Foundation Worldview Podcast

Mean Friends: How Do You Deal With Them?

Your child has a friend who causes drama, whines when things don't go their way, and never seems to be disciplined at home. Do you allow the friendship to continue? And where exactly is the boundary?In this episode, Elizabeth Urbanowicz takes on a question every parent eventually faces. What is the actual goal of friendship, and how do you teach it to a young child? When a difficult friend is a classmate, a teammate, or the neighbor knocking on your door every afternoon, how do you stay kind while still setting limits? And what should you do when your own child is the one drawn to the friend you're worried about?Elizabeth offers biblical boundaries and practical, situation-by-situation guidance for helping your child build healthy friendships, without simply cutting difficult children out of their life.

Nudity in Fine Art: How to Talk to Your Kids (By Age)

You've taught your children "stop, run, tell" when a bad picture appears. But what happens when the nudity is in a Renaissance painting at a museum, or in a classical homeschool curriculum? Do the same rules apply, or is there room for nuance?In this episode, Elizabeth Urbanowicz works through a question she admits she's found genuinely hard. What actually separates a Renaissance sculpture made to highlight the beauty of God's design from pornography made for arousal? At what age can a child understand that difference, and what should you say before then? She walks through what to do at each stage, how to prepare a child before a museum visit or a field trip, and how she handles those galleries herself, then invites listeners to weigh in with their own biblically grounded thinking.

My Daughter Thinks She's Overweight: A Biblical Response to Body Image

A mom writes in: her 10-year-old daughter compared weights with classmates and now says she's "so fat," though she's at a perfectly healthy weight. In this episode, Elizabeth Urbanowicz offers a biblical way to help a child struggling with body image, showing why simply boosting self-esteem falls short and how to get to the real root. She then widens the lens to comparison and coveting in any area of a child's life, from weight to talents to belongings, and walks through how to repent of comparison and replace it with genuine gratitude.

What to Do When Your Child Argues About Everything (Even the Bible)

What do you do when your child loves to argue, especially about the Bible? In this episode, Elizabeth Urbanowicz answers a parent whose 12-year-old insists Jesus sinned by staying in the temple and by clearing out the money changers. Elizabeth unpacks a question-first approach that keeps a child's genuine questions welcome instead of shutting them down, shows how to take a child back to the text of Scripture, and helps parents discern the heart behind the argument: real curiosity, anger, or pride. She then turns to a second, everyday kind of arguing, rebellion against a parent's instructions, and walks through practical, gospel-centered steps drawn from Ginger Hubbard's "Wise Words for Moms" chart for addressing both complaining and defiance. A hopeful, practical episode for any parent raising a strong-willed, question-asking child.

Little House on the Prairie (Netflix) Review: What Parents Should Know

The new Netflix "Little House on the Prairie" series has arrived, and Christian parents are asking whether it's a good fit for their families. In this episode, Elizabeth Urbanowicz rereads the original Laura Ingalls Wilder book and watches all eight episodes to walk you through where the series follows the story and where it veers off. She highlights the positive elements, the content cautions worth knowing ahead of time (including darker themes the book never explores), and the way the series views 19th century pioneers through a modern lens. Most importantly, she offers four biblically grounded worldview questions you can use after any episode to help your children think critically and biblically about the stories they take in.