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Focus on Parenting Podcast

Priorities and Clearing Things Up

Focus on Parenting Podcast

Focus on the Family

Kids & Family, Parenting

4.41K Ratings

🗓️ 12 June 2025

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

Saying "no," is a struggle for many parents today. John asks Danny about how he's learned to tell good opportunities "no." Also, Jim Daly asks Kristi Clover about ways you as a parent can prioritize the right things in your schedule.

 

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0:00.0

I was listening to a song the other day and it talked about the big three TV networks back in the day.

0:08.6

ABC, CBS, and NBC.

0:11.3

They're just three.

0:12.2

You might catch a fourth signal somewhere back.

0:14.9

I'm talking like 60s here.

0:16.9

Now, I was traveling the other day.

0:19.8

If you scroll through, it's like you could spend 10 minutes just seeing how many channels there are.

0:24.6

It's amazing.

0:26.0

That's just reflective of the endless options we have in life across the board.

0:31.9

I'm John Fuller with Dr. Danny Werta, who heads up our parenting team.

0:35.5

And Danny, how in the world can we discern

0:38.3

what's most important with a simple little word called no to these thousands of channels or

0:45.9

these opportunities? Last time you shared about kind of some value calls you made.

0:51.0

It's a hard one, John. I mean, it's never an exact science, but it feels good to be able to say no and to prioritize

0:59.5

and you'll recognize how your relationship, especially with your spouse, with your kids,

1:05.6

benefit from it.

1:07.6

And as you practice learning what a healthy no is, healthy yes, is, and practice managing the

1:14.7

emotions that come with that, because you may feel guilt saying, no, I can't do that,

1:19.2

and maybe there's some extra project you could take on or some extra money you could earn,

1:25.8

and in the moment you may have certain feelings. You'll work through those and you'll

1:30.3

see the benefits of making the conscious decision. I am going to invest and prioritize in this

1:38.7

relationship with my daughter, with my son, with my family, with my spouse. I remember early in our marriage,

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