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The Family Teams Podcast

Ep. 148 | Is Unconditional Love the Key to Parenting?

The Family Teams Podcast

Jeff Bethke

Religion & Spirituality, Kids & Family, Christianity, Parenting

4.9729 Ratings

🗓️ 13 August 2019

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

Jeff Bethke and Jeremy Pryor answer the question, "Is the key to parenting unconditional love?"

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0:00.0

Yes, it's all about pouring on conditional love on your kids, but in the context of that story.

0:09.5

Hey guys, welcome to the Five Minute Fatherhood podcast. I'm your co-host, Jeff Beth Key,

0:13.4

along with my friend and mentor, Jeremy Pryor. Join us Monday through Friday as we chat about

0:17.5

quick tips, skills, and ways to help equip you on your journey as a father

0:21.5

to build your multi-generational family team on mission. Stay tuned.

0:30.8

What's up, guys? Welcome to another five-minute fatherhood. Jeff and I and Alyssa and April

0:36.1

love to spend time in Home Room, our online membership site,

0:40.0

and had a great question from Helen. I want to just discuss with you guys because this is such a

0:44.3

well-worded question I think a lot of people have. She said I was talking to some of my family

0:50.8

who asked her mom about how to introduce God into a child's life. And her

0:56.1

answer stumped me because it was just so, so simple. Her mom said, just love them unconditionally.

1:03.0

And they will know to love God because they experience that love from you. What do you guys think?

1:08.5

Is that really all there is? And if so so why do i feel like the steps i'm taking

1:12.8

and learning from here to introduce god and faith into our kids lives feel like it takes so much

1:18.5

effort um man so she then she ends by saying why does it feel like i'm striving so hard

1:24.9

and putting so much effort if it's supposed to be just that

1:28.1

simple? And so we had a really good discussion about this. Is it true that parenting is as simple

1:36.0

as showing your children unconditional love? Is that really enough? And our answer in homeroom

1:41.7

in the conversation we were having is, no, it's not enough for a very specific reason, okay?

1:47.4

And I want to walk this through with you guys.

1:50.1

What is it that transforms a child?

1:52.0

Is it unconditional love?

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