Motivating Kids to Reflect the Character of God, Part 2
Focus on the Family Parenting Podcast
Focus on the Family
4.4 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 10 October 2019
⏱️ 10 minutes
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Summary
One of the hardest things we have to do sometimes as parents is to just sit on our hands, and not rescue our kids from tough situations. John and Danny discuss the importance of giving children the space to succeed or fail, but making sure it's within a safe environment.
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| 0:00.0 | Thank you for downloading the Focus on the Family Parenting Podcast. You can find more helpful advice at |
| 0:06.8 | Focus on the Family.com slash parenting podcast. |
| 0:11.4 | We have all seen it and it's awkward. It's the parent that wants to be friends with |
| 0:16.7 | their child and it's just hard to watch. Danger Will Robinson for those of you who remember the old TV shows. I'm John Fuller along with Danny Werta and trying to be friends with your kids, especially when they're young, can cause problems for them when they get older. |
| 0:33.7 | But I'm wondering, Danny, is there ever a time |
| 0:35.8 | to be friends with our kids? |
| 0:38.5 | Maybe mentors, right? |
| 0:39.8 | With friends, yeah, they can lead you into real foggy lines. |
| 0:43.8 | It's, we're here to guide our kids and sometimes they're |
| 0:46.4 | going to be unhappy with us. |
| 0:47.6 | And we're not here for friendship, |
| 0:49.6 | it really complicates things for you as a parent. |
| 0:52.6 | What I've tried to tell new parents especially is the payoff, |
| 0:56.0 | you actually can be the friend to your child |
| 0:59.1 | when they're an adult. |
| 1:00.6 | And the payoff for doing the parenting journey well early on is they're going to want to hang out and be your friend when they're an adult but |
| 1:08.6 | You got to be able to toe the line and make them unhappy sometimes. |
| 1:12.8 | Let's go ahead and hear from Dr. Kathy Cook who talked about this with Jim Daly and me. |
| 1:18.8 | Making sure especially that your kids learn how to accept responsibility for their actions when they've done |
| 1:24.4 | something wrong. Motivating your child by saying you're the person that has |
| 1:29.6 | the choice, you're the person that's responsible for the decisions and the outcomes of your life |
| 1:34.6 | instead of me stepping up that's hard to do though there's a price for me as a |
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