{"id":485,"date":"2025-08-22T00:30:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-22T05:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/igniteparenstg.wpenginepowered.com\/?p=485"},"modified":"2026-07-28T11:45:06","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T16:45:06","slug":"back-to-school-prayer-guide-day-five","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/igniteparenting.com\/es-es\/back-to-school-prayer-guide-day-five\/","title":{"rendered":"Back-to-School Prayer Guide for Parents: Praying Over Your Kids During the First Week of School (Day Five)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Praying for Open Communication<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Scripture:<\/strong>&nbsp;<em>\u201cThough one may be overpowered, two can defend themselves. A cord of three strands is not quickly broken.\u201d \u2013 Ecclesiastes 4:12<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Prayer Points:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Pray for open communication between you and your child.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pray that God would help you be an involved, intentional, and emotionally present parent.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pray that your child feels loved, seen, and valued by you and those closest to them.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Practical Tip:<\/strong>&nbsp;Find time every night, even if only for a few minutes, to ask your child about their day. Ask open-ended questions, listening to truly hear what they have to say instead of offering advice (unless they ask for it).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Bonus Blessing:<\/strong>&nbsp;Speak This Over Your Child Every Day Before School<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u201cMay God bless you, protect you, and make His face to shine upon you. May you walk in blessing and favor, guided by the Holy Spirit. You are loved, valued, and a child of God. You are made in the image of Christ and He is always with you.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Visit the other posts in this series:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/igniteparenting.com\/es-es\/back-to-school-prayer-guide-day-one\/\">Day 1: Praying for Peace and Focus<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/igniteparenting.com\/es-es\/back-to-school-prayer-guide-day-two\/\">Day 2: Praying for Teachers<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/igniteparenting.com\/es-es\/back-to-school-prayer-guide-day-three\/\">Day 3: Praying for Friendships and Relationships<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/igniteparenting.com\/es-es\/back-to-school-prayer-guide-day-four\/\">Day 4: Praying for Growth<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Day 5: Praying for Open Communication<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thank you for following along\u2014may this school year be filled with growth, connection, and God's peace over your family.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Day 5: Pray for open, honest communication between you and your child so they feel loved and heard.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":484,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[67,53,69,35,68],"coauthors":[255],"class_list":["post-485","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-educational","tag-faith-and-politics","tag-kids","tag-kids-and-culture","tag-parenting","tag-teaching-truth"],"acf":[],"meta_box":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/igniteparenting.com\/es-es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/485","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/igniteparenting.com\/es-es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/igniteparenting.com\/es-es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/igniteparenting.com\/es-es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/igniteparenting.com\/es-es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=485"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/igniteparenting.com\/es-es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/485\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":971,"href":"https:\/\/igniteparenting.com\/es-es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/485\/revisions\/971"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/igniteparenting.com\/es-es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/484"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/igniteparenting.com\/es-es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=485"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/igniteparenting.com\/es-es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=485"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/igniteparenting.com\/es-es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=485"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/igniteparenting.com\/es-es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=485"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}