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🗓️ 17 April 2025
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With the rise of social media, it's so easy to see how other people parent their kids. Danny and John bring up why comparison is a trap to be avoided with parenting. Also, Jim Daly and Kristi Clover give a few helpful perspectives for mothers who are feeling overwhelmed.
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0:00.0 | Well, parenting is challenging, and you know that if you've got children. |
0:08.1 | I think one of the biggest layers, Danny, that people have to work through these days is social media and the impact of it. |
0:14.9 | So I'm John Fuller, joined by Dr. Danny Werta. |
0:17.5 | He leads our parenting team. |
0:19.1 | Talk about social media and what that does to a mom |
0:23.3 | who might be struggling with confidence and some self-doubt. It creates a tremendous pressure to |
0:29.9 | measure up to a certain standard that you're seeing on social media. And there was a recent study |
0:36.7 | that came out. And John, it says that moms who look for |
0:40.6 | parenting advice on social media are more stressed than moms that don't. Don't you think it's like |
0:46.6 | most moms are looking for? I would think so. Okay. So that means most moms are probably more |
0:52.1 | stressed than they need to be. Yes, that's right. |
0:54.9 | It creates an overwhelming feeling that I need to be doing all these things that the influencers are doing or other moms are doing. |
1:01.7 | I'm somehow falling short. |
1:03.0 | If I'm not doing that, I am missing out on something I could be doing for my kids. |
1:08.5 | These are well-intentioned moms that want to bring |
1:11.6 | the best to their kids. |
1:13.3 | And when you see on social media, |
1:14.6 | there's so many creative ideas, great ideas, |
1:18.2 | and people responding say, man, I love it. |
1:20.5 | And I had this great time with my kids. |
1:23.0 | And it takes away the simple moments. |
1:25.6 | And for moms, they can find incredible joy in the simplicity of life |
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