EP006: Parent's Guide to Preparing for Godless College

Episode 6 — A Parent's Guide to Preparing for Godless College If another parent told you your child's school was on fire, you'd pull them out. Dr. Owen Anderson's warning: the university is on fire, and most parents send their kids in unprepared. In this episode, Dr. Owen Anderson gives parents three concrete steps to prepare a child for a godless college — and he's clear about what he isn't saying. He isn't telling you to keep your kids home, and he isn't offering a guarantee they'll keep the faith. He's saying the odds change when a family prepares. Step one: know the material yourself — Owen walks through his PragerU video on the beginning of wisdom and unpacks what "the fear of the LORD" actually means. Step two: teach your kids to ask good questions, never as a gotcha. Step three: know the difference between good and evil, life and death — the exact seam where deconstruction happens. Co-host Jorge Gil brings stories from a Chicago conference where parents described children who now refuse to speak to them. Owen walks through Socrates in Plato's Apology — the politicians, the artists, the craftsmen — and why none of them could say what all their skill was finally for. Hence the distinction anchoring the episode: natural talent is not moral talent, and expertise is not wisdom. A professor can be brilliant about chemistry and hold one of the dumbest ideas you've ever heard about God. The payoff is a short list of questions worth more than any ranking: Does this professor know the limits of his own knowledge? Can he explain what is objectively good, and why? Does he acknowledge a source of wisdom beyond himself? And the one Owen says reveals the most — "Do you worship God on the Lord's Day?" followed by "Why not?" Plus live audience questions: how a busy parent finds time for any of this, whether peer groups matter more than parents, and how trials of faith actually work. From this episode: Owen's PragerU video on the beginning of wisdom: youtu.be/B5nFq5yQbyc The Intellectual Nutrition Label: IntellectualNutritionLabel.com Owen's Substack (free): drowenanderson.substack.com Dr. Owen Anderson — Christian Apologist. Philosopher. Writer. Co-hosted by Jorge Gil. Produced by Worldview Media. New episodes weekly. Learn more: drowenanderson.com