When You Make a Change
Focus on the Family Parenting Podcast
Focus on the Family
4.4 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 17 February 2022
⏱️ 9 minutes
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Summary
When you try to form a new habit in your parenting, it doesn't happen overnight. The truth is, it takes time and patience. John and Danny offer some helpful insights on how to form new habits in your home. Featuring Milan and Kay Yerkovich.
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| 0:00.0 | When you're trying to break an old habit or form a new one, the fact is that change takes time. |
| 0:09.0 | And that's true when you're trying to teach your child something new. |
| 0:13.0 | I'm John Fuller along with our Vice President of Parenting Dr. Danny Werta, |
| 0:17.0 | and let's go ahead and finish up a conversation that Jim Daly and I had with Mylan and K Yerkovich. |
| 0:23.6 | Previously now, they shared about the Love Styles concept |
| 0:26.3 | and how they learn to apply to their parenting. |
| 0:29.1 | They offer more insights today. |
| 0:32.1 | You know, I love the title you have in some ways how we love our kids. |
| 0:37.0 | Another way to say that though is how to understand brokenness and what the Lord can do with it and how to get to that better secure place. |
| 0:47.1 | And I think that's wonderful and that's the reason we want to put the tools into the hands of these parents, |
| 0:53.6 | including me. |
| 0:54.4 | I think you're thinking the same thing, John. |
| 0:57.2 | And how to do this better. |
| 0:59.4 | Mylan, someone in the audience is probably thinking, well's great for this couple I mean they have |
| 1:04.3 | a counseling center this is your vocation you are a pastor before and now you're doing |
| 1:08.6 | counseling I'm just a dad I'm just a guy that goes to work every day and comes home and tries to survive. |
| 1:16.9 | Talk about that methodology and the fact that you don't have to be a counselor to apply these |
| 1:22.4 | principles. You just need to be in tune. |
| 1:26.1 | We started all of this, as you said when our oldest son was 14, 11, 9, and 1 years old. |
| 1:33.4 | All our kids were at that age. |
| 1:35.0 | We weren't counselors. |
| 1:36.2 | We were actually just learning this ourselves. |
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