Raising Confident Kids

Difficult questions Lucy was chopping vegetables in the kitchen when her 9-year-old daughter, Holly, said, “Mum, I think I might be bisexual.” Lucy remembers putting down the knife, quietly taking a deep breath and choosing to ignore all the little voices that were screaming in her head. All goo…

At Faith in Kids, we regularly hear from parents and children’s leaders who want to speak simply and clearly to children about identity. We’re delighted that Ed’s new book, Raising Confident Kids in a Confusing World, is now available to help them in those conversations. The parents in your church…

We are in Pride month, when all things LGBTQ are celebrated. Here’s a message we received from a parent: “We’re wondering what to do about the fact that our 4 year old’s nursery is having a Pride day … Do we send him in, and let the nursery know that it’s been hard for us as Christians to do that,…

Faith in Kids is convinced that raising children to know Jesus is best done as a partnership between church and home. Hopefully, you agree. (If not, click here!) Our most recent Sunday School series, Who am I?, helps children to understand what the Bible tells us about our identity. This is a subj…

The Big Day Out Express is our regular online training event for those who lead children’s ministry in their church. In our May BDO Express we focussed on ‘Partnering with Parents’. But why does this partnership matter? Why can’t kids leaders just deal with what happens in church groups and leave pa…

There is a powerful song in the film The Greatest Showman called “This is me.” It is sung by the cast of Barnum’s Circus, each of whom is in some way a “freak”. Their lives have been defined by rejection because of what they look like, whether it be their extreme height (or lack of it), their impres…