You scroll through your social media feed and feel layers of shame and insecurity building in your heart. Other parents’ kids seem confident and successful, while yours are taking one step forward and two steps back. Other couples create romance and fun every day, while you and your spouse are stuck in a rut and feel miles apart. The burden of shame steals the joy from your home. And, you see the sickness of perfectionism infecting your kids as well.

Today’s guests, Dave and Ann Wilson, offer a powerful word of encouragement to break the cycle of shame in our families. They help us to understand

• Why we feel pressured to become perfect parents and sustain an ideal marriage
• Why Dave and Ann are so open and authentic about their own mistakes and struggles
• How to find freedom from the guilt you carry as a spouse or parent
• How to raise kids who feel loved and accepted as they are
• How God can use our parenting to expose our brokenness and bring healing
• The power of partnering with your spouse to give your kids what they need
• Why Jesus is our best hope as we seek to love our families well

Dave and Ann Wilson  are the authors of Vertical Marriage: The One Secret That Will Change Your Marriage and No Perfect Parents: Ditch Expectations, Embrace Reality, and Discover the One Secret That Will Change Your Parenting. Additionally, they are touring speakers, as well as the radio hosts of the nationally syndicated radio show, Family Life Today. But it’s their singular passion for enriching lives through spreading the Word and wisdom of God that truly defines them.

This podcast is produced and edited by Angie Elkins Media, Inc.