Raising Sage-Minded Kids: Teaching Your Children to Reframe Challenges

Описание: Ever feel the urge to fix your child’s bad grade or shut down sibling fights as fast as possible? What if those exact moments are actually God-given opportunities to disciple your kids not just in how they behave, but in how they think?
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📌 EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of the Positive Legacy Podcast for Christian Fathers*, Dan Hayden explores how to raise _sage-minded kids_—children who learn to see challenges as opportunities for growth and faith rather than failure. Drawing from *Positive Intelligence (PQ)*, Scripture, and real-life parenting stories, Dan contrasts reactive parenting with *Sage coaching and shares practical, age-appropriate questions dads can use to help their kids look for the good God may be hiding inside hard moments like bad grades and sibling conflict.

This episode equips Christian dads to disciple their children in everyday life, teaching resilience, emotional regulation, empathy, and faith that holds steady even when things don’t go their way.
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⏱️ KEY TIMESTAMPS

00:00 – Why your child’s meltdowns are discipleship opportunities

01:30 – Rescue vs. Sage coaching: two common dad responses

04:10 – How fixing and minimizing reinforce saboteur thinking

06:30 – Simple Sage questions every dad can use

08:15 – Real story: responding to a bad grade with truth and grace

14:20 – Using empathy to activate your child’s Sage brain

17:30 – From failure to growth: building an action plan

20:00 – Sibling fights: old patterns vs. Sage-led parenting

24:10 – Teaching empathy during conflict

27:15 – Finding the “gift” inside a fight

30:10 – Dinner-table practice for everyday discipleship

33:00 – A simple challenge for this week

38:00 – Free webinar + next steps for dads
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💬 KEY QUOTE

“Your kids are learning from you not just how to behave, but how to _see_. Every time you pause instead of react and ask, ‘Where might the good be hiding in this?’ you’re shaping how they’ll face the rest of their lives.”

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