Somewhere along the lines, we seem to have entered a new phase of parenting. Our adult to kid ratio has changed abruptly from 2:5 to 5:2 and the dynamics of this change have become more pronounced during this unexpected extended time under one roof.
As the kids are getting older, we’re continuing to support and direct them, but we are gradually realizing our limited capacity to ease their struggles or straighten their paths, especially as they navigate the escalating social justice issues of our time and where they stand personally and politically.
Though some of our kids are adults now, we’re still trying to steer them within our Catholic family values. We do, however, find ourselves increasingly butting heads with the influence of peers and social media. Even so, we believe that it is our duty as parents to continue to weigh in with our perspective, especially when it’s counter-cultural and vastly underrepresented among their other influences.
We are praying more intensely than ever for our kids and for their spiritual lives and maturation.
We need to be prayer warriors for them, first and foremost, and rather than scrambling to have all the answers to their numerous questions, we need to encourage them to develop their own healthy prayer lives. They need to build their own prayer habits and learn to take their biggest concerns and decisions to the Lord, asking Him to guide them to live out His perfect will for their lives.
We want them to know how to seek God’s will, how to prayerfully discern big life decisions, and how to surrender their concerns, and trust in Him. The most compelling way to teach our kids this is by modeling this prayer ourselves: surrendering the deepest concerns we have for them and trusting in God.
We need to be prayer warriors for them, first and foremost, and rather than scrambling to have all the answers to their numerous questions, we need to encourage them to develop their own healthy prayer lives.
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And our young adults aren’t the only ones learning more about prayer!
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