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Beyond the Stereotype of Raising Teenagers: Brian & Jen Goins

FamilyLife Today®

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Kids & Family, Religion & Spirituality, Personal Journals, Christianity, Society & Culture

4.61.6K Ratings

🗓️ 10 January 2025

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Raising teenagers doesn't have to be "terrible." Brian and Jen Goins explore the realities of parenting as kids transition to adulthood.

Transcript

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our kids are going to work out their own, like we say,

0:02.8

our kids are going to work out their own stupid.

0:04.5

They got to figure out their own sin.

0:06.4

They got to figure out that, and I would rather my kids,

0:09.0

and I remember as a pastor praying this,

0:12.2

is like, and as a parent, not just as a pastor,

0:15.1

but as a parent, I would tell this to the congregation

0:17.2

that whatever it takes for them to understand God's grace, I want them to go through

0:21.8

that.

0:28.2

Welcome to Family Life Today, where we want to help you pursue the relationships that matter

0:32.7

most.

0:33.5

I'm Ann Wilson.

0:34.5

And I'm Dave Wilson, and you can find us at familylife today.com.

0:38.8

This is Family Life Today.

0:47.5

So parenting the teen years for us was, was it decades ago?

0:53.3

It was over a decade ago, and our three boys were teenagers.

0:56.5

So here's my question to you.

0:57.5

Just a little, yeah.

0:59.6

What words come to your mind when you think of those years?

1:02.6

Give me one or two words.

1:03.9

All right. First one would be fun.

1:06.2

Like I loved parenting teenagers.

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