Parent Forward
Parent Forward: Where Parenting Meets Spiritual Formation
with Julie Ann Luse
Parenting is more than managing behavior — it’s sacred, formative work.
Parent Forward invites you to see raising kids through a new lens: as a holy journey of becoming, both for your children and for you. Join longtime ministry leader, mother of three, and spiritual formation guide Julie Ann Luse as she explores the everyday moments of parenting through the lens of faith, neuroscience, and soul-deep connection.
Through personal stories, research-backed insights, and biblical wisdom, Julie Ann helps parents move beyond quick fixes and behavior charts to embrace the slow, beautiful work of forming souls — including their own. Every episode offers gentle encouragement, honest reflections, and practical steps to help you cultivate a spiritually nurturing home where love, grace, and presence shape the next generation.
If you’re longing for deeper connection, tired of parenting tips that miss the heart, and hungry to weave your faith naturally into daily family life — Parent Forward is for you.
It’s not about perfection.
It’s not about performance.
It’s about becoming — one faithful step at a time.
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Parent Forward
Episode 5: When your kid lies - What's really going on?
SHOW NOTES: https://parentforward.com/whenyourkidlieswhatsreallygoingon/
Lying often reveals what our children are trying to protect through fear, confusion, or attempts to preserve connection. This episode explores how to create a family culture where truth is safe to tell and honesty is consistently invited.
• All kids lie at some point, regardless of their character
• Children's dishonesty usually grows from fear or self-protection
• Approaching lies with curiosity instead of control opens doors for real conversation
• Developmentally, younger children blur imagination with reality
• Older kids often lie to avoid trouble or gain autonomy
• Jesus modeled leading with presence and welcome, not shame
• With young children, gentle questions like "Can you tell me what happened?" create safety
• For older kids, deeper conversations about trust and motivations are more effective
• Trust is "earned in droplets but lost in buckets" but can be rebuilt over time
• Parents should examine their own patterns that might make truth-telling difficult
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