COURAGEOUS PARENTING

Latest Episodes:

Do This ONE THING To Improve Your Home Dec 31, 2024

Show notes

What if there was ONE THING you could do that impacts everything you’d like to see improved in your family life? Don’t let your reflections of the year discourage you but instead propel you forward. As parents we’re leaders in our homes and a vital aspect of leadership is to always be growing. What are the ways you plan to grow this year? Those will have a direct impact on your family. But to get the ONE THING make sure you watch or listen to the episode.

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For all show notes, scriptures, and resources mentioned go to courageousparenting.com.

Companies we love who sponsor the show:

Masterbooks; Homeschool curriculum we love and use https://www.masterbooks.com/courageous

Voetberg Music Academy; the online music class that children actually love and make progress with! Get 20% off with code COURAGEOUS

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Creating a Masterpiece; the preferred Art course by the Tolpin children creatingamasterpiece.com/courageous

Samaritans Ministry https://samaritanministries.org/becourageous

A Christmas Close Call & The Fathers Love Dec 24, 2024

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A compelling episode with wisdom, biblical truth, and a close call in the Tolpin family.

This is a moving episode where the Tolpin’s share encouragements for the Christmas season and also reveal a close call their family experienced this week that has brought them all closer together. At the core of this discussion is to really think about these questions: Do your children know that you love them? Do they know that you do no matter what they do?

For all show notes, scriptures, and resources mentioned go to courageousparenting.com.

Companies we love who sponsor the show:

Masterbooks; Homeschool curriculum we love and use https://www.masterbooks.com/courageous

Voetberg Music Academy; the online music class that children actually love and make progress with! Get 20% off with code COURAGEOUS

https://www.voetbergmusicacademy.com/

Creating a Masterpiece; the preferred Art course by the Tolpin children creatingamasterpiece.com/courageous

Samaritans Ministry https://samaritanministries.org/becourageous

Don’t Let Your Wounds Become Their Wounds Dec 17, 2024

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You’ll struggle to create a new legacy through your family if you haven’t healed from your past wounds. But even if we’re healed, the past could have warped us away from sound biblical parenting principles if they were used on us in an unbiblical way. Listen and discover if you are a pendulum swinger in parenting. We all need refinement and the more we do the better parents we are. This is important for today, but even more important for decades from now by what it sows in the coming generations. If you love the episode please share it so more are impacted.

For all show notes, scriptures, and resources mentioned go to courageousparenting.com.

Companies we love who sponsor the show:

Masterbooks; Homeschool curriculum we love and use https://www.masterbooks.com/courageous

Voetberg Music Academy; the online music class that children actually love and make progress with! Get 20% off with code COURAGEOUS

https://www.voetbergmusicacademy.com/

Creating a Masterpiece; the preferred Art course by the Tolpin children creatingamasterpiece.com/courageous

Samaritans Ministry https://samaritanministries.org/becourageous

The Visioneering Family Meeting; How to Do It Dec 10, 2024

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The Tolpins share exactly how to do one of their favorite family traditions. Having a visioneering meeting with their family which includes helping each person reflect on the major areas of life this year, areas they want to improve in the coming year, and presenting their plans to the family. They also discuss the importance of launching the family initiatives for the new year that influence the right family culture forward. There’s a lot of practical insights in this episode.

We encourage you to listen to the previous two episodes as well that give lots of insights on the marriage conversations to have prior to the meeting. We are living in a time where the enemy can cause greater confusion and distractions than ever before, this means parents must equip themselves and their children to keep focused on the things that matter. This skill will echo forward in your legacy.

For all show notes, scriptures, and resources mentioned go to courageousparenting.com.

Companies we love who sponsor the show:

Masterbooks; Homeschool curriculum we love and use https://www.masterbooks.com/courageous

Voetberg Music Academy; the online music class that children actually love and make progress with!

https://www.voetbergmusicacademy.com/

Creating a Masterpiece; the preferred Art course by the Tolpin children creatingamasterpiece.com/courageous

Samaritans Ministry https://samaritanministries.org/becourageous

Family Culture Planning Date Night Dec 03, 2024

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If you don’t recalibrate your family's direction periodically, mediocrity grows and there will be repercussions over time. Isaac and Angie Tolpin give their secrets to making the best adjustments and plan of action to improve their family culture. See the culture of your family isn’t what you say or even think your family is about, it’s what it truly is; meaning the real behaviors and attitudes that are normal in your home and within the people in your family. Being honest about that is vital to know where to influence change. Get the inside secrets from this marriage of twenty-five years raising nine children.

For all show notes, scriptures, and resources mentioned go to courageousparenting.com.

Companies we love who sponsor the show:

Masterbooks; Homeschool curriculum we love and use https://www.masterbooks.com/courageous

Voetberg Music Academy; the online music class that children actually love and make progress with!

https://www.voetbergmusicacademy.com/

Creating a Masterpiece; the preferred Art course by the Tolpin children creatingamasterpiece.com/courageous

Samaritans Ministry https://samaritanministries.org/becourageous

Intentionally Recalibrating Family Culture Nov 26, 2024

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Every family has its own unique culture to it; the real behaviors, heart attitudes, dynamics, and actions (especially those when no ones looking). Your family culture isn’t what you say it is, it’s what really exists. It’s vital to recalibrate it periodically and in this episode Isaac and Angie share the most important first steps to doing this which involve honest reflection, deep marriage conversations, and prayer. Make sure you subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts to be prompted of new episodes.

