For many of us during this COVID-19 pandemic, quarantine has been difficult. A huge number of us are working from home and those of us with children are home schooling as well. Add to that cold and rainy spring weather, and you’ve got a perfect storm for challenging parenting. In an effort to help out, I thought we’d spend a few weeks equipping, challenging, and encouraging parents.
Now, I realize that many of you are not parents, but you may have grandchildren, nieces, nephews, or other children in your life. I’m sure some of you plan to have children one day as well. This parenting class will help you both understand ways in which our culture is hurting our children and the how the scriptures can guide us in a better direction.
Our first session is called, “Preparing Our Kids for the Road.” The simple fact is that our children are going to suffer at different times in their lives. They are going to face failure, rejection, and disappointment. This is absolutely unavoidable for everyone. Rather than protecting them from everything, our goal as parents is to prepare them for real life in the real world.
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- If you prefer, you can watch the unedited video here
- See other episodes in this parenting series
- Check out Greg Lukianoff & Jonathan Haidt’s excellent book The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure
- See what other classes are available here or on the Restitutio Classes podcast (subscribe in Apple, Spotify, RSS feed)
- If you’d like to support Restitutio, you can donate here.
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Great episode Sean! As always you give a very practical and helpful take on things.
The balance of protecting our children and also letting them learn how to navigate it on their own is a tough one. While I want to shelter my children from the injustices of the world, I also want to train them to be resilient and be able to handle future hardships on their own when that time comes.