Ep. 8: Talking Toddlers (They're a Handful AND a Blessing) - Part 1
M Is for Mama Podcast
Abbie Halberstadt
4.8 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 1 March 2023
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
Yes, toddlers are hard. And infuriating. And crazy-making.
But they're also adorable and winsome and a great big mirror of our own shortcomings and impatience.
I've parented ten toddlers so far, and I can attest to both their challenges and their many rewards. I pray that these two episodes will encourage and equip you to approach your relationships with your toddlers in a biblical way that honors God and bucks our culture's negativity toward children in general but, perhaps especially, very small ones.
We all know that just because something (or someone!) is hard does not mean it (he/she) is bad. And toddlers have some of the greatest potential for "hard goods" in every mama's life if she will only reject the narrative that they are something to be "gotten through" instead of an amazing opportunity for growth and joy and "professional development."
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| 0:00.0 | Hey guys just a quick note about today's episode I recorded as one long take and it |
| 0:04.3 | ended up being over an hour long so I decided to split this episode into two |
| 0:08.6 | but since I had not planned on doing that there's kind of no official stopping point. |
| 0:13.6 | So I've just split it up and you'll hear me come back at the end of the episode. |
| 0:17.0 | Let you know to look forward to next week's, but just know you'll get the rest of the |
| 0:19.6 | content in part two next week week so stay tuned. |
| 0:25.0 | Hello and welcome to the MS-MOMON podcast. |
| 0:29.0 | I'm your host Abby Halberat, happy wife, momma |
| 0:34.8 | to 10 Bible Believing Christian. And on today's show I want to talk about the number one age group that I get |
| 0:41.7 | questions about, the number one age group that I get questions about the number one age group that I think |
| 0:44.6 | causes the most grief and the most questioning and the most soul searching for |
| 0:50.9 | practically any parent out there and that is |
| 0:53.8 | toddlers now maybe you're in a season with teenagers and you thought I was gonna say teenagers |
| 0:58.3 | maybe you have a brand new little baby and you thought I was gonna say newborns |
| 1:02.0 | maybe you're just entering the preteen years and you thought I was going to say newborns. Maybe you're just |
| 1:03.2 | entering the preteen years and you think nothing can be quite as phleging as |
| 1:06.8 | this moment where my child is on the cusp of young adulthood and the hormones are |
| 1:12.0 | starting to rage and things are getting really dicey. |
| 1:14.6 | And I agree that there are specific and unique challenges to every stage that our kids go through. |
| 1:20.5 | However, if I'm going to get a question about a particular age group, nine times out of ten, it's going to be toddlers. |
| 1:26.0 | Why is that? I think it is because there is such an incredible mix of infuriating insanity and endearing cutness that is so jumbled up together that it both tugs at our heartstrings and |
| 1:45.1 | mushes our brain to pulp and you're like how is it that this particular |
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