Courageous Parenting Podcast

A lot of parents stifle maturity in their children without even realizing it. Kids tend to rise to greater responsibility and they are usually ready for more than parents realize. We must give our kids vision for the next level of responsibility they can rise to. Behavior problems are sometimes really stagnation problems. We all feel better when we are making progress and our contributions are appreciated. This episode will help you see where there may be an opportunity to help your kids mature and grow. All show notes, scripture references, and resources mentioned are found at COURAGEOUSPARENTING.COM

Motherhood is hard sometimes, but hard does not equal bad. We are all striving to be the best Mama to our children, but the journey in learning how to be a biblical mother is not always clear, especially in a world that devalues the duties the role brings and indulges the fleshly desires we must turn away from. Join Angie (Mother to nine) and Abbie (Mother to ten) as they discuss a couple of the most challenging aspects of motherhood that they have experienced. A little hint, they talk about some riveting topics such as “Self-Care vs Soul-Care”, How to Find a Titus 2 Mentor and their experiences, as well as the “Gentleness Challenge” Abbie talks about in her book, “M is for Mama.” In case you are wondering, we talk in-depth about the difference between the “Gentle Parenting” movement of today and what God’s Word calls us to as Biblical Women to be gentle mothers because they are NOT the same thing.

A huge parenting challenge is to get one-on-one time with each child in a way that cultivates a growing and deep relationship with your children. This is what builds strong heart-strings while they are young that continue a deeper relationship into their teenage years when it matters most. All show notes, scripture references, and resources mentioned are found at COURAGEOUSPARENTING.COM.

Every child needs to be told and reminded that you, their parent, loves them unconditionally. As parents, we bear the image of our heavenly Father to our children. Our love towards them gives them a glimpse of how the Father loves us all. This next book in the Brave Books series, “Because You Are My Family”, was written by Missy Robertson and is such a great tool to introduce or even just reiterate a parent’s unconditional love for their child. Join Angie Tolpin and Missy Robertson, from Duck Dynasty, for this fun conversation about family and parenting from a Biblical Worldview. In this episode the ladies discuss topics like honesty, obedience specifically with a happy heart vs. a compliant obedience with a grumbling heart attitude, adoption, forgiveness, sincere apologies and so much more. All show notes, scripture references, and resources mentioned are found at COURAGEOUSPARENTING.COM.

The Tolpin’s have had to purposefully recognize and refuse to adopt many things they’ve seen or heard along their parenting journey. These three phrases they’ve been completely against since the beginning and it has made a big difference. It will for you too. Another raw episode where they don’t hold back but is sure to encourage you. All show notes, scripture references, and resources mentioned are found at COURAGEOUSPARENTING.COM.

Most people live in a reality of having more to do than seems possible to get done. It can create a defeating feeling of just being in survival mode. The Tolpins continually have to manage themselves well to prevent getting into this defeated mindset with 9 kids in every season simultaneously, projects, ministry, relationships, church, and more. They share tips on having a thriving attitude even when it feels like you're just surviving. Tune in to be encouraged. All show notes, scripture references, and resources mentioned are found at COURAGEOUSPARENTING.COM.

Respond well to your kids when they blameshift or show entitlement, their future depends on it. If we don’t tend to the small weeds while our kids are young, their roots will grow strong making it even more difficult to remove them when they are older. This episode will help you know what to do when your kids blameshift or show an entitled attitude. All show notes, scripture references, and resources mentioned are found at COURAGEOUSPARENTING.COM.

We all have blind spots in our parenting at times and when others see them, don’t we want them to tell us? Often it doesn’t play out so well in relationships so we become accustomed to just not saying anything at all, even if we believe it could be helpful to a friend. We need to get over this hurdle and it takes some important considerations as the sender and as the receiver of feedback. Tune in to get valuable insights into how to do this well and run the race in a stronger way together. All show notes, scripture references, and resources mentioned are found at COURAGEOUSPARENTING.COM.

If you are a parent, you feel overwhelmed sometimes. Tune in to get Biblical truth and practical insights in moving from being overwhelmed back to joyful parenting. It’s a transparent episode with personal stories and Biblical truth. All show notes, scripture references, and resources mentioned are found at COURAGEOUSPARENTING.COM.

We’ve all witnessed in these last two years how easily people in society can be influenced. If your kids grow up believing they can consume worldly things and not be influenced by them, they could over-expose themselves to things that do influence them away from righteous living and even from God. It’s best to start while they are young and consistently help them understand the Biblical truth that what we see influences us no matter how strong we think we are. This episode dives into this and will give you helpful insights. All show notes, scripture references, and resources mentioned are found at COURAGEOUSPARENTING.COM.

Isaac invites his 15-year-old son Drew onto the show asking him candid questions on what it’s like to grow up in the Tolpin home. Get a candid perspective from Drew on: what it’s like being in the Tolpin Family, what he thinks manhood means, his favorite part of homeschooling, what it means to be a Tolpin, and most importantly; what he appreciates about his Mom. All show notes, scripture references, and resources mentioned are found at COURAGEOUSPARENTING.COM.

