When You Don't Know How to Discipline | Ep. 154
Risen Motherhood
Emily Jensen & Laura Wifler
4.9 • 6.8K Ratings
🗓️ 26 February 2020
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
If the word "discipline" makes you feel confused, discouraged, or even defeated, you're not alone! As our children transition from sweet, snuggly babies into tantrum-throwing toddlers, we can see that they need discipline, but knowing how to discipline is a different matter. We may wonder whether there's a "right" way or a "Christian" way to discipline. We may even find ourselves wishing someone would just give us a cheat sheet with all the answers! In this episode, Emily shares some of her experience trying to make sense of discipline. Although there's no clear-cut system to fix all of our discipline struggles, she helps us think about discipline through the lens of scripture and discusses seven practical things we can do when we don't know how to discipline.
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| 0:00.0 | Today's episode is brought to you by Crossway, a not-for-profit ministry that publishes |
| 0:03.4 | gospel center resources to serve the church. Crossway's ESV scripture journals pair the |
| 0:07.5 | texts of individual books of the Bible with blank pages opposite each page of biblical text. |
| 0:11.8 | The journals are great for taking notes during a sermon, recording thoughts and prayers, |
| 0:15.2 | or creatively engaging with the text during Bible study. Visit crossway.org-forward-rm |
| 0:20.4 | and get these journals 40% off with a free Crossway Plus membership. We're so thankful for Crossway's |
| 0:25.5 | support. Motherhood is hard. One second, we think we're doing a good enough job, and the next, |
| 0:36.0 | we feel like the worst mom on the planet, which is why we need the refreshing truth of the gospel |
| 0:41.3 | to be repeated over and over, giving us hope in the everyday moments. So, mama, whether you're |
| 0:47.5 | sipping cold coffee or doing a sink full of dishes, we hope you'll find true encouragement and |
| 0:53.1 | laughter here. This is the Risen Motherhood Podcast. Thanks for joining us. |
| 1:03.7 | Hey guys, Emily here, and today I'm going to share a little bit about a topic that we're asked |
| 1:08.2 | about frequently in emails and DMs. You might have heard Laura's show on Sabbath last week, |
| 1:13.5 | and if you haven't, you should definitely stop and check it out. This show is going to be similar, |
| 1:17.6 | but before I jump in, I also want to just remind you that we have a list of resources for gospel |
| 1:22.8 | centered motherhood. Our team curates books, tools, media, and more to help you learn and grow. |
| 1:28.5 | So head over to RisenMotherhood.com for slash resources for more. |
| 1:33.3 | Okay, so today I want to talk with you about discipline, but before I get started, I want to make |
| 1:38.9 | a quick caveat. Today's show is meant to deal with the questions that arise in the everyday challenges |
| 1:44.5 | and stresses of parenting. So, if you're struggling without burst of anger or you're using physical, |
| 1:50.4 | emotional, or other types of violence or neglect as discipline strategies for your children, |
| 1:55.7 | or if you're in a marriage or a home situation that presents danger to yourself or your children, |
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