Cameron and Anna interview Paul Tripp in this special episode of the Rooted Parent podcast. You will especially want to hear Tripp remind us that biology is not destiny, and that the power that raised Christ from the dead is strong enough to enable parents to respond wisely to lively teenagers.

In this important episode, Cameron and Anna talk with Michelle Reyes about the excellent new book she coauthored with Helen Lee: The Race-Wise Family: Ten Postures to Becoming Households of Healing Hope. The authors write: "When we are talking about an area as complex and challenging as race, our underlying inclinations combined with our uncertainties and hesitations often result in inertia, ignorance, and apathy, even for the most well-intentioned Christians" (123). Reyes discusses how being race-wise stems from a right fear of the Lord. She also shares the particular fears of Black and Brown- skinned parents, and why they chose the word "postures" for the practices they advocate in the book. Michelle challenges us to see the vision Scripture casts for us: "... behold, a great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb" (Rev. 7:9), a vision where race and ethnicity are not erased but united in worship of our common, diversity-loving Creator. She encourages us that posturing our families to move toward that heavenly vision is what we mean when we pray "your kingdom come, your will be done," and this is the very heart of God for all his people.

In this episode, Cameron and Anna talk with Collin Hansen, Vice President of Content and Editor in Chief for the Gospel Coalition (and, of course, fellow Alabama fan). As a father himself, Collin knows firsthand the concerns parents have about the pressures to conform that our children will face. Is the culture we face now truly more frightening than the one today's moms and dads grew up in? How do we help our kids move with faith and courage into the world? Collin offers specific words of caution, but more than that, he offers hope that our children can grow and flourish even in the midst of a world that is increasingly hostile to Christians. Surely this is one of the most encouraging episodes of the Rooted Parent Podcast!

Even as we know that this life is hard, parents dread the suffering of their children. In this episode of the Rooted Parent Podcast, Tish Harrison Warren joins Cameron and Anna to talk about preparing our kids to suffer and how to help them when they are grieving.

The past two years have seen increased violence and rhetoric against Asian Americans. In this episode of the Rooted Parent podcast, Anna talks with pastors Owen Lee and Kevin Yi, and pastor's wife Tracy Yi, all of whom are parents. Our friends share their fears for their children and the grief they experience when the country they love can be unfeeling, ignorant, and even hostile to their families. Listen to feel seen and understood or listen to understand; listen most of all to be encouraged by the hope we have for healing and reconciliation in Jesus Christ.

Recording live at the Rooted 2021 conference, Cameron and Anna interview campus minister and author Shelby Abbott. Shelby comes to us with years of experience ministering to college students, where he has walked with young adults through seasons of doubt and even denial of the faith. Here Shelby reassures parents of God's love for their children, his sovereignty in their lives, and his faithful guidance of parents who worry about their children's faith.

FOMO may be a cute new acronym for the fear of missing out, but this fear found its way into the Genesis narrative of the fall of man. By popular request, Cameron and Anna address FOMO and the modern teenager. Certainly social media has inflamed this particular fear, but it's always been hard to watch our children get left out. Why do we, as parents, go to such great lengths, and even go against what we know is right before God, in order to see our children included? How can we stand strong when they are hurt, and how do we help them feel the love of God when they are home alone on the weekend?

In this episode of the Rooted Parent podcast, Cameron and Anna talk about a fear that might be tricky for some of us to identify: the fear of becoming like our parents.

In this episode of the Rooted Parent Podcast, Cameron and Anna talk about how parents worry that they are not able to provide or give their children everything the kids need for success and thriving. In an effort to achieve our hopes and dreams for our kids, we scramble with what we THINK will secure the future we THINK they are supposed to have. As an added bonus, Cameron sings the Pet Shop Boys and Anna quotes Matt Foley (extra points of you know who Matt Foley is).

In this episode Cameron and Anna discuss the ways in which our fears for our kids harm our kids, but there is hope to be found taking refuge in the fear of the Lord. In the words of Tim Keller, fear of the Lord doesn’t mean being afraid of him. Rather, fear of the Lord is “sustaining a joyful astonished awe and wonder before him.” With this in mind, Cameron and Anna discuss practical ways to sustain that awe, such that fearing the Lord means “we don’t have to fear anything else.” Such freedom we find when we keep our “eyes on the prize” that is Jesus!