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Awesome Marriage Podcast

Parenting Without Fear of the Teen Years with Kristen Hatton | Ep. 588

Awesome Marriage Podcast

Dr. Kim Kimberling

Christianity, Society & Culture, Relationships, Religion & Spirituality

4.9 • 813 Ratings

🗓️ 8 December 2023

⏱️ 50 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

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Summary

Is it possible to parent without fear of the teen years? We say yes! So does today's guest, Kristen Hatton. We are delighted to have Kristen on the podcast today to share how to prepare for some of the aspects of parenting teens that many parents find daunting. 

 

Episode highlights include: 

  •  Kristen shares ways to know if your fears are becoming idols in parenting 

  • Proactive VS reactive parenting: Which one are you? 

  • The difference between overparenting and underparenting and how they affect your kids 

 

*Music for this podcast is created by Noah Copeland. Check him out here! 

 

QUOTES 

  • "Frequently parents are living in "reactive" mode, and often it's because we're just so busy."  - Kristen Hatton 

  • "If I always say yes to my kids going in different directions with their friends, or being on a travel team, and we're always just so busy, then all the sudden, church goes by the wayside. Family time goes by the wayside." - Kristen Hatton  

  • "Often, what children experience from their parents is how they view God. So I want them to know my unconditional love and acceptance, so that they see that that's how God is too." - Kristen Hatton 

QUESTIONS: 

  • To evaluate if something you love has become an idol: Are you holding it with an open palm, or a clenched fist? Can you be OK without it? 

  • Evaluate your emotions to help you see your idols. Ask: Why am I so angry? Why am I so irritable? Is something controlling me? What occupies my time, habits, thoughts, money, and conversations?

  • Talk with your spouse to decide: 

    • What do we want most for our family? How are we doing to get there?

    • What do we want to impart to our kids? 

    • What will we allow? What won't we allow? 



MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: 

  • Learn more from Kristen: 

  • Our FREE 16 Ways To Navigate the Teenage Years as a Team will help you keep your marriage strong during this season.

  • GIVEAWAY TIME! We are giving away a bundle of our TOP 3 RESOURCES of 2023: 44 Tips to Better Sex in Marriage, 21 Day Husband Encouragement Challenge, and 21 Day Wife Appreciation Challenge! To enter just leave an honest review of the podcast wherever you listen, screenshot it, send in to info@awesomemarriage.com. Giveaway ends 12/15 10am CST. 

  • Dr. Kim's newest book, Love, Intimacy and Sex in the Second Half is now available as an eBook! Grab your copy here! 

  • We want to help you make 2024 your best married year yet with 12 Marriage Resolutions for the New Year! Click though for all the details of this uplifting resource! 

Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome to today's awesome marriage podcast.

0:04.7

My special guest is Kristen Hatton.

0:06.8

Christian is a counselor, a writer, a speaker.

0:09.0

She hosts the Redempty Parenting Podcast.

0:11.7

Kristen is married and has three adult children and one son-in-law.

0:15.2

She's written three books for teen, and her new book is Parenting Ahead, Preparing for the Teen Years.

0:20.8

It's a great interview on parenting. Let's go to the show right now. and her new book is parenting ahead, preparing for the teen years.

0:20.9

It's a great interview on parenting.

0:22.6

Let's go to the show right now.

0:25.9

Welcome to the awesome marriage podcast, a place for honest conversations and practical advice on how to build an awesome marriage.

0:34.5

I am your podcast producer and co-host, Lindsay Few. On the show will be our host, Dr. Kim

0:40.3

Kimberly. Dr. Kim is a marriage counselor and has been married for over 50 years. His passion is to help you

0:48.0

strengthen your most intimate relationship. Well, welcome today, Awesome Marriage Podcast. Kristen, thank you so much for joining us today.

0:58.3

Appreciate you. And just thanks for saying yes to being on the podcast. Yes, I'm excited to be here talking to you,

1:04.3

Dr. Kim. So thank you for having me. You bet. So let's get jump right into what are some of the biggest

1:10.1

fears that parents have for the

1:13.0

teen years, especially today. Goodness, there's many, right? I mean, the influence of their

1:20.8

environment is huge, who their friends are, the choices they'll make. We worry about our kids being left out, not being happy.

1:31.0

I think emotional hurt as much as physical hurt. So, I mean, safety all around. I know for me,

1:36.8

when my kids became drivers, and even still today, even though they've been driving for quite

1:41.7

a while now, I mean, that is just a huge fear of

1:45.0

mine. And then we've got, you know, performance academically, athletically, socially.

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