We are sharing with you how we are learning to pursue our children’s hearts – especially when they are in the middle of negative emotions such as sadness, anger, or anxiety – so that they learn how to give and receive comfort and love. How we respond to our children’s negative emotions is a picture to them of how God responds to us, and God invites us to bring all of our emotions to Him. 

Recommended Resources Mentioned in the Episode:

Adam Young Counseling: He has a free resource called The Big 6 – The 6 things every child needs from their parents – so good and helpful! 

Adam Young Counseling- The Big 6 – 
1- Attunement
2-Responsiveness
3-Engagement
4-Ability to Regulate Your Arousal
5-Strong enough to handle your negative emotions
6- Willingness to repair

The Place We Find Ourselves podcast – mostly about trauma – but there are a hand full of episodes that were super helpful to me on children’s emotional needs, how our family of origin affects us, how to acknowledge and get healing from deep heart wounds. 

Parenting: 14 Gospel Principles that can Radically Change your Family – by Paul David Tripp.

How We Love – by Milan and Kay Yerkovich – one for marriage and one for parenting – very helpful in understanding our attachment styles and how that plays out in our relationships – insightful and practical. 

Give Them Grace- by Elyse Fitzpatrick – on showing and teaching your children gospel grace through daily situations – so good.

The Connected Child– by Karyn Purvis.