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Wire Talk with Karen Stubbs

500: Parenting Principles from Proverbs (Part 2): How to Be a Wise Mom

Wire Talk with Karen Stubbs

Karen Stubbs

Christianity, Parenting, Parenting Advice, Kids & Family, Christian Parent, Religion & Spirituality, Faith, Motherhood

4.9 • 936 Ratings

🗓️ 13 January 2026

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

We are celebrating 500 episodes of Wire Talk and using this milestone to talk about something every mom wants: wisdom that actually works in real life. Today Karen breaks down what it means to be a wise mom, not a perfect one, and offers a simple grid for everyday moments by asking, “Will my response build my house or tear it down?” From discipline to independence, this conversation focuses on proactive parenting that shapes our kids over time.

Episode Recap:

  • Wire Talk is celebrating 500 episodes - don’t miss our BIG GIVEAWAY (2:34)
  • A wise mom builds her house up in all she does (7:10)
  • Children are born with a sin nature (11:00)
  • Being intentional is hard work (14:31)
  • What is the difference between teaching, training, and discipline? (15:50)
  • Consistency builds trust (20:30)
  • Discipline sets your child up for success long term (23:40)
  • Listener question - how do I discipline my biter? (26:44)
  • Listener question - is it too late for me to disciple my child in faith? (29:39)
  • How do I discipline tantrums in public? (31:52)
  • I don’t know how to help my daughters solve sibling conflict… (33:30)


Scripture: Proverbs 14:1 (NIV) – “The wise woman builds her house, but with her own hands the foolish one tears hers down.”

Discussion Questions: 

  1. Karen’s guiding question is, “Will my response build my house or tear it down?” Where do you most need that filter right now? (Discipline, mornings, homework, sibling conflict, or marriage?)
  2. Where do you tend to parent reactively, and what would it look like to be proactive instead?
  3. How does remembering your child’s sin nature change both your expectations and your compassion?
  4. Karen talks about how tearing down can show up in our words with kids or a spouse. Where do you need to shift from criticism to building up?
  5. Which do you lean toward most: teaching, training, or disciplining, and which one do you tend to avoid? Why?
  6. Where do you need to ask God for help right now, one specific area where you are asking Him to meet you with encouragement?


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Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey, everybody, welcome to Wire Talk.

0:01.8

I'm so excited today because we are going to be talking about how to be a wise mom.

0:06.8

Last week in our three-part series, I talked about the importance of chasing after wisdom,

0:11.6

and today I'm going to teach you how to do that.

0:14.2

So let's get started.

0:17.6

Hey, everybody, welcome to Wire Talk.

0:19.7

I'm Emily, your host, and with me is my mom Karen hello

0:22.6

hello and guess what today is mom 500 that 500 it's a 5500 let's see

0:28.6

hey hey we can't do it do it do it do it do it okay yay okay yay so we also have to clean Okay, yay!

0:38.3

Can you believe it?

0:40.6

No, we also have to clean all this confetti up later, so that's fine.

0:43.7

But congrats, why your talk listeners, we made it to 500 episodes.

0:47.6

That is exciting and worth celebrating.

0:50.3

Yes.

0:50.5

And these are also gender reveal cannons from a party from a while ago.

0:55.1

So there you go.

0:56.2

I can't do it. All right. Well, Mom, that was a lot of fun, wasn't it? Yes, that was crazy. We've got confetti all over the studio. I just feel like it's like glitter. It's going to be everywhere for the longest time. I know. But that is worth celebrating. I know. I can imagine where it started 500 episodes ago?

1:11.8

Well, first off, I didn't even know what a podcast was.

1:14.1

There you go.

1:14.5

Yes. worth celebrating. Can you imagine where it started 500 episodes ago? Well, first off, I didn't even know

1:12.9

what a podcast was. There you go. When somebody, Jeff Henderson actually told me, said, you should do a

1:18.2

podcast. And I was like, what is a podcast? It was a way for me to still be in touch with the moms

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