Angie and Karaline (daughter-in-love) discuss what it means to cultivate healthy relationships between in-loves and why it is important to stand firm against the culture's stereotypes and stigmas that all too often bring division between in-love relationships. All show notes, scripture references, and resources mentioned are found at COURAGEOUSPARENTING.COM.

Your marriage is either growing or digressing, there’s no in-between. Stir things up in a good way by dreaming together in a productive way that positively alters the path of your life, family, and marriage. The Tolpin’s get candid about what they’ve been doing for 22 years now to ensure marriage alignment as they pursue progress and change. All show notes, scripture references, and resources mentioned are found at COURAGEOUSPARENTG.COM.

Special guests Austin and Karaline Tolpin share their short engagement story while giving wisdom about dating. It’s sure to inspire Generation Z in their approach to dating and marriage in a Biblical way. For parents of young kids, this will help you hone your vision, if they are older it will help you with practical insights now. Regardless, everyone will be inspired by their desire to obey God in their relationship. At the end, they give reflections on the first month of marriage. All show notes, scripture references, and resources mentioned are found at COURAGEOUSPARENTING.COM.

You will be pumped to lead change in your family after this episode! January is too late to lead a family in setting real intentions for change, it’s best to start in November or early December. Isaac and Angie share exactly what their plan is over the next 60 days as they lead their family to reflect on what everyone is thankful for around thanksgiving time, then forge ahead in thinking about changes they want to make in 2022, presentations to the family, and launching family culture initiatives. All show notes, scripture references, and resources mentioned are found at COURAGEOUSPARENTING.COM.

Isaac and Angie share their personal stories of the challenge to stay healthy and the different approaches they have taken to get back in shape amongst the busy life of having littles, teenagers, and kids in between. Angie’s story is still developing as she has lost over 24 pounds recently and continues to press forward. Be encouraged as they get real about it all. All show notes, scripture references, and resources mentioned are found at COURAGEOUSPARENTING.COM.

It’s hard to be consistent as a parent, but it really is an essential part of parenting. We cover seven reasons why parents struggle with this with tips and motivation to overcome these pitfalls. If you feel like you’re doing everything you can, you will be encouraged in this episode as you will likely realize, you just need to follow through every time with your current parenting initiatives. Consistency really is a difference-maker in parenting.

If you’re not careful, your discouragement can become very disruptive to yourself and your family. This episode dives into how to overcome discouragement so that you can lead your family well.

When things go bad, you want to be in a population of like-minded people. Many of the reasons for moving have already been validated just a year later after watching the further deterioration of freedoms in Oregon. While raising children we believe it’s best to live where people will stand strong for freedom. We reflect on our move a year ago, give useful insights and share how it has blessed our family. All show notes, scripture references, and resources mentioned are found at COURAGEOUSPARENTING.COM.

When things go bad, you want to be in a population of like minded people. Many of the reasons for moving have already been validated just a year later after watching the further deterioration of freedoms in Oregon. While raising children we believe it’s best to live where people will stand strong for freedom. We reflect on our move a year ago, give useful insights and share how it has blessed our family. All show notes, scripture references, and resources mentioned are found at COURAGEOUSPARENTING.COM.

We all want obedient and respectful kids but the usual behavior modification approach just doesn’t work very well long term. It’s like pulling weeds but leaving the roots. You’ve got to get to the root of the issue which is your kids' heart. Do you have your kids' hearts? Is your focus to get their obedience or to focus on the heart of the issue? Let’s point our kids to Jesus in the midst of conflict. When they disobey you they are disobeying God. When you’re focused on the heart it transforms your whole mindset and approach to correcting your kids. All show notes, scripture references, and resources mentioned are found at COURAGEOUSPARENTING.COM.

Tune in so that you are more equipped to help your family’s health as the hospitals may not be able to help you. There’s a perfect storm happening in the hospitals all over the world right now with so many doctors and nurses quitting due to the vaccine mandate (rightfully so), more patients due to Covid fear-mongering and the unfortunate situations of people needing serious care due to covid and all the normal health needs, especially going into the fall. All show notes, scripture references, and resources mentioned are found at COURAGEOUSPARENTING.COM.

Unchecked selfishness will prevent your marriage from thriving. It’s vital that each spouse recognizes the battle we all have to be too self-focused. If we don’t recognize the ongoing battle, we won’t work on it. Isaac and Angie share their tips for a thriving marriage as they just celebrated their twenty-second wedding anniversary. All show notes, scripture references, and resources mentioned are found at COURAGEOUSPARENTING.COM.

If the vaccinations work, why are the vaccinated getting so angry at the unvaxed? If natural immunity is twenty-seven times more effective than the vaccine, then why are people who have already gotten Covid losing their jobs unless they get vaccinated? Isaac & Angie answer and wrestle with these issues in this episode. All show notes, scripture references, and resources mentioned are found at COURAGEOUSPARENTING.COM.