Jonathan Holmes shares with Juli how we can avoid identity traps and teach our kids to do the same.
Discipling the Next Generation
#531 The Basics of Talking to Kids About Sex
Dr. Julia Sadusky provides parenting tips for Christian families seeking to engage in healthy conversations with their kids about sex.
#437: How To Help Your Kids Learn Resilience and Build Character
This conversation is absolutely critical to sexual discipleship—not just for our children, but for our own sexual integrity as well.
#426: How To Better Understand the Complexity Beneath Gender Dysphoria
Join us as we seek to better understand the complexity beneath gender dysphoria.
How To Help Little Ones Celebrate How God Made Their Bodies
We're happy to welcome Francie Winslow back to the blog. You can learn more from Francie at her website. I was cuddled up with my youngest son on the couch when the well-known cartoon “Blues Clues” popped up on the screen. Along with flashy colors came a classic tune,...
The Five Key Bonding Forces in Healthy Relationships
“We have to be actively engaged in running the relationships that we have.” – John Van Epp
#361: Hey Momma! Learn How To Share the “Birds & Bees” with Your Littles
You’ve got this, Momma! You don’t need to be afraid to share God’s design for sexuality with your young children.
#355: How Apologetics Helps Kids Engage the Culture & Keep Their Faith
Don’t tell your kids what to think about sex, teach them HOW to think about sex.
Webinar Series: Talking to Your Kids About Sex, Pt 2
The Birds & Bees: How to Talk to Young Children About Sex Part 2 of this webinar series From questions like, "Mommy, how will that baby get out of your tummy?" to trends on TikTok and Instagram, everyday life is rich with opportunities to connect with your kids...
Webinar Series: Talking to Your Kids About Sex, Pt 1
Teens: Teach Them HOW, Not WHAT, to Think About Sex Part 1 in this webinar series From questions like, "Mommy, how will that baby get out of your tummy?" to trends on TikTok and Instagram, everyday life is rich with opportunities to connect with your kids and share...
#326: Gen Z and Gender Identity
Understand how Gen Z perceives gender, and how to walk alongside a young person you love who is struggling.
#159: When Your Child Struggles With Gender
If your child is making choices you don’t agree with, this episode is for you!
#247: Healthy Conversations With Kids About Sex
Join Juli and Julie for this light-hearted and fun coffee shop conversation about parenting.
#229: Sex, Teens, & Parenting
Join Dr. Juli Slattery to hear how to talk with your teenagers about sexuality, sexual choices and God’s design.
#316: Sorry Mom & Dad, the “Sex Talk” Doesn’t Work
Juli and Hannah explain what it looks like to teach your kids about biblical sexuality in our current cultural moment.
#413: The Perfect Parent Is the One Who Knows They Need Jesus
Dave and Ann Wilson get real about the messiness of parenting.
#408: Science Offers Kids a Powerful Reason To Say No to Porn
If teens understood the significant impact of porn on their brains, on their relationships, and porn’s link to human trafficking, would it help them resist?
#380: How To Have Honest Conversations With Your Kids About Sex
How do you create an environment in your home where your kids feel OK talking about sex?
Parenting Through Weakness
Dear Juli, I’m the mom of two teenage girls. I know I need to talk to them about sex but honestly, I don’t know where to begin. My sex life is a mess. My husband and I have relied on porn in our marriage for years. I have abuse in my past that I’ve never dealt with. I...
#119: Talking with Your Kids About Homosexuality and Transgender Issues
Talking to your children about homosexuality and transgender issues are some of the biggest challenges for today’s Christian parents.
Q&A: How do I explain the unbiblical sexual choices others make to my young kids?
How to talk to your kids about other people’s sexual choices.
#541 Teaching Sexuality: Pitfalls, Purity Culture, and the Best Path Forward
Noah Filipiak joins Juli to share where he sees a need to provide the youth of today with a better framework for biblical sexuality.
Help! I Know I Need to Talk to My Teenager About Sex, but How Do I Do It?
Want to share the good news about God’s design for sexuality with your teen? Start with creating a strong relational connection.
#453 Teens Are Anxious, Sad and Lonely. Here’s How You Can Help
Join Juli and Dr. Mark Mayfield, an expert in suicide prevention, to learn what you can do to help the teens in your life feel seen, loved, and valued.
#449 How to Guide Your Kids Through Confusing Messages About Gender
Juli and her guest share wisdom and encouragement to help you give clear answers to your kids’ questions about their gender and the way God created them.
#397: How To Help Families Navigate Questions About Gender Identity
Juli continues her conversation with Dr. Mark Yarhouse about how parents can stay close to a child who is questioning his or her gender.
