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The Power of Listening & Asking Questions

Focus on the Family Equipping Parents Podcast

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Are You Listening to Learn, or Am I Listening to Correct?

Don't be afraid to ask them. And the answer that you might get from them is very different. You've got to be receptive to what they say. Am i listening to learn, or am I listening to correct? Are we just trying to kind of appease them? Or are we really hearing their heart and motive? Because unfortunately, tenagers, they're just not always very articulate at what's really going on inside of them yet. While the parents union in me is standing up. Let me represent all parents. What they'll say is: "I'm listening, but how is your day?"

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