Parenting in the You do You Era: Ep8

About this episode

This episode focuses on re-focusing parenting on raising disciples of Jesus amidst contemporary cultural values.

Season 3, episode 8: "Parenting in the You Do You Era." This episode is our attempt at re-focusing parenting on raising disciples of Jesus. To that end, we draw from parenting "fails" that stem from the junk values of the YDYE, and ultimately encourage Christian parents to help their children see themselves in God's story. Helping our kids see themselves in God's story allows us to help them "figure out who they are and what they want" in light of their identity as a child of God. ///////// Throughout this season, we want to remove the cultural scales from our eyes using insight from: Alan Noble ( You are Not your Own) Andrew Root ( Ministry in the Secular Age series) Alan Ehrenberg ( Diagnosing the History of Depression in the Contemporary Age) Charles Taylor ( A Secular Age) Andy Crouch ( The Tech-Wise Family) Leonard Sax ( The Collapse of Parenting) All of Jean Twenge's (SDSU) recent interviews / articles / and her books James K.A. Smith's books and articles N.T. Wright ( The Day the Revolution Began among others) Alasdair MacIntyre ( After Virtue) The New and Old Testaments... plus other works that we sprinkle throughout. [The…

People in this episode

Host: Inspired Human

Topics covered

• Christian parenting
• identity in God
• cultural values
• discipleship
• self-discovery
• spiritual guidance

Keywords

• parenting
• Christianity
• identity
• spirituality
• cultural values
• discipleship
• self improvement

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: SDSU

Books & works: You are Not your Own, Ministry in the Secular Age series, Diagnosing the History of Depression in the Contemporary Age, A Secular Age, The Tech-Wise Family, The Collapse of Parenting, The Day the Revolution Began, After Virtue, The New and Old Testaments

More episodes of Inspired Human Podcast

• Pastor Michael Carlson // Adopting children and the Office of the Pastor · June 9, 2026 · 1h 16m
• Dr. Farr Curlin // Medical Doctor and Duke Professor · May 26, 2026 · 57 min
• Dr. David Wilhite // Professor of Historical Theology at Truett Seminary · May 12, 2026 · 1h 1m
• Duke Divinity School professor, J. Warren Smith · April 18, 2026 · 43 min
• Dr. Andrew Root // Sad people living in sad times · April 2, 2026 · 58 min
• Episode: Frank Shirvinski // Pastor & Aerospace Engineer · March 19, 2026 · 36 min