Every home has some rules. They may be inferred or they might be posted, but focusing

too much on the rules isn't a good thing. To quote from Josh McDowell, Rules Without Relationship leads to rebellion.

I'm John Fuller joined by our vice president

and parenting here, Dr. Danny Werther,

and let's go ahead and hear now from Connie Albers.

She's the mom of five adult children and she gave Jim Daly and me some excellent thoughts

for keeping their relationship strong with your kids and still having some rules.

Connie, welcome to focus on the family.

Thank you so much for having me.

It's a delight to be with you.

Are you kidding? We're desperate.

We needed you.

Hey, in this culture, right?

It's really good to have you here, Connie.

We've got 14 questions we want to ask you.

First, you have a lot to talk about.

No kidding.

But let's start with the title parenting beyond the rules okay

some are going finally that sounds so good and then others maybe some dads what how

can you parent without rules but you're not saying that. So describe what you're saying

there, parenting beyond the rules. Right, you know I do get that. Does that mean

Connie that you don't have any rules? I'm like, no. It's like, no, it's not that we don't have rules, limits, and boundaries.

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