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Well, it's different for everyone, but there are probably at least a couple of things that

your children do that really push your buttons.

One thing that I learned to get over after enough times dealing with it was coming home to find out that my tools were in the backyard or in the front yard or on the sidewalk or wherever. I loved my tools and my children robbed me of that

idolatry and showed me time and again that stuff isn't important when I'm a

parent. Boy did I get upset though? What were you thinking?

Maybe you can relate to that. I'm John Fuller along with Dr. Danny Werta who heads up

our parenting and the youth department here at Focus on the Family.

And I wonder if you have a plan for those times when you feel like, you know what, they're just

pushing my buttons and I'm at the end of my rope.

Well, we're going to spend some time in the next couple of

episodes hearing from authors Amber Leah and Wendy speak who have some great advice

for what to do when you're tempted to lash out in anger at your children.

Let's go ahead and listen to part of the conversation with Focus President Jim

Daly.

Amber and Wendy welcome back to Focus.

Thank you.

We're glad to be here.

It's so good to have you. I'm sure people are saying, well, I think I know what a trigger is, but for the listener who may not have heard our previous program, what are triggers? What are the basics here? And what's the difference between internal and external triggers?

Sure, great question. Well, you know, triggers are those things that just set us off.

They're all of those little things and even big things that kids do that cause angry reactions.

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