Upside-Down Parenting From Fear to Freedom: Guiding Your Teens' Faith Without Controlling Them w/ Alicia Bennett | Ep. 35, Pt. 2
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Mar 13, 2026 Alicia Bennett, founder of MobilizerMom.com and parenting educator, helps parents raise teens with resilient, Christ-centered faith. She discusses making faith teaching hands-on and fun, using real-world moments like the Olympics to spark worldview conversations. She explains a learn-before-they-leave plan, tackles fears that lead to controlling parenting, and promotes a long-term view for steady investments in kids.
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Olympics Turned Family Devotional
- Alicia turned the Winter Olympics into a family devotional to teach geography and missions.
- They used atlases, Operation World kids edition, bingo, and country foods/games to spark conversations about Jesus presence worldwide.
Ask One Question Every Night
- Use short nightly conversation prompts to connect and surface questions about faith.
- Make it routine by asking one question each night tailored to age, e.g., simple map questions for little kids or theology for teens.
Fear To Study To Strategy
- Alicia admitted she felt petrified becoming a mom and compensated by reading many parenting books.
- She and her husband discussed readings on walks and turned learnings into family plans like skills to teach teens.
