Help Your Kids Overcome Disappointment, Part 1

Parenting Pathway Stonebriar Community Church Frisco, TexasDisappointment and loss are normal parts of life. And one of the goals of parenting is to train our children to have the skills necessary to overcome it and “pop back.” But, as the school year approaches and so much of our lives are different, our children are faced with almost daily reminders of what was and is no longer. Most parents have one of two responses: either push our children to “get over it,” or attempt to shelter them from the “it”. In either case, we are missing an opportunity to train our children how to feel the discomfort of loss and how to develop the skills necessary to face adversity.

In part 1 of this Parenting Pathway Podcast, Pastor Dave Carl invites Student Ministry Pastor Nathan Kocurek to talk about all the losses and disappointments our children are facing. How we train our kids to respond in the face of such difficulties will have a big impact on the adults they will become. Since the goal is to teach resilience, we will discuss how to step into their lives in a way that does not bring shame upon their feelings but encourages children to grow as a result of their experiences.

Continue the discussion with Helping Your Kids Overcome Disappointment, Part 2.

Authors

  • Dave Carl

    Dave Carl is the Family Ministries Pastor at Stonebriar Community Church and is responsible for the ministry focusing on children birth through high school graduation and the parents who love them. With a ministry philosophy based on Luke 10:27, his primary focus is to give parents the skills to raise kids who truly love Jesus and want to serve others. Dave has a passion for ministering to families in crisis in our community. He has spent several years pouring into fathers and husbands and helping them learn that they need community, were designed to guard and protect, and that they really can be the spiritual leaders of their family.

    Dave and his wife of 30 plus years, Cathy, have two adult children and one in college and grandparents to three amazing children. They are completely in love with these new member of their family. Dave is an avid woodworker and loves to write. He sees all stories in the form of pictures, and he would love to connect with you!

  • Nathan Kocurek

    Emerging from the depths of the late 1970s, Nathan Kocurek spent his formative years under the influence of Hall & Oates, Duran Duran, and other notables while listening to KRBE in Houston on the clock radio beside his bed. Nathan was influenced to love Jesus by the example of his young single mom, and he grew up with a love for God but an incomplete understanding of discipleship. As a result, as a teenager, he indulged in a relentless and, at times, reckless pursuit of social and athletic achievements, seeking to assuage an innermost feeling of emptiness that he could not escape. Finally, by God’s grace, the Spirit of the Lord made it clear to him that none but Jesus could satisfy what he was lacking. The answer had been there all along. Later, Nathan married the girl of his dreams and they ran off to California, had two sons, and returned to Texas where they adopted their sweet daughter. Having served as a Student Minister at two previous churches over the past 18 years, Nathan and his wife, Marie, are now thrilled to follow the calling of Christ at Stonebriar Community Church.

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