The Focus on the Family Guide to Childhood Indoctrination | Part 1: Why to Teach Kids Apologetics

Christian parents can be extremely neurotic about making sure their kids keep believing what mom and dad do.  Of course we all want our kids to share our values to some extent, but evangelical culture and the heaven-and-hell stakes proposed by Christianity give believers unique reason to see even slight deviations in belief as a threat.  This leads to extreme behaviors such as trying to shelter kids from "the world" or simply demanding they believe as you do.  But Focus on the Family proposes a different approach, which is to teach kids apologetics, tell them they're free to explore, and express confidence that this is all okay because it will inevitably lead to them believing in Christianity.  This sounds more open, but as I argue in this video, it's just the same expectation packaged in a murky way that creates confusion and distress for children.

This is part one of two videos discussing a four part series Focus on the Family "sent me" in an email offer.  Today I deal with parts one and two of the series on the importance of apologetics and exposing your kids to "the world."  Next week I'll finish up by addressing their videos about HOW to teach kids apologetics and the actual arguments their guest Natasha Crain thinks will work with them.