Practical Advice for Parenting Powerful Kids (Part 1 of 2)
Focus on the Family with Jim Daly
Focus on the Family
4.7 • 4.5K Ratings
🗓️ 2 November 2022
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
Dr. Kevin Leman gives advice to two dozen moms who join Jim Daly and John Fuller for this fast-paced, humorous-but-practical look at how you can regain control in your home by disengaging from fights with your child. You’ll discover how to overcome your child’s desire for power and control in your home. (Part 1 of 2)
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| 0:00.0 | In those early years, when I came to know the Lord, he and his family were so |
| 0:07.3 | against it that they actually advised him to divorce me. |
| 0:12.5 | Joyce spent many lonely years trying to trust God and love her husband well. |
| 0:17.2 | Thankfully, she found the support and encouragement she needed. |
| 0:21.0 | I think that God just really used to focus on the family and your guys' ministry to |
| 0:26.0 | grow me and prepare me and guide my heart to live out in front of my husband what it means to follow Christ. |
| 0:35.8 | In the best news of all is that Joyce Husband also became a follower of Jesus. |
| 0:40.8 | I'm Jim Daley. When we work together, we can strengthen more marriages like Joyce and give |
| 0:46.2 | families hope. Please call 800 the letter A in the word family or donate at focusonthefamily.com |
| 0:53.0 | slash hope and your gift will be doubled. |
| 1:00.9 | All I'm trying to do is teach parents to have a game plan because kids by their |
| 1:05.1 | nature are heateness like little suckers. They do not come in this world with |
| 1:09.7 | concern for other people but that's our job is to train them up, not train them |
| 1:14.2 | down and most of us train kids down. Train them up in such a way that they feel |
| 1:18.3 | encouraged and loved no matter what. |
| 1:21.9 | That's Dr. Kevin Lehman and this is focus on the family. He'll offer some great advice on how to |
| 1:26.6 | encourage your child rather than put them down. Your host is focus president and author Jim Daley |
| 1:32.4 | and I'm John Fuller. John most of us are blessed with one or more powerful children in our families. |
| 1:37.6 | I'm sure having six kids you must have had one. You know we did have a mix and we had a |
| 1:41.6 | couple that were very strong. It was amazing. The whole family would come to a screeching halt |
| 1:47.6 | because this child had this need and it wasn't being met or they had to have this argument at |
| 1:53.6 | this time. It's really interesting. Well we had two and we had one strong willed and one not a |
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