Motherhood, Joy, and the Preschool Debate

The Family Teams Podcast

In this episode of the Family Teams Podcast (Motherhood Edition!), Jeremy and April are joined by Annalisa Barraza and Miranda Foust to discuss the countercultural idea of women actually enjoying motherhood. Then, the group reacts to a short clip from The Spillover podcast and discuss whether we should be sending our kids to preschool.

We hope you notice that, yes, our ideas are often counterintuitive, but it's because something is desperately wrong with the way our culture is doing family. Our goal is to have honest and challenging conversations so that you as a listener can consider things from a new, and hopefully Biblical and multigenerational light. It's not always easy to have these conversations, but it's so worth it if we're going to raise up families that glorify God.

On this episode, we talk about:

00:00 Intro

01:43 Celebrating Kyra's Birthday

03:56 Annalisa's Unexpected Response on Motherhood

06:54 The Struggle Against The Flesh as a Mother

14:26 Maintaining A Joyous Perspective in Motherhood When Things Are Hard

18:12 Encouraging Other Mothers

25:21 The Lifelong Joy of Motherhood

28:45 Should We Be Sending Our Kids To Preschool?

31:02 Debating the Role of Preschool

42:11 Bonus Clip: The Lies of Feminism

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Resources Mentioned:

Family Plan Calendar

Libby

You Are Because He Is by Annalisa Barraza

"How To Raise A Securely Attached Child." With Attachment Specialist Adam Lane Smith | The Spillover

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