This episode could be confusing to children and adolescents, please listen first before inviting your kids into the conversation. Kelly and Chelsea dive into the growing trend of Sugar Dating, exposing the lies that are fed to young women on social media and looking at the topic Biblically from the perspective of Christians, parents, and spouses.
We can no longer look at fringe trends around sex in our culture and expect them to never impact our lives. With social media – they always will.
Articles referenced in this episode:
Glamour Magazine
What is Sugar Dating?
Students Finding Sugar Daddies to Pay Skyrocketing College Costs
Sugar Dating is No Easy Way to Improve Finances, I’ve Seen the Murkier Side of it.
Sugar Babies’ Whose ‘Daddies’ Die Want Their Grief Taken Seriously
A Sugar Date Gone Sour
History of Sugar Dating
60 Minutes Australia on Sugar Dating
Resources:
Covenant Eyes
Accountable2You
Fortify
Scripture References:
Proverbs 7:21-23
2 Timothy 3
1 Cor 6:16
Ephesians 4:17-24
1 John 2:16
1 Thessalonians 4:3–5
1 Peter 5:7-9
Books Referenced:
Strange New World by Carl Trueman
Love Thy Body by Nancy Pearcey