“I Wish I Would Have...”
COURAGEOUS PARENTING
Isaac & Angie Tolpin - becourageousministry.org
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🗓️ 23 June 2026
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
Regret is a treadmill — you're exhausted but going nowhere.
Every parent has mistakes in the rearview. The question isn't whether you've fallen short — it's whether guilt is still running your parenting today. If your head is stuck in the past, your influence in the present takes the hit.
It's never too late to make a real difference. But that requires decisive change — not just good intentions. You can't expect different outcomes when your responses, habits, and influence stay the same.
This isn't about getting up to speed with normal Christian parenting — it has to be stronger than that. Parenting with a biblical lens, daily and intentionally, is required. The times demand more than previous generations of Christian parents were willing to give.
In this episode, you'll get practical steps to break the guilt cycle and step into a new season of parenting — with the Lord's help.
Topics: Christian parenting, raising kids with real faith, performance-based religion, heart-level discipleship, intentional parenting, family rhythms, homeschool family, faith that lasts.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Courageous Parenting Podcast. Hey guys, today we are talking about having less |
| 0:04.1 | regret in our parenting. There's an interesting little phrase that we have heard over the course of |
| 0:10.1 | our parenting journey from many people. And it's something that goes a little bit like this. I wish I would |
| 0:15.9 | have. And, you know, I think that this is actually, it's an important conversation. |
| 0:21.1 | Maybe you've thought, I wish I would have been a Christian when I first became a parent, |
| 0:25.8 | or I wish I would have read the Bible out loud more, or I wish I would have prayed with my kids more, |
| 0:30.7 | or I wish I would have fill in the blank, whatever it is, right? |
| 0:34.6 | If that is you, if you have even ever made a mistake, I mean, imagine that. Because we're all in this place of realizing where none of us are perfect, right? If you've ever made a mistake and you're discouraged and you're like, oh, man, this is Y, X, Y, and Z with my kids. No, no, no, no, no, no. You've got to listen to today's podcast episode because it's going to be encouraging. We give you some real answers. And hey, you can catch all the show notes at Courageousparenting.com, the full ministry, be courageous ministry.org. And if you haven't got it yet, Courageous parenting, biblical parenting, unprecedented times, get it online wherever you buy books, Amazon and enjoy the show wow we give this |
| 1:12.3 | question a lot don't we ang well there's questions that come and then there's the statement of |
| 1:18.3 | i wish i would have and then the questions are did you have it modeled like the different lifestyle |
| 1:25.0 | choices that we've made there's just different things that have kind of provoked older. It's usually older people who will come up to us and say things like, I wish I would have. I wish I would have raised my kids in the Lord, or I wish I would have known the Lord sooner, or I wish I would have had more children, or I wish I would have homeschooled them or I mean there's so many statements. |
| 1:44.8 | I wish my faith was stronger when I was a young mom or young dad. |
| 1:48.0 | Well, and I think one of the questions that we get regularly in Courageous Parenting |
| 1:53.6 | Ministry with the Parenting Mentor Program, we got this all the time, what if I've been |
| 1:59.5 | parenting but not biblically for a long time and I have |
| 2:03.2 | teenagers, is it too late for me? That's a question. It's a question and it's never too late. |
| 2:08.6 | It's never too late. God can do all things, but we have to cooperate and part of that cooperation |
| 2:15.0 | is having hope by trusting in God, not ourselves. |
| 2:19.1 | What can God do through us when we have a new heart and hope about what he can do and |
| 2:26.7 | believe in that? |
| 2:27.8 | You know, it's interesting. |
| 2:28.8 | You know, if people are listening today because of the title, and maybe this is your |
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