Parenting Stages and Principles for Thriving Families

And we wanna raise kids so that when when we draw them back and we release them, they're going in the right direction. That's the heart of what parenting is all about. It says, so are the children of one's youth happy as the man whose quiver is full of them, baby. We got two. We were She was our quiver is We had a small quiver. Alright? It says, they shall not be ashamed but shall speak with their enemies in the gates. In other words, your children, you know what I mean, are can be the greatest. I know there are people, and I talk to them every week, that sometimes the hardest prayers they're praying, the hardest thing they're dealing with is their children. [00:06:48] (36 seconds)  #RaiseKidsRight

Stage three, and you want me to take this one? Coach stage, which I love. Parent adapts to coaching, guiding decisions rather than just dictating them as children to the preteens era. This eight to 12 years old was fun again for me, I felt like, because it was teaching them things. It was letting them figure it out. I would also say, at this point, we begin to let them kinda feel some of the pain for their experiences. [00:16:59] (25 seconds)

And we wanna raise kids so that when when we draw them back and we release them, they're going in the right direction. That's the heart of what parenting is all about. It says, so are the children of one's youth happy as the man whose quiver is full of them, baby. We got two. We were She was our quiver is We had a small quiver. Alright? It says, they shall not be ashamed but shall speak with their enemies in the gates. In other words, your children, you know what I mean, are can be the greatest. I know there are people, and I talk to them every week, that sometimes the hardest prayers they're praying, the hardest thing they're dealing with is their children. [00:06:48] (36 seconds)

And I said, Mike, you're wrong. That's not how it works. That's not how inflation is caused. That's that's that has nothing to do with inflation. And I go, do you wanna know how it works? He goes, no. You know what I said? Alright. And we just kept on going. You know what I mean? And it would because because they were raised in an environment where you can disagree with us, and it's alright. Now I'll be honest with you. He's still ignorant of how inflation works, but nevertheless. [00:22:43] (30 seconds)

that we still tried to create that the best we could. You know? Yeah. And we we we we've never had a time where the kids, more than a few hours, maybe a day or so, was upset at us. We just always kept it open. Tell me what's on your heart. What's your problem? Why do you got an attitude? Talk to me. You know what? And they know whenever they whenever I ask, hey. Tell me what's your attitude. What's that all about? [00:24:44] (24 seconds)

and, really, I still do that with the kids to this day. Do you want my opinion? And for for years, you know, a lot of times, they would say yes. Whitney, almost always, yeah. Give me your opinion, dad. Even if she's gonna do something different, she'll take my opinion. You know? Michael, sometimes he will or won't. You know what I mean? I have asked him. We we had this conversation. We were in the car. I can tell you right where we were at. We were on Center Road, [00:22:00] (24 seconds)

What we're what I'm talking about is no surprises like you come home, and then you're in trouble for something that you didn't even know about. I hope that makes sense. So here's the next one. You ready? This one is you wanna talk about this one? A house of encouragement. [00:37:43] (47 seconds)

or terrorists. Alright? If you if you negotiate, you're losing. Alright? These are drunk midgets, terrorists in your home. They're sent there to to fight you, and you have to win. How am I doing? Alright. Anyway, here it is. The focus on early discipline, establishing rules and safety. You're gonna see this, and I'm gonna explain it this way. You ready? The world says when your kids are young, just let them kinda grow and figure it out. [00:11:41] (31 seconds)