Heart Focused Parenting Belinda Letchford

#81:  Growing in Faith Through Parenting
Ever feel like there's no time for you to grow spiritually because you're always busy with the kids? In this episode, I look at this a different way because the truth is being a parent can actually help you grow closer to God. As we deal with all the busy and all the exhaustion we can try and do it on our own, or we can press into God.  The thing is - the more we depend on God the more like Christ we become - and that, as we’ll find out is God’s purpose.  Tune in to find out how you can strengthen your faith and become more and more like Christ - because you are a parent, not inspite of it!
 
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#80: How to be a Consistent Parent without the Guilt
We all know it – Being consistent is important as a parent. But we also know it is one of the biggest challenges we face – and it is one of the biggest guilts we deal with. But what does consistency look like? We tend to see it as being 100 percent the same – always; but, that can look like legalism or being authoritarian. Out of reaction, we swing the pendulum the other way – and find ourselves inconsistent! There has to be a balance, a middle road somewhere that makes consistency doable without the guilt of being human.
 
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#79 How To Help Your Children Do The Right Thing: My goal as a Christian parent was to raise children who loved God, loved others and who were able to make wise choices as they lived in their community using their passions and talents to be a blessing to others.  Sounds good on paper - but how do we raise our kids to do the right thing - to even know what the right thing is and then to have the strength of character to do it?  In this episode I talk about 4 practical things we can do that will help our children do the right thing.  When you start adding these heart-focused parenting strategies to your parenting toolbox you are laying the groundwork for your kids to be able to step up with integrity and responsibility.
 
 
For full transcript: How to Help your Child do the Right Thing
 
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#78:  Discipline is a big topic - and one that sparks lots of intense feelings.  I thought it time to address what I believe about discipline because we use a word - and it may not mean what you think it means.  Or at least you may not know what I mean when I use the word.  Discipline is understood to be a big part of parenting - if we do it wrong it really does hurt our children - and I don’t mean just physically but emotionally, relationally and even spiritually.  This is an area you really have to think about and not just do whatever.  We must be intentional when it comes to discipline.
 
For full transcript: How to Discipline Your Child And Stay Heart-focused?
 
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#77: If you have older teens, or young adults living at home then you want to listen in today as I talk about a key parenting strategy that will help your young adult child move into adulthood well, but it will also help you make the transitions you need to as a parent.  If your young adult is living at home you need to have what I call a Rites of Passage conversation.  Listen in as I explain it and give you the words to say.
 
Transcript:  Have This Important Conversation When Your Child Becomes An Adult
This conversation will help you navigate chages in parent-child dynamics when your child becomes an adult.
 
Further Reading/Listening: 
Supporting your Teen and Young Adult Children as a Mentor:   Parenting changes and becomes more like mentoring as our children grow older and become teens and young adults. Are you making the shift?
 
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#76: Today we're talking about three words that changed my parenting: love, mercy, and grace. As Christian parents, we are probably very familiar with those words. But do we let them change how we parent?
 
For full transcript: 3 Words that Changed my Parenting 
 
Further Listening
What does it Mean to be a Christian Parent:  The truth about Christian parenting isn’t in the things we teach our kids but rather in how we respond. Do we respond as followers of Christ?
 
Pursue Peace in Your Heart and Home: When we pursue the things of peace, our choices reflect Christ's righteousness and our right standing with Jesus, brings joy and peace every day.
 
How to be Calm, Gentle and Positive Towards your Children Every Day:  5 keys mindsets for parents to be calm, gentle and positive. When you change your beliefs you change your actions. You can be a gentle and positive parent.
 
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