Giving Kids Permission for Joy [Cultivating Spiritual Growth in Your Home 4 of 5]

Parenting struggles are real. Screentime. Discipline. Anxiety.But what if we’re focused on the wrong things? Instead of trying to fix and manage the problems, what if we lived out the solution? What if the environment we cultivate is the very thing our children need?Welcome to episode 4 of 5 in our Summer Series called, Cultivating a Spiritual Growth Environment in Your Home.In this episode, Josh talks about their current parenting journey, the two competing worldviews that influence how kids experience joy, and how we can give our kids permission to experience joy!Here are some highlights:How two competing worldviews influence the amount of joy in our homeWhy we need permission to experience joyWhy resourcefulness is a cheat code for helping kids live joyful livesThe one way to step into joy this week as a family, no matter how difficult the season you find yourself in right nowThis series comes with a pdf workbook / discussion guide to go along with all five episodes (found in show notes below). You can use them in your small groups, with your spouse, or as a companion guide to the content.Show Notes:Interested in the most joyful men's discipleship coaching journey?! Join the interest list! https://www.famousathome.com/mensinterestformDownload the free workbook / discussion guide for the Summer Series. https://www.famousathome.com/summerseriessignupFocus on the Family Broadcast: Click here to listen to Encouraging Your Kids to Discuss Their Feelings https://www.focusonthefamily.com/episodes/broadcast/encouraging-your-kids-to-discuss-their-feelings/ Listen to Jamie Winship talk about abundance versus scarcity worldviews.Click here.https://youtu.be/2s3KWZFCH0A?si=YNR6bAF7ZW8xsZq_ The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness by Jonathan Haidt. Click here.https://amzn.to/3vWdgieTime Stamps: 1:04 Introduction3:30 Coming out of survival seasons of parenting6:30 Why “becoming” is a better than “parenting” for how our kids turn out8:42 How kids experience joy11:15 How the scarcity and abundance mindset influences joy16:34 How the fruit of joy is cultivated in our lives23:00 Giving our kids permission to experience joy23:55 Resourcefulness as a cheat code for joy26:55 Screen time and joy28:00 Discipling our kids’ to find their strengths and gifts