Parenting: 14 Gospel Principles That Can Radically Change Your Family by Paul David Tripp
Week 7: Chapter 6 — Identity
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This week, Tripp turns the lens on the parent — asking what story you are telling yourself about who you are, and how that story shapes everything you do with your children.
Discussion Questions
7 questions1.Tripp argues that parents often find their identity in their children — making their sense of worth, success, and happiness dependent on how their children turn out. How is that identity theft actually harmful to the child, not just the parent?
2.He describes the problem of parents who need their children to succeed in order to feel good about themselves. What does that dynamic look like on the ground — in how parents respond to a child's failures, poor choices, or public embarrassments?
3.Tripp insists that a parent's identity must be rooted in the unchanging grace of God rather than in the changing performance of their children. What does it practically mean to preach that identity to yourself in the middle of a hard parenting moment?
a.Can you recall a recent moment when your identity felt threatened by something your child did or did not do?
b.What would it have looked like to respond from a secure, grace-rooted identity in that moment?
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