Season 1, Episode 15. The Internet Said Everyone Else is Doing It
Season 1, Episode 15: The Internet Said Everyone Else is Doing It
Join us for a light hearted debrief (with some cackles) about learning to parent while drowning in a sea of parenting advice online. Even if you are not a mother, just a woman casting her anxieties upon the internet and hoping for a sign, this is worth a listen as it is ultimately about growing in discernment.
Thanks for listening to Season 1, Episode 15 of The After Dinner Mint, a podcast of Stories I’d Tell You at Dinner. We bring Christian women in Western Australia together through honest stories. Thanks for sharing your day with us!
The Internet Said Everyone Else is Doing It is a light hearted debrief (with some cackles) about learning to parent while drowning in a sea of parenting advice online. Even if you are not a mother, just a woman casting her anxieties upon the internet and hoping for a sign, this is worth a listen as it is ultimately about growing in discernment.
In today’s episode, we:
🎧 Parenting strategies the internet said would work but did not work as promised with our families.
🎧 What we are learning about parenting as a Christian in a sea of secular parenting advice.
🎧 What we are learning about parenting as a Christian in a sea of “Christian” parenting advice.
🎧 What has actually helped us process problems in parenting.
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Bible verses
“Discipline your son, and he will give you rest; he will give delight to your heart.” Proverbs 29:17 (ESV)
“And if it is evil in your eyes to serve the Lord, choose this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your fathers served in the region beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you dwell. But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.” Joshua 24:15 (ESV)
“The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick; who can understand it?” Jeremiah 17:9 (ESV)
“Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. “Honor your father and mother” (this is the first commandment with a promise), “that it may go well with you and that you may live long in the land.” Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.” Ephesians 6:1-4 (ESV)
Mentioned in this episode:
Reel - how kids expect you to respond when you’re busy
The Whole Brain Child: 12 Revolutionary Strategies to Nurture Your Child’s Developing Mind by Dan J. Siegel and Tina Payne Bryson
Your parenting method won’t save your kids, grace will
Parenting: 14 Gospel Principles That Can Radically Change Your Family by Paul David Tripp
Teaching on Biblical framework on Parenting by Jen and Jeff Wilkin at The Village Church
The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness by Jonathan Haidt
Foundation Worldview Resources
Khaiah Thomson podcast interview - What I Learned When I Couldn’t Ignore Polycystic Kidney Disease Anymore