Grandparenting Teens? Don’t Let Go: Mark Gregston and Larry Fowler
FamilyLife Today®
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🗓️ 22 September 2023
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
You hope to be grandparenting teens for an impact that lasts. But does it look like what you'd think? Authors Mark Gregston and Larry Fowler weigh in on pursuing your grandkids in tough years—in ways that work.
I don't share my opinion unless I'm asked. I think that's the role that, as Larry said, a lot of grandparents get in. It's like, “I've just got to share my opinion.” They don't want your opinion. What they want is perspective. They want to know, “How do you see this and see it differently in light of what they've been taught, applying it to a world that is out of control in one sense?”-- Mark Gregston
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Check out Mark Gregson at parentingtodaysteens.org
Learn more about the Legacy Coalition Grandparenting Summit at legacycoalition.com/summit/
Purchase Mark's book on FamilyLife's shop: Grandparenting Teens: Leaving a Legacy of Hope
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| 0:00.0 | I don't share my opinion unless I'm asked. |
| 0:03.9 | I think that's the role that, as Larry said, |
| 0:05.9 | that a lot of grandparents get in. |
| 0:07.2 | It's like, I've just got to share my opinion. |
| 0:09.2 | Then what's your opinion? |
| 0:10.9 | What they want is perspective. |
| 0:13.5 | They want to know how do you see this |
| 0:15.7 | and see it differently in light of what they've been taught, |
| 0:19.1 | applying it to a world that is out of control in one sense. |
| 0:23.6 | Welcome to Family Life Today, where we want to help you pursue the relationships that matter most. |
| 0:38.6 | I'm Shelby Abbott, and your hosts are Dave and Ann Wilson. |
| 0:42.0 | You can find us at familylifetoday.com or on the Family Life app. |
| 0:46.5 | This is Family Life Today. |
| 0:53.6 | All right, so we're going to talk about |
| 1:00.9 | grandparenting for another day, maybe another couple days. |
| 1:03.8 | Yeah, this is going to be fun. |
| 1:05.2 | I mean, we have a lot of listeners who are grandparents, |
| 1:08.2 | and I think we underestimate the power of what God wants to do in us, |
| 1:14.7 | but especially through us in the lives of our families and our grandkids. |
| 1:18.5 | I think when we become empty nesters, we can think we're done. |
| 1:22.0 | There is a segment before our kids might have their own kids, but man, |
| 1:27.1 | I feel like in a lot of ways, it's just beginning or can just beginning with our grandkids, |
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