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Focus on the Family with Jim Daly

Taming Your Child's Tounge

Focus on the Family with Jim Daly

Focus on the Family

Kids & Family, Society & Culture, Relationships, Parenting

4.74.5K Ratings

🗓️ 25 January 2023

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

In a discussion based on her book "I Can't Believe You Just Said That!", Ginger Hubbard offers parents a Biblically-based three-step plan for dealing effectively with their children's back talk, whining and lying. She also stresses the importance of dealing with matters of the heart, rather than simply addressing outward behavior.


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0:00.0

Well, if you're a parent, I'm sure you've heard shouting like that a time or two.

0:11.4

This is focused on the family and your host is focused president Jim daily.

0:14.8

I'm John Fuller and Jim every parent has to deal with their child making demands,

0:20.1

back talking, complaining, lying.

0:22.9

The tongue just seems to be a problem for a lot of kids and adults.

0:27.2

Well, it is and hopefully by the time we're at some age, we figured it out.

0:31.6

But it is.

0:32.6

The tongue is a tough thing and we see it right when we can start speaking.

0:37.1

Pretty much that tongue is unleashed to let it go.

0:39.8

How many grocery stores have you been in and either your own child or someone in the store,

0:45.7

some little three, four, eight year old is going on?

0:48.1

It's acting up.

0:49.1

Yeah, I've gotten over my embarrassment at my own kids doing that.

0:52.8

And I'm trying to just be gracious and kind to parents who are suffering that.

0:57.0

It's probably the best evidence of the uncontrolled tongue that I've ever seen.

1:00.4

And I remember I've said it even on the program.

1:02.7

I remember when Trent wanted a candy at the checkout aisle.

1:05.9

I was out of town.

1:06.9

Jean's going through terribly embarrassed and Troy was really little and Trent's melting

1:12.8

down because he didn't get this chocolate and an officer, a military man came over

1:17.7

and said, son, you need to listen to your mother.

1:20.0

I was like, I don't know who that was, but thank you.

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