Your Kids, the Easter Story, and Talking About Difficult Emotions

Famous at Home

Josh + Christi Straub

Parenting, Relationships, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture, Kids & Family

4.9 • 653 Ratings

🗓️ 23 February 2023

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Not only is the message of Jesus’ death and resurrection difficult to translate to children, but the events leading up to Jesus’ death were full of emotions for His family, disciples, and all who followed Him. The happiness on Palm Sunday, the surprise at the Last Supper, the sadness at the cross, the joy at the tomb—the week of Jesus’ death and resurrection was filled with emotion. And that’s what gave us the idea: What if we used the emotions they were feeling two-thousand-years-ago to help our kids connect to the Easter story in a way that brings the resurrection of Jesus “alive” to our kids. See what we did there ;) In this episode, we talk about our new book, 10 Days of the Easter Story, and how we as parents can help our kids connect to and learn about their own feelings through the events of Holy Week. We talk about:

How to process grief as a family and sit in sadness while remaining hopeful
Emotional vocabulary in the home and how to make it inviting, not threatening
The power of thinking, feeling, and relating at the same time

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0:00.0	research shows that our brain grows when we're thinking, feeling, and relating at the same time.
0:05.4	And as Christy today just didn't read her devotions and just didn't read the Bible and get done
0:10.5	and plow through it and go, oh, I got John chapter 19, 20, 20, you know, I got, I got my reading done today.
0:16.7	She was thinking and feeling in the moment with what was happening, to take a Sela,
0:23.8	to take a moment where she's experiencing that moment, that thinking, feeling, and relating
0:28.8	all at the same time is crucial for growth, both spiritually and emotionally.
0:34.7	And so this isn't why we just want to simply read a devotional to our kids.
0:38.6	This is why we want to invite them into family activities, invite them into questions,
0:43.2	where we get to interact and relate to our kids, get them thinking about the story,
0:48.0	but also relating to the story and how the story may have caused, you know,
0:53.1	how they might have run away in fear at one point in their journey.
0:57.2	You are listening to The Famous at Home podcast with Dr. Josh and Christy Straub.
1:02.9	Because when it's all said and done, we all want to know that we were famous at home.
1:13.4	Welcome back to the Famous at Home podcast.
1:15.3	Today we're talking about your family and Easter and making the Easter story come alive.
1:19.6	Before we do, here is a word from our sponsors.
1:25.1	Welcome today.
1:32.0	We're talking about a brand new book that we are releasing that has released,
1:36.4	which we're super stoked about. We would love for you to check it out. It's called 10 Days of the Easter Story, a family experience or a family journey through the feelings of Holy Week.
1:45.7	This was a fun book.
1:47.2	We're super excited for this.
1:48.1	This is a really, really exciting book for us.
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