Finding Freedom as a Grace Based Mom, Part 8
Focus on the Family Parenting Podcast
Focus on the Family
4.4 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 12 December 2019
⏱️ 13 minutes
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Summary
John and Danny explain that having high expectations of your child isn't a bad thing, but that most parents should realize that their child is just average.. and that's ok.
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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 |
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| 0:11.5 | We've all seen it either in person or in the media, a mom or a dad at some little league |
| 0:18.0 | or football or soccer game and they are getting on their kids case or they're constantly yelling at the ref or the coach |
| 0:25.2 | about their child and it's every time I see that it's like yikes you know take a |
| 0:30.1 | breath get some space I'm John Fuller along with Danny where it and |
| 0:33.9 | Danny it's okay to have high expectations for our kids. I mean there's nothing wrong |
| 0:38.5 | with having expectations but at some point in time isn't average just like okay? |
| 0:45.0 | Yes and really what is at that what is at the core of that question right John what is average? Right, John? |
| 0:54.0 | What is average? |
| 0:56.0 | And why are we not okay with our kids being who they are? |
| 0:59.6 | Because average is like most people. |
| 1:02.0 | Right. That's exactly right. |
| 1:04.0 | I still remember coaching Little League and basketball |
| 1:08.0 | as my son was growing up and watching some of the parents |
| 1:12.0 | as they yelled at their own kids from other teams. |
| 1:16.5 | Our team was actually, we had a great set of parents, but seeing some other parents speaking to their kids' lives the way they did with the high expectations, |
| 1:27.0 | you could tell that there was something empty in the parent that they were trying to fulfill in their child. |
| 1:32.0 | And God has told us as his children, |
| 1:35.3 | we're masterpieces of his creation. |
| 1:38.1 | It created for specific things that he's designed us for. |
| 1:41.7 | And that's our job as parents not to create |
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