The Disappointed Parent – HIRL Episode 120

We have big dreams when we begin parenting: how many children we’ll have, what we’ll do together, how our relationship will be when they are adults. It doesn’t take long for us to realize that we’re not in control of who or how our children are, and soon we can find ourselves disappointed that we […]

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We have big dreams when we begin parenting: how many children we’ll have, what we’ll do together, how our relationship will be when they are adults. It doesn’t take long for us to realize that we’re not in control of who or how our children are, and soon we can find ourselves disappointed that we didn’t have a child like X, Y, and Z. 

How do we respond when we finally acknowledge that we are disappointed? How does the gospel inform our choices, our conversations, and our relationship to our kids? Listen in as Fletch and Kendra discuss The Disappointed Parent.

EPISODE TIMELINE

:50 – Fluff : CA Weather, Homesale, Diabetes, Chaos

9:25 – The Disappointed Parent, Part 1

24:19 – The Disappointed Parent, Part 2

37:55 – The Gospel, Goodbye, The Show Is Over

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