{"id":1393,"date":"2016-03-02T11:02:55","date_gmt":"2016-03-02T17:02:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedisciplemaker.org\/?p=1393"},"modified":"2016-03-02T11:02:55","modified_gmt":"2016-03-02T17:02:55","slug":"1393-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.navpress.com\/sites\/thedisciplemaker\/2016\/03\/1393-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Shape the Sexual Character of Your Children"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"bsf_rt_marker\"><\/div><p>More often than not, we parents are caught off guard when our children come to us with questions about sex. And if we\u2019re unprepared, chances are we\u2019ll give awkward, embarrassed, incomplete answers. Too often we don\u2019t know how to talk to our kids about sex or when we should do it.<br \/>\nIt doesn\u2019t have to be that way. As Christian parents we can do much more than merely pass on information about reproduction. We have the opportunity of shaping the sexual character of our children.<br \/>\nHow can parents have a significant input amid such a din, much of which seems beyond their control? Stan and Brenna Jones outline twelve principles of Christian sex education in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.navpress.com\/p\/how-and-when-to-tell-your-kids-about-sex\/9781600060175?utm_source=How%20and%20When&amp;utm_medium=article%20text&amp;utm_campaign=12%20Principles\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How and When to Tell Your Kids About Sex<\/a>. It&#8217;s not about one conversation, but a lifelong approach to shaping your child&#8217;s sexual character.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.navpress.com\/p\/how-and-when-to-tell-your-kids-about-sex\/9781600060175?utm_source=How%20and%20When&amp;utm_medium=article%20text&amp;utm_campaign=12%20Principles\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-1312\" src=\"https:\/\/www.navpress.com\/sites\/thedisciplemaker\/wp-content\/uploads\/How-and-When-to-Tell-Your-Kids-About-Sex.jpg\" alt=\"How and When to Tell Your Kids About Sex\" width=\"261\" height=\"381\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More often than not, we parents are caught off guard when our children come to us with questions about sex. And if we\u2019re unprepared, chances are we\u2019ll give awkward, embarrassed, incomplete answers. Too often we don\u2019t know how to talk &#8230; <\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more-container\"><a title=\"Shape the Sexual Character of Your Children\" class=\"read-more button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.navpress.com\/sites\/thedisciplemaker\/2016\/03\/1393-2\/#more-1393\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Shape the Sexual Character of Your Children<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":1394,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_FSMCFIC_featured_image_caption":"","_FSMCFIC_featured_image_nocaption":"","_FSMCFIC_featured_image_hide":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Shape the Sexual Character of Your Children - The Disciplemaker<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.navpress.com\/sites\/thedisciplemaker\/2016\/03\/1393-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Shape the Sexual Character of Your Children - The Disciplemaker\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"More often than not, we parents are caught off guard when our children come to us with questions about sex. 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