Parenting Resources

It's no secret that parenting is difficult.  Christian parenting can be intimidating, overwhelming, and exhausting.  First Southern is here to partner with you in your parenting journey!  Nobody should parent alone.  We all carry the wisdom of those who have gone before us.  Check out some resources below of those who have thought through some of these things and offered practical, Christ-centered wisdom and advice.

Podcasts

Family Discipleship Podcast

  • Apple (iTunes)
  • Google (Google Play)
  • Spotify

Mama Bear Apologetics Podcast

  • Apple (iTunes)
  • Google (Google Play)
  • Spotify

Dad Tired Podcast

  • Apple (iTunes)
  • Google (Google Play)
  • Spotify

Famous At Home Podcast

  • Apple (iTunes)
  • Google (Google Play)
  • Spotify

Websites

Bibles

  • Explorer Bible (kids)
  • The Adventure Bible (kids)
  • Apologetics Study Bible For Students (teens)
  • ESV Study Bible (college/adult)

Books

BABY
  • The Biggest Story ABC
  • TODDLER/PRESCHOOL/ELEMENTARY
  • The Biggest Story
  • The Garden the Curtain and the Cross

ELEMENTARY
  • The Biggest Story Bible Storybook
  • The Jesus Storybook Bible
  • The Big Picture Story Bible
  • New City Catechism
  • The Ology
  • Indescribable: 100 Devotions About God and Science
  • How Great is Our God: 100 Indescribable Devotions About God and Science
  • The Wonder of Creation: 100 More Devotions About God and Science

TEENS
  • God's Big Picture
  • 10 Questions Every Teen Should Ask
  • Visual Theology
  • Keeping Your Kids on God's Side: 40 Conversations to Help Them Build Lasting Faith
  • Talking With Your Kids About God: 30 Conversations Every Christian Parent Must Have
  • Talking With Your Kids About Jesus: 30 Conversations Every Christian Parent Must Have

COLLEGE
  • Surviving Religion 101
  • Visual Theology
  • Systematic Theology

CHRISTIAN PARENTING
  • Parenting: 14 Gospel Principles That Can Radically Change Your Family
  • The Strong-Willed Child
  • Shepherding a Child's Heart
  • Family Driven Faith
  • Hold Onto Your Kids
  • ApParent Privilege
  • Family Worship

PARENTING IN MODERN CULTURE
  • Mama Bear Apologetics
  • Mama Bear Apologetics Guide to Sexuality
  • Confronting Christianity: 12 Hard Questions for the World's Largest Religion
  • Embodied: Transgender Identities, the Church, and What the Bible Has to Say
  • Gay Girl, Good God: The Story of Who I Was and Who God Has Always Been
  • People to Be Loved: Why Homosexuality is Not Just an Issue

PARENTING IN THE TECH AGE
  • The Tech-Wise Family
  • My Tech-Wise Life
  • Parenting Generation Screen

PARENTING THROUGH MENTAL HEALTH
  • Why Is My Teenager Feeling Like This?
  • Why Am I Feeling Like This?
  • We're All Freaking Out (and Why We Don't Need to)
  • Get Out of Your Head

GenZ
  • The Coddling of the American Mind
  • iGen
  • Generation Z Unfiltered
  • Meet Generation Z