The Talk Most Parents Get Wrong

The Talk Most Parents Get Wrong

Most Catholic parents are dreading the one big talk — but by the time you sit your child down, the culture has been talking to them for years. In this sample lesson from Road to Purity's "Restoring the Family" program, we walk parents through a completely different way to think about forming their children in love, sexuality, and identity. Drawing on Pope St. John Paul II's Theology of the Body and Love and Responsibility, St. Thomas Aquinas's teaching on the intellect and the will, and our years of ministry to families wounded by silence, we give you the actual architecture you need to do this holy work well. In this lesson, you'll learn: → Why the "one big talk" approach almost always backfires — and what to do instead → The three things every child needs to hear from you before they hear it from anyone else → The exact words to use when your child ambushes you with a question you weren't ready for → Why your child's intellect — not just their behavior — is what you most need to form → How to address gender ideology with both truth and compassion → The Catholic teaching that your home is a domestic church with real spiritual authority This is a sample lesson — one of many we're building for the full Restoring the Family program. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🙏 BECOME A FOUNDING FAMILY Road to Purity is in real need of financial support to bring the full Restoring the Family program to completion. The full program will include: Expanded teaching on Theology of the Body Age-by-age conversation guides (preschoolers through young adults) Specific lessons for parents whose children are already exposed to pornography or gender confusion Deeper formation in St. Thomas Aquinas, Love and Responsibility, and parental spiritual authority Live expert sessions with child psychologists and pastoral care specialists A private community of Catholic parents walking this journey together Physical books Founding Families receive early access when the full program launches later this year. 👉 Donate and become a Founding Family: https://family.roadtopurity.com/donate ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ABOUT THIS LESSON This sample lesson was produced in AI-generated video format during our funding campaign so parents could experience the content now. The teaching itself is built on Road to Purity's ministry and the constant teaching of the Catholic Church. When the program is fully funded, this lesson will be re-produced as a fully filmed, on-camera video lesson taught by Dann Aungst, the founder of Road to Purity, and our full team. ABOUT ROAD TO PURITY Road to Purity is a Catholic ministry dedicated to the restoration of sexual purity, the healing of wounds, and the formation of holy families. Visit roadtopurity.com to learn more. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 📖 ROOTED IN CATHOLIC TEACHING This lesson draws on: Pope St. John Paul II — Theology of the Body Karol Wojtyła — Love and Responsibility St. Thomas Aquinas — Summa Theologica The Catechism of the Catholic Church Pontifical Council for the Family — Truth and Meaning of Human Sexuality Congregation for Catholic Education — Male and Female He Created Them Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith — Dignitas Infinita

Corazón Puro “Love vs Lust” Part 2

In this second episode of Tell Them For Me, Steven Caswell explores the difference between authentic love and destructive lust, showing how understanding this can transform relationships, strengthen purity, and lead us to a deeper, Christ-centered love.

Corazón Puro “Love vs Lust” Part 1: With Steven Caswell

In this episode of Tell Them For Me, Steven Caswell explores the profound difference between authentic love and destructive lust. Discover how understanding this distinction can transform our relationships, strengthen our commitment to purity, and lead us toward a deeper, Christ-centered love.

Satanism, Sacrifice & the Road to Redemption – Zachary King, Former Satanist Turned Catholic

In this gripping episode of the Road to Purity Podcast, we interview Zachary King, a former High Wizard in Satanism who shares his shocking journey from casting spells and participating in satanic rituals—including abortions—to finding mercy, healing, and truth in Jesus Christ and the Catholic Church. Zachary exposes the dark spiritual realities behind abortion as a satanic sacrifice, the cursed nature of pornography, and how the devil uses these tools to enslave souls. His powerful testimony brings light into the darkest corners of the culture—and offers hope to all who seek freedom. "You Can’t Sell What You Do Not Own." Zachary explains how Satan manipulates people into thinking they’ve given their soul away… when only God has the power to claim it. 🌐 Learn more about Zachary King’s ministry: https://allsaintsministry.org Home.html 📧 Contact Zachary: Email: mysticforgod@yahoo.com Phone: 802-578-6554

A Catholic Approach to Evangelization | Jose Pulido’s Powerful Message

In this episode, Road to Purity sits down with Catholic author and evangelist Jose Pulido to discuss his powerful new book, How to Evangelize to Anyone. Jose shares his deep conviction that evangelization is not optional—it’s a mission given to every Catholic by Christ Himself through His Church. With clarity and passion, he outlines how ordinary Catholics can boldly and lovingly proclaim the Gospel in everyday life. From overcoming fear to engaging in meaningful conversations, Jose’s message is rooted in fidelity to the Catholic Church and a love for souls. 💬 Contact Jose Pulido: 📧 jose@startattheservice.com 📱 Follow on Instagram 📖 Learn more or get the book at CatholicCity.com Jose reminds us that now is the time for Catholics to embrace their identity as missionary disciples. Whether you’re just beginning or looking to go deeper, this conversation will inspire and equip you to share your faith with anyone. 📢 Resources & Support: ✅ Visit RoadToPurity.com for free resources & support ✅ Take our Survey Giveaway & win a $100 gift card: roadtopurity.com/surveygiveaway ✅ Support our work with a donation: roadtopurity.com/donate ✅ Get Covenant Eyes Free for 30 Days with code ROAD2PURITY at checkout: covenanteyes.sjv.io/DyeWXy 🔔 Subscribe & Follow: 📌 YouTube: [Subscribe Now] 📌 Substack: https://roadtopurity.substack.com Thank you for watching! Don’t forget to like, comment, and share this episode. God bless! 🙏 Explore the podcast 30 episodes https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLu0gg_ezdGOgexPa_eaZqNFJNy22Ba4Jp Tell Them For Me Road to Purity