Appropriate Praise for Managing Their Emotions
Focus on the Family Equipping Parents Podcast
Focus on the Family
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🗓️ 1 January 2026
⏱️ 16 minutes
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Summary
How much praise should you give your kids? Danny talks with John about how to know if the ways you're praising your kids are helpful. You'll also hear from Michelle Nietert, who talks to Jim Daly about why proper forms of praise can encourage them to process their emotions.
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| 0:00.0 | Your church comes to you each week to fill their cup. But when the crowd leaves, who's filling yours? |
| 0:07.3 | That's exactly what I'm here to do with my new podcast from Focus on the Family. It's called |
| 0:12.1 | Pastor to Pastor with Dave Stone. I'm so excited to help you navigate the unique challenges |
| 0:17.7 | that pastors face in their ministry journey, both personally and professionally. |
| 0:22.8 | So I invite you to listen and subscribe to pastor to pastor wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 0:32.5 | So Dr. Gary Chapman has talked about the five love languages, and I'm an affirming words guy. |
| 0:38.2 | I need affirming words. |
| 0:40.1 | And my wife doesn't... |
| 0:42.1 | You're doing great, John. |
| 0:43.2 | Thank you. |
| 0:44.0 | Appreciate that. |
| 0:44.8 | I caught that. |
| 0:45.7 | My wife grew up with a mom who was so affirming that she sort of felt like, no, at some level, this isn't true. |
| 0:54.4 | And there were some messages in Dina's life. |
| 0:56.8 | I don't know what they were, but she just doesn't like to give a lot of praise. |
| 1:01.1 | So this leads to a conversation. |
| 1:04.0 | How much praise, how many affirming words does a person need? |
| 1:08.2 | And how many should we give? |
| 1:09.8 | How much praise should I give as a parent? Well, |
| 1:12.6 | I'm John Fuller with Dr. Danny Werta, and he heads the focus on the family parenting team. |
| 1:17.6 | Danny, you're a counselor. So let's picture the family sitting in front of you. And mom and dad are |
| 1:23.8 | wondering, well, how much praise should I give my child so they're emotionally healthy? |
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