Foundation Worldview Podcast
by Foundation Worldview
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How to Keep Christmas About Jesus, Not the Presents
How to Keep Christmas About Jesus, Not the Presents
About this podcast
Join Elizabeth Urbanowicz as we seek to answer your questions to equip you to help the kids that God has placed in your care to carefully evaluate every idea they encounter so that they can understand the truth of the Christian worldview.
Episodes
The newest 50 of 348 episodes
- How to Keep Christmas About Jesus, Not the Presents · 18 min · Episode 345A parent asks: How can I help my kids not fall into the trap of consumerism this Christmas? It's a short question without a short answer, because consumerism is all around us…
- How to Help Your Child Make Friends When Other Kids Leave Them Out · 17 min · Episode 344How do you help your child make friends when other kids keep leaving them out? A parent asked Elizabeth Urbanowicz about cliques at church: her family worships together during…
- Loving God Above All Else: How to Explain It to Your Kids · 16 min · Episode 343A parent writes that their kids struggle with the idea that we are to love God above all else, even family. In this episode, Elizabeth Urbanowicz offers practical talking points…
- How to Talk to Kids About Sexual Brokenness in Your Family · 16 min · Episode 342A listener's single sister-in-law is pregnant through no decision of her own, and their young kids already know where babies come from. How do you explain a situation like this…
- What Is Standpoint Epistemology? A Biblical Response for Parents · 18 min · Episode 341Can someone without children give sound guidance to parents? A listener asked Elizabeth Urbanowicz this question directly, and in this episode she answers it openly. Along the…
- How to Talk to Kids About Witchcraft Without Scaring Them · 19 min · Episode 340A mom of a six- and four-year-old asks: how do I help my girls understand why witchcraft is wrong without scaring them? Elizabeth Urbanowicz answers with an approach drawn from…
- Dark Halloween Decorations: How to Guide Your Kids Biblically · 14 min · Episode 339Halloween decorations have gotten a lot darker over the past few years, with more blood and gore and more focus on death and the occult. One parent wrote in because the displays…
- How to Explain Depression and Anxiety to Kids: A Biblical Approach · 16 min · Episode 338A listener writes in: her husband is taking a leave of absence from work while he begins treatment for anxiety and depression, and she wants to know how to explain it to their…
- How to Explain the Trinity to Your Kids (Even at Age 3) · 12 min · Episode 337How do you explain the Trinity to a child when you can barely wrap your own mind around it? When a four-year-old asks what the difference is between God and Jesus, most parents…
- Mom Rage Videos: The Truth Behind This Trend · 21 min · Episode 336Social media has been flooded recently with videos of mothers filming themselves losing control with their children, along with content framed as satire in which a woman…
- How to Teach Kids Responsibility Without Constant Battles · 20 min · Episode 335Why do kids have to do chores, practice piano, or brush their teeth when they don't feel like it? Elizabeth Urbanowicz walks through the biblical reason responsibility isn't a…
- Tattoos and the Bible: What to Teach Your Kids · 20 min · Episode 334Tattoos are becoming more common among Christians, so how should we think about them, and how do we help our kids think about them biblically? There is only one verse in all of…
- Mean Friends: How Do You Deal With Them? · 17 min · Episode 333Your child has a friend who causes drama, whines when things don't go their way, and never seems to be disciplined at home. Do you allow the friendship to continue? And where…
- Nudity in Fine Art: How to Talk to Your Kids (By Age) · 12 min · Episode 332You've taught your children "stop, run, tell" when a bad picture appears. But what happens when the nudity is in a Renaissance painting at a museum, or in a classical homeschool…
- My Daughter Thinks She's Overweight: A Biblical Response to Body Image · 17 min · Episode 331A mom writes in: her 10-year-old daughter compared weights with classmates and now says she's "so fat," though she's at a perfectly healthy weight. In this episode, Elizabeth…
