Warfare Parenting Laine Lawson Craft

On this week's episode of the Warfare Parenting Podcast, I am so excited to welcome back Author Connie Albers, as she talks about finding growth and grace in parenting. Connie shares that as parents, we have the freedom to pivot parenting techniques as our children walk through different seasons of life.
Pivoting isn't a sign of being a bad parent, but instead allows us to focus specifically on where our child is in their walk through life and maximize their growth in love and grace. Connie also explains that there is no "one size fits all" to parenting and every child is uniquely created in the image of God.
Therefore, parents have to learn to embrace the unique growth of their children and find ways to walk alongside them as they grow into the man or woman that God created them to be.
Who is Connie Albers?
Connie Albers has spent much of her adult life as a homeschool mom to five and mompreneur with an outreach and ministry to parents through her speaking and various leadership roles. Balancing her roles as a wife, speaker, homeschooler, consultant, and active volunteer, she has learned to discover resilience and joy within the stop and go of life. She is a respected leader, social media enthusiast, and trusted mom who understands the challenges of balancing the demands of life, work and homeschool. 
More recently, Connie is equipping parents with her book Parenting beyond the Rules by NavPress, which outlines positive approaches to parenting today’s teenagers. Her enthusiasm for helping others navigate social media led to her taking a post at Social Media Marketing World. Connie’s mission is to equip moms to live their life with confidence and joy.
Things We Talk About in this Episode:
Why is there freedom in pivoting in parenting and how should we use pivoting in parenting? How do we build a love of scripture in our childrens' lives and why is that important?  Why do we need to recognize that we won't always get things right as parents and how can we be the best parent possible for our kids? Resources:
To purchase Connie's Book, Parenting beyond the Rules: Raising Teens with Confidence and Joy, read Connie's blog and more, visit her website: www.conniealbers.com
You can also buy Connie's Book on Amazon at the link here: https://www.amazon.com/Parenting-beyond-Rules-Raising-Confidence/dp/1631468855
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One of the most difficult seasons of parenting can be when our children become teenagers. While this can be a challenging time of transition for parents and teens, you can parent well and build a strong relationship with your children even through the teen years. So how do we parent well in our children's teen years?
We are so excited to have author Connie Albers as our guest on this week's episode of The Warfare Parenting Podcast. Connie has over 20 years of experience working with teenagers and has seen the negative impacts of well-intentioned but often misguided styles of parenting teenagers. She explains how our listeners with children in their teen years can guide their hearts and remain a primary influence in their lives.
Connie talks about how to raise a teen according to their given strengths, talents, and personality types, as well as how to equip your teen with tools to live a responsible, fruitful life.
Who is Connie Albers?
Connie Albers has spent much of her adult life as a homeschool mom to five and mompreneur with an outreach and ministry to parents through her speaking and various leadership roles. Balancing her roles as a wife, speaker, homeschooler, consultant, and active volunteer, she has learned to discover resilience and joy within the stop and go of life. She is a respected leader, social media enthusiast, and trusted mom who understands the challenges of balancing the demands of life, work and homeschool. 
More recently, Connie is equipping parents with her book Parenting beyond the Rules by NavPress, which outlines positive approaches to parenting today’s teenagers. Her enthusiasm for helping others navigate social media led to her taking a post at Social Media Marketing World. Connie’s mission is to equip moms to live their life with confidence and joy.
Things We Talk About in this Episode:
What are painting pictures of possibilities and why is that important for us to show our teenagers? What are some good conversation starters for parents with teenagers?  Why is it so important to have healthy conversations with our children as teenagers? Resources:
To purchase Connie's Book, Parenting beyond the Rules: Raising Teens with Confidence and Joy, read Connie's blog and more, visit her website: www.conniealbers.com
You can also buy Connie's Book on Amazon at the link here: https://www.amazon.com/Parenting-beyond-Rules-Raising-Confidence/dp/1631468855
Read the Free 1st Chapter FREE of The Parent's Battle Plan: Warfare Strategies to Win Back Your Prodigal https://www.LaineLawsonCraft.com
 
Follow Laine on Instagram: @lainelawsoncraft
 
Join Laine's Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/LaineLawsonCraft
 
Follow Laine on Twitter: @LaineLawsonCrft
 
Invite Laine to speak at your next event today: Media Kit - Laine Lawson Craft
 
Please send prayer requests to lainecraft@lainecraft.net
Order Laine's New Book, The Parent's Battle Plan: Warfare Strategies to Win Back Your Prodigal, here: www.amazon.com/Parents-Battle-Plan-Strategies-Prodigal
Thank you so much for joining me for this episode of Warfare Parenting. I hope you've found some encouragement or helpful info in this episode to help you on your journey. If you have a specific topic, you'd like me to talk about or a guest you'd like me to have on the show. Please feel free to send me a message on Instagram or Facebook. You can even text "Hi Laine" to 55444. Follow the podcast, so you never miss an episode, and leave me a rating and review. I would be so grateful!

