In Parenting 911, Dr. Michael Youssef calls parents back to their God-given responsibility: raising children whose hearts belong to the Lord Jesus Christ. With urgent Biblical clarity, Dr. Youssef warns that outward performance, good behavior, and church attendance cannot replace repentance, grace, and true faith in Christ. Through Luke 15 and the warning of Judges 2, he shows parents how to model godliness, discipline without crushing the spirit, pray and intercede for their children, and point both defiant and outwardly compliant hearts to the only Savior. This series is a bold call to parent the heart for the glory of God.

In The Defiant Child, Dr. Michael Youssef addresses parents of strong-willed children with Biblical clarity and Gospel urgency. Scripture is inerrant, and God’s Word commands parents to bring children up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord without crushing their spirits. Defiance must not be excused, but neither should parents rely on anger, shame, or outward control. They must set clear boundaries, enforce consequences, pray without ceasing, and keep pointing their children to the Lord Jesus Christ. The defiant child’s deepest need is not self-expression, but repentance and surrender. Only Christ, the divine Son of God, can bring wandering hearts home.