- What to Do When Your Child Argues About Everything (Even the Bible) · 15 min · Episode 330What do you do when your child loves to argue, especially about the Bible? In this episode, Elizabeth Urbanowicz answers a parent whose 12-year-old insists Jesus sinned by…
- Little House on the Prairie (Netflix) Review: What Parents Should Know · 27 min · Episode 329The new Netflix "Little House on the Prairie" series has arrived, and Christian parents are asking whether it's a good fit for their families. In this episode, Elizabeth…
- Moana: A Biblical Worldview Movie Review for Families · 19 min · Episode 328Disney's live-action Moana is in theaters, and it offers Christian families more than a decision about ticket prices. In this episode, Elizabeth Urbanowicz reviews the 2026 film…
- Should Christians Use Montessori Schools? · 24 min · Episode 327Is Montessori a good fit for a Christian family? If you're weighing a Montessori school against a Christian one, this episode gives you a careful, fair place to start. Elizabeth…
- Teaching Kids When to Obey Authority and When Not To · 16 min · Episode 326How do you teach kids to honor authority while also recognizing when an adult is asking them to do something wrong? In this episode, Elizabeth Urbanowicz takes the question to…
- Toy Story 5: What Christian Parents Need to Know Before Watching · 27 min · Episode 325Should you take your kids to Toy Story 5, and what should you talk about afterward? In this biblical worldview movie review, Elizabeth Urbanowicz walks through Pixar's "toy meets…
- When Should Kids Take Communion? The 4 Questions Parents Miss · 21 min · Episode 324At what age is a child ready to participate in the Lord's Supper? And what questions should parents even be asking to find out? In this episode, Elizabeth Urbanowicz works…
- Are Frozen Embryos Less Human? Answering a Common Pro-Choice Argument · 21 min · Episode 323You and your daughter hear a pro-choice argument that catches you off guard: if a building were on fire and you could only save the newborns in the nursery or the frozen embryos…
- How to Talk to Your Kids About Hell When a Parent Doesn't Believe · 17 min · Episode 322When a nine-year-old asks whether his agnostic dad is going to hell, how do you answer honestly without making him afraid of God? In this episode, Elizabeth Urbanowicz walks…
- Is My Child Gay? How to Tell Friendship From Romantic Feelings · 23 min · Episode 321Your nine-year-old says another girl on her soccer team is pretty, and now she's worried she might be gay. How do you respond? In this episode, Elizabeth Urbanowicz works through…
- Is 'What a Beautiful Name' Biblical? An Honest Worship Song Review · 19 min · Episode 320Are popular Christian worship songs actually biblical? On this episode of the Foundation Worldview Podcast, Elizabeth Urbanowicz tackles a question we receive often from parents…
- Good Secrets, Bad Secrets: The Sex Talk Most Parents Skip · 12 min · Episode 319How do you teach a young child that sex is private and special without making them feel ashamed of it, and without accidentally training them to keep secrets from you, which is…
- How to Show Your Kids Jesus in Every Old Testament Story · 17 min · Episode 318How do you help your kids see Jesus in every Old Testament story? Most children hear the Bible as a stack of disconnected accounts — Noah's ark over here, David and Goliath over…
- Animal Farm Movie Review for Families · 32 min · Episode 317Thinking of taking your kids to see the new Animal Farm movie? In this episode, Elizabeth Urbanowicz walks Christian parents through the film's plot, positive and negative…
- What's the Difference Between Christians and Seventh-Day Adventists? · 28 min · Episode 316What do Seventh-Day Adventists actually believe, and how do those beliefs line up with historic Christianity? In this episode, Elizabeth Urbanowicz walks through what Seventh-Day…
- My Kid Only Obeys to Please Me — Here's the Biblical Fix · 21 min · Episode 315How do you raise an obedient Christian child without accidentally training them to be a people pleaser or to just fear consequences? In this episode, Elizabeth Urbanowicz answers…
- Can Your Kids Explain the Gospel? · 14 min · Episode 314How do we help our kids talk about their faith with confidence? In this episode, Elizabeth Urbanowicz unpacks three practical ways to equip children to articulate what they…
- Talking with Your Kids About Suicide: A Gospel-Centered Framework · 15 min · Episode 313How do you explain death by suicide to elementary-aged kids without creating unnecessary fear? In this episode, Elizabeth Urbanowicz walks through how to talk about suicide in a…