2 Reasons You’re Hesitant to Talk to Your Kids About Sex (But Shouldn’t Be)
My guest on the blog is Amy Davison, co-author of Mama Bear Apologetics Guide to Sexuality.* She's going to clear up two obstacles that keep parents from teaching their kids a biblical worldview of sexuality. Discipleship is not a word you hear that often outside of...
Webinar Series: Talking to Your Kids About Sex, Pt 3
Kids & Porn: How and When You Should Talk to Your Child About Pornography Part 3 of this webinar series From questions like, "Mommy, how will that baby get out of your tummy?" to trends on TikTok and Instagram, everyday life is rich with opportunities to connect...
#335: Teaching Our Kids a Biblical Worldview of Sexuality
How to help kids develop their worldview on sexuality—both in the opportunities you create and the opportunities born out of everyday life.
#332: Parenting Your Kids Without Shame
Juli and David Eaton from Axis talk about how to offer kids a you-can-tell-me-anything environment in your home—and live up to it!
#309: Getting Rid of the Mommy Guilt
A special conversation for moms of all ages and stages about the only way to become the moms we want to be.
#308: Maintaining Your Smartphone Sanity
If you’re desperate to know how to build trust with your kids, protect them, AND restore peace to your home, this episode is for you!
#301: Staying Connected With the Next Generation
Juli, Linda and Yvette share thoughts for parents, kids and grandparents hoping to improve relationships with the generations before and after them.
When Your Child Has Been Sexually Abused
The headlines are filled with horrific accounts of childhood sexual abuse. Behind every headline are children and their parents, families grasping for help and hope through devastating news. We have received many emails from parents who recently discovered that their...
Webinar: Sexuality and Parenting
How do you teach your kids about God's design and purpose for sexuality? How do you relate to your kids when today's sexual culture is so different from the sexual culture of your own childhood? During this webinar, Dr. Juli Slattery explains what it looks like to...
#226: Culture, Technology & Your Child
If raising kids isn’t hard enough, throw smart phones, social media and video games into the mix and you have every reason to bury your head in the sand.
#206: BONUS! Rebel Parenting
On this Father’s Day episode of Java with Juli, Juli sits down with Ryan & Laura Dobson, co-founders of Rebel Parenting.
Parenting as a Team
I want to share with you three paradigm shifts – three keys that helped me as a wife and mom through all of the disagreements on parenting.
Webinar: Guilt & Motherhood: When You Think You’re Messing It Up
Practically every mother wrestles with guilt because there is no such thing as a perfect mom. We instinctively know that the choices we make will impact our children's lives. How can we parent our kids without being paralyzed by the guilt of our mistakes and fear of...
When Your Kids Look At Porn
As the mom of three sons, there are days I wish I could be parenting in a different era… one in which cell phones did not exist and comic books were more common than pornography. Yet we do not choose the time and place which God inserts us into history. Pornography...
Webinar: How to Talk to Your Kids About Sex
This webinar is a down to earth discussion between Dr. Juli Slattery and Dannah Gresh about when and how to talk to your kids about sex.
#563 Practical Advice for Talking to Kids About Sex and Culture
James Talbert, Josh Miller, and Chelsey Nugteren share some practical advice for raising surrendered kids in our current cultural moment.
Cómo enseñar a los niños sobre los límites y la intimidad saludable
No siempre podemos estar con ellos, entonces, ¿cómo podemos ser proactivos mientras intentamos mantenerlos seguros?
#545 George Barna: Parenting and Discipleship in a Sexually Chaotic World
Dr. George Barna, America’s foremost faith and culture researcher, joins Juli to talk about how to effectively discipleship our kids.
How to Teach Children Healthy Intimacy and Boundaries
We can’t always be with our kids, so how can we be proactive in keeping them safe?
Q&A: How do I love my child and disagree with their sexual choices?
How do you show love to an adult child while disagreeing with their choices?
Q&A: How do I Respond to my Kid’s Sexual Questions?
How do you talk to your kids about sexuality?
#404: How To Help Your Kids Think About Sex From a Christian Worldview
Hillary Ferrer, co-author of Mama Bear Apologetics Guide to Sexuality, joins Juli to talk about how to teach your kids a biblical view of sex.
#220: Rethinking Sexuality In Your Parenting
A conversation that will leave you better equipped to answer your children’s questions and teach them about God’s design and purpose for their sexuality.
#207: Making Motherhood Meaningful
Hey moms, do you feel like you’re missing out on life while staying at home with kids?
#191: Understanding Your Teenager’s Brain
Join Dr. Juli Slattery and Jerusha Clark as they discuss when to “lean in” or “let go” in your relationship with your teen.
#177: Why Abstinence-Only Education Doesn’t Work
So, what’s missing from the “just wait” message? Grab your coffee and listen in!
