How to Disciple Your Kids Through Every Stage of Parenting (Part 2 of 2)
Focus on the Family with Jim Daly
Focus on the Family
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🗓️ 17 April 2026
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
Rich Griffth shares the different leadership styles parents should use to disciple their kids as they grow. Hear about discipling kids with intentionality at different stages of their development, from birth until adulthood.
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| 0:00.0 | Help show kids the importance of marriage, family, and faith in Christ. |
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| 0:09.1 | Journey Into the Impossible. |
| 0:11.2 | Over 9,000 children each year make decisions for Christ after listening to Adventures in Odyssey. |
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| 0:40.2 | We become more of a confidant, right? |
| 0:44.7 | I get emotional talking about this because what a rich relationship that is. |
| 0:47.9 | Think about when they are a little and you have to play the cop. |
| 0:50.1 | Do you really want to live there all your life? |
| 0:55.9 | Well, that's Rich Griffith, and he's back with us today on Focus on the Family with Jim Daly talking about how you can adapt your parenting style from COP to that next stage |
| 1:02.1 | of leadership as your children grow up. Thanks for joining us. I'm John Fuller. You know, our children's |
| 1:08.2 | needs change as they grow up, and we have to grow as parents |
| 1:12.2 | right alongside them. Yesterday, we talked about parenting younger kids and ways to lead them well |
| 1:18.1 | as they grow from toddlers into grade schoolers. It's not complicated, but it takes intentionality. |
| 1:24.5 | And I want to encourage you to listen to that episode in the Focus on the |
| 1:28.1 | Family app if you missed it. Making parenting adjustments as your children get older can get |
| 1:33.9 | more and more challenging. They say small children, small problems, big children, big problems. |
| 1:39.5 | So we are going to talk about some of those changes that need to happen when your children |
| 1:43.9 | grow into |
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