Daniel Weiss - Treading Boldly through a Pornographic World: A Field Guide for Parents

A Field Guide for Parents

Treading Boldly

through a Pornographic World

Daniel Weiss & Joshua Glaser

solid research, biblical truth, and Christlike compassion to help parents guide their kids through one of the greatest threats of this age.

JOSH McDOWELL

Theres no way around the sexual brokenness of our culture, which means that parents must journey with their kids through it. Its frightening, infuriating, and can seem hopeless. But its not. This book is like a guiding torch for anyone who wishes to see the next generation thrive.

John Stonestreet, president of the Chuck Colson Center for Christian Worldview

Treading Boldy is the most helpful and practical tool Ive read on parenting and pornography. Daniel and Josh do a wonderful job of weaving together threads of research, biblical truth, and relational wisdom. Every parent should read this book!

Dr. Juli Slattery, president of Authentic Intimacy and author of Rethinking Sexuality: Gods Design and Why It Matters

Many parents are concerned about our sexualized culture but at a loss as to what to do about it. Treading Boldly through a Pornographic World is a helpful guide for parents trying to shepherd their kids through the battleground of adolescence into a life of love. If you have kids, youll want to read this book.

Eric Metaxas, #1 New York Times bestselling author and host of the nationally syndicated Eric Metaxas Radio Show

Pornography impacts every family, but many parents dont know what to do. Treading Boldly through a Pornographic World uses solid research, biblical truth, and Christlike compassion to help parents guide their kids through one of the greatest threats of this age.

Josh McDowell, founder and president of Josh McDowell Ministries

Pornography degrades, dehumanizes, fuels human trafficking, destroys relationships, and teaches our children a warped view of sex. Thats why Im glad that Daniel Weiss and Josh Glaser have written this book to help parents teach their children to navigate a porn-saturated culture and discover Gods plan for sexuality.

Jim Daly, president of Focus on the Family

When I was a kid, if you wanted access to pornography, you had to seek it out. In the world our kids are growing up in, porn is seeking them out! Sadly, many parents feel they can do little more for their kids than pray and hope for the best, but Treading Boldly through a Pornographic World provides a much better way. Weiss and Glaser coach parents on how to walk courageously in these times and help their kids discover the eternal beauty and goodness of Gods plan for making us male and female. Read this book for your kids. And read it for yourself.

Christopher West, Th.D., president of the Theology of the Body Institute and author of Our Bodies Tell Gods Story: Discovering the Divine Plan for Love, Sex, & Gender

As a parent, you might feel unprepared raising kids in our hypersexual world. In fact, many parents tend to choose either silence or control, both of which burden a child with profound baggage. Treading Boldly invites you to the holy privilege of educating your children about sex while also offering a helpful framework to navigate our ever-changing cultural milieu. Josh Glaser and Daniel Weiss have written a courageous book that will equip parents to tread with immense honor and hope. Let their wisdom prepare you to have meaningful conversations not just about porn, but the deepest affections of our hearts.

Jay Stringer, psychotherapist and author of Unwanted: How Sexual Brokenness Reveals Our Way to Healing

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To my parents, David and Judith, whose parenting exemplifies Teddy Roosevelts advice to do what you can with what you have where you are. Thank you for your faithful love. And be at peace; God is taking care of the rest.

Daniel

To Mom, whose love and steadfastness gave me more than my younger self recognized. Thank you for being courageous enough to let me explore the world and gracious enough that I always knew I could come home.

Josh

Ideas and images are, accordingly, the primary focus of Satans efforts to defeat Gods purposes with and for humankind. When we are subject to his chosen ideas and images, he can take a nap or a holiday. Thus when he undertook to draw Eve away from God, he did not hit her with a stick, but with an idea.

Dallas Willard, Renovation of the Heart

If the heart is like a compass, an erotic homing device, then we need to (regularly) calibrate our hearts, tuning them to be directed to the Creator, our magnetic north. It is crucial for us to recognize that our ultimate loves, longings, desires, and cravings are learned.

James K. A. Smith, You Are What You Love

Arise! For this matter is your responsibility, but we will be with you; be courageous and act.

Ezra 10:4 (NASB)

K risten wasnt sure what prompted her to open her teenage sons laptop. It was sitting on the kitchen counter, just as it did every other afternoon while her son was at baseball practice. Kristen wasnt really worried, but something was nagging at the corners of her mind.

When she opened the lid, the thumbnail images filling the screen pulled the breath from her lungs and set the room spinning. Her hand trembling, she clicked on one of them and watched only a few seconds of a video she never would have wanted to see. Would never want her son to see.

And yet, her son had.

There must be some mistake