In this urgent, legacy-driven episode of Let It Be: Legacy, we confront the broken narrative of children being the “future” when, in reality, they are the now. As a society, we’ve failed them—leaving them exposed to trafficking, online predators, and cultural confusion.

This episode gives you three actionable pillars to defend their present and safeguard their future:

1. Guarding against threats like trafficking and exploitation
2. Protecting through self-worth, affirmations, and faith formation
3. Educating—from financial skills to spiritual identity—right now, not later

• Trafficking surge: 31% rise in child victims; children now make up 38% of detected trafficking cases UNODCReutersWikipedia
• Online sextortion of children up 192% globally; Snapchat alone reported ~20,000 concerning cases in 6 months The Guardian
• Affirmations and self-defense as tools of empowerment
• Biblical mandate to safeguard and train children in faith and righteousness

• “Let the little children come to me…” (Matthew 19:14)
• “Train up a child in the way he should go…” (Proverbs 22:6)
• “Children, obey your parents…” (Ephesians 6:1)

• Parents fearful for their child's safety and spiritual growth
• Grandparents, educators, mentors wanting to champion children
• Christian leaders committed to building legacies through the next generation

• Set a digital “check-in” time with each child—speak affirming words and listen
• Incorporate daily affirmations: “I am loved,” “I am safe,” “I am chosen by God”
• Begin teaching financial basics—saving, spending, giving—even with pocket money
• Regularly share age-appropriate Scripture to reinforce their identity in Christ

We don’t leave children for later—they need us now.

Guard them. Protect them. Educate them—for today and for eternity.