Sissy Goff and David Thomas on raising children in a world this hard
Pardon the Mess with Scarlet Hiltibidal - Christian Motherhood, Biblical Parenting, Raising Christian Kids
Scarlet Hiltibidal and Christian Parenting
4.9 • 849 Ratings
🗓️ 1 June 2023
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Summary
This week, Sissy Goff and David Thomas with Daystar Counseling are here! Each of them have been counseling kids for over 30 years. I cannot think of two individuals that have impacted my parenting in a more practical and profound way.
In this episode, we talk about a few of the challenges with raising our kids in a scary and sometimes dark time. From anxiety to school shootings - we’ve never felt more anxious or ill-equipped to raise children.
David shares some encouragement and tips on raising an emotionally strong boy. Sissy shares about her upcoming book to help anxious parents raise kids in the midst of our own self work. She notes that women and girls lead the statistics in anxiety.
There are also some tender moments where they both reflect back on the most horrendous time in their own Nashville community. You will be encouraged to hear more stories of God working in and around Covenant School. I know so many are grateful for the work Daystar did to step up, comfort and care for so many families (locally and nationwide).
Quotes:
"It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.” - Frederick Douglas
“When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me: ‘Look for the helpers.’ You will always find people who are helping.” - Fred Rogers
Enjoy!
Courtney DeFeo
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Resources from today’s show:
The Worry Free Parent- Pre- Order!
Raising Emotionally Strong Boys by David Thomas
Strong and Smart: A Boy's Guide to Building Healthy Emotions by David Thomas
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| 0:00.0 | Christian Parenting. |
| 0:03.5 | Christian Parenting. |
| 0:13.6 | Welcome to Pardon the Mess. |
| 0:15.5 | I'm your host, Courtney Defeo. |
| 0:17.4 | As parents, we know raising kids is the opposite of neat and tidy. Each day brings |
| 0:22.2 | wins, losses, and valuable lessons. I pray that every time you're here, we will grow and learn, |
| 0:27.7 | maybe even laugh and cry together in the midst of our beautiful mess. |
| 0:35.7 | Well, hello, everybody. Are you alive? May just got finished and I don't know about you, |
| 0:42.1 | but it is something special. I thought December would crush me one day and I don't even have |
| 0:47.1 | many kids or little kids. I have teenagers that can do a lot themselves. But May is when I start |
| 0:52.9 | staring blankly out the window and it looks like |
| 0:56.1 | no one's home is truly what's happening. I'm like glitching. It's like a computer doing a short |
| 1:01.0 | circuit. I just can't handle any more information or events. And so my kids have been laughing at me like, |
| 1:06.2 | mom, you asked us that question about lunch or pickup about eight times. So I said, we'll write it down |
| 1:11.1 | because I didn't remember anything you said. So whether you've got toddlers and you're a little |
| 1:15.1 | anxious about going into the summer or whether you've got teenagers or one that just graduated, |
| 1:19.4 | we all know the stress and the excitement that comes with the new season. I am personally pumped. |
| 1:25.5 | I love having my kids home in the summer and I just get more time with each of them as they're going so fast. I am personally pumped. I love having my kids home in the summer, and I just get more time |
| 1:29.0 | with each of them as they're growing so fast. I've got one that's 16 and one that's 14, and so I'll |
| 1:34.1 | take any time I can get with them. Doesn't mean it's always easy, but I'm pretty pumped. |
| 1:38.4 | All right, well, what are we doing today? If you missed the last couple weeks, I hope that you go back and listen to who I am. You're like, |
| 1:45.0 | wait, this isn't Cynthia's voice. We are doing a transition here, and I'm super excited and honored to be |
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