Finding Freedom as a Grace Based Mom, Part 3
Focus on the Family Parenting Podcast
Focus on the Family
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🗓️ 15 October 2019
⏱️ 10 minutes
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Summary
Saying “I’m sorry” can be difficult, especially for parents. But those two words can make a big difference in a child's life. John and Danny discuss the times they need to use those words and how taking responsibility for mistakes as parents helps show God's grace.
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| 0:00.0 | Thank you for downloading the Focus on the Family Parenting Podcast. You can find more helpful advice at |
| 0:06.8 | Focus on the Family.com slash parenting podcast. |
| 0:11.0 | Two of the most difficult words that we as parents are ever going to have to say are, I'm sorry, but those words can |
| 0:17.9 | make all the difference in the world with our children. |
| 0:21.4 | I'm John Fuller along with Focus on the family's head of parenting Danny |
| 0:25.0 | Werta and Danny this is something we've got to practice constantly in our homes. |
| 0:30.0 | Yes, we do. It's definitely a discipline. I still remember this is more of a funny story, John, but we were on a vacation and I was closing the door to our car. |
| 0:43.0 | And my daughter was with me. |
| 0:46.0 | She was young at times, six years old. |
| 0:48.0 | And I didn't realize, but she was trying to pull the door out. |
| 0:53.0 | You know, had kind of semi-latched. |
| 0:56.0 | Right as I saw her hand, I was leaning in my whole body |
| 0:59.5 | into the door and just slammed it right into her fingers and she's screaming at the top of her |
| 1:06.7 | lungs. |
| 1:07.7 | She was in the parking lot. It's nighttime. I start to just react to the moment |
| 1:11.8 | and instead of going around and well I looked at the |
| 1:14.3 | lock and I was going to take way too long people are going to start peeking out |
| 1:17.8 | because her hand is stuck in the door I just yanked her hand out That was a very bad dad moment. |
| 1:24.0 | Man, I'm so glad she didn't lose a finger or something. |
| 1:26.0 | I just pulled it out and then I'm going, what did I just do? |
| 1:29.0 | And I said, I'm really sorry. |
| 1:31.0 | And she's screaming, screaming you know crying and she does not let me |
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