For all show notes, scriptures, and resources mentioned go to courageousparenting.com.

Companies we love who sponsor the show:

Masterbooks; Homeschool curriculum we love and use https://www.masterbooks.com/courageous

Voetberg Music Academy; the online music class that children actually love and make progress with!

https://www.voetbergmusicacademy.com/

Creating a Masterpiece; the preferred Art course by the Tolpin children creatingamasterpiece.com/courageous

Samaritans Ministry https://samaritanministries.org/becourageous

5 Crucial Spiritual Disciplines to Leave a Legacy of Faith Nov 19, 2024

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All Christian parents want to leave a legacy of faith. It’s hard because there is NO equation that will save your kids or guarantee they will walk with the Lord all the way to Heaven! BUT, God’s Word does exhort, command, and encourage us as parents very specifically that we should disciple and discipline our children in the Lord and in word and deed! Join Isaac and Angie, who have been parenting for 24 years as they share 5 Crucial Spiritual Disciplines to Leaving a Legacy of Faith! This is a MUST-listen to episode for every Christian parent. Get ready to get your Bibles out and go through about 12 different scriptures together and be edified!

For all show notes, scriptures, and resources mentioned go to courageousparenting.com.

Companies we love who sponsor the show:

Masterbooks; Homeschool curriculum we love and use https://www.masterbooks.com/courageous

Voetberg Music Academy; the online music class that children actually love and make progress with!

https://www.voetbergmusicacademy.com/

Creating a Masterpiece; the preferred Art course by the Tolpin children creatingamasterpiece.com/courageous

Samaritans Ministry https://samaritanministries.org/becourageous

Extended Family Influence: 3 Keys to Hard Conversations Nov 12, 2024

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Never sacrifice your children for keeping the peace, while at the same time find a way to communicate truth in a loving way that actually causes your relationships to go deeper and people to come into alignment with your intentional parenting efforts. One of the biggest questions we get is how to handle extended family when their influence isn’t in alignment with your parenting approach. The Tolpins answer this question giving three keys to having the hard conversations that are needed. You can’t “go along to get along”. Tune in to get insights into having effective conversations that communicate what’s needed while deepening your relationships with others you love. You are the most important leaders in your children’s lives, but others who have influence can derail the spiritual health and even safety of your children.

For all show notes, scriptures, and resources mentioned go to courageousparenting.com.

Companies we love who sponsor the show:

Masterbooks; Homeschool curriculum we love and use https://www.masterbooks.com/courageous

Voetberg Music Academy; the online music class that children actually love and make progress with!

https://www.voetbergmusicacademy.com/

Creating a Masterpiece; the preferred Art course by the Tolpin children creatingamasterpiece.com/courageous

Samaritans Ministry https://samaritanministries.org/becourageous

Are We to Ignore or Expose Evil? Nov 05, 2024

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As Christians, how do we navigate evil when we see it? Do we ignore it or expose it? Isaac and Angie Tolpin give a strong biblical argument for exposing it. Christian passivity is actually dangerous to society and dangerous to a family's future legacy too. Get direction as parents in how to navigate this, hear powerful stories, quotes from our founding fathers and more.

For all show notes, scriptures, and resources mentioned go to courageousparenting.com.

Companies we love who sponsor the show:

Masterbooks; Homeschool curriculum we love and use https://www.masterbooks.com/courageous

Voetberg Music Academy; the online music class that children actually love and make progress with!

https://www.voetbergmusicacademy.com/

Creating a Masterpiece; the preferred Art course by the Tolpin children creatingamasterpiece.com/courageous

Samaritans Ministry https://samaritanministries.org/becourageous

Navigating Peer & Family Influences Oct 29, 2024

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“How do I handle people influencing my children in the wrong ways?” This is one of the most asked questions we get. It’s part of why we believe it takes more courage to parent in these unprecedented times than the last few generations of parents. Get the four steps Isaac and Angie Tolpin lay out for doing this well.

We want to evangelize, we want to be lights for Christ, and we want great relationships, but none of that should be at the cost of negatively impacting our children. The sad truth is too many Christian parents are sacrificing their children's long-term well being. While it’s not the intention, it’s a pervasive problem.

Perhaps we’ve been taught to avoid conflict at all costs, perhaps we are more of a people pleaser than we should be. Instead we should value training up our children in the way they should go, we should value sharing truth in a loving way that sharpen others and deepens relationships.

Perhaps in the moments that matter, it’s more self-preserving to not do anything when influences aren’t ideal, than trying to love others and your children well by sharing concerns. Avoidance of conflict to stay comfortable and preserve relationships is often the source of why this happens. This is an encouraging episode backed by the bible with practical insights to help you navigate these difficult waters as the world is increasingly swaying so many that are likely around your family.

For all show notes, scriptures, and resources mentioned go to courageousparenting.com.

Companies we love who sponsor the show:

Masterbooks; Homeschool curriculum we love and use https://www.masterbooks.com/courageous

Creating a Masterpiece; the preferred Art course by the Tolpin children creatingamasterpiece.com/courageous

Samaritans Ministry https://samaritanministries.org/becourageous

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