Motivating Kids to Reflect the Character of God, Part 5

Focus on the Family Parenting Podcast

Focus on the Family

Kids & Family, Parenting

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🗓️ 3 December 2019

⏱️ 9 minutes

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John and Danny discuss how sometimes we have to allow our children go through some pain and struggle to help them grow strong.

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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.
0:11.0	Maybe you've had the opportunity to see a baby chick peck its way out of an egg.
0:16.6	Either live or in video, it's an amazing thing to see, but a lot of people who raise birds
0:22.4	follow a really simple rule,
0:24.1	they don't help when it's time to hatch,
0:26.7	even if it looks like something's going wrong.
0:29.3	I'm John Fuller along with Danny Werta,
0:31.5	ahead of our focus on the family parenting
0:33.4	department and Danny just like baby chicks, sometime we have to kind of not
0:38.8	help our kids when they're in the middle of some new thing or some new stage of growth.
0:45.2	I wonder if you've ever had a chance to kind of stand back and let natural
0:50.4	consequences happen for your kids.
0:52.0	Many times, Sean. natural consequences for your kids.
0:52.7	Many times, Sean, and some of them are bigger than others, right?
0:57.0	When we step back, and depending on what age they are.
0:59.7	I've noticed that as they get older, the consequences get a little more serious.
1:03.2	You get a little stronger right?
1:05.0	So the earlier we can teach them those things, those lessons of resilience of being able to
1:10.0	bounce back from failure, the better it is.
1:12.6	And I remember a time with my son
1:15.8	where he was supposed to study for a test,
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