- Super Mario Galaxy Movie Review for Families · 24 min · Episode 312Should Christian parents take their kids to see the Super Mario Galaxy movie? In this episode, Elizabeth Urbanowicz reviews the film for families, highlights positive and…
- My Child Has to Win. What Should I Do? · 17 min · Episode 311What does the Bible say about competition and competitiveness in children? In this episode, Elizabeth Urbanowicz explores how sports, games, and competition can be good gifts…
- Hoppers Movie Review for Families · 25 min · Episode 310In this episode of the Foundation Worldview Podcast, Elizabeth Urbanowicz reviews the new Pixar film Hoppers. While the movie contains engaging storytelling, beautiful animation…
- My Child Thinks God Isn’t Listening to His Prayers. What Should I Say? · 18 min · Episode 309What should you do when your child believes God isn’t listening to their prayers? Many children struggle when they pray for something—like bad dreams to stop—and the answer…
- What Should I Do When My Child Is Crushed by Their Sin? · 12 min · Episode 308When your child is deeply grieved by their sin, it can be both beautiful and overwhelming. How do we speak truth about sin without crushing their spirit? In this episode…
- “6 7” and Cultural Catchphrases: How Should Christians Respond? · 14 min · Episode 307A simple phrase. A viral trend. A lot of confusion. When your child starts repeating a cultural catchphrase like “six seven,” how should you respond—especially if its origins are…
- What If I’m Not Elect? Explaining Election to Kids Without Fear · 18 min · Episode 306How do we explain the doctrine of election to children—especially when it causes fear? In this episode, Elizabeth Urbanowicz walks through how to biblically and carefully explain…
- Helping Your Child Understand That Love Is a Choice, Not Just a Feeling · 11 min · Episode 305What should you do when your child says she doesn’t love anyone but you, and doesn’t want to lie by saying it? In this episode, Elizabeth Urbanowicz helps parents guide young…
- How to Help Your Child Through Hard Circumstances · 14 min · Episode 304What do you say when your child is hurting over something that can’t be changed? In this episode of the Foundation Worldview Podcast, Elizabeth Urbanowicz answers a heartfelt…
- Teaching Kids How to Respond to Sin Biblically · 12 min · Episode 303What should you do when your young child starts pointing out inappropriate or sinful behavior in public? In this episode of the Foundation Worldview Podcast, Elizabeth Urbanowicz…
- When Good Things Become Idols: Teaching Kids Moderation Without Shame · 15 min · Episode 302What do you do when your kids constantly ask for sugar, and you don’t want to swing between indulgence and restriction? In this episode, Elizabeth Urbanowicz shares a simple…
- KPop Demon Hunters Movie Review for Families · 31 min · Episode 231KPop Demon Hunters has become unexpectedly popular—even among Christian families. In this episode, Elizabeth Urbanowicz walks parents through a thoughtful, spoiler-filled review…
- Teaching Kids to Think Carefully About Words · 11 min · Episode 300Words shape how our children think. In this episode, we explore how to biblically teach kids to think carefully about words—using basketball, baseball, and everyday language to…
- Furry Culture and Kids: A Biblical Perspective on Identity and Play · 22 min · Episode 299What’s the difference between innocent pretend play and adopting an identity that denies God’s design? In this episode of the Foundation Worldview Podcast, Elizabeth Urbanowicz…
- Addressing Sin Patterns in Children · 16 min · Episode 298What do you do when your child keeps sinning, especially when it’s become a pattern? In this episode, Elizabeth Urbanowicz walks parents through a biblical approach to discipline…
- David: A Biblical Worldview Movie Review for Families · 20 min · Episode 297Is the David movie a helpful way to introduce children to Scripture, or does it blur important biblical truths? In this special movie review episode, Elizabeth Urbanowicz walks…
- Helping Children Overcome Irrational Fears and Anxiety · 13 min · Episode 296Many children struggle with fears that seem to spiral out of control—whether it’s natural disasters, illness, or other “what if” worries. In this episode, Elizabeth Urbanowicz…
