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With messages coming at us from every angle, it can be hard to find balance in parenting! Join Sissy Goff, David Thomas, and Melissa Trevathan this week as they share practical ways to find balance and ultimately be better guides for our kids.

Connect with Sissy, David, and Melissa at raisingboysandgirls.com

Connect with Minno at podcast.gominno.com

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Quotes, Questions, and Helpful Information

We can carry the practices of the pandemic forward when we have more activities competing for our time.

It’s important for parents to wrestle with the balance of stepping in and stepping out of their kids’ discomfort. David Thomas

 

We can’t want something for someone more than they want it for themselves.

 

If you give your child the words, she will never get to them herself. Sissy Goff

Help your kids determine what it looks like to be kind and strong at the same time. Sissy Goff

 

There is nothing wrong with sitting with your child as they struggle as long as, at some point, you get up. David Thomas

Time outs are not just for toddlers. They are great for grown-ups too!

Creating space for kids or parents to go when they need to work through something. (Listen to podcast episodes from Are My Kids on Track on Perspective and Resourcefulness.)

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3 Intentional Practices:

Create a space to go to when you need to step away.

Ask: What are you doing for your kids that they can do for themselves?

Sit down as a family and come up with a list of coping skills to help you regulate.

 

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Kids learn more from observation than information.

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Anchoring Truth: Melissa Trevathan   

Children are asking two questions at the same time: Am I loved? . . . Can I get my own way? – Dan Allender and Larry Crabb

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“Be as wise as serpents and as innocent as doves.” Matthew 10:16b

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Balance is an ongoing, everyday thing.

Balance happens best when we focus.

Read: Matthew 6:33, Romans 12:1-2 (MSG)