Parenting Boys with Purpose and Discipline with Pastor Ryan Bates
The Heidi St. John Podcast
Heidi St. John
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🗓️ 26 January 2026
⏱️ 70 minutes
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Summary
My son-in-law, Pastor Ryan Bates, is in the studio with me today, and we’re talking about life-giving parenting—especially when it comes to raising boys in a culture that’s confused (and often hostile) toward masculinity. We discuss why children are a blessing, why the family is under attack, what the Bible actually teaches about discipline, and how to raise boys with courage, purpose, and a love for the Lord. I think you’re going to be encouraged.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey everybody. Welcome to the Heidi St. John podcast. I'm glad you guys have joined me today. |
| 0:04.8 | I have a very special guest in the studio with me. My son-in-law, Ryan Bates is here today. And we're |
| 0:11.2 | going to dish about parenting, something he knows a little bit about. Ryan and our daughter, Savannah, |
| 0:16.4 | have five children. And we're going to be getting into why it matters that we parent our way, our children in a way that is life-giving. And we're going to be getting into why it matters that we parent our way or children |
| 0:22.9 | in a way that is life giving. And we're going to talk specifically about boys. Before I jump into it, |
| 0:27.9 | we're going to be, I'm going to be giving you guys some announcements. And generally the goal today is |
| 0:33.1 | that you'd walk away feeling encouraged and equipped and reminded that your children have been |
| 0:38.1 | given to you as a blessing from the Lord. This is the Heidi St. John podcast. Stick around. I think |
| 0:43.4 | you're going to be encouraged. Thank you guys for tuning in today before I jump into it with one of my favorite people on the planet. |
| 0:57.0 | My son-in-law Ryan Bates is here. |
| 0:58.7 | I want to say thank you to the primary sponsor of the Heidi St. John podcast. |
| 1:02.2 | Today's show is being sponsored in part by the Functional Medical Institute, |
| 1:05.7 | and you can find out more about them by hopping on over to homeschoolhealth.com. |
| 1:10.5 | Also want to encourage you, if you |
| 1:11.8 | haven't done it already, sign up for my email list. We have so many things going on at the |
| 1:18.0 | ministry this year, lots and lots of things happening here at Friendly Planted family. |
| 1:21.6 | And you can stay informed and stay ahead of the curve here at the show and at Friendly Planted |
| 1:27.4 | by just signing up for my |
| 1:29.3 | email list. I hope you guys will do that. If you haven't signed up yet for my women's Bible |
| 1:33.5 | study, faith that speaks is in the middle of the very first month of the new year studying |
| 1:39.3 | the effects of spiritual warfare in a study that I wrote several years ago called GERD Up Girl. |
| 1:44.0 | So we're going to be talking a lot about how we can move more away, I guess, |
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