#162: Helping Your Kids Navigate the Culture
What do you need to do in order to help your kids navigate today’s world? Join John Stonestreet, Juli, and her son Michael to learn what you can do.
#3: Mom, I’m Pregnant
Juli talks with Yvette Maher and Kathy Cordell about how they reacted when each of their kids threw them curveballs with teenage pregnancy.
#72: Your Family’s Sexual Legacy
Abuse can be generational, but God can redeem all things.
#68: The Power of Being A Mom
Mothers today are dealing with many different issues than the moms of ten or fifteen years ago, but the influence remains the same.
#118: When To Talk To Your Kids About Sex
Dr. Juli Slattery and Dannah Gresh discuss how to have a series of small conversations in the midst of everyday life.
#114: Why You Need Other Moms in Your Life
You weren’t meant to do this motherhood thing alone.
Good Girls, Bad Books: Erotica in Young Adult Fiction?, #579
Juli and guests explore the infiltration of erotica and LGBTQ themes into young adult fiction and give you tools to navigate it as a parent.
God’s Design for Sexuality: Teaching Kids to Stand Firm & Love Big, #569
Raising kids in an LGBT-affirming world? You don’t have to choose between truth and love. This episode equips you to give your kids both.
Cuando tu hijo adulto toma decisiones sexuales con las que no estás de acuerdo
Aquí hay un marco de cuatro cosas que pueden guiarte mientras recorres el difícil camino de criar a un adolescente o adulto joven a través del pecado sexual y el quebrantamiento.
#478 How To Love And Lead Your Adult Kids With Jim Burns
How do you parent adult kids after they leave the nest? Dr. Jim Burns, president of the organization HomeWord, shares his experience and expertise.
#477 In-Laws or Outlaws? How to Handle The Challenge of Setting Boundaries with In-Laws
When does parental guidance become overreaching interference? How do couples set boundaries? And how do in-laws give kids space to form strong marital foundations?
7 Reasons Kids Turn To Porn & What You Can Do About It
We invited John Fort, the director of training at Be Broken Ministries, to be our guest writer for this article. John has many years of experience in sexual addiction recovery, both personally and professionally. He is also the author of Honest Talk: A New Perspective...
Webinar: How to Love Your Prodigal Child
Join Hannah Nitz as she sits down with Lori Wildenberg & Dr. Juli Slattery to talk about how to love your prodigal child. Lori is a mother who recognized her daughter's gender confusion early on. Despite many prayers and conversations, her daughter now leads a...
#46: The Impact of Technology on Families
The good, the bad, and the boundaries needed in today’s information age.
Pornography & Our Kids
Children’s smartphones, laptops, game consoles and televisions consistently pipe in the poison of pornography and sexual exploitation.
Your Kids Need Foundational Biblical Beliefs, Not Just Teaching About Sex
Dr. Kathy Koch explains why foundational biblical beliefs are such a critical element of teaching your kids about sex.
#468 Teaching Your Kids How to Love Their Bodies with Francie Winslow
Are there creative and intentional ways to connect with kids and help them develop a Biblical theology around their bodies?
#460 How To Have Mini and Many Conversations About Sexuality With Your Kids
Justin and Lindsey Holcomb share insights on talking to your kids about their bodies, God’s design for sexuality, and boundaries.
Sexual Integrity: The Heart of Sexually Discipling Your Kids
We need to disciple our children toward the broader call of sexual integrity that exists for followers of Christ.
5 Reasons You’re Not Talking to Your Kids About Sex (and How to Overcome Them)
There are understandable reasons why you have procrastinated or stuttered your way through awkward conversations with your children.
Talking to Your Kids About Sex: Why, When, and How
My husband had just returned home with our youngest son after a weekend away for the sex talk. Christian, eleven at the time, sheepishly told me, “Mom, I feel like I’m too young to know all these things about sex.” I reassured him, “I know how you feel, but Dad and I...
Integridad Sexual: El Corazón de Discipular Sexualmente a tus Hijos
Muchas veces los padres cristianos de hoy se sienten divididos entre los mensajes culturales de la positividad sexual y las enseñanzas tradicionales de la iglesia sobre guardar sexo para el matrimonio, ya que ambos parecen estar llenos de desafíos y peligros...
5 Razones Por Las Cuales No Hablas Con Tus Hijos Sobre El Sexo (y Cómo Superarlas)
En la última década, me he parado físicamente frente a más de 100,000 personas para enseñar sobre la sexualidad. Mi trabajo literalmente consiste en hablar de sexo. Pero aquí hay un pequeño secreto. Las conversaciones más difíciles que he tenido sobre sexo han sido...