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Episode 2 Summary

When it comes to long-term and healthy relationships, we should consider two things: friendship and boundaries. This episode is for parents and their teenagers to watch together as they think about the similarities between a good friend and a good dating partner.

It’s also an opportunity to discuss dating boundaries—both as part of a family, and as an adult. When emotional and physical boundaries are centered on Christ, they can also help us identify healthy relationships and avoid unhealthy ones.

Discussion Questions

  • What do you like about your friends? Do you think you'd like those qualities in the person you're dating?
  • What do you think about the idea that boundaries make you feel more free in a dating relationship? Do you agree with that idea? Why or why not?
  • What are some green flags you look for in a relationship? Do you have any red flags that help you identify what's healthy or unhealthy?

Diving Deeper

1 John 3:16-18.

Read 1 John 3:16-18. There’s a lot about love in the entire book of 1 John, so if you have time, read the whole thing! But we see, for the most part, the goal of the book in these three verses. John concludes that, as Christians, the source of our love actually comes from what Jesus did for us on the cross. Spend some time resting in and thanking Jesus for loving us so much that, as Romans 5 says, “while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.”