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Letting Them Make Mistakes

Focus on the Family Equipping Parents Podcast

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What Are You Really Afraid of for Your Child?

I think it's very typical for us to just operate out of fear, as we heard crystal referencing. So what am i really afraid of for my 14, 15, 16 year old when they they want to do some things that i'm thinking maybe not a good idea? I mean, it really is based out of love, and sometimes out of our own insecurities that we don't want to look bad as parents. If my child fails or does something wrong, people ae ging to think i'm a bad parent, bad person, i didn't do my job correctly. It's less fear for what my child might experience and more fear about me. There is love there

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