Can You Come Outside and Play?
Focus on the Family Parenting Podcast
Focus on the Family
4.4 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 22 November 2022
⏱️ 12 minutes
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Summary
Is it possible to still make time for your kids, even when it seems like the duties of life never end? John and Danny discuss times they played with their kids during busy seasons, and why those moments are so special. Featuring Julie Lavender.
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| 0:00.0 | Okay, I know that as a dad there have been moments when it feels like my plate is |
| 0:07.6 | overflowing and somehow I've got to squeeze time in for my family, especially for my kids, that's not the way I want to operate, |
| 0:16.3 | it's just how life goes sometimes. I'm John Fuller in the studio with Dr. Danny |
| 0:20.7 | Werta who heads up our parenting team here at Focus on the Family and |
| 0:24.6 | Danny I remember a season when not too long ago you were working full time here |
| 0:29.2 | getting a team up and running leading strategy for that team you were working on your PhD it felt like |
| 0:35.9 | you had zero bandwidth but you still had kids at home that needed you how did you how did |
| 0:41.4 | you make all that work yeah it was tricky I still remember working on the |
| 0:46.1 | dissertation and I vividly remember this moment typing and thinking I really would rather be spending time |
| 0:54.4 | with my kids right now and here I am writing this long paper and I could |
| 0:59.3 | about parenting that's right and I could see them in another room |
| 1:04.1 | and they were doing things. |
| 1:05.2 | My wife was with them and I was typing away. |
| 1:07.5 | I was typing away. |
| 1:08.5 | And pretty soon I just closed the computer. |
| 1:10.7 | I said, ah, enough right now. I really want to spend time with them. |
| 1:15.0 | And it really, it took moments of me being fully aware of that. And then I checked in with my kids as well. |
| 1:20.0 | How's this going? I know this is a busy season. I'm not spending as much time as I would |
| 1:25.6 | love to spend with you guys and you guys didn't get to choose that. This is only dad you get, |
| 1:31.4 | right? And I want to be the best I can be what am I missing? |
| 1:35.0 | They totally understood they said dad we have homework now we're teenagers we have high school |
| 1:39.4 | We have a lot of homework. How about we sit with you and we figured that one out where we |
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