Rooting Your Teen in the Faith

A Field Guide for Catholic Parents

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While Catholic teens drifting away from the Faith is increasingly common, it’s not inevitable. We as parents are uniquely qualified to lead our teens to  a relationship with Christ. During the difficult teenage years, youth ministers, teachers, and effective parish programs are pivotal, but parents are the single most powerful factor in our children’s faith development.

In Rooting Your Teen in the Faith, family coach, catechist, author, and mom Kim Cameron-Smith empowers parents to shepherd their teens, guiding them to discover their mission, deepen their faith, and discern the truth about their identity and purpose.

There is no perfect blueprint for evangelizing teenagers, but there is the right relationship: the parent-child bond. If we lean into our call to lead, inspire, free, and transform our children, by the end of the teenage years, they will be equipped to respond to God’s movements in their lives.

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Resources

Here are some resources I mention in Rooting Your Teen in the Faith. I add MORE resources as I create them!

Prayer
Download Lent Lectio

This guide contains an explanation of Lectio, scripts to guide your kids and teens through Lectio for each week of Lent, reflection questions, prayers, and sacred art for contemplation.
Download Advent Lectio

This guide offers an explanation of Lectio, scripts to guide your kids and teen through Lectio during Advent, reflection questions, prayers, and sacred art for contemplation.

Teen Decision Making

I used this printables in a “mini-retreat” I led my teens in when my older daughter was deciding where to attend college. I would show a video my Fr. Mark Schmidt and we would use the printables as discussion starters. LINK TO PARENT ARTICLES.

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Lesson 1: Decision Making 101

How can we help our teenagers when they’re facing an important decision? Inspired by a video by Fr. Mike Schmitz, these are four basic rules for decision making that we can share with our teens. Link to parent article and Fr. Mike’s video.
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Lesson 2: When God’s Will Is Unclear

What should our teens do when they’ve been waiting praying about what to do and God’s will is still unclear? This is frustrating and anxiety-provoking! Three tips and three virtues to practice. Link to parent article and Fr. Mike’s video.

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Lesson 3: The 4 Doors of Discernment

When our teen is faced with an opportunity, how do they know whether they should take it? When faced with an open door, we can ask four questions that will help us discern whether we should walk through it. Link to parent article, Fr. Mike’s video, and additional resources!

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