Southland Parenting

It can be easy to sacrifice your marriage on the altar of parenting. To learn about how to make our marriages strong in the midst of parenting we talk with Brad Rhoads. He is the founder and leader of Grace Marriage. If you are married and parenting kids, don’t miss this episode!

Seeing our kids struggle with this is really hard and if we’re not careful we can mess up with this issue. Our guest Scott Harvey brings us into the digital age as we discuss how we help our kids deal with bullying.

The days are long, but the years are short so we work out how we do it well. Jason Byerly brings years of Children’s Ministry and parenting experience to help us understand how to parent kids in the elementary age range.

This episode is filled with great wisdom, including why you want your kids to think you’re half crazy. Chris and Sharon Hahn help us gain perspective on parenting teenagers.

In the first episode of season 2 we talk about sex with Scott Nickell. Specifically, how do we talk to our kids about this? This can be scary so we’re here to help.

Often times, moms are the backbones of the family. They are the one who remembers every practice and school event. We are so thankful for our moms!  However, there has only been one perfect parent, and it isn’t our sweet mom! :)  In this podcast, Nate, Michelle, and Rebecca discuss the top five blind spots for moms and offer suggestions on how to navigate through them.

Often times, dads can be a secondary parent in the home in their attempts to balance work, life, and family.  In this podcast, Nate, Michelle, Derrick, and Ked discuss the top five blind spots in being a dad and offer some suggestions on how to navigate through them.

God has created each of us to be unique in our personalities and gifts, but as parents, how do we teach our kids to find their identity and be who God has made them to be?  In this podcast, Nate, Michelle, and Derrick discuss the tensions of letting your kids explore and find their identities while protecting and guiding them in healthy ways.

As parents, we can control the time, preparation, and energy required to have open conversations with our kids, however, what we can’t control is how open and responsive they will be to us.  In this podcast, Nate, Michelle, and Derrick discuss how to meet your kids where they are and have more meaningful conversations with them.

As you think about all the things that take up our time, focus and energy in this fast-paced world, our kids rank high up on the list.   In this podcast, Nate, Michelle, and Derrick discuss that anything that substantially takes our focus off of God could be considered an idol, so is it possible that our kids are an idol in our lives as parents?