Episode Details

Your daughter sits alone at lunch every day, and you’re lying awake wondering whether she’s going to be okay. You’re both struggling—but in different ways. In this episode, we talk with Dr. Philip Mamalakis about why your first move should be calming yourself down, not solving her problem. He also walks through the fears he gets asked about most: the phone your kid won’t put down, the teen who doesn’t want to go to church and the spouse who isn’t Orthodox. Download this week’s free Discussion Guide here.

Episode Recap:

• Today we’re talking with Dr. Philip Mamalakis about what to do when our kids are struggling.
• How do we separate our struggle from our child’s struggle?
• Are our kids facing more dangers than we did?
• What can a kale salad teach us about raising kids?
• How can we set boundaries and guardrails?
• What do boundaries around technology look like?
• How does leaning on our community teach our kids to be adults?
• What do we say to teenagers who don’t want to go to church?
• How do we teach our kids the faith when our spouse isn’t Orthodox?

Resources:

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• Explore the full library of Faithtree Resources
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• Download “Navigating the Digital Tsunami”
• “Parenting Toward the Kingdom” by Dr. Philip Mamalakis