COURAGEOUS PARENTING

Isaac and Angie share their personal stories of the challenge to stay healthy and the different approaches they have taken to get back in shape amongst the busy life of having littles, teenagers, and kids in between. Angie’s story is still developing as she has lost over 24 pounds recently and continues to press forward. Be encouraged as they get real about it all. All show notes, scripture references, and resources mentioned are found at COURAGEOUSPARENTING.COM.

At age five Solomon brings a short but encouraging message about what he’s been learning now that he’s the oldest in his room he shares with his brother. He gives a few tips and ends with his powerful “Bye” as usual. All show notes, scripture references, and resources mentioned are found at COURAGEOUSPARENTING.COM.

If you do this well, it makes parenting so much easier but more importantly it equips your kids to be able to become good at whatever they need to. Isaac and Angie cover five tips to helping your kids become good at taking their own initiative towards learning. All show notes, scripture references, and resources mentioned are found at COURAGEOUSPARENTING.COM.

Drew shares a story of lying to his parents and why that was a pivotal experience as a young child. He draws on that experience and from the truth in the Bible in giving sound advice on why we shouldn’t lie to others and what to do if we have. All show notes, scripture references, and resources mentioned are found at COURAGEOUSPARENTING.COM.

It’s hard to be consistent as a parent, but it really is an essential part of parenting. We cover seven reasons why parents struggle with this with tips and motivation to overcome these pitfalls. If you feel like you’re doing everything you can, you will be encouraged in this episode as you will likely realize, you just need to follow through every time with your current parenting initiatives. Consistency really is a difference-maker in parenting. All show notes, scripture references, and resources mentioned are found at COURAGEOUSPARENTING.COM.

Luke encourages the importance of challenging yourself to learn new things. He gives three examples of new things he’s learning how to do right now and what it’s teaching him about himself while giving tips to those listening. All show notes, scripture references, and resources mentioned are found at COURAGEOUSPARENTING.COM.

If you’re not careful, your discouragement can become very disruptive to yourself and your family. This episode dives into how to overcome discouragement so that you can lead your family well.

At age eleven Ethan has three younger brothers in our large family. He shares three tips to leading well which include ways to encourage your younger siblings, the importance of including them when playing with your friends and leading by example to get tasks done well together. Tune in to this short buy powerful kid episode. All show notes, scripture references, and resources mentioned are found at COURAGEOUSPARENTING.COM.

When things go bad, you want to be in a population of like-minded people. Many of the reasons for moving have already been validated just a year later after watching the further deterioration of freedoms in Oregon. While raising children we believe it’s best to live where people will stand strong for freedom. We reflect on our move a year ago, give useful insights and share how it has blessed our family. All show notes, scripture references, and resources mentioned are found at COURAGEOUSPARENTING.COM.

Too many kids raised in Christian homes are falling away from the faith when they leave their parents' homes. Part of the problem is that too many assumptions are made by parents that actually put performance pressure on kids. That’s the opposite of creating trust and comfort for your kids to ask deep spiritual questions, wrestle with scripture, and be candid about their struggles. If we don’t create this kind of relationship, our kids will conform to the family Christianity, but when they depart from the family unit, their faith falls flat because it wasn’t based on their own real relationship with Christ.