In our family, we create a schedule that allows time for the deeper questions that come from our children.
Because our day is not overly packed with evening meetings or errands, we are able to reflect and give the full, complex answers they deserve. We know our children the best, the most intimately, and we are the ones who can give the answer most properly suited to each personality and level of understanding. As parents, Christian parents, we are their “quiet time” – their quiet time to help them ponder the meaning of good and evil, and the message God has for us today, and to help them contemplate the full magnitude of God’s personhood.
These moments cannot be substituted by high-powered youth activities.
And should those high-energy activities be too many, we cut them out of our schedule until the pace is slow enough that we can finally hear that still, small voice of our child, and that of the Holy Spirit.