#125: How To Help Your Child Live A Secure Story

We're starting a new conversation about helping our children live loved instead of afraid. You're in the right place if:  Your child is experiencing a lot of success - but your relationship with your child is struggling. The distance between you keeps getting bigger and bigger - and you're more convinced than ever that putting one foot in front of the other on the familiar path you've been walking is going to offer any relief. Your relationship needs something transformative. Your child is rebelling. They're getting in trouble at school and stay in trouble at home. You've tried punishment. You've tried second chances and third chances and more chances than you can count and there's not enough chances, it seems, to change the outcome. You need more than relief. You need help. Your home is beyond busy. Honestly, it feels like chaos. Some days, you wonder if staying busy has become a coping mechanism because when you're not rushing from one activity to another, you notice that everyone's just going through the motions but not really alive. It's painful…so you sign up for one more vacation, one more sport, one more private lesson. This is the good life, right? Who has time to wonder? Go, team! Listen in as Doug and Janet share three practical ideas that help children build a secure nervous system even while experiencing insecure circumstances.  Help us celebrate 25 episodes in 2023 with these TAKEAWAYS -  John 15 Academy needs your support. We're helping more and more parents experience more and more security in their relationships with God and others. When parents' stories move from insecure to secure, our children have great hope. Please prayerfully consider donating generously to John 15 Academy. Our kids need safe relationships with secure adults who are courageous enough to say, "Stop. Don't go that way anymore. Walk this way." at the same time they're saying, "Haven't you done this enough by yourself?" We help families find their narrative. We look together at their story and find the subplots that are written in fear instead of love. Together, we move through the steps of asking God to speak truth to the lies we're telling ourselves because we're afraid - and then we help parents and children learn to follow the voice of Love. We help children build more than success stories - we help children build secure stories.  Together, there is great hope. Reach out if you're hungry to participate with love instead of fear in your own story. We'd love to walk with you beyond the fork in the road. Email [email protected] or [email protected].  Follow this link to contribute to John 15 Academy's end-of-year giving campaign and help Doug and Janet meet the 2023 goal of $20,000. Visit this link for LOVE IS FEARLESS merch. Sign up for Janet's newsletter by visiting janetnewberry.com.