Grounded in Grace gives parents a guide to understanding how a child’s identity is formed in today’s world and why it leads to insecurity and confusion. Children and teens face a tremendous amount of pressure from their peers and culture to find their identity in their activities, feelings, or performance. This modern way of looking at identity can be challenging to navigate for parents who grew up with a traditional view of identity rooted in predetermined roles. What if they could help their children and teenagers find their identity in something that never went away and never changed based on their ability or performance—an identity grounded in God’s grace? Jonathan Holmes explores the five core areas of identity struggles most common to teens: sports, academics, moralism, sexual orientation, and gender confusion. He provides parents with a biblical foundation to work from and practical tools to help their teen find their identity based on who God says they are. Encourages parents to play a crucial role in guiding their children through the challenges of identity formation, encouraging a reliance on a stable, God-given identity rather than conforming to external or internal pressures. - Helps parents to engage in gospel-centered conversations with their children and teens, using reflection questions for self-examination. - Readers will be guided in helping children and teens build their secure identity on the gospel of grace. “Parents are always prone to raise their children in a way that prepares them for life in the world as it used to be, not for life in the world as it now is. This book is especially important in that it equips parents to help their children through the temptations and challenges they are certain to face in this day and in this world. Parents and their children are sure to benefit from it.” Tim Challies, Author of Seasons of Sorrow “This book will help you talk to your children about critical matters in a way that doesn't end in either eye-rolling or anger.”    Edward T. Welch,  Faculty and counselor, The Christian Counseling and Educational Foundation (CCEF) Sheri Welch,  Bible teacher  “What a timely and powerful resource! Identity is at the root of many of the pain points kids and teens are experiencing. This is a super practical book that will equip every parent with the foundations of how to instill a healthy identity in Christ.” Juli Slattery, President, Authentic Intimacy; author of Rethinking Sexuality ; psychologist “Every parent and child feels like the time in which they’re living and the difficulties they’re facing are unique. And while that may seem to be more true today than it was when I was raising my kids, the unchanging gospel continues to offer both parents and children their only hope: they are welcomed, known, and most importantly, loved. Grounded in Grace will help you and your child remember the only truth strong enough to shape and tether their identity to hope. I highly recommend it.” Elyse M. Fitzpatrick, Author of Give Them Grace: Leading Your Kids to Joy and  Freedom through Gospel-Centered Parenting “As a mother, I see my children living in a world where culture and performance-based expectations pressure them to define their identities. In  Grounded in Grace,  Jonathan Holmes shares biblical principles and practical ways to have conversations with our children that will help them flourish by embracing their identity in Christ. Parents, your children need you to read this book!” Darby Strickland, CCEF Counselor and Faculty “Many voices threaten to shape and reinform our children's identity—influences like culture, family, society, media and peers. Yet only one influence really matters. Young people are born with identity and individuality, and the Lord is the source of both. Jonathan rightly challenges and encourages us to consider the ways we allow all the wrong influences to shape our kids and shows us how pointing them back to the Lord liberates them to truly be who they were created to be.”  Julie Lowe, Counselor; speaker; author of Safeguards: Shielding Our Homes and Equipping Our Kids “Every adolescent is asking the question: Who am I? There may be no more important issue facing parents in our day than how we help our children discover the biblical answer to that question. I'm urging parents I know who have teenagers and preteens to read Grounded in Grace by Jonathan Holmes.” Bob Lepine, Pastor, Redeemer Community Church, Little Rock AR; author of Build A Stronger Marriage ; longtime cohost, FamilyLife Today “There is no more pressing topic in our day than the question of personal identity, especially for young people and children. It’s never been more important to know who you are, yet it’s never been more difficult. Jonathan Holmes’s book,  Grounded in Grace,  is a wonderful blend of biblical insight and practical wisdom on this most personal subject. A gift for parents in our confusing age.”