Discipline and Toddlers Hailey Bain Meredith Woodruff Ep 199

Don't Mom Alone Podcast

Education, Leisure, Kids & Family, Parenting

4.9 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 26 March 2018

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Discipline. It’s such an important part of parenting and so hard. But, we don’t have to be alone on the journey. Join me as I sit down with two moms of littles from my church, Meredith and Hailey. We chat about the common struggles and questions that come up in disciplining young kids.

Our kids) have the opportunity to be saved by grace through faith just like we were, not by works and not by good parenting. But, it’s the consistency of the love and the safety. And when you have that and they do confess faith then you have the Holy Spirit on your side to do the convicting.

What we chat about:

Discipline can be a struggle, but we’re not alone in this journey
Ask yourself, “Will it matter in 10 years?”
Focusing on making our children feel safe
The child that’s annoying you the most, you should hug the most even though it’s the opposite of your instinct
A lot of the anger that comes up in us as moms comes from unresolved issues in us, not just our kids’ behavior
Mommy Time, getting intentional focused time with each child
During the 0-5 ages, kids change so much it’s difficult to keep up with the huge developmental changes they are undergoing
Leaning into the Holy Spirit when we need to make a decision in parenting to avoid letting fear and insecurity win
It’s hard to know what the realistic expectations are for obedience at different ages
Don’t sabotage the good in pursuit of the great
Disciplining in public requires different tools, take steps to set your kids up to win
Your kids will be saved by grace through faith and not through perfect parenting
God’s kindness leads us to repentance, so we need to discipline with kindness as well
Grace for parenting changes when you add a new baby to your family

More Episodes on Discipline:

Links Mentioned:

Heartfelt Discipline by Clay Clarkson**
Celebrate Recovery
Recovery for Life book– “Steps into God’s Grace” by Lynn Hoffmann**
Mommy Time Idea
Amy McCready
Making Easter Personal for Preschoolers

**Amazon Affiliate link. At no extra cost to you a portion of your purchase will go back to support the God Centered Mom Podcast.

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hey y'all, welcome back to the God Center Mom podcast.
0:07.0	I'm your host Heather McFaggan, and this is the place where we remind you through mentorship,
0:11.8	friendship and discipleship that you don't mom alone.
0:15.3	And this episode number 199, woo-hoo, I'm sitting around the table with my friends Haley and
0:20.4	Meredith talking about discipline and toddlers.
0:22.9	I'd sit there and I'm thinking to myself, okay, we'll do I need to push this and drag
0:27.2	them into the playground and have some forced fun.
0:30.2	You know?
0:31.2	Gotta do this.
0:32.2	Or do I turn around and say, okay buddy, I hear you, I'm listening to you, we're gonna
0:36.6	go home.
0:37.6	Just those moments of, what do I do with this?
0:39.4	I think really what could fix a lot of issues is if I had an actor understanding of what
0:46.5	realistic expectations were for a two year old or a 15 month old.
0:51.0	As she's gotten older, I think my expectations have actually gone down.
0:54.6	They're gonna be saved by grace through faith just like we were and not by works, not
0:58.9	you're not gonna have this magical parent book or, but it's the consistency and the love
1:04.3	and the safe and when you have that then you have the Holy Spirit on your side to do the
1:10.7	convicting.
1:11.7	Then your kids, they'll still make mistakes like we do, but now I can see a difference
1:16.8	in some of my older boys where they know the conviction.
1:20.3	And if I've overdone it and I've been too harsh, I've actually quieted that voice.
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