Calmly Parenting the Strong-Willed Child :: Kirk Martin [Ep 69]

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04/20/15

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Several husbands listened to episode 62. So in this episode Kirk starts with a couple of tips for the dads.
Then we get personal and I get advice for dealing with the boys in our home who say “I don’t want to” more than “yes, ma’am”. The solution has more to do with me than with them...ahem.

what we chat about:

Kirk’s advice for dad, using a football analogy
One small thing couples can do to show kids connection
Kirk’s helpful definition of a strong-willed child
Practical tips to help direct your bright children looking for ownership
How your tone affects your children’s response.
Making the transition from the old controlling way to new calm parenting–setting new expectations
Some of my new favorite phrases to use when parenting

connect with kirk:

Site :: Twitter :: Facebook :: Podcast

links mentioned:

How to stop yelling, lecturing and power struggles (Ep 62)
Email Newsletter–top 10 free newsletters (check out #6!!)
Live (free) Workshops
Listen to FREE PODCASTS by Kirk
CDs/DVDs
888-506-1871–Toll Free Number for Frustrated Parents

do you have a strong-willed child? what advice did you find most useful?

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Changing the World for One :: Tara Clipper [Ep 70]

April 27, 2015

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The death toll from Saturday’s earthquake keeps rising.

We hear huge numbers of those with AIDS or those without clean water or children without parents.

The giant numbers begin to numb us. And make us feel small and ineffective.

Then along comes Tara Clapper with a message of focusing on the one.

After a broken engagement, Tara pleaded with God from her closet,

“If you will make yourself real today, God. I will follow you. I don’t know why it hurts so bad. But if you can turn it off, I’m coming your way. And He did.”

With a new faith and a desire to go where He led, Tara found herself on a trip to South Africa. Which led her on a trip to Rwanda. Which birthed a dream she didn’t know she had.

That dream begin with a relationship with one little boy named, Innocent.

One.

Fast forward 4 years and Tara now feeds 1200 students and teachers daily through her non-for-profit business, No. 41. She has employed and launched several young women who have matured out of the Noel Orphanage.

She is changing a community and it all started with one.

What we talked about:

A broken engagement, two days in her closet & desperate prayer
Tara’s travels–from wanting a European vacation to selling it all to move to Africa.
When you have to choose between comfort and faith
My new favorite term Tara used, “pranking”
What “childlike faith” looks like on a new adult believer.
How the orphanage didn’t expect she was coming & didn’t know what do with her
The unintentional blessings of her year of following by faith.
What Tara did with the list of what bugged her about Rwanda
How No. 41 grew beyond Tara’s original plan to employ 6 girls
What made the orphanage upset about Tara’s new nonprofit ministry
The one thing Tara crossed off her “what bugs me about Rwanda” list
How Tara kept capping what God wanted to do she kept finding He had a bigger idea
How children responded when they found out Tara was going to feed them. every. day.
How the feeding program is motivating families to send their children to school.
For one child. For one meal. For one year.