5 Necessities to Being a Calm, Regulated Parent in the Midst of Chaos + the Power of Meekness and Humility
The Intentional Parents Podcast
Intentional
5 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 12 March 2025
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, the whole Intentional team comes together to unpack five essential practices for maintaining calm and regulation as parents — even in the midst of chaos. We explore how our response to our children must be rooted in humility, gentleness, patience, forgiveness, and contentment.
We discuss the fleshly desire to respond to heightened emotions and dysregulation in our kids by matching their intensity — and how that never works out well in the long run. Instead, we look to Jesus’ words in the Sermon on the Mount, where meekness is not weakness but strength under control, and ultimately, how “humility is the beginning of usability.”
This scripture-rich conversation offers both a framework for responding when your child acts out and a way to proactively cultivate peace in your home. It’s a reminder that none of us parent perfectly — but by continually reorienting ourselves toward the words and ways of Jesus, we can navigate even the most intense moments with grace.
Scripture Mentioned: Matthew 5:5, Romans 7:15-20, Proverbs 15:1+4, Ephesians 4:2, Matthew 11:28-30, Numbers 12:3, 1 Peter 5:5, Proverbs 24:16-18, John 8, 2 Peter 3:9, James 5:7, 1 Corinthians 13:4-8 + Matthew 18:21-22
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to the Intentional Parents podcast, brought to you by Intentional. |
| 0:06.3 | Intentional is all about spiritual formation in the family. |
| 0:09.9 | We desire to bring biblical hope and practical hope. |
| 0:13.5 | Enjoy this week's conversation. |
| 0:20.5 | All right, welcome back to the Intentional Parents podcast, Elizabeth, Bill Diane. |
| 0:26.5 | We are all here today. |
| 0:28.3 | We want to talk about five necessities of being a calm, regulated parent, even in the midst |
| 0:32.7 | of chaos and what that means. |
| 0:34.6 | To which we all juggle. |
| 0:36.1 | We all laugh. |
| 0:36.7 | We're all laughing because I think if you're |
| 0:39.1 | a parent and you're alive, you're feeling this. And that last phrase, even in the midst to chaos, |
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| 1:03.3 | for the word to get out about intentional and all that we're doing. We also have our marriage |
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| 1:18.0 | We've been having meetings after this. |
| 1:19.8 | Elizabeth and I have another meeting. |
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