For a new season to break out in your life, you will need the decision to CHANGE and then take a few steps.
Those words come from my friend and Best Selling Author, Kim Jones, who we are so excited to have back on this episode of the Warfare Parenting Podcast. Kim shares the 5 D's that you need to change your life for the better; the things that will help you get up and take a few steps when you feel like you can't walk. She explains why these 5 concepts are so important to help us take control of our life and find the breakout season we are searching for.
Kim wants everyone to know that God has heard your pain and He is with you in this moment, but to find that release from the pain, you have got to get up.
Who is Kim Jones?
Pastor Kimberly Jones, known as Real Talk Kim, travels the world fulfilling her passion and purpose of loving people back to life. She is a mother, pastor, entrepreneur, mentor, motivational speaker, entertainer, and best-selling author. 
She is using her influence to mentor people all over the world through her mentorship program, RTK Inner Circle.  Real Talk Kim is an advocate for GIVE Culture Foundation for Impact, a nonprofit organization that teaches mindfulness and generosity to the next generation of leaders.
Real Talk Kim is a true worshiper after God’s own heart, a testament of God’s redemption plan in action. She is the Senior Pastor at Limitless Church with campuses in Fayetteville, GA and Atlanta, GA.  She is the proud mother of two sons, Morgan and Lyncoln.
Things We Talk About in this Episode:
What are the 5 D's to transforming our lives and finding our breakout season? Why is it so important to "stop giving CPR to dead situations"? Why is discipline so important as we step into the 5 D's? What steps can we take to create discipline in our lives when pain is present? Resources:
Purchase Kim's Book, You've Got To Get Up, at the link here: https://www.amazon.com/You-Gotta-Get-Up-Knocked/dp/1400241987
Read the Free 1st Chapter FREE of The Parent's Battle Plan: Warfare Strategies to Win Back Your Prodigal https://www.LaineLawsonCraft.com
 
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Please send prayer requests to lainecraft@lainecraft.net
Order Laine's New Book, The Parent's Battle Plan: Warfare Strategies to Win Back Your Prodigal, here: www.amazon.com/Parents-Battle-Plan-Strategies-Prodigal
Thank you so much for joining me for this episode of Warfare Parenting. I hope you've found some encouragement or helpful info in this episode to help you on your journey. If you have a specific topic, you'd like me to talk about or a guest you'd like me to have on the show. Please feel free to send me a message on Instagram or Facebook. You can even text "Hi Laine" to 55444. Follow the podcast, so you never miss an episode, and leave me a rating and review. I would be so grateful!

Everyone wants to be a diamond in life, but no one wants to get cut. Even though the pain we walk through may not be our fault, our healing comes from our ability to get up and start walking forward to God in healing. So, how can we get back up?
I am so excited today to welcome Best Selling Author and Motivational Speaker, Kimberly Jones, to this episode of the Warfare Parenting Podcast. Kim shares her own story of being knocked down throughout her life, and how she finally realized that she had to get back up and step into who God was calling her to be. She also shares resources and quotes from her book, You Gotta Get Up: Grab Hold of Your Life After Being Knocked Down, Held Back, and Left Out, about how you too can get back up.
This podcast offers a transformational message that encourages us that God will never let the enemy knock us so far down that we can't get back up again.
Who is Kim Jones?
Pastor Kimberly Jones, known as Real Talk Kim, travels the world fulfilling her passion and purpose of loving people back to life. She is a mother, pastor, entrepreneur, mentor, motivational speaker, entertainer, and best-selling author. She is using her influence to mentor people all over the world through her mentorship program, RTK Inner Circle.
Real Talk Kim is an advocate for GIVE Culture Foundation for Impact, a nonprofit organization that teaches mindfulness and generosity to the next generation of leaders. Real Talk Kim is a true worshiper after God’s own heart, a testament of God’s redemption plan in action. She is the Senior Pastor at Limitless Church with campuses in Fayetteville, GA and Atlanta, GA. She is the proud mother of two sons, Morgan and Lyncoln.
Things We Talk About in this Episode:
How do we replace destructive thoughts in our life with the truth God is calling us to step into?  How do we stop bleeding on other people who didn't cut us? Why is that important for us to recognize as we try to heal? How do we have to walk away from pain? What can we do to find the strength to get up and walk away from things that hold us in pain? Resources:
Purchase Kim's Book, You've Got To Get Up, at the link here: https://www.amazon.com/You-Gotta-Get-Up-Knocked/dp/1400241987
Read the Free 1st Chapter FREE of The Parent's Battle Plan: Warfare Strategies to Win Back Your Prodigal https://www.LaineLawsonCraft.com
Follow Laine on Instagram: @lainelawsoncraft
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Invite Laine to speak at your next event today: Media Kit - Laine Lawson Craft Please send prayer requests to lainecraft@lainecraft.net
Order Laine's New Book, The Parent's Battle Plan: Warfare Strategies to Win Back Your Prodigal, here: www.amazon.com/Parents-Battle-Plan-Strategies-Prodigal
Thank you so much for joining me for this episode of Warfare Parenting. I hope you've found some encouragement or helpful info in this episode to help you on your journey. If you have a specific topic, you'd like me to talk about or a guest you'd like me to have on the show. Please feel free to send me a message on Instagram or Facebook. You can even text "Hi Laine" to 55444. Follow the podcast, so you never miss an episode, and leave me a rating and review. I would be so grateful!

