In this episode of our Loving Your [Fill-in-the-Blank] Neighbor series, we’re diving into something many of us face daily but rarely talk about—how to love your neighbor with a different parenting style. From sleep training battles to snack-time politics, from screen-time boundaries to trampoline supervision, this episode is for anyone trying to raise kids in community while navigating differing values, opinions, and convictions.
We reflect on our early parenting years and the pressure they felt to pick “God’s way” of parenting—only to realize that many of these decisions fall more in the realm of opinions than convictions. We'll walk through a helpful framework (convictions, persuasions, opinions) and unpack how parenting styles like authoritarian, permissive, free-range, helicopter, and gentle parenting often stir up strong feelings—but don’t need to divide us.
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