What You Need to be a Happier Mom, Part 1

Focus on the Family Parenting Podcast

Focus on the Family

Kids & Family, Parenting

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🗓️ 25 February 2020

⏱️ 10 minutes

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If mom‚Äôs upset, chances are others in the house will be upset as well. John and Danny discuss ways for moms to stay happy and enjoy themselves at home, which will help keep the kids happy. Receive the book The 10 Habits of Happy Mothers with your gift of any amount!

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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.
0:11.0	There's no truism that mom sets the tone of the household. I'm John Fuller along with Danny
0:16.7	Werta, who is the head of our parenting department here, and if mom is upset, there is a chance.
0:22.1	Everybody else has their emotional equilibrium
0:26.3	thrown off a little bit.
0:27.4	We're either sensitive or we're hiding.
0:29.5	So how can mom stay happy and just enjoy life in the home and help the kids have you
0:35.8	look at a happy easy chill existence Danny.
0:39.4	How do we do that?
0:40.8	You just have two minutes for this and then we'll just close the show out.
0:45.0	I love it.
0:46.4	Happiness is really up to mom, you know?
0:48.2	I mean, that's what I want to say on that one.
0:50.8	There can be unhappiness and the emotions of a mom can be quite contagious for sure.
0:57.6	I like that word.
0:58.8	I didn't thought about it, but that's a good word.
1:00.8	It's a great opportunity for, if your dad in this situation or kids trying to process this,
1:07.8	you want to take ownership.
1:09.0	How did I push mom's buttons?
1:11.2	What did I do? It's not a great goal to try to make mom happy because
1:16.2	there's some things that mom's wrestling with herself and the happiness is up to
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