Raising Wise Kids in a Sexually Broken World
A Gospel-Centered Approach
- Marriage, Family & Relationships
- Publisher: InterVarsity Press
- Published: 2026
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Publisher's Description
"This book is a gift to all parents trying to navigate the complexity of raising children in today's world.... I wish I could make this book required reading for every parent." - Christine Caine, founder of A21 and Propel Women How can you raise your children to not just to survive but to thrive in a world filled with complex and confusing conversations about gender, sexuality, and relationships? Navigating the birds and bees is challenging enough for parents. Kids today are faced with all sorts of complex issues, and often at a very early age. When is it too early to talk about sex? How can we begin to view the gender conversation? How do we help our kids not to approach the world fearfully but to walk into it confidently--even in the world's most controversial spaces? Laurie and Matt Krieg believe that, as a Christian parent, you can approach sexual topics with confidence and grace by laying a solid gospel-centered foundationfrom early childhood onward. Raising Wise Kids in a Sexually Broken World offers you theological guidance, parenting principles, and age-appropriate insights for addressing complex issues in healthy ways: issues like marriage and singleness,God's design for sex, same-sex attraction and sexual orientation, gender identity, sexual abuse, and pornography. In Raising Wise Kids in a Sexually Broken World, you'll learn to: Present God's purpose forboth marriage and singleness Explain God's design for sex with clarity Discuss gender identity from a biblical perspective Protect your children from sexual abuse Prevent porn addiction Promote online safeguards Raising Wise Kids in a Sexually Broken World is a timely and essential resource for today's Christian parents. Rather than retreating in fear, you can respond to the brokenness of the world with the goodness, truth, and beauty of the gospel and help your kids to do the same. Cast a gospel vision for your kids so that no matter how they experience sexual brokenness within them or around them, they have the tools they need to choose the way of Jesus no matter what.
Endorsements (7)
“As licensed mental health therapists and parents, we've seen firsthand how essential it is to engage our children in honest and hopeful conversations about bodies, desires, and identity—conversations many of us would rather avoid due to our own unresolved stories and the complex cultural narratives we navigate. Raising Wise Kids in a Sexually Broken World offers a lifeline for those of us seeking thoughtful ways to begin. With practical tools and gospel-centered insight, Laurie and Matt Krieg show how to transform moments of uncertainty into sacred opportunities for growth—both for parents and children. Their wise guidance equips you with the language you need to approach these conversations with clarity, courage, and grace.”
“With wisdom, humility, gentleness, and the proper confidence of those who knows their subject and the fraught landscape it can sometimes bring, Laurie and Matt Krieg have, with Raising Wise Kids in a Sexually Broken World, offered their readers a book that we ought not simply read. Rather, we would do well to meditate upon it, carefully and with the same humility with which it has been penned. For all of us who long for our offspring to joyfully follow Jesus, this is a book that is no mere manual about children and sexuality; it is an invitation to partnering with God as he forms them into the image of the King.”
“Laurie and Matt Krieg offer a rich, biblical framework for parents navigating the complicated terrain of talking about sexuality with children. The Kriegs provide a breadth of wisdom from their own parenting journey and incorporate key insights from psychology, all the while helping parents feel more effective and less alone. There is no shortage of parenting books available today, but Raising Wise Kids in a Sexually Broken World is one that sifts through the noise and offers concrete, practical guidance and modeling of critical conversations around human sexuality.”
“I'd love for every Christian parent to read this book. It covers not only what to say but also how to understand and communicate the important whys of God's plan for sexuality. This is a rich read, providing a powerful combination of personal experience, theological depth, and practical application.”
“This book is a gift to all parents trying to navigate the complexity of raising children in today's world. In Raising Wise Kids in a Sexually Broken World, Laurie and Matt Krieg have shared invaluable wisdom, insight, and understanding that is crucial in these times. I wish I could make this book required reading for every parent.”
“In a shaky world, Laurie and Matt Krieg offer parents an unshakable foundation. In Raising Wise Kids in a Sexually Broken World, the gospel is not just mentioned, it is unveiled as our real and practical hope. Like Jesus taught in Matthew 7, the Kriegs remind us that storms will come to every house, yet when we are grounded in God's truth, we remain unshaken. They lay a solid foundation and then walk us through how to live on it, equipping us to be parents who are full of faith, antifragile, firm in truth, and free from fear. We do not have to be intimidated or stressed about the future for our children. Grounded in God's truth, we stand unshaken and can raise kids who do the same.”
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