by Brooklyn Bird
Brooklyn Bird hosts "Walk Beside Me" to help parents apply the gospel of Jesus Christ to daily family life. In a world where parenting is often seen as boring and arduous, relish the fresh perspective that your kids are the perfect little life coaches to help you unleash your divine potential.
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April 19, 2025
<p>How can you tell if you are successful as a parent? We might be tempted to measure our success by any of the following:</p><ul><li>What other people say about our parenting</li><li>How quickly our children obey or comply</li><li>Our kids' grades</li><li>Our kids' extracurricular achievements</li><li>How happy our kids are</li><li>How cute our kids are</li><li>How quickly our children pass developmental milestones</li><li>Whether our children have everything they want materially</li></ul><p><br /></p><p>The problem is, none of these metrics are completely within your control.</p><p><br /></p><p>God is the most successful parent—we know this because He is perfect. He is all knowing and therefore His parenting style is the BEST model for our own parenting. Yet if we measured His success as a parent by any of the standards above, He might not look successful.</p><p><br /></p><p>So how CAN we measure parenting success?</p><p><br /></p><p>In this episode, I'm recommending that you measure your success as a parent by your relationship with your child. And by "relationship," I mean how you relate to your child. How you think and feel about them. How you treat them.</p><p><br /></p><p>The magic of this metric is that it is dependent on only one person: YOU. You can have a good relationship with your child even if your child doesn't have a good relationship with you. Such is the case for God, who relates to all of His children in the most beautiful, loving way, no matter how they relate to Him.</p><p><br /></p><p><strong>Scripture references:</strong></p><p><br /></p><p>Luke 15:11–32 (The Prodigal Son)</p><p>Doctrine & Covenants 4:5</p><p>Alma 32:21</p><p>Romans 8:28</p><p>1 Corinthians 13:4–8</p>
April 12, 2025
<p>Where is the line between "spoiling" your child and simply being kind to them? Is there some kind of magical limit on the number of times we can give our children what they want before they become "spoiled"?</p><p><br></p><p>In this episode, I'm challenging traditional fears surrounding spoiling with five scripture-inspired principles:</p><ol><li>Instead of worrying about "spoiling" your child, focus more on strengthening (and not spoiling) the relationship.</li><li>God invites us to ask for things. We can likewise welcome our children's requests.</li><li>God says yes pretty much all the time. There is always some way for us to say yes.</li><li>God never gives from a place of fear. Neither should we.</li><li>God never gives in order to control. Neither should we.</li></ol><p><br></p><p><strong>Scripture References:</strong></p><p>Matthew 7:7</p><p>James 1:5</p><p>Isaiah 58:9</p><p>Doctrine & Covenants 46:7</p><p>Alma 34:18–27</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Follow along on Instagram:</strong></p><p><a href="instagram.com/brooklynmbird" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">instagram.com/brooklynmbird</a></p>
April 5, 2025
<p>This one is for the ladies.</p><p><br></p><p>Have you ever wondered whether Jesus really, really understands you? Especially when you're in the midst of periods, PMSing, pregnancy, miscarriage, infertility, postpartum, breastfeeding, singleness, or any other struggle that is uniquely female?</p><p><br></p><p>We know He felt every pain, sickness, and struggle when He performed the Atonement. But could He really get it if He never actually lived an earth life as a woman?</p><p><br></p><p>Today I'm opening up about a time when I struggled with this question. And I'm sharing the stories of Jesus that the Spirit brought to my mind, confirming that YES. He does get it.</p><p><br></p><p>I don't know exactly how, but I know that He does. And I think the biggest evidence of this is how quick He was to minister to women after He performed the Atonement. He knew how much they would be blessed by the reassurance of resurrection—of freedom from earthly, physical pain.</p><p><br></p><p>Follow me on Instagram:</p><p><a href="https://instagram.com/brooklynmbird">https://instagram.com/brooklynmbird</a></p>
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