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FamilyLife Today®

Taming of the Tongue: Dave & Ann Wilson

FamilyLife Today®

FamilyLife Podcast Network

Kids & Family, Religion & Spirituality, Personal Journals, Christianity, Society & Culture

4.61.6K Ratings

🗓️ 9 January 2025

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Our words matter. Dave and Ann Wilson show us how to cultivate positive parenting communication to create an environment where children can thrive.

Transcript

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0:00.0

I think we're generally good when our kids do something well, even perform well, we'll say that to

0:07.3

them. But we need to remind them who they are as identity words, who they are in Christ, if they're

0:14.9

in Christ, how Jesus sees them, their character qualities. Those are things that are sticky.

0:22.2

We just don't want them to think, hey, you're great because you did really well at soccer.

0:32.1

Welcome to Family Life today, where we want to help you pursue the relationships that matter most. I'm Dave Wilson.

0:39.1

And I'm Ann Wilson. And you can find us at family lifetay.com. This is family life today.

0:48.9

So I can remember when all of our boys, so three boys, they were all five and under, going to church one day.

1:01.8

I was not with you because I was already at church.

1:04.0

Exactly.

1:04.6

That's what pastors do.

1:06.0

By the way, you know, this is a Wilson original, so we get to talk right to you guys.

1:11.2

So anyway, I've got a newborn, I've got a three-year-old, I've got a five-year-old, and we're

1:16.0

trying to get ready for church. It is absolute chaos. I'm sort of glad I was at church.

1:21.0

You should be glad because, like, there's fighting going on, there's yelling going on, I'm trying

1:26.2

to nurse the baby, The baby's crying.

1:28.6

And the two older ones were just fighting so much. I get in the car. I finally get everybody

1:35.0

in their seats, car seats. I put my seatbelt on and I am now yelling and I'm looking at them

1:42.2

in the review mirror. Like, guys, we just stop it! And I'm yelling. And as I'm looking at them in the review mirror like guys we just stop it and I'm yelling

1:46.0

and as I'm looking at them in the review mirror rear view rear view yeah what I say review review

1:53.4

you said it twice now you know what I keep that in don't even edit it out this is fun rear view mirror

1:59.2

I'm glad you said it I didn didn't know what I said that.

2:01.5

I thought, is that a new mirror that I don't know about review?

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