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You know grades and test scores in school can be so disheartening the kids who are working hard, but they still don't get the A that they want.

As a parent, you can encourage your child to learn for learning sake and help them overcome challenges

in school without feeling defeated.

I'm John Fuller joined by Dr. Danny Werta who leads our parenting and youth department here at Focus on the Family.

And let's start off this episode with a conversation, a continuation of a discussion,

Jim Daly and I had, with Michael Anderson and Dr. Timothy Johanson who shared some great advice to help your kids develop resilience.

As Christian parents we see certain misbehaviors through a different lens. We call it sin and that's what we say as

believers. And we're greatly concerned as parents about our children's spiritual compass, where they're headed.

We probably take a measurement maybe 18 times a day where their compass is set.

Are they heading in the right direction?

But you believe parents can overreact and even misinterpret a child's

behavioral choices.

You've touched on that.

I do want to get that real specific answer here.

What do you mean by that?

Calm down. He's not going to be an axe murderer just because of this one incident.

Well, it's a completely different thing is happening in your child if they were to lie or shoplift or do something else or hit.

They're trying to figure out how life works.

Now if I were to lie or shoplift or something I would have to take the integrity that I built and set it aside to pull off that behavior.

They're not setting their integrity aside to do that.

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