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Training a Child's Heart :: Dr. Scott Turansky [Ep 274]

Don't Mom Alone Podcast

Don't Mom Alone Podcast

Education, Leisure, Kids & Family, Parenting

4.92.3K Ratings

🗓️ 17 February 2020

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

When a child disobeys, our knee-jerk reaction is typically to discipline with consequences. It’s probably how we were parented and seems like the best choice at the moment. But what if we took a different approach? 

My guest Scott Turansky has some exciting, hope-filled news for us. We can look at our child’s behavior and identify a heart attitude that needs training. Changing their attitudes or internal motivations is what will drive external or behavioral change. 

“I would suggest that parents move to consequences too quickly and that another approach is needed to make a lasting change in a child's heart. If we strategically focus on the heart of a child and use techniques that are more internally-focused, we can see some really significant things take place.”

Scott is an expert in parenting. He literally teaches college courses on it. He’s the director at the National Center for Biblical Parenting, the author of several books and a father of five. Scott shares a lot of wisdom and practical advice for moving our kids from a place of defiance and disobedience to an attitude of honor and selflessness. 

It’s a lot to take in, but so good and full of hope. We can do this and Scott is here with resources and ideas to help us train our kids’ hearts. 

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0:00.0

Hey y'all, welcome back to the Don't Mom Alone podcast.

0:10.6

I am your host Heather McFadden, and this is the place where I'm going to walk alongside

0:15.4

you and connect you with people and resources so you know that you don't mom alone.

0:21.8

In this episode, number 274, we're talking about training a child's heart with Dr. Scott

0:27.4

Teransky.

0:28.9

The idea here is that if we strategically focus on the heart of a child and use techniques

0:35.2

that are more internally focused, we can bring major change in the life of a child in

0:40.7

a short amount of time.

0:42.1

Eight weeks, we can see some really significant things take place.

0:45.6

So I'd, an idea with really challenging situation children with tendons and deficits disorder,

0:50.2

children with oppositional defiance disorder, even kids with autism, but all these kids have

0:55.2

a heart and we could see some significant change take place.

0:58.6

So I would suggest the most important way to think about this idea of parenting is that

1:03.5

we've got to think about the heart.

1:05.0

We've got to strategize, we've got a plan, we've got to find personal solutions that are

1:12.3

going to reach this child's heart and we specialize in ideas.

1:16.4

So giving people ideas and techniques and strategies in order to do that can bring about

1:22.0

some significant change.

1:24.4

Dr. Teransky and Joe Ann Miller co-founded the National Center for Biblical Parenting

1:29.0

and they also co-authored one of my go-to books for dealing with anger, my anger in parenting.

1:35.9

It's called Good and Angry, but Dr. Teransky's written over 15 books, but he has been on my

1:41.7

list of guests I've wanted to have on the show and so I'm thankful that this finally came

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