We all know the dangers that pornography addiction can pose to our children and young adults. But if we find out that one of our children is struggling with an addiction to porn, what are the first steps to helping them? What can we do to help keep our children safe in the age of the internet, where everything is connected?
I am so excited to welcome Author and Sexual Risk Avoidance Specialist, Barb Winters, on today's episode of the Warfare Parenting Podcast. Barb shares her story of her 14 year old son watching pornography and the journey she embarked on with him to help break free from that addiction. She explains what she went through as a mother, why its so important to begin talking more openly about treating pornography addiction, and what resources are available for parents to help their children redevelop a healthy relationship with sex and recover from addiction.
Who is Barb Winters?
Barb Winters is the mom of a recovered pornography addict, a certified Sexual Risk Avoidance Specialist, and founder of Hopeful Mom: Supporting Parents in an Online World, where she offers encouragement and practical advice to parents and leaders. As Lead Facilitator at E3 Family Solutions, Inc., Barb equips students to make healthy choices. She’s a sought-after podcast and blogsite guest, published at Covenant Eyes and Focus on the Family, serves on anti-pornography committees, speaks at seminars, and advocates for human trafficking awareness. She and her husband reside in Florida, near two of their four children. 
Things We Talk About in this Episode:
What should I do if I discover my child has been exposed or has developed an addiction to pornography? What about if they fall back into that addiction after we start treating it? How do we create safe ways for our child to access the internet, especially when pornography is so easy to access? Why is having discussions about porn addiction important to keeping our children safe? Resources:
Get access to free resources, check out Barb's book  Sexpectations: Helping the Next Generation Navigate Healthy Relationships, and more on her website:www.hopefulmom.net
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Please send prayer requests to lainecraft@lainecraft.net
Order Laine's New Book, The Parent's Battle Plan: Warfare Strategies to Win Back Your Prodigal, here: www.amazon.com/Parents-Battle-Plan-Strategies-Prodigal
Thank you so much for joining me for this episode of Warfare Parenting. I hope you've found some encouragement or helpful info in this episode to help you on your journey. If you have a specific topic, you'd like me to talk about or a guest you'd like me to have on the show. Please feel free to send me a message on Instagram or Facebook. You can even text "Hi Laine" to 55444. Follow the podcast, so you never miss an episode, and leave me a rating and review. I would be so grateful!

We all know that parenting a child doesn't stop when they hit age 18, but for some of us, we can struggle to connect with that child as the dynamic changes into early adulthood. So what can we do to unlock the power of family transformation as our child steps into adulthood?
That's why I am so excited to welcome bestselling author and parenting expert Jim Burns to this episode of the Warfare Parenting Podcast. Jim shares his testimony as a first generation Christian, growing up in a family with a father who was an alcoholic, and making a generational shift with his wife as they started their family.
Jim then talks about his book, Doing Life with Your Adult Children: Keep Your Mouth Shut and the Welcome Mat Out, and how parents can utilize different methods and resources to welcome their children into adulthood as they step into who God is calling them to be. He shares examples from parents he has spoken to throughout the years and offers positive, practical advice to help parents love their adult children fully without being overbearing or distant.
Who is Jim Burns?
Jim Burns is the president of HomeWord and the executive director of the HomeWord Center for Youth and Family at Azusa Pacific University. He is a popular public speaker and writer who has almost two million resources in print in 20 languages. He primarily addresses the topics of building strong marriages, encouraging parents and empowering kids and healthy leaders. Jim’s books include Confident Parenting, The Purity Code, and Creating an Intimate Marriage. He and his wife, Cathy, reside in Southern California and have three grown daughters and two grandchildren.
Things We Talk About in this Episode:
Is it okay to give advice to my grown child? What has to change in our relationship as a parent to give our children advice without it seeming unsolicited? What do you do when your children just don't seem to be maturing into who they are called to be as adults? What's the difference between enabling my child and helping them? Resources:
Learn more about Jim's Courses for parents, get his book Doing Life with Your Adult Children: Keep Your Mouth Shut and the Welcome Mat Out, and much more on his website: www.homeword.com
Read the Free 1st Chapter FREE of The Parent's Battle Plan: Warfare Strategies to Win Back Your Prodigal https://www.LaineLawsonCraft.com
 
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Invite Laine to speak at your next event today: Media Kit - Laine Lawson Craft
 
Please send prayer requests to lainecraft@lainecraft.net
Order Laine's New Book, The Parent's Battle Plan: Warfare Strategies to Win Back Your Prodigal, here: www.amazon.com/Parents-Battle-Plan-Strategies-Prodigal
Thank you so much for joining me for this episode of Warfare Parenting. I hope you've found some encouragement or helpful info in this episode to help you on your journey. If you have a specific topic, you'd like me to talk about or a guest you'd like me to have on the show. Please feel free to send me a message on Instagram or Facebook. You can even text "Hi Laine" to 55444. Follow the podcast, so you never miss an episode, and leave me a rating and review. I would be so grateful!