Lessons learned by the Disciples  as they followed Jesus is a roadmap for us that parents. Our mission may not be as far reaching and dangerous as walking daily with Jesus, but our mission in Raising Descendant is just as important. Cindy and Mike break down how modeling the Disciples can make us better parents. We would love to hear from you and answer any questions you have.   Jump over to www.raisingdescandants.com and click the Microphone to leave us a message. Your questions may be answered in an upcoming episode.

I bet there is ONE THING that your child does that DRIVES you CRAZY!!!  You know what it is as soon as you read this.  You may have even felt your blood pressure rise or anger well up just thinking about it. Well, this ONE THING is THE THING that can bring calm to your house.   Cindy brings the Insight Bombs today!! Top 3 Insight Bombs: Insight 1:  Finding the root of the cause by looking into the Rearview Mirror can stop arguments well before they start Insight 2:  If just one person in the home makes a change, everyone has to follow suite Insight 3:  Reflecting you child's positives leads to them repeating these positive behaviors We would love to hear from you.  Jump on over to www.raisingdescendants.com to leave a review or hit the microphone button to leave us a voicemail!!!

We are humans with strengths and weaknesses.  While this is part of our personality, this also goes along with our parenting abilities. By being able to identify our PARENTINGS STRENGTHS, we walk the path to becoming the parents our kids need. Join Cindy and Mike and see how to find your PARENTINGS STRENGTHS...   We would love to hear from you...Do you have a question? You can leave a voicemail, ask a questions that we may answer on an upcoming podcast... Just go to www.raisingdescendants.com and hit the microphone button.

Praying out loud to bless your food can feel awkward even if you are use to praying.  Praying for someone can take some practice.  But, the Praying over someone can feel down right weird. But, when we pray over our children, we are doing so much more. In this episode, we will talk about the benefit of praying for and over our children and how to do it so it is not weird. If you enjoyed this episode we want to invite you to the Raising Descendants Facebook Group.  It's the after party for each episode. See you there! Cindy and Mike

We allow the world to rob us of that individual time that is so meaningful and where we get our joy from parenting.  Spending this type of time together gives our children the opportunity to see and experience us as the parent that we were designed to be. So how do you do it? Descendant Maker Tip 1:  Prepare a TIME for you to be alone Descendant Maker Tip 2:  Prepare your SPACE to be alone Descendant Maker Tip 3:  Create and guard your SCHEDULE Descendant Maker Tip 4:   Enjoy your KIDS If you enjoyed this episode, then join us at our Facebook Group called (drum roll please...) Raising Descendants!!! We would love to hear from you.  Get ahold of us at raisingdescendants.com.  You can even leave us a voicemail!!

God has blessed everyone of us with specific strengths.  It can be easy to parent only looking at what our children do wrong, only focusing on what we want to change.  After all, isn't that what gets on our nerves... "How many times do I have to tell you to pick that up!" has gone through our minds countless times. But, when we focus on our children's strengths, we show our children how God has blessed them and how to use their strengths even in difficult times.  Focusing on their strengths prepared them to become Descendants that will inherit the Kingdom. ***We would live to hear form you: go to www.RaisingDescendants.com and click on the microphone button to leave us a voicemail.  If you leave a question, we may answer the question on a podcast.***

In a world of Instagram Influencers, Snapchat Filters, TikTok Challenges and everything else pulling at our families, how do you raise a child to know, love, and obey God? It is really as straight forward as seeing yourself not as just a parents, but as a person anointed by God to raise the descendants of his kingdom. When you shift you mind to being a descendant maker, your relationship with your children change.  You go from being a list checker (pick up kids, pack lunch, practice from 4-5...) just trying to getting through another day to an intentional parent guiding your child to find, experience, and live out their own faith. Cindy Lemon is a Vanderbilt trained Nurse Practitioner who specializes in child and adolescent mental health and has worked in children's mental health for over 20 years. Mike Lemon is a Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force Detective who hunted online predators for over 15 years.  Now, Mike focuses on preventing this evil by training over 50,000 parents, kids, and out involved professionals how to keep kids safe while they are online. Cindy and Mike have been married for over 20 years and have 5 boys (thats a whole other story we will dive into). For now, we want to lock arms with parents (bio, step, adoptive, foster...) to walk together as we do not just raise our children.  We are Raising Descendants.