Today was fun for me...we had a panel discussion on discipline at Mom Time. Following 2 weeks of teaching about discipline, we invited in several people to share from their experience about raising their children.
Jon and Luanne Glass were there and handled a lot of the couple questions. They have 4 kids that are the same distance apart as mine - except they are two years ahead of me. I will freely admit that I watch them and how they parent. Jon is the children's ministry director at FRCC and he and I worked together for a long time. Luanne DeBoth is a "fun mom" from my perspective - she is always smiling and seems to be enjoying her kids. It was cool to talk with her and have her say "I can come talk about how I have learned and changed and would do differently!" That humility and willingness to share is great. Chris McMahan was the other panel member and she has the joy of having children that are 8 and 10, but also having a cute little Max at 2 1/2. Chris and I work closely with each other in other ministry areas and I see Jesus in her daily! And Debbie Sepic from the Mom Time team led the discussion. Debbie has two kids herself and has spent many hours working with teens. And of course, I had to interject a few times - I'm a "big mouth!"
The session was pretty long and unfortunately we weren't aware that our recording turned off at 75 minutes - so that is the end! But, hopefully you will enjoy the give and take from this group on parenting. Download panel_discussion.mp3
