#046// How did you prepare to parent? If you don't yet have kids, how are you preparing even now? If you've got kids I want you to think back to when you were getting ready to have them. How did you prepare? Did you read books about newborns and raising kids? Did you do a load of research and ask for tons of recommendations on must-have baby gear? Did you take a birthing class or a newborn class. Did you discuss parenting styles, hopes and dreams or prayers for their life with your spouse?
Listen, this is all preparation for being a parent. I know I did all of these things as I was getting ready to have my boys. But there's something else we should be doing to prepare for parenting and we're not really talking about it. Do you know what it is? It's this:
How to deal with unresolved hurt, trauma and pain from your childhood so you can enter the parenting phase of your life -- free and aligned with Jesus -- ready to raise and launch this next generation in a healthy and powerful way.
That's what we're talking about on this week's episode of the Positioned to Prosper podcast. So if you'd like to intentionally dig a little deeper into what it looks like to prepare for parenting -- from a mental, an emotional and a spiritual perspective -- then I want you to grab your Bible, your journal and a pen, and . . . Let's Go!
