Instilling God-Given Qualities Into Your Children

Focus on the Family with Jim Daly

Focus on the Family

Relationships, Society & Culture, Kids & Family, Parenting

4.7 • 4.5K Ratings

🗓️ 12 August 2024

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Parenting can be a fun adventure but it’s also inconvenient at times. Moms and dads need to prioritize what’s most important for their family and be intentional about nurturing the God-given character traits in their children -- things like joy, creativity, playfulness, curiosity, and more. Melissa Hannigan illustrates how family life can also be messy, and that’s a good thing where you work through issues and problems together, and grow in the process.

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0:00.0	Joey was so typical to come in at 11 o'clock was a review and then he would want to come
0:08.6	and just talk and I'm exhausted I'm in bed by 10 o'clock kind of mom and but I knew that it was so important
0:16.4	that he knows that I want to listen.
0:19.4	That's Melissa Hanigan who wants to help moms and dads pursue inconvenient parenting and we'll learn more
0:25.4	about what that is and why you should pursue it today on Focus on the Family with
0:29.6	Jim Daly. Thanks for joining us I'm John Fuller.
0:32.3	John several years ago before we had boys Thank you. Thanks for joining us. I'm John Fuller.
0:33.0	John, several years ago, before we had boys, Gene and I, before we had Trenton Troy back in the
0:37.5	90s, I remember a donor couple said to me,
0:40.9	aim to love every stage of parenting and that's what they experienced.
0:45.4	I thought that's really a great idea you know because some people say I really love
0:49.1	the elementary school years and didn't like the high school years so much. But if you aim to
0:54.7	enjoy those years I think you have a better outcome relationally with your
0:58.5	kids and it's a bit more positive and I just really appreciated that because I truly did love every stage of parenting now they're in their 20s
1:07.6	Feels a little better a little more distance they make their own decisions, but I'm proud of them they've got great hearts they're good
1:13.8	young men and I'm looking forward to continuing to watch them grow.
1:19.4	Every parent knows there are challenging times and seasons in raising children.
1:24.2	Everybody said, yes.
1:26.7	But parenting can be inconvenient.
1:29.5	That's probably a good way to look at it.
1:31.0	I don't know.
1:32.4	And Melissa, we're going to get to you in a moment, but I don't
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