Catholic Parenting during Pride Month

This seems to be the month each year when parents are suddenly fielding a lot of questions from their children on matters of gender and sexuality. 

Every year, we receive messages from parents asking if we have resources to help them with these conversations (ranging from young children to the teen years). We just released a SHORT bonus episode on the podcast full of resources to help equip parents this June.

Listen below or scroll to find all the resources we mention:

One of the most common things we hear is that parents don’t know HOW to EXPLAIN the Church’s teachings on specific topics. They understand WHAT the Church teaches but are stumped on how to share this information with their kids.

This is why I keep recommending Made this Way as something every Catholic parent needs to have on hand. This book provides easy and straightforward talking points for BOTH young children AND teens. Yes, 2 different scripts for these vastly different age groups.

Written by Leila Miller (a recent podcast guest–her interview is GREAT) and Trent Horn, this book dives into ten tough moral issues that your kids WILL have questions about and provides YOU the information to explain the Church’s teachings in a straightforward, age-appropriate way.

Now, for your very littlest kids, we added two NEW board books to our collection!

A Boy is a Boy and A Girl is a Girl help instill in your smallest children that their creation is INTENTIONAL.

Being a boy or a girl is not defined by stereotypes such as clothing styles, hobbies, or skills. Nor is it defined by feelings. Our sex is part of who we are, and, like God’s love, it never changes. Emotions are fleeting, but God’s love is eternal and provides infinite dignity and worth. As the boy version shares,

Feelings change; they come and go.

But something he will always know…

Is that God loves the boy he is…

And the boy he will be as long as he lives.

These charming books celebrate how every boy is precious and unique in God’s eyes, whether singing and dancing, climbing high, or baking an apple pie. Your children will enjoy the fun rhymes and colorful, heartwarming illustrations.

Finally, while you are stocking up on parenting resources, I would encourage you to get Good Pictures, Bad Pictures too.

Want a natural and comfortable way to talk to your kids about pornography? This newly revised edition of the original bestseller makes that daunting discussion easy! Good Pictures, Bad Pictures is a read-aloud story about a mom and dad who explain what pornography is, why it’s dangerous, and how to reject it.

Featuring easy-to-understand science and simple analogies, this internationally-acclaimed book engages young kids to porn-proof their own brains.

With Good Pictures, Bad Pictures (or the Junior version), your child will never be caught off guard by disturbing videos or peer pressure!

If these resources were helpful to you, could you share this blog post with another parent? We want to equip Catholic parents to approach these conversations with confidence when their kids come to them. Parents are the primary educators of their children so make sure you have the resources to do this job well!