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Ep. 224 | Wise Words for Moms 2025

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Ginger Hubbard reveals the three biblical steps to address a child's heart issues instead of just their behavior.

This episode features host Alex Cody and author Ginger Hubbard discussing the updated "Wise Words for Moms" chart, a biblical parenting tool. Ginger Hubbard is a bestselling author and conference speaker who created the chart to address children's heart issues. The chart lists 22 common child behaviors like bragging, defeat, and revenge, each with a three-step response plan. The steps are heart-probing questions, a scriptural reproof for what to "put off," and encouragement for what to "put on." Alex presents a scenario where a girl named Boslyn boasts after a ballet recital, and Ginger explains using the chart's question, "Do those words bring glory to God or to yourself?" Another scenario involves a boy named Dash who wants to quit soccer after scoring on his own team; the chart suggests asking, "What if Jesus had given up?" Ginger references verses like 2 Thessalonians 3:13 to encourage perseverance. A third example features Mercy Jane seeking revenge on her brother for ruining her painting; the chart guides a parent to teach putting off revenge using Proverbs 20:22 and putting on forgiveness. Ginger shares a personal anecdote about Alex feeling defeated after being cast as a fork, not Belle, in a school play. The chart helped address Alex's attitude, and Ginger made a shadow box with the note, "faithful forks become beautiful Belles." The hosts emphasize that the chart helps parents maintain self-control and avoid lengthy lectures in the heat of the moment. A key insight is that the tool aims not merely for changed behavior but to point children to their need for a Savior, asserting that heart change precedes lasting behavioral change. Ginger states the chart is a "cheat sheet" because she "did the homework" of organizing scripture for common situations. The episode frames children's emotions as God-given, noting that anger itself is not sinful, but the response can be. The tone is conversational, instructional, and lightly humorous, with Alex performing detailed, relatable parenting scenarios. The style is practical and application-focused, blending personal stories with direct explanations of the resource. Christian parents seeking scriptural methods for discipline and character training would appreciate this episode. Listeners looking for secular, non-religious, or permissive parenting advice would likely skip it.

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A direct, Bible-shaped guide to discipline language for parents who want less talk and better words.

This turns a familiar parenting problem into something concrete: what to say when a child misbehaves, shuts down, or quits after a mistake. The soccer example does the work here.

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You need fewer words when your child is tuning out correction after a bad day.

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