Episode 79: Building Strong Emotional Connection for Kids with Their Parents and Peers

Raising Boys & Girls

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Religion & Spirituality, Kids & Family, Christianity, Parenting

4.9 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 1 November 2022

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

In David's new book, Raising Emotionally Strong Boys, he talks about the two P's that play a primary role in our kids' lives when it comes to relationships and human connection: Parents and Peers. He and Sissy discuss what they see kids and parents dealing with regularly, and offer some practical ideas that can help in developing and maintaining those connections. Melissa also shares her personal experience with our God-given desire for intimacy. Links Raising Emotionally Strong Boys: Tools Your Son Can Build On for Life by David Thomas A special thank you to our partners of this week's episode: Get glasses as ever-changing as you are, with Pair. Go to paireyewear.com/raisingboysandgirls for 15% off your first purchase. Explorer Bible for Kids - Learn more at explorerbibleforkids.com. Buy your copy today from Lifeway.com and get 50% off using code RBG. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Raisin Boys and Girls podcast. I'm Sissy Gough. I'm David Thomas. And I'm Melissa
0:08.8	Trevathan. And we are so glad you've set us out a few minutes to spend with us today. In each
0:14.2	episode of this podcast, we'll share some of what we're learning in the work we do with kids and
0:18.5	families on a daily basis at Days Are Counseling and National Tennessee. Our goal is to help you
0:23.7	care for the kids in your life with a little more understanding, a little more practical help,
0:28.1	and a whole lot of hope. So pull up a chair and join us on this journey from our little yellow house
0:33.1	tiers. We just recorded, which won't be out for a little bit, a very fun interview with
0:44.8	Paula Ferris. It was so fun. And I'm just going to give a spoiler alert because I have on these
0:50.0	really fun new glasses from Pear, I wear, and she called me several times. Hey, Kirk.
0:55.9	And did you not love that? It made me so happy. And so now, I'm trying to, you know, be a little
1:02.0	more Katie Kirk in my life. So David Thomas. Yes, Katie. I am so excited that the first part of this
1:10.8	season is dedicated to this amazing book raising emotionally strong boys that we're getting to talk
1:15.6	about a lot of not all of because there's way more than we could ever get in a season of a
1:20.8	podcast, but a lot of the really wonderful, helpful and insightful things that you talk about
1:26.4	this book. And in this episode, we are talking about helping kids build strong connections. And
1:35.0	subtitle is stop draining the life out of your mom. Yes, that's so good. Okay, so here's what I
1:42.1	want you to start us off talking about. And then we can build tell them about the whole concept of
1:47.2	the two piece. You're into initials these days. We talked about the three hours. Now we're at the
1:51.0	two piece because we're getting old and we need help remembering. That's right. We need a lot of,
1:54.9	what are those things called? Namanics. I can't remember. We need to know what they're called.
2:00.8	But yes, we talked about the three hours and the strength of emotions. And in the strength of
2:05.2	connection, the two piece that I talk a lot about are parents and peers and those playing a primary
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