MFP 202: I Hate Being a Parent (sometimes)
Messy Family Podcast : Catholic Conversations on Marriage and Family
Mike and Alicia Hernon : Catholic Marriage Parent and Family
4.9 • 841 Ratings
🗓️ 8 August 2022
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
Family communion can only be preserved and perfected through a great spirit of sacrifice.
- St. John Paul II
Let's be honest. Parenting is hard. Some studies have shown that up to 18% of American parents regret having children. Though that statistic may not be completely true, it does show a growing number of people who don't just struggle with being a parent, but actually resent it. We need to talk about this! It is good to acknowledge those feelings, but parents need to then move through those feelings, be curious about them, and make sure they don't get stuck there. In this podcast, we talk about why people may feel this way and what to do about it. Our mission is to empower parents to embrace their sacred calling and we can't do that without meeting parents where they are at. For those parents who struggle with this job - we hear you and you are welcome here. Listen in and join the conversation.
Check out our blog post on this topic: Help! I Hate Parenting My Kids (Sometimes)
Transcript
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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. |
| 0:23.6 | Hello, messy families. |
| 0:25.5 | Thanks for joining us again in these wonderful dog days of summer. |
| 0:31.3 | Exactly. I feel like it's just starting to get hot now. |
| 0:33.6 | I know, I know. |
| 0:34.6 | You still have some, at least here in the U.S. |
| 0:36.9 | You still have a little bit of time of summer, |
| 0:39.8 | but it's quickly fading. |
| 0:41.2 | It's like sand through an hourglass or sand through your fingers or sand in your eye. |
| 0:47.1 | I don't know what it is. |
| 0:48.3 | So you're all probably too young to remember. |
| 0:50.8 | There was a soap opera that was on when we were kids. |
| 0:55.5 | Like sand through the hourglass. So was the days of our lives oh there you know I used to hide in the basement |
| 0:59.7 | I never watched the TV and and watch it because my parents would not of course let me watch soap |
| 1:04.1 | operas but yeah that was my big rebellion hiding in the basement with the TV watching soap operas |
| 1:10.1 | you are so rogue. |
| 1:12.6 | I know. |
| 1:13.3 | I know. |
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