MP 004: Toddlers
Messy Family Podcast : Catholic Conversations on Marriage and Family
Mike and Alicia Hernon : Catholic Marriage Parent and Family
4.9 • 841 Ratings
🗓️ 18 January 2015
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
Dr. James Dobson once quipped, "Give me an army of toddlers and I can overtake the world!" The toddler years are an amazing time of human development, but this transition from infancy to childhood is challenging for most parents. Join us for encouragement and tips.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to messy parenting, a Catholic conversation on marriage and family. |
| 0:11.7 | I'm Michael Heron, joined here by my wife, Alicia. |
| 0:15.5 | Yes, and we are here still in our cottage at our anniversary getaway weekend for our 21st anniversary. |
| 0:22.8 | We left our 10 children at home under the supervision of each other. |
| 0:27.0 | So far, so good. |
| 0:28.3 | That's right. |
| 0:28.7 | We haven't heard any police or fire reports yet. |
| 0:30.9 | That's right. |
| 0:31.8 | So it was a good sign. |
| 0:32.8 | Yes. |
| 0:33.4 | And this podcast is brought to you because of the coercion of family members. |
| 0:39.5 | So thanks brothers and sisters for making us go ahead and do this. |
| 0:45.9 | But this is really meant to be a conversation starter. |
| 0:48.9 | It's some of the thoughts that we have. |
| 0:50.9 | You don't have to agree with us. |
| 0:52.0 | These aren't necessarily moral precepts of the church. These are insights that we have, you don't have to agree with us. These aren't necessarily moral precepts of the church. |
| 0:55.5 | These are insights that we have from our parenting, our 10 kids over the last 20 plus years, |
| 1:01.5 | and hopefully they'll start a conversation for you. |
| 1:04.5 | So today we have a great topic to talk about, but before we get there, |
| 1:08.1 | please you want to open us with a prayer. |
| 1:10.4 | Sure. |
| 1:11.2 | The name of the Father and the Son of the Holy Spirit. |
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