Best & worst parenting advice with Lisa Clark
Pardon the Mess with Scarlet Hiltibidal - Christian Motherhood, Biblical Parenting, Raising Christian Kids
Scarlet Hiltibidal and Christian Parenting
4.9 • 849 Ratings
🗓️ 12 December 2024
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
I crave mentors and wisdom! I feel like I can spot wise women in any room. Lisa Clark is one of those mentors and I’m delighted to share her with you today. You will absolutely love hearing her “best and worst parenting advice” as she thinks back over her 35 years of parenting.
As a grandmother now, she is at a place in life where she can look back and assess what was true and what wasn’t. Some advice is helpful and some is not. Some advice is biblical and some is not. Lisa shares so many incredible pieces of encouragement with us today - from how to discipline, the role of dads, when and how to have sex talks and much more. Lisa prioritizes her faith in a beautiful way but also has a very solid grasp on the realities we are facing as moms. I always feel lighter and more encouraged after time with her.
My favorite part is at the end when she shares why we should be deliberate in teaching the gospel. She gives very specific ways we can do this and reminds us why it matters. I am praying that you feel so deeply seen in this episode and that the work you are doing as a mom matters.
In this episode we discuss:
- Some best and worst parenting advice
- Why adult children are amazing
- How to trust our gut as mothers
- How to help our kids learn boundaries
- How to be our child’s advocate first
Enjoy!
Courtney
(00:00) Navigating Grandparenting Dynamics
(02:12) The Myth of 18 Years
(04:31) Evolving Relationships with Adult Children
(06:50) The Balance of Discipline and Gentle Parenting
(10:51) Challenging Conventional Parenting Advice
(14:58) Trusting Your Instincts as a Parent
(18:24) Navigating Kindness and Boundaries
(20:29) The Importance of Sleep Schedules
(22:25) Open Conversations About Sex
(25:52) The Balance of Parenting Styles
(30:33) Empowering Dads in Parenting
(33:38) Intentional Gospel Teaching
Connect with Pardon The Mess:
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Resources from today’s show:
Raising Sinners book by Lisa Clark
Raising Sinners podcast by Lisa Clark
Age of Opportunity by Paul David Tripp
Dr. David and Amanda Erickson episode - Discipline, Consequences
Birds & Bees (Mary Flo Ridley)
Dangers of Growing Up in a Christian Home
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| 0:00.0 | Christian Parenting. |
| 0:03.5 | Christian Parenting. |
| 0:13.3 | Hey, hey, welcome to Part of the Mess podcast. |
| 0:15.7 | I'm your host, Courtney Defeo, and I am so delighted that you are here. |
| 0:19.0 | First, I just want to thank you for being a faithful |
| 0:21.3 | listener. Some of you listen every week and I'm blown away and just means the world to me. |
| 0:26.0 | Little housekeeping up front and then we'll get to our yes, but did you know that part of the mess |
| 0:29.5 | is part of a bigger nonprofit organization called Christian Parenting? And there's also, |
| 0:34.4 | not only do they have resources and products like the prayer journal that we enjoy, |
| 0:37.8 | but it's also got a parenting podcast network with over 30 podcasts. And I honestly and genuinely |
| 0:43.6 | love being a part of this bigger worldwide mission with Christian parenting. The mission is to |
| 0:48.1 | help parents all around the world grow into the perfectly imperfect parents God created them to be. |
| 0:53.0 | And I love this part too. At Christian |
| 0:54.9 | Parenting, they say, together we want to confidently raise the next generation of culture of changing |
| 0:59.6 | Christians. That fires me up and gets me excited to do my job every day. But as a donor-based ministry, |
| 1:05.8 | Christian parenting really does rely on generous donors just like you. Those donations help us make |
| 1:10.7 | the podcast like |
| 1:11.5 | mine happen. They also go to creating those faith-based resources and products, just like our prayer |
| 1:16.4 | journal. But I hope that you consider being a part of this mission together with us at Christian |
| 1:21.4 | Parenting. And if you love this podcast, would you consider giving a year-in gift to Christian |
| 1:25.7 | parenting? We're seeking over 23,000 by December 31st that we together can continue to make these podcasts |
| 1:32.5 | awesome and reach even more parents in 2025. |
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