May 28, 2019
Do you struggle with perfectionism as a parent? John and Danny give advice on letting yourself - and your children - relax. Featuring Erin Hawley.
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Erin Hawley is a Yale-trained constitutional lawyer, an award-winning law professor at the University of Missouri, and counsel attorney to one of the country’s premier law firms. She clerked for U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John G. Roberts following law school. Erin is a nationally respected scholar who has published in numerous top law journals and popular publications including The National Law Journal, The Federalist, and The Washington Examiner. She is also the author of a book titled Living Beloved: Lessons From My Little Ones About the Heart of God. Erin and her husband have two young sons.
It’s embarrassing when your kids see you and your spouse argue with each other. If that happens, how do you move on? John and Danny discuss how to reassure your kids that things will be okay, and Jim and Jean Daly talked with Lisa-Jo Baker about a time she got into a heated argument with her husband.
When you are busy with the demands of raising children, it’s easy to not prioritize your marriage. John and Danny share how having kids impacted each of their marriages, and Jim Daly talks with his wife Jean and Lisa-Jo Baker about keeping a marriage strong when life gets busy.
If a young adult child is struggling, it’s easy to blame yourself or even apologize for their bad choices. John and Danny discuss why some forms of apology are not helpful, plus, Jim Daly talked with Allison Bottke about when it’s good for a parent to apologize to an adult son or daughter.
It’s embarrassing when your kids see you and your spouse argue with each other. If that happens, how do you move on? John and Danny discuss how to reassure your kids that things will be okay, and Jim and Jean Daly talked with Lisa-Jo Baker about a time she got into a heated argument with her husband.
When you are busy with the demands of raising children, it’s easy to not prioritize your marriage. John and Danny share how having kids impacted each of their marriages, and Jim Daly talks with his wife Jean and Lisa-Jo Baker about keeping a marriage strong when life gets busy.
Sometimes, what your son or daughter needs is a hug from you. But what do you do when your child doesn’t want one? John and Danny discuss the benefits of hugging your child and offer tips for how to respond when he or she doesn’t want one. Featuring Matt and Lisa Jacobson.
In a discussion based on his book Raising Boys Who Respect Girls, Dave Willis offers parents advice for cultivating within their young sons a healthy respect for others, particularly girls and women.
In a discussion based on her book Mending Broken Branches, Elizabeth Oates describes the negative impact that previous generations of your family can have on you, sharing about her own dysfunctional past that’s marked by divorce, neglect, and addiction. She suggests practical ways you can reclaim your family tree to become the spouse and/or parent God wants you to be.
It’s our job as parents to help our children understand how to apply the Bible to their daily lives. John and Danny discuss how parents can use language about the fruit of the spirit or the feeding of the five thousand to show how God can work in the lives of their children.
Author and speaker Mike Berry discusses four flawed approaches to parenting and how to replace them with healthy patterns so that parents can develop a thriving, long-term relationship with their children.
