MP 028: Messy Parenting Guide to Dating
Messy Family Podcast : Catholic Conversations on Marriage and Family
Mike and Alicia Hernon : Catholic Marriage Parent and Family
4.9 • 841 Ratings
🗓️ 6 September 2015
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
"Nothing makes a father happier than seeing a daughter with a smile on her face and her boyfriend with fear in his eyes." - Willie Robertson
Daughters AND sons need direction and guidance when it comes to dating. The world tells us that dating is private and we have no business "meddling" in our teens' affairs. Nothing is farther from the truth! Kids need mom and dad's wisdom on navigating the perilous world of relationships and emotions. We have some practical advice to give from our own experience that we can share with you. Parents have to be intentional about discussing relationships with their kids and make a safe place for them to be honest and vulnerable, so they don't go seeking affirmation in the wrong places. Dating is another area in which Catholic families can affect the world in a positive way by our example. Listen in!
"Your natural instinct is to protect your daughter. Forget what pop culture and pop psychologists tell you. DO IT." - Dr. Meg Meeker
Show Notes: Here's what we referenced.
- Hernon Ground Rules for Dating (heavily copied from Jennifer Degler)
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to messy parenting, a Catholic conversation on marriage and family. I'm Mike Hernan. |
| 0:09.3 | And this is hopefully a conversation starter for you and your spouse about some topics, some things that we have seen or experience. |
| 0:19.0 | We're by far not experts, but hopefully we can share some things that will give seen or experience. We're by far not experts. |
| 0:22.2 | But hopefully we can share some things that will give you some insights, wisdom, and maybe some peace. |
| 0:27.2 | Or at least start an idea where you say, I don't agree with them on this, but we're going to do our own way. |
| 0:32.0 | That's right. |
| 0:32.4 | So we've been married for 20 years and we have 10 kids, or over 20 years, and we have 10 kids. |
| 0:37.3 | That's right. ages 2 to 20 |
| 0:41.0 | 2 in college and all the way down to uh or 3 year old i guess now actually she just turned 3 so uh we |
| 0:48.9 | want to talk about a a topic that some of you might be early for some of you but i think it's never |
| 0:53.2 | in age it's earlier and earlier yeah Yeah. And, uh, but dating, dating with our kids, uh, not us dating. |
| 0:59.7 | That's right. But, uh, but, uh, fortunately we've already been through that. That's right. |
| 1:03.9 | So, maybe we could begin with a prayer. Okay. So let's pray in the name of the Father and the Son of the Holy Spirit, amen. Lord, we thank you for our listeners. |
| 1:11.8 | We thank you for their families. |
| 1:13.1 | We thank you for our teenagers and our preteens and our older children. |
| 1:19.4 | Lord, we ask that you bless them all and help them to grow in their relationships with members of the opposite sex. |
| 1:25.5 | And help us to guide them, Lord, to give us the wisdom that we need to do that |
| 1:28.2 | in your name we pray amen amen amen Father Son and Holy Spirit amen so uh we have I think we should |
| 1:36.3 | give our experience good maybe that's what you're going to do I don't know what do what do you |
| 1:40.3 | go ahead well what our creeds like our credentials. Okay, well, sorry. |
| 1:44.5 | So we have a bunch of teenagers, right? |
| 1:48.3 | We have beautiful daughters and handsome sons. |
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