you had a do-over? I’d love to hear any and all of your experiences. As always be with the Lord’s people on the Lord’s day.

Until Next Time…