Parenting without Panic in an LGBT-Affirming World: Discipling Our Kids with Jesus’ Truth and Love

Helping your kids navigate today’s messages about identity—without fear or confusion

If you’re a Christian parent, you’ve likely wrestled with how to talk with your kids about gender identity in today’s culture. You want to point them toward Christian values and God’s truth with both conviction and compassion—but where do you begin?

In this thoughtful and grace-filled guide, Rachel Gilson comes alongside parents with practical help for laying a strong foundation in biblical sexuality—how we understand our gender, relationships, and purpose through God’s eyes. With warmth and clarity, she offers tools for explaining sexuality to kids in a godly way—shaping their worldview before the culture does.

As someone who experiences same-sex attraction and has chosen to follow Jesus and the Bible’s teaching, Rachel brings both empathy and experience. She gently equips parents to model faith over fear—and to lead conversations rooted in God’s good design, not shame or silence.

This book is especially helpful for parents of preschool and elementary-aged children.

Rachel Gilson serves on the leadership team of Theological Development and Culture with Cru. Her writing has appeared in Christianity Today and for Desiring God and The Gospel Coalition, and she regularly speaks at churches and on college campuses. Rachel holds a Master of Divinity from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, and lives in the Boston area with her husband and daughter.