How to Create — and Embrace — an Imperfect Home
Parenting Today's Teens
08/19/24
•16m
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In this episode, Mark Gregston and Wayne Shepherd discuss the importance of creating and embracing an imperfect home. Mark believes imperfection attracts your teens and creates an atmosphere of hope.
Together, they address the danger in creating the "perfect" home and share how being imperfect can show our kids we will love them through their own imperfections. Kids won't always make good choices, that's their nature. Mark says this is where grace plays a role in all of it; not excusing the behavior, but accepting the child in spite of the behavior.
For more on how to develop a more meaningful and enduring connection with your teen, check out our Daily Hope for Families Devotional at bit.ly/daily-hope-for-families
Parenting Today's Teens is a part of the Christian Parenting Podcast Network. To find practical and spiritual advice to help you grow into the parent you want to be, visit parentingtodayteens.org.
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