Ep 1144 | The Theological Errors of Gentle Parenting | Guest: Abbie Halberstadt

Relatable with Allie Beth Stuckey

Blaze Podcast Network

News, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity, News Commentary

4.6 • 19.2K Ratings

🗓️ 20 February 2025

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Today, we sit down with Abbie Halberstadt, author and host of the "M Is for Mama Podcast," to discuss motherhood and parenting. She shares her motherhood journey with 10 children, including two sets of twins with the same birthday, and offers faith-based parenting advice on navigating the mental and emotional challenges of postpartum motherhood. We also discuss the differences between gentle parenting and godly parenting and the best way to honor God for your children. Abbie also explains how parents can embrace the difference between hard and bad and how families can equip themselves to thrive even in the hard seasons. Buy Abbie's book, "Hard Is Not the Same Thing as Bad: The Perspective Shift That Could Completely Change the Way You Mother": https://a.co/d/dEIk2IL Buy Allie's new book, "Toxic Empathy: How Progressives Exploit Christian Compassion": https://a.co/d/4COtBxy --- Timecodes: (00:55) Abbie Halberstadt introduction (02:09) Having 10 children (07:30) How Abbie met her husband (12:35) Having children (17:47) Giving birth with no C-sections (26:54) Postpartum mental health (33:31) Gentle parenting vs. Godly parenting (49:38) Enforcing boundaries & discipline with young children (53:49) “Hard Is Not the Same Thing as Bad” --- Today's Sponsors: We Heart Nutrition — Get 20% off women's vitamins with We Heart Nutrition, where 10% of every purchase supports pregnancy care centers; use code ALLIE at https://www.WeHeartNutrition.com. EveryLife — The only premium baby brand that is unapologetically pro-life. EveryLife offers high-performing, supremely soft diapers and wipes that protect and celebrate every precious life. Head to EveryLife.com and use promo code ALLIE10 to get 10% of your first order today! Masa Chips — Go to MasaChips.com and use promo code ALLIEB for a discount on your first time order of seed oil free tortilla chips! Pre-Born — Will you help rescue babies' lives? Donate by calling #250 & say keyword 'BABY' or go to Preborn.com/ALLIE. BlazeTV — Watch episode four of ‘The Coverup: Smoking Gun’ on BlazeTV, releasing Thursday. Become a subscriber at faucicoverup.com/ALLIE and use code “SMOKINGGUN” for $30 off your subscription. --- Links: M is for Mama Podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m-is-for-mama-podcast/id1664528555 The Gentleness Challenge https://misformama.net/product/the-gentleness-challenge-ebook --- Related Episodes: Ep 1123 | Why Boys Are Failing Kindergarten | Guest: Dr. Leonard Sax https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ep-1123-why-boys-are-failing-kindergarten-guest-dr/id1359249098?i=1000684140603 Ep 963 | The Dangers of Gentle Parenting, SEL & Empathy | Guest: Abigail Shrier https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ep-963-the-dangers-of-gentle-parenting-sel-empathy/id1359249098?i=1000648254377 Ep 903 | My Birth Story with a VBA2C https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ep-903-my-vbac-birth-story/id1359249098?i=1000634048843 Ep 895 | Is Motherhood God's Plan for Every Woman? | Q&A https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ep-895-is-motherhood-gods-plan-for-every-woman-q-a/id1359249098?i=1000632479757 --- Buy Allie's book, You're Not Enough (& That's Okay): Escaping the Toxic Culture of Self-Love: https://alliebethstuckey.com/book Relatable merchandise – use promo code 'ALLIE10' for a discount: https://shop.blazemedia.com/collections/allie-stuckey Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:30.1	Abby Halberstadt is a homeschooling mom of 10 and she is here today to give us her best motherhood advice. It is such an encouragement
0:41.3	in an age of secular, permissive parenting. What does it mean to be a godly yet gentle
0:49.7	authority figure in your home? And why has God given us authority over children? And what does it
0:57.7	look like to steward that in a biblical and loving way? She's got so many edifying words for us today.
1:05.1	You guys will love this conversation. It's brought to you by our friends at Good Ranchers. Go to
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1:11.9	That's good ranchers.com, code Alley.
1:27.2	But for those who don't, can you tell everyone who you are and what you do?
1:30.9	Yeah, yeah.
1:31.7	My name is Abby Halberstadt, and I am a mama to 10.
1:36.4	I have a podcast called Emma's for Mama, and that is kind of my whole brand book, blog that I've done for like 14 years, podcast.
1:43.1	And on the podcast, I always start out saying,
1:45.2	happy wife, mama to 10 Bible believing Christian, ending with the most important thing.
1:50.0	Yes. And so I am a homeschool mama to 10 kids. I never planned to have 10 kids. You're going to
1:57.1	hear a lot of moms of many say this. Like very few of us were like, I am gutting for a specific number.
2:02.2	Yeah.
2:02.7	But this is what the Lord bless me with.
2:04.8	In fact, I have one brother, and everybody always assumes,
2:07.9	you must have a lot of siblings or this must be what your norm was growing up.
2:11.3	Very much the opposite.
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