Greg Lee

How parents can help their children stay strong in their Christian convictions: In a multiyear study by Fuller Seminary, researchers asked why so many young people lose their faith when they go off to college. The researchers found one factor that was most important in whether they hold on to their convictions. It was not what most people would think. Join a campus Bible study? A prayer group? Important as those things can be -- the single most important factor was whether the teens had a chance to struggle openly with their doubts and questions even before they left home: “The more college students felt that they had the opportunity to express their doubt while they were in high school, the higher their levels of faith maturity and spiritual maturity... Students who had the opportunity to struggle with tough questions and [even painful questions] during high school seemed to have a healthier transition into college life”—and beyond. The Fuller study gives solid evidence that students actually grow more confident in their Christian commitment when the adults in their life—parents, pastors, teachers—guide them in grappling with the challenges posed by prevailing secular worldviews. (from Saving Leonardo)

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