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Gentle Christ-Centered Parenting :: David and Amanda Erickson [Ep 363]

Don't Mom Alone Podcast

Don't Mom Alone Podcast

Education, Leisure, Kids & Family, Parenting

4.9 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 18 April 2022

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

“Peaceful” and “parenting” aren’t words we usually put together. Think about the parenting moments that stick out to you from the last week – was there anything peaceful about them? What if there could be? What would it change for you if parenting didn’t feel like moving from one fight to another? My guests this week, Dr David and Amanda Erickson of Flourishing Homes and Families, encourage us that it IS possible. Peace and grace can be meaningful parts of your parenting – not only for your kids, but for you. The gospel always brings freedom.

Gentle Christ-Centered Parenting will not only change the dynamic of your house, but it will set your kids up for success in the hardest parts of life – responding with grace when someone hurts them, learning to hold boundaries and communicate their needs in a way that still respects the dignity and honor of the person who hurts them or crosses those boundaries and how to collaboratively problem solve. Ultimately, there is no better place for them to see reliance on the Holy Spirit’s work in life than through us fighting against sin by his power in our own lives. David and Amanda have fostered children and are raising two biological kids. They too have had to work against the patterns of their own childhoods to transform their parenting. 

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey y'all welcome back to the Delt Momalone Podcast. I'm your host Heather McFadian and this

0:13.0

is the place where I get to walk alongside you and connect you with people and resources

0:18.0

so you know that you don't mom alone. And in this episode, number 363, I get to welcome

0:25.7

on the show David and Amanda Erickson from Flourishing Homes and Families.

0:32.7

When you look back at punishment and the cycle of punishment and the Old Testament,

0:38.2

like it is glaringly obvious that it doesn't work. If punishments worked, if the

0:44.6

like if you do this, I will bless you if you don't this is going to be the concept. If that worked,

0:48.9

there would be no need for Jesus. Like we would not have the cross. And so yes, we can

0:55.2

modify behavior with punishments, with harsh discipline, with gentle discipline, but it is

1:00.8

literally only grace that transforms. When you have kids and they misbehave for the first time,

1:07.8

you start to realize how few tools you have in your toolbox. You either have how you were

1:15.5

parented or whatever book you may have skimmed or maybe an Instagram post you read. And for me,

1:22.0

the toolbox was really pretty empty compared to now. You have so many things coming at you and

1:29.1

helping and trying to guide you. And I wanted to connect you with a great option. If you are

1:34.4

interested in gentle parenting, but you also want to have it intersect with your faith and with

1:39.9

the gospel, meet David and Amanda. They are creating a fantastic resource for parents through their

1:48.0

Instagram posts on what to say, on how to respond, how to guide you in these moment to moment

1:54.8

interactions with your kids. They have a website as well, flourishing homes and families. And I just

2:00.9

I'm excited to share them with you today. We're going to talk through things like spanking. Yep,

2:05.8

that's right. We're going to talk about that. We're going to talk about their story and just

2:10.0

why? Why does this matter? Why does it matter that we parent our kids in a gentle way? And maybe

2:18.6

you don't want to be convinced in that today. Maybe you need some reinforcement. But my hope is

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