When Parenting Gets Overwhelming

Feeling overwhelmed in parenting can often be a discouraging experience. Today, Dr. Sri and his wife share openly about the struggle of parenting, and how parents can turn to God in those hard moments when they are tempted to feel disappointed in themselves.

Snippet from the Show

Parents often feel unseen in their struggle raising their kids, but in the eyes of God, every loving effort of a parent is seen by him and precious to him.

When Parenting Gets Overwhelming

• Feeling overwhelmed as a parent is a normal experience.
• When you get overwhelmed, think about the ways you are being invited to grow. Perhaps you are being invited to give more, to learn more, or to make more space for others.
• Feeling overwhelmed reminds us how much we need Jesus, because we cannot do everything on our own.
• When we start getting overwhelmed we are often tempted by the enemy to fall into discouragement, anger, bitterness, and self-condemnation. Discouragement is often rooted in pride, because it’s often a reaction to things not going according to our own plans. Just because things don’t go according to our plans, doesn’t mean they aren’t going as they should.
• Parents often feel unseen in their struggle raising their kids, but in the eyes of God, every loving effort of a parent is seen and precious to him.

“Jesus repair what I have done badly, supply for what I have left undone.”- Fr. Jacques D’Elbee

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Resources

• Visit Dr. Sri’s website at www.edwardsri.com and to book online events with Dr. Sri email events.edwardsri@gmail.com
• Find more of Dr. Sri’s episodes at www.ascensionpress.com/allthingscatholic
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