Say This, Not That: Smart Parenting Tips for Misbehavior (Part 2 of 2)

Focus on the Family with Jim Daly

Focus on the Family

Kids & Family, Relationships, Society & Culture, Parenting

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🗓️ 13 August 2025

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Amber Lia and Wendy Speake offer parents practical suggestions for responding with patience and wisdom to their children's misbehavior. The discussion is based on our guests' recent book, Parenting Scripts: When What You're Saying Isn't Working, Say Something New.

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0:00.0	God is at work and he's calling his people to rise in truth. Truth Rising is a powerful new
0:05.6	documentary from Focus on the Family in the Colson Center. See how ordinary Christians choose
0:11.1	courage in a culture that needs truth. Watch Truth Rising starting September 5th and find out how
0:17.4	you can be a part of the change and become an agent of restoration.
0:22.4	Sign up at truthrising.com.
0:24.8	That's truthrising.com.
0:26.8	This is a conversation about the kindness of God.
0:41.4	This is a safe place to talk about, hey God, am I off?
0:46.3	Is there anything offensive in me?
0:49.1	And if so, what's the purpose of it?
0:51.3	Oh, in your kindness to lead me to repentance so I can walk in the right way,
0:55.6	the everlasting way, I'm all in. Welcome to Focus on the Family with Jim Daly. We're back again
1:02.6	today with Amber Leah and Wendy Speak, who are going to offer you some practical, biblical
1:07.9	responses for common parenting challenges. Thanks for joining us.
1:12.0	I'm John Fuller.
1:13.0	John, last time we talked about the sibling rivalry, you know, some really good stuff.
1:18.0	Disobedient children, how to motivate them with a different script.
1:21.8	And we covered much more.
1:23.6	So if you missed last time, go to the website, get the download, download the app for your phone.
1:28.5	You have access to all the programs that way.
1:30.8	It's a great way to listen.
1:32.7	We're going to continue that discussion today and talk about this idea of our guests, parenting scripts.
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