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2 Helpful resources along the parenting journey:

Link to 8 Feelings for Children Chart

How Are You Feeling Today

The focus of this season on “Living with Heart: From Birth to Death” is parenting. Some of the content in these episodes loosely connects to the book, Parenting with Heart by Stephen James and Chip Dodd. 

Taking responsibility as a parent is referred to in several ways:

Taking responsibility as a parent means that a parent accepts that they are a work in progress, as is every child. We are all WIPs (works in progress). 

A WIP recognizes that humility is an essential factor to be a healthy, responsible parent.

A WIP has healthy shame, identified by five basic recognitions:

The responsible parent is a WIP who:

The responsible parent also faces and is humbled by these realities:

These four realities that are faced by the parent, give permission to the parent, and child alike, to live with imperfection and still pursue excellence.

Basically, there is no finish line. 

By having an attitude and disposition that focuses on growth, not perfection, parents create a healthy environment of children.

Ultimately, the responsible parent is a person who lives the Golden Rule.

Jesus said, “So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets.” (Matthew 7:12, NIV).

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