MFP 129: Parenting During Crisis - The Corona Diaries
Messy Family Podcast : Catholic Conversations on Marriage and Family
Mike and Alicia Hernon : Catholic Marriage Parent and Family
4.9 • 841 Ratings
🗓️ 19 March 2020
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
Does this sound like you? We won't lie - all of the sudden being forced to be with all of our children 24/7 is not easy. We are struggling just like everyone else! But instead of asking God "why?" we need to ask "what?". What do you want to teach us, Lord? What do you want us to do? What do you want to show us? We have said many times that parents are the first teachers of their children and leaders of their families. Today we see that more clearly than ever! This crisis is giving us the opportunity to rid ourselves of all the extraneous activities that normally distract us and allowing us to focus on our children. Listen in as we give some valuable ideas, encouragement, and inspiration for this time or any time of crisis.
"We know certainly that our God calls us to a holy life. We know that he gives us every grace, every abundant grace; and though we are so weak of ourselves, this grace is able to carry us through every obstacle and difficulty." ~ St. Elizabeth Ann Seton
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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. |
| 0:14.3 | And Alicia Hornin. |
| 0:15.8 | They're pretty awesome, but they're not experts. |
| 0:18.6 | Because family life is really messy. |
| 0:24.8 | Thank you. but the next book because family life is really messy. Okay, well, welcome to the podcast. |
| 0:28.4 | We're still here. |
| 0:29.7 | Yes. |
| 0:30.3 | We promise. |
| 0:31.8 | So in the midst of our recording, we're in a global pandemic right now, right? |
| 0:37.4 | And what can happen in just like a |
| 0:42.0 | week's or so time? I know. I know. We were making plans. It was maybe just a little bit more than a |
| 0:47.7 | week ago. We had plans and all these different things. We had every weekend. Every weekend we had |
| 0:54.1 | events that we were doing. We were booked through. Booked through. We had every weekend. Every weekend we had events that we were doing. |
| 0:55.7 | We were booked through. We were getting ready to, I mean, traveling, seeing friends, |
| 1:01.6 | going out to dinner. We had a jazz bar. We were going to a friends. Yep. All within, |
| 1:06.0 | all with, like, it's all just started falling apart., yeah, this is not so, right? |
| 1:13.0 | So not only that, or our plans canceled, but then all the kids are home. |
| 1:21.3 | Crisis mood. |
| 1:23.1 | What the! |
| 1:24.3 | So if we normally do our podcast, when we first started, we do them at night when the kids |
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