Dr. Scott Turansky Shares 3 Teachings to Help Children Have Heart-based Obedience

“Understanding the action point is a crucial idea that will help parents be more powerful and significant when working with their children.” -Dr. Scott Turansky. Raising Christian Kids has decided to re-release our disciplining series, which was originally released in March of 2023. We feature experts who share their knowledge and are passionate about helping parents and caregivers navigate the rough waters of disciplining. We cover many topics, such as disciplining strong-willed children and children with varying cognitive abilities, the different types of consequences, and the most problematic issues parents face in today’s chaotic society. The wisdom that’s shared will hopefully help you raise children who are teachable and obedient to you and, most importantly, obedient to God. Dr. Scott Turansky co-founded the National Center for Biblical Parenting and is the author of over 15 books. He is also a professor at Concordia University, where he teaches the master’s level Parenting Class to students who will be social workers, counselors, and ministry professionals. During this first part of the two-part episode series, Dr. Turansky discusses what he offers for families at Biblical Parenting University and shares important teachings from his book, Parenting is Heart Work, to help children have heart-based obedience. Biblical Parenting University is an online university where parents can take different parenting or coaching classes. These classes help parents learn how to take biblical principles and apply them to the parent-child relationship to teach children how to get things done and to help children develop essential life skills. Scott shares three important teachings from his book to help children obtain heart-based knowledge and obedience: Parents need to go into their children's hearts—the three components that they need to reach are their children’s desires, emotions, and beliefs. Parents need to recognize they are the best counselors for their kids IF they have a good plan. The best way to help your children overcome behavioral issues and temperament is to get some training as parents first because the parent knows the child more than anyone else. Consider your action point – every parent has an action point, and when you stop talking and start acting through practical application and exercises, children can learn what they need to do in their own hearts versus what they don’t want to do. Scott also details the “coming when called” exercise as an effective disciplining tool for children who don’t have an internal sense of obligation or tend to constantly argue instead of saying yes when called. Love this episode? Please leave us a rating/review and share this episode with a friend! You can find a list of all our episodes here.