The Power of a Gentle Answer
Focus on the Family Parenting Podcast
Focus on the Family
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🗓️ 13 May 2021
⏱️ 16 minutes
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Summary
It can be really difficult not to react in anger when your kids repeat frustrating behaviors. John and Danny offer a helpful perspective on whining and complaining.
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| 0:00.0 | Thank you for downloading the Focus on the Family Parenting Podcast. You can find more helpful advice at |
| 0:06.7 | Focus on the Family.com slash parenting podcast. |
| 0:11.3 | In the Old Testament, the Book of Proverbs, chapter 15, we read, |
| 0:15.0 | A Gentle Answer Turns Away Wrath. |
| 0:18.0 | But a harsh word stirs up anger. |
| 0:21.0 | And many are familiar with that verse but during heated moments with |
| 0:24.9 | your kids it can be so hard not to react with harsh words and to stir up anger. |
| 0:31.5 | I'm John Fuller with Dr Danny Huerta who's the Vice President of |
| 0:35.2 | parenting and Youth here at Focus on the Family and today we're going to hear a conversation |
| 0:39.6 | Jim Daly and I had with authors Amber Leah and Wendy speak who are very honest about their own struggles with anger. |
| 0:47.4 | They gave some helpful tips for handling back talking and whining in a more positive godly way. |
| 0:55.0 | Let's talk about back talking. |
| 0:57.0 | Okay, every mom just leaned in. |
| 0:59.0 | Yes, that's my problem. |
| 1:00.0 | I have an eight-year-old. |
| 1:02.0 | I have a 12 year old I mean whenever |
| 1:03.8 | but okay what's happening in the dynamic let's dissect it almost |
| 1:10.8 | clinically and then talk practically about how to ease the back talking moment. |
| 1:16.3 | Yeah, sure. |
| 1:17.3 | When our kids back talk, our tendency is to talk back in like, you know, they come at us with negative energy and we dish it back because |
| 1:26.6 | we are bigger and we are stronger and so whatever they've brought to us we can do and the same is true |
| 1:31.6 | of course with a slamming door or a nasty face or |
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