Parent Skills Podcast

As you gear up for Father’s Day, make sure the dads, papas, daddies and fathers tune in to this one. Special guest, Justin Batt, shares his heart and passion for this generation to be fathered and fathered WELL. Happy Father’s Day! Enjoy this encouragement and inspiration to be the best dad God made you to be. - For more great parenting resources, check out SaddlebackParents.com Connect with Justi...

Parenting teens comes with a whole new set of opportunities both good and bad, easy and difficult. Dustin Tappan, Next Gen Pastor @ Christ’s Church of the Valley, share three powerful and unproven tips for raising tips. Learn alongside him as he navigates raising teens with you! - For more great parenting resources, check out SaddlebackParents.com

Children are a gift from God. And with each gift there are unique parenting wins and losses, struggles and victories. Shawn Hyde, our Lake Forest Children’s Pastor, joins us in a candid conversation as a dad of little ones and infusing his years of children’s ministry experience into this beginning phase of parenting. - For more great parenting resources, check out SaddlebackParents.com For more i...

Mother’s Day truly should be EVERY day! Join Kurt & Liza as they both celebrate and share honestly about the goods, the bads, and the realities of being a mom, raising kids and living the life God intended.  And guys, you too can learn some great insights into how to best partner with and support the moms in your lives. - For more great parenting resources, check out SaddlebackParents.com

As the school year winds down, it is time for summer FUN! Move beyond the screens and the same-old same-old in order to make this summer the best one yet for you and your kids.  Summer, here we come! - For more great parenting resources, check out SaddlebackParents.com

Saddleback Parents exists to help you win in raising lifelong interdependent followers of Jesus who make a kingdom difference. It goes well beyond taking them to church and/or small group. It starts with the seeds you are planting and growing at-home. Get ready to start planting spiritual seeds! - Check out more great parenting resources at SaddlebackParents.com

Now that you know WHAT to talk about (if not, tune in to the Part 1 podcast before proceeding), let’s talk about HOW to have those conversations. Where on Earth do you begin? Let’s join together and share ideas on how to get your kids talking about these crucial things. - Find more great parenting resources at SaddlebackParents.com

The list seems endless with topics of critical discussion and things to talk about with your child. Tune in to hear the top four things that Kurt and Liza believe need to be at the top of  your list. Every parent, no matter how old your child, needs to have these crucial conversations at some point.   Get more great Parenting Tips at SaddlebackParents.com

We can guarantee that your child has had, is going through and/or will continue to face setbacks. Thankfully, children are highly resilient. But they are not simply made that way. Children grow and develop resilience, the ability to bounce back, through the conversations and opportunities they face. Join Kurt Johnston and Liza Gant as they discuss how to help your child bounce back after a setback...

It's simply a fact, we live in a day and age driven by screens in many different forms. We cannot turn a blind eye or ignore it. Instead, let's band together with some basic survival skills for a screen-driven society. Kurt Johnston and Liza Gant will provide some basic survival skills for raising kids at any age and stage in the world of screens. Screens are an inevitable part of our lives, but i...

Join Kurt Johnston and Liza Gant as they get real and real vulnerable with one of their biggest parenting wins and fails. We can best learn from one another in such honest conversations of reflection and evaluation. And may you rise up to experience some of your biggest parenting wins moving forward! Check out more great parenting content at SaddlebackParents.com

If nothing else, lockdown has taught us a LOT about ourselves and our families. We could each write some hefty books about the lessons we have learned in parenting, especially. Join us as we scratch the surface of some key lessons Kurt Johnston and Liza Gant learned over the past year plus of the COVID-19 pandemic.   Check out more great parenting content at SaddlebackParents.com

Helping our children grow in their faith...the conversation continues with Kurt and crew from the Doable Discipleship podcast.

Kurt is a guest on Saddleback’s Doable Discipleship podcast where they cover a range of parenting topics all revolving around how parents play a vital role in the spiritual growth of their children.

In the second of two episodes, Kurt and Liza discuss 3 more frequently asked parenting questions. The questions discussed phase-specific in this episode are:  1) How do I help my child navigate friendships and bullying? 2) When should I let my child have a cell phone? and 3) When do I let my child start dating and/or talk to them about sex?

In this first of two episodes, Kurt and Liza discuss 3 frequently asked parenting questions. The questions discussed phase-specific are:  1) How do I connect and communicate with my child? 2) What's appropriate discipline for my child? and 3) How do I help my child struggling in his/her faith?

Technology and teenagers...some parents fear it, while others ignore it all together. Both strategies are a mistake, and on this episode Kurt is joined by parent and co-worker, Julie Chung to talk about raising teenagers in a world of technology and smart phones that provide limitless information at the swipe of a finger.

 On this episode, Kurt is joined by his friend and teammate, Mike Brook. Mike, the father of two young girls, shares a few things he's done right and a few things he's done wrong along the way. This is a very practical episode full of little nuggets of wisdom for any and all parents.

It happens to every child. At some point along the way, they discover what (at least for the moment) is a new passion.  But what if that passion isn't your passion?  What if that passion scares you? What if that passion is ill-advised? In this episode, Kurt and his guest, Johnny Baker, will discuss ideas to help you fan the flames of your child's passions.

The roles and responsibilities that we carry as parents are countless. Join Kurt Johnston and Liza Gant as they discuss the highs, the lows, and the balance in being a working mom.  Learn how to be intentional in your parenting, your career, your marriage, and more.

How can parents not merely survive, but thrive during their child’s pre-teen years?  Kurt is joined by friend and fellow Youth Pastor, Matt McCage and they discuss some tips to make the most of these important transitional years our children find themselves in.

Our youth often leave camps and retreats with a "spiritual high" that slowly but surely dies out over time. How can you, as a parent, engage with your child after they step off that bus and back into day-to-day living? Join John Luzadder, CYI youth camp specialist, as he shares with Kurt some keys to connecting with your teen.

In this episode, Kurt is joined by therapist Tasha Levert as they discuss helicopter parenting and how over parenting our kids hinders their development and ability to cope with life’s challenges.

Youth Pastor and parent Scott Rubin joins this episode to talk about the importance of intentional parenting; developing certain practices that set you and your kids up to win!