Loving The Fight Marriage Podcast · Travis Rosinger and Dawn Rosinger

Episode 162 | Four Important Things Parents Need to Know to Raise Kids - Part 1

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God chose you as the number one spiritual influence in your child's life.

Travis and Dawn open with a warm welcome back. They talk about a house full of kids and grandkids, three days of quality time, and celebrating Thanksgiving and Christmas within one day of each other right after Thanksgiving. It is the kind of weekend that leaves them smiling. It also gets them thinking about parenting, marriage, and the weight parents carry. They keep coming back to one big idea: parents are not just raising kids for the moment, they are raising adults for the long run. That means body, mind, and spirit all matter. The conversation makes the spiritual part plain. Parents are the main spiritual influence in their kids' lives, and God chose them for that role. Travis and Dawn say that without pretending it is easy. They know they have blown it before, but they still come back to the call to lead well. To show what that looks like, they point to Hannah in the Old Testament. Hannah had waited, prayed, and then finally had Samuel. She brought him to the temple and dedicated him to God. They also point to Mary and Joseph in the New Testament. On the eighth day of Jesus's life, they brought him to the temple and dedicated him to God too. For Travis and Dawn, those moments are not just Bible stories. They are examples of parents owning their role as spiritual leaders and bringing their children toward God. The episode also turns toward the words parents speak every day. They remind listeners that God chose them to speak words that give life and avoid words that bring death. The closing stretch brings the marriage piece back into focus. If moms and dads are not on the same page, the kids feel it, and the marriage feels it too. So the message lands in a practical place: stay united, lead with faith, and keep loving the fight.

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A faith-first parenting reminder that treats the home as a place of leadership, not just logistics.

The episode presents parenting as a form of spiritual leadership, set against a three-day family visit after Thanksgiving, with kids, grandkids, and even a Christmas tree in view.

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Press play if you want a faith-first reset on parenting, marriage, and the words you bring home.

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