Attentive Parenting–or Just Overprotective? Sissy Goff & David Thomas
FamilyLife Today®
FamilyLife Network
4.8 • 1.7K Ratings
🗓️ 10 June 2024
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
Wondering if you're being attentive--or could you be one of those overprotective parents? Join Sissy Goff and David Thomas as they talk about parenting fears, emotional baggage, and effective strategies. Discover the thin line between being vigilant and overprotective, and how to navigate it.
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| 0:00.0 | Hypervigilance is when we cross over into becoming obsessive about whatever the thing is rather than |
| 0:07.0 | I hope this is not happening I've done what I can to keep them safe and I'm going to do the work now I need to do not to be hypervigil. |
| 0:17.0 | Welcome to Family Life Today, where we want to help you pursue the relationships |
| 0:27.1 | that matter most. |
| 0:28.3 | I'm Shelby Abbott and your hosts are Dave and Ann Wilson. |
| 0:31.6 | You can find us at FamilyLife Today. |
| 0:34.4 | This is Family Life Today. So here's a question for you. |
| 0:45.0 | What is one of your biggest fears |
| 0:48.8 | when you became a parent? |
| 0:51.0 | I know I didn't prep you for this. |
| 0:52.3 | There's nothing in the notes this is out of nowhere |
| 0:55.3 | Probably my number one is that they would not know and walk with Jesus |
| 1:00.0 | That's probably the biggest one at but the other one is that I would mess them up. |
| 1:05.4 | And that I could really mess them up |
| 1:08.2 | and it would be my fault. |
| 1:09.4 | Like that was a fear. |
| 1:10.7 | Did you have that? |
| 1:11.7 | But I did it. |
| 1:13.0 | It was already done by the time. |
| 1:17.0 | Did you have that fear? |
| 1:18.0 | Yeah, it was my biggest fear. |
| 1:19.3 | The brokenness of my family of origin, two parents divorce abuse I'm gonna pass that on. |
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