Episode 218: What We Should Be Teaching Our Kids
Teaching our kids how to choose well in a loud world.
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Show Notes
As adults, we’re still dealing with grown people who act like kids — drama, gossip, jealousy, comparison, and dishonesty. It makes you pause and ask… what are we teaching our own children?
In this episode, I share reflections as a parent (not a parenting expert) who has watched the world completely change since the 80s and the rise of the internet. The pressure on our kids is different now — louder, faster, and constant.
But the most important lessons are still simple.
In This Episode:
- Teaching kids to stay out of drama and gossip
- Learning to say no and protect their time and energy
- Giving themselves grace when they mess up
- Choosing good energy and healthy boundaries
- Remembering social media isn’t real life
- Why quality friendships matter more than quantity
- Paying attention to what fills them up vs. drains them
- How they start their day shapes everything
- Hope is a choice — and you can always choose again
We can’t control the world they’re growing up in. But we can help shape how they move through it.
Simple daily choices matter — movement, nourishing food, time in prayer, quiet time, getting outside.
Sometimes our kids just need permission to know there is another way — and they will be okay.