MFP 245: How to Give Words of Affirmation
Messy Family Podcast : Catholic Conversations on Marriage and Family
Mike and Alicia Hernon : Catholic Marriage Parent and Family
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🗓️ 10 July 2023
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
"Words of affirmation are simply true statements affirming the worth of another person" ~Gary Chapman
Parents need to take time to consider how they are intentionally calling out the good in the lives of their children because it is within the family that people have their identity - who they are - confirmed and then affirmed over the years. This is just as essential to children as food, clothing, or education! One of the ways we have instilled affirmation in our family culture is the practice of "honoring". We usually do honorings on someone's birthday or times of transition like graduations. Listen to this podcast to find out how to start this practice in your home, why it is important, and the effect it can have on your family.
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| 0:00.0 | Family, all in this together. |
| 0:08.2 | Family, we're taking a chance. |
| 0:10.8 | Family, black birds of a feather. |
| 0:13.3 | Family, get off the shoes and dance. |
| 0:15.4 | Hey, we are Mike and Alicia Hernin. |
| 0:17.4 | We have 10 kids and grandkids too, and we are here for every parent. Because we are on a |
| 0:22.2 | mission to empower moms and dads to embrace their sacred calling. So join the conversation. |
| 0:30.7 | Welcome to the neighborhood. Thanks for joining us. It is a beautiful day in the neighborhood. |
| 0:35.4 | And these summer days are the best around the Hernden House. |
| 0:40.5 | Yeah, it's a beautiful day, but I have to say that we have been, it was raining yesterday, |
| 0:47.6 | and I think it may be raining right now. |
| 0:49.4 | I think that that's why the sun pump was on. |
| 0:51.0 | Anyway, but we, that's beautiful, though, because we need the rain, |
| 0:55.0 | because we've had, like, a drought all of June. And so, like, raining now, like, yes, please send |
| 1:00.8 | the rain. Yeah, but it's, it is. So beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I guess that's great. That's great. |
| 1:05.9 | It's good. I like it. I like to work in caves and have the rain and cool. Yeah, Mike doesn't even know what the, you know, what the weather's like because he's down here in the cave. |
| 1:14.6 | That's right. That's right. Which, and he's, you know, he's Irish, so it works for his skin, you know, and I have the Italian going on. |
| 1:20.6 | So, hey, I'm already starting to get nice and to toasty looking. |
| 1:24.6 | You know, and so we do appreciate people when they send in their emails. |
| 1:33.0 | There's so many like just different questions or comments and we really appreciate that. |
| 1:37.2 | Yeah, in a few weeks. |
| 1:37.7 | Actually, that's a really great point. |
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