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Focus on the Family Equipping Parents Podcast

Modeling a Good Marriage for Your Kids

Focus on the Family Equipping Parents Podcast

Focus on the Family

Kids & Family, Parenting

4.41K Ratings

🗓️ 9 April 2024

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

Having a good marriage can help bring stability to your children. Jim Daly and Dr. Randy Schroeder will encourage you to fight for a good marriage for the sake of your kids. Also, Danny talks with John about why it matters to his kids that he has a good relationship with his wife.

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0:00.0

Every child is longing for a stable home and we're

0:07.1

address why having a good marriage is fundamental for that stability.

0:11.5

I'm John Fuller with Dr. Danny Werta who heads up our parenting team and Danny

0:16.8

I wonder how you've seen expressions of this you know the longing of a child's heart for a good marriage to be modeled because that's a sign of

0:25.2

stability in the home. It is it is. Our kids we've had fun with this, especially

0:31.1

as the kids have become teenagers they've encouraged us to go on dates.

0:35.6

Hey mom dad we've got it you guys it's date time is that you guys go

0:39.8

really what they're saying or are they saying hey we need some space why

0:42.2

don't you all leave the house and just let us I mean you'd think but it has been beautiful it's been amazing to

0:47.3

To have them want to do that and they go hey we've got it we've got so what do you need and we've got my wife has a list for them she's a

0:54.4

listmaker and that's been that's been a gift from our kids the the most

1:00.4

memorable investment I've seen is during our anniversary time.

1:05.0

It's around Christmas time.

1:06.0

I'm married on December 23rd.

1:08.0

So it's kind of trickier on Christmas.

1:10.0

And we usually do a dinner, and we started this tradition a few years back where I would buy

1:16.2

steaks and I ask the kids that first time, hey, I want you guys to be the restaurant.

1:23.0

Can you guys do that?

1:23.7

I'll buy everything.

1:24.6

You guys are the cooks, the waiters, waitresses,

1:27.1

we can do tips, the whole thing, right?

1:29.4

And so they were all into it.

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