Having conversations with our kids is a crucial part of their discipleship. We should be instructing them, and part of this instruction is talking to them to know how they are doing and finding out what they believe. This is not something that is happening amongst a lot of proclaimed Christian families. Read the following quote from the below linked article. The quote is in reference to a survey done with 600 American parents in January of this year.

“While 67 percent of parents with children younger than 13 identified as Christians, just 2 percent of those surveyed subscribed to a biblical worldview as defined by the researchers. According to the report, a biblical worldview ‘emerges from accepting the Bible as a relevant and authoritative guide for life.”

T. A. McMahon

2% is a small number. While I am sure there are more statics that could be looked at and this was just one study done, there is no doubt that a small number of kids today are being raised to look at the world around us through the lens of the Bible. (I recall some teaching recently on Biblical paradigms…)  Certainly, there is a lot that goes into raising our kids, but the article below referenced the need for asking good questions to our kids and pointed out that grandparents can play a role in this as well.  With that in mind, the below article from the Berean Call is a good resource for the parents to read on this issue, but also for anyone that would like to be part of raising kids to know Jesus and live as a Christian in the world around us. The article ends with some examples of questions that could be asked to kids to see how they respond.

Conversations with Our Children – The Berean Call

So next time you talk to one of the kids of the church ask them some good questions!