If you’ve ever wondered (worried) about what it takes to bring a child into this modern world we’re living in, then this newsletter is for you. As parents of 12 children, 14 and under, we have learned a lot about what it takes to raise strong, confident and secure children: mentally, emotionally and spiritually and we’re happy to share our learnings with you right here.
New PODCAST is Finally Here!
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Friends, It only took us a couple months (sorry for the radio silence!) but our parenting with grit and grace podcast is finally here. If you haven’t already checked it out (through our various social channels), we encourage you to do so here: Please feel free to comment there on YouTube with your questions and even topics you’d like us to cover! For audio-only check these out: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/parenting-with-grit-grace/id1806438127?i=1000702108020
While Ep 1 is really just a bit more about our personal journey (to include the question: ‘how do we know how many kids is enough?’), the rest of season 1 will look like this: Ep 2: how the church and family MUST work together Ep 3: conflict and communication in the home Ep 4: life-giving rhythms & routines (think morning, bedtime, meal time… hair-pulling!) Ep 5: sex ed (for kids and couples!) Please, and we ask this humbly, but if you would rate and review, subscribe on these various channels it will not just “grow the channel” it will be hugely determinative of whether we care called to all this media engagement in this season or not! Thanks, as always, for joining the journey! -Ben & Rylee |
Parenting with Grit & Grace
If you’ve ever wondered (worried) about what it takes to bring a child into this modern world we’re living in, then this newsletter is for you. As parents of 12 children, 14 and under, we have learned a lot about what it takes to raise strong, confident and secure children: mentally, emotionally and spiritually and we’re happy to share our learnings with you right here.
Friends, We don’t mean to be alarmist. We just care too deeply about the next generation becoming the most grit-filled and grace-laden the world has ever known. And if you, the primary disciplers, fall pray to these insidious cultural lies on parenting, then that very worthy aim will be in jeopardy. The following 3 narratives that we’re gonna cover in this series of posts have taken turns gaining massive traction online and they are startlingly unbiblical, unhelpful and likely hurtful! We’ve...
How much of life is trial and error? Recently our staff at the church went through a training on year-end habits and evaluations. One of the lines read: Focus on faithfulness over intensity… Spiritual growth is rarely the result of dramatic moments, but of ordinary obedience practiced over time. And the same is true of parenting: your legacy will be defined by the small moments… over time… your long obedience… in the same direction. The staff spoke honestly about how trial and error, viewing...
Hey. So I mentioned on Instagram this would be one of those “save to file” type emails, and I mean that genuinely. I would estimate that not all of you will have an extremely difficult 5 or 8 year old son, but that very likely a third of you (who do have that aged/type of child) will face something very similar. How can I qualify that? I can’t. But after interviewing enough parents during this seasonal saga, I can say it with high degrees of confidence… they’re a different breed. And here’s...