Weeding and Feeding Your Kid's Heart

Hey there,

Instead of a video this week, I have a guest blog article for you. I wrote this for the National Center for Biblical Parenting. They are an amazing ministry, and I am so grateful I get to partner with them.

 

What can you learn about parenting from dandelions?

It’s spring. Which means one thing: Dandelions.

Kids love to pick them, but most of us prefer a dandelion-free lawn.

Many of us just pop the little yellow tops off and move on, and there is some positive effect from that (a better looking lawn, fewer seeds in the future, etc.). But by leaving the roots in place, we have to do the same job again, and if we ever want to get the full plant out by the roots in the future, it will take a lot more work because roots only grow stronger over time.

So what does this have to do with parenting?

Spending versus Investing Our Parenting Time

So often we spend our time popping the little yellow tops off the misbehaviors of our kids rather than digging deeper into their hearts to get at the roots. Then we come up with some reason why this is OK like, “You have no idea how busy I am. If I spend the time fixing this problem now, sooo many other things won’t get done.” or some version of that.

But the reality is that when we are parenting we are either spending or investing our time.

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Go ahead and check out the full blog article on their website, and while you're there, feel free to post a comment.

Then get started on weeding and feeding your kids' hearts.

All my best,

B.J.