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You love them with all your might, but you cannot raise kids if you don't have discipline

confidence. If you don't have the ability to mean what you say

and say what you mean, gentle parenting is a way to be a nasty parent.

What do you mean?

Kids from big families, by and large, grow up to be better adjusted, more giving, less

selfish.

The matter you get, the more you lose credibility.

Because the child looks at you and thinks, hey, you're a lunatic.

You know?

You can discipline mean, but discipline itself is not mean.

As you guys know, I grew up in a big family.

I'm one of eight kids.

And my parents were always interested in how to parent better.

Here at the show, we're really passionate about how to build healthy families

and what does good parenting look like, and I'm grateful to my parents for setting that example.

I'm really excited about today's guest because he's been giving parenting advice for over

four decades, and he specializes in big families. Welcome back to the Lila Rose show.

Today I'm sitting down with psychologist and author,

Dr. Ray Gorendi, father of 10 children, all adopted, and we discuss principles and philosophies

of parenting, as well as the beauty and struggles of large families and what he calls the blackout

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