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Jessica asks, "My kid is so disobedient!  He's so strong-willed and will not obey.  Help!  What do I do?"

In today's episode, I will speak to an amazing momma, who knows what it's like to parent a more strong-willed or determined child.  I love Jessica because she is so authentic and real as a momma.  Her openness about her struggles with her child allows other moms to come out of the shadows to really hash through some of the hard and messy of motherhood.  Thank you, Girlfriend!!

In answering Jessica's question about her son, I discuss my experiences with my oldest daughter when she was younger.  My girl was a tough cookie back in the day and I employed traditional, authoritative Christian parenting strategies with her. 

And it worked.  Kind of.  I was able to get my kid to zip it, and behave outwardly in a way that me me "look and feel good" about myself.  But was it the best approach?  Did it serve my child in the long run to learn that her outward behavior was the most important thing to me?

I'm not so sure.  Being totally real here, Friend. 

If we want to get our kids to obey, we often need to start by looking at ourselves.  Relationship changes everything.  Listen up and be encouraged as I offer my suggestions and tips so that we moms can best equip our strong-willed kids to thrive.

Today we discuss all things parenting, discipline and most importantly, we discuss the reality that we mommas have a lot of garbage rolling through our heads.  Often we carry a lof of unhealthy burden that stems from beliefs and ideas of motherhood that are often left unchecked in the church and in our culture.

Let's talk about it today and chew on some different tactics that allow parents to better influence their kids' heart, beliefs and, ultimately, their behavior.  I discuss this in my book, Behind the Behaviors, as well as in the FREE 5 Day Video Teaching Devotional Series for the exhausted momma. 

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