10 Ways to Be a Happier Mom

Focus on the Family Parenting Podcast

Focus on the Family

Kids & Family, Parenting

4.4 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 21 April 2020

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

As a Mom, you want your children to do well in life. But what is true success? Danny and John discuss how to push your kids toward success that will last, and Danny quotes from a poem, "Meat Loaf," by Linda Knaus & Kenn Nesbitt. Receive the book The 10 Habits of Happy Mothers with your gift of any amount!

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0:00.0	Thank you for downloading the Focus on the Family Parenting Podcast. You can find more helpful advice at
0:06.8	Focus on the Family.com slash parenting podcast.
0:11.6	Being a mom is one of the hardest jobs in the world and becomes even more difficult if you're just tough
0:17.6	on yourself, expecting perfection in every little thing.
0:21.3	I'm John Fuller along with Danny Werta. Danny leads up our
0:24.0	parenting and youth department here at Focus and Danny there are a lot of moms
0:28.2	listening right now who are stressed and overwhelmed and they're not taking care of themselves.
0:33.7	So, I mean, you've seen this time and again, I know.
0:36.7	John, I read a poem recently that captured my attention.
0:40.2	Yeah. It's called Meat Loaf.
0:41.7	Talks about all the chaos and family,
0:43.0	and the meatloaf's burning,
0:45.0	and all kinds of things are happening,
0:46.0	it's just absolute chaos.
0:48.0	And the sun says,
0:49.0	at least our smoke detectors work,
0:52.0	right at the end. It's all about interpretation we've talked
0:54.4	about that John that our response to what's happening many times is what makes the
1:00.3	difference and life can be chaotic but God has said that we can find
1:04.0	peace in him. Isaiah 26-3 through 4 says that that he keeps him in perfect
1:09.2	peace whose mind has stayed on him because he trusts in him. Even if the meatloaf is burnt. That's correct. Well
1:14.6	Jim Daly and I talked with pediatrician Dr. Meg Meeker who wants to help you as
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