Christian parenting resources depend on promises made to parents: If you get it right, then there will be desired results— if not now, then somewhere down the road.
The potent expectation for children to be discipled into right belief and right practice from infancy on up keeps families working hard, powered by everything from board books about systematic theology to prayer guides for grandparents.
Whether you are parenting children or seeking to understand how these parenting promises impacted your own childhood, join CFCtoo for a discussion with Marissa and Kelsey about The Myth of Good Christian Parenting.
Marissa Franks Burt (MA in Theological Studies, Columbia International University) is a pastor’s wife and homeschooling mom. She is also a novelist, editor, teacher, and cohost of the At Home with the Lectionary and In the Church Library podcasts. She lives in a small town in Washington's Snoqualmie Valley with her husband, six children, and heaps of books.
Kelsey Kramer McGinnis (PhD, University of Iowa) is a musicologist and mom of small kids. She is an adjunct professor at Grand View University in Des Moines and a correspondent for Christianity Today, writing on worship practices and Christian subculture.