Love & Perfectionism in Raising Kids (#166)

Religion on the Mind

Religion & Spirituality, Religion, Spirituality

4.7 • 543 Ratings

🗓️ 17 October 2022

⏱️ 86 minutes

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This is the first of a number of episodes focusing on child raising in and around Christianity. Author and journalist Bekah McNeel joins me today to discuss her book "Bringing up Kids When Church Lets You Down: A Guide for Parents Questioning Their Faith." Bekah says, "we need to see our children as people with emotional realities and needs, and how we communicate love has to take that into account." We focus on parental humility, attachment wounds, faith assumptions, and widening who gets to participate in the biblical dialogue. Bekah’s Book: https://www.amazon.com/Bringing-Kids-When-Church-Lets/dp/0802882099 Bonnie Christian’s Book “Untrustworthy”: https://www.amazon.com/Untrustworthy-Knowledge-Polluting-Corrupting-Christian/dp/1587435624 Justin Barrett’s Book “Born Believers”: https://www.amazon.com/Born-Believers-Science-Childrens-Religious/dp/1439196540 Meredith Ann Miller’s IG - @meredithannemiller: https://instagram.com/meredithannemiller?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= Tina Payne Bryson’s “The Whole Brain Child” Book: https://www.amazon.com/Whole-Brain-Child-Revolutionary-Strategies-Developing/dp/0553386697/ref=asc_df_0553386697/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=312177564685&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=3177707942758496481&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9019667&hvtargid=pla-436541850135&psc=1&tag=&ref=&adgrpid=60258870697&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvadid=312177564685&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=3177707942758496481&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9019667&hvtargid=pla-436541850135 Nomad Podcast “The Spiritually Awakened Brain” with Dr. Lisa Miller: https://www.nomadpodcast.co.uk/lisa-miller-the-spiritually-awakened-brain-n281/ Follow Dan on IG: www.instagram.com/dancoke/ Or Twitter: twitter.com/DanKoch Faith deconstruction resources: www.soyouredeconstructing.com/ Edited by Josh Gilbert (joshgilbertmedia@gmail.com -- he is accepting more work!) Join the Patreon for exclusive episodes (and more) every month: patreon.com/dankoch Email about the "sliding scale" for the Patreon: youhavepermissionpodcast@gmail.com YHP Patron-only FB group: tinyurl.com/ycvbbf98 Website: www.dankochwords.com/yhp.html Join Dan's email list: www.dankochwords.com/ Artwork by sprungle.co/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	My name is Dan Koch. Like many of you, I've been on a complicated faith journey for a number of years now.
0:10.8	And while I tend to find myself on the progressive side of Christianity, my goal is not to make liberal converts.
0:18.1	I want this show to be a resource for Christians to my right and to my left, as well as
0:23.0	former Christians and non-religious folks, anyone who finds themselves asking difficult questions
0:29.2	about God, science, prayer, fate, suffering, evangelism, and more. So many of us have been given bad answers to those good
0:40.4	questions, often by people with pure intentions. I want to say that you have permission to take
0:47.4	both Christianity and the modern world very seriously. And I hope to facilitate that by introducing
0:54.1	you to people seeking God across
0:56.5	the Christian spectrum, engaging hard questions in a multitude of ways. Thanks for listening.
1:06.6	Becca McNeil, so great to finally have you on the podcast.
1:17.4	We've had the pleasure of zooming a couple times in the last eight months, year or so.
1:22.6	And then you put this book out, bringing up kids when church lets you down.
1:30.3	It's a topic that a lot of listeners have messaged me about, have posted in the patron Facebook group about it.
1:34.8	It's something I am thinking about a whole lot with a two and a half year old.
1:37.3	And thank you for writing this book.
1:38.7	Thank you for reading it. One thing I love about you writing this book is that you're a journalist.
1:43.5	And so I love that you have the skills of sort of
1:47.1	pulling in disparate sources, really kind of thinking about the veracity of sources, the
1:54.3	trustworthiness, credentials, if that applies. To contrast it with something, you're not just like
2:00.4	an Instagram influencer
2:01.7	with a Canva account who makes nice looking, you know, like posts that may or may not be backed
2:08.8	by evidence or whatever, you know what I'm saying? Oh my gosh. Yeah. And as much as my Gen Z friends
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