MFP 120: Raising Happy Kids in a Messy World
Messy Family Podcast : Catholic Conversations on Marriage and Family
Mike and Alicia Hernon : Catholic Marriage Parent and Family
4.9 • 841 Ratings
🗓️ 24 October 2019
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
Every parent wants their children to be happy, but it seems children today are more unhappy than ever before! Part of the problem stems from the expectations and pressure on our kids and part of the problem is that most of us don't recognize the path to happiness ourselves. Dennis Prager states, "Happiness is a moral obligation." We all need to realize that happiness is a choice, not something that just happens. We need to teach our children that happiness is under their control, show them the choices that lead to happiness, and then form them with the self-discipline needed to make those choices. We can't force our children to be happy, but we can give them the guidance and tools they need to choose it for themselves.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the messy family podcast. |
| 0:06.7 | Catholic Conversations on Marriage and Family. |
| 0:10.8 | Hosted by our parents, Mike Hernan and Alicia Hornin. |
| 0:15.8 | They're pretty awesome, but they're not experts. |
| 0:18.6 | Because family life is really messy. |
| 0:24.2 | Welcome to the program. |
| 0:25.7 | This is our 120th podcast. |
| 0:29.4 | Yes, and we are actually recording in a nice sunny day today. |
| 0:33.1 | So hopefully we'll have a lot of energy. |
| 0:34.7 | Yes. |
| 0:35.0 | We are tired. |
| 0:35.9 | We are tired people. |
| 0:37.5 | Well, it is a great, it's great fall up here for those in the northern hemisphere. |
| 0:43.0 | Yes. |
| 0:43.4 | Beautiful time in Ohio. |
| 0:44.6 | We love the fall leaves are changing and it's a lot of fun. |
| 0:49.6 | Well, it's interesting. |
| 0:50.3 | In the last week, week and a half, we have actually received a couple of emails |
| 0:56.2 | from listeners who are pregnant, which is great. Maybe it's in response to our mom podcast, |
| 1:02.6 | and then we did the, pursuing your spouse. And then we did the, well, we did the postpartum podcast, and so people are contacting us being like, oh, |
| 1:14.4 | it was pretty funny. |
| 1:15.4 | So, and we did get one listener who said that it was because of your relationship check |
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