Forming Kids Who Understand Their Worth with Amy and Rob Dixon
IVP
What is the ultimate goal that we are seeking for our kids’ lives?
As parents, it’s easy to fall into the trap of valuing our children’s performance, grades, goals, and awards more than our children themselves. But when our kids start to believe that their worth depends on what they produce, they begin to perceive both themselves and God in ways he never intended.
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In this episode of The Teach Your Children Well Podcast, host Sarah Cowan Johnson talks with Rob and Amy Dixon, parents of four and coauthors of the children’s book Penny Preaches. Rob is also the author of Together in Ministry and teaches at Fuller Seminary and Fresno Pacific University. Amy is a professional writer, editor, and the author of multiple children’s books. Together, they reflect on raising kids in an achievement-obsessed culture, and how they’ve learned to resist that pressure, centering their parenting on God’s purposes instead.
Sarah, Rob, and Amy talk candidly about parenting regrets, identity formation, and what it looks like to help our kids discover their God-given gifts without crushing them under the weight of performance expectations. Through this conversation, we discover that good parenting is not about doing more. It’s about remembering who your kids are and to whom they ultimately belong.
Tune in now to learn how to help your kids pursue their calling, not just achievement, and how to walk with them like Jesus would.
This episode highlights the following themes:
✅Where and how does achievement culture show up in everyday family life
✅How to parent with a posture of blessing our kids, not just praising their deeds
✅Acknowledging that children are more than what they produce and accomplish
Links from the episode:
✅Learn more about Rob Dixon (https://www.drrobdixon.com/)
✅Learn more about Amy Dixon (https://www.amydixonbooks.com/)
✅Read their book: Penny Preaches (https://www.ivpress.com/penny-preaches?srsltid=AfmBOooZBjlucRWee8_E9pjV7slZ3K4Hnr9KvqToNk9y3-LVlDA_5knI)
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