Helping Your Children with Change:  Holding Fast to God During Upheaval

Change is hard for everyone, but the upheaval caused by major life changes is especially difficult for children. How can parents help their children navigate change in their lives? 

Bestselling author and biblical family counselor Darby Strickland provides parents and caregivers with biblical encouragement and practical tools to support children through big life changes. She shows them how to use Psalm 139 to anchor their family in God’s love, presence, and sovereign control. Whether children are facing a move, starting a new school, or adjusting to a new family dynamic, parents can point them to the steadfast care of the One who knows them and lovingly shapes their story. With God’s guidance and the intentional help of parents and caregivers, children can learn to face change with faith and confidence, resting in the truth that they are fully known, deeply loved, and never alone. 

Darby A. Strickland, MDiv, is a faculty member and seasoned counselor at the Christian Counseling & Education Foundation (CCEF). She has written books for adults and kids on walking with God through both everyday life and hard times. She is the author of the Comfort for Children in Hard Times series, Becoming You for Girls, and Becoming You for Boys. She loves helping families grow in God’s wisdom and care for one another. Darby and her husband, John, have three children.