The four things I would tell my younger parenting self
Pardon the Mess with Scarlet Hiltibidal - Christian Motherhood, Biblical Parenting, Raising Christian Kids
Scarlet Hiltibidal and Christian Parenting
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🗓️ 6 January 2022
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
I’m kicking off the New Year a little differently this year with no guest joining us today. Instead, I’m sharing some of the things I wish I had known as a younger mom. I try not to live with regrets, but I also know the value that comes by taking inventory in our parenting and acknowledging the areas of growth as well as the struggles.
The four things I’m sharing with you today began with an article I wrote several years ago from the perspective of “the oldest mom on the playground.” Since then, I’ve had opportunities to share these parenting truths to various groups, and the Lord has given me even greater clarity that I pray will encourage and challenge you.
I have no doubt that your social media feeds (like mine) are packed with all kinds of weight loss and exercise challenges for a physically healthier 2022. But I would also encourage you to avoid “back-burnering” (assuming that’s a word) your parenting and instead take this week to consider what’s working, what’s not, where you might need to be encouraged, and where you need to encourage others. I’ll start us off with today’s podcast on the four things I would tell my younger parenting self.
I would be so grateful if you would not only take a minute to listen, but then also share it with the other parents you’re walking alongside with each day.
P.S. As we begin this New Year, one of our prayers is that Pardon the Mess will reach more and more parents. One way you can help us do this is to leave a review on iTunes or wherever you listen to podcasts. It would be a great blessing if you could take just a minute and do that for me today! So grateful 💕
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| 0:00.0 | Christian Parenting. |
| 0:03.5 | This is Cynthia Yannoff, and you're listening to Pardon the Mess. |
| 0:16.1 | Each week we have honest discussions about the ups and downs of parenting and the lessons God is teaching us along the way. It's real, it's fun, and it's biblical. Life is messy. Don't walk |
| 0:26.1 | the parenting road alone. Hey guys, welcome to Pardon the Mess. Welcome to 2022. I am glad you're here. |
| 0:35.8 | I hope you are decompressing from the holidays. And maybe this is your |
| 0:40.1 | first chance to kind of sit down and relax and do something for yourself. And so I'm just |
| 0:45.0 | glad that you are here listening to Part of the Mess. And because we have so many new listeners |
| 0:49.9 | over the last year, you know that I don't do this very often on the podcast, but today I just want |
| 0:54.5 | to chat with you, just me. No guest. I want to talk to you about parenting for a few minutes because |
| 0:59.5 | January, I always say it's kind of like, yes, it's the new year for sure for everyone. But in parenting, |
| 1:05.3 | I feel like it's that time of year where I stop and try to assess how we're doing well, how we're |
| 1:10.4 | not doing well, things that we can |
| 1:12.0 | improve. And so as you're thinking maybe about New Year's resolutions, maybe you're not |
| 1:16.4 | doing resolutions, or you're just thinking about ways you want to grow your family closer to |
| 1:19.9 | the Lord in this new year, I want to share some thoughts with you. |
| 1:27.4 | I've been speaking a lot recently at different places, and I've been talking about some of the lessons I've learned. |
| 1:33.8 | As a mom, some of the things that have, the Lord has just laid on my heart. |
| 1:37.6 | And people ask me a lot, like, what are some of the, like, guiding principles in parenting |
| 1:41.4 | that you and your husband try to follow? |
| 1:43.8 | And so I've kind of |
| 1:44.9 | spoken into that recently. And it's based on a blog. I've written. I've talked about it before on this |
| 1:48.7 | podcast, but I wrote a blog a while back for tips from the oldest mom on the playground. And it was |
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