{"id":303978,"date":"2016-05-02T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-05-02T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/podcast\/%series%\/exposing-the-myths-of-motherhood\/"},"modified":"2016-05-02T11:00:00","modified_gmt":"2016-05-02T15:00:00","slug":"exposing-the-myths-of-motherhood","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/podcast\/familylife-today\/exposing-the-myths-of-motherhood\/","title":{"rendered":"Exposing the Myths of Motherhood"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Karen Ehman tells how astonished she was when she had her first child and realized that motherhood was actually hard.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":91,"featured_media":294104,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","inline_featured_image":false,"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","episode_type":"","audio_file":"https:\/\/web.familylifetoday.com\/fl2016-05-02.mp3","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"00:","filesize":"23.74M","filesize_raw":"24888388","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":""},"categories":[2838],"tags":[5048,4087],"podcast_series":[8140],"cwp_profile":[3311],"series":[2101],"class_list":["post-303978","podcast","type-podcast","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mothers","tag-motherhood","tag-mothers","podcast_series-hoodwinked-ten-myths-moms-believe","cwp_profile-karen-ehman","series-familylife-today"],"acf":[],"episode_featured_image":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1001\/2024\/09\/FLT-Podcast-Cover-2-508x508-3.jpg?w=508","episode_player_image":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1001\/2023\/02\/image-scaled.jpg","download_link":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/podcast-download\/303978\/exposing-the-myths-of-motherhood","player_link":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/podcast-player\/303978\/exposing-the-myths-of-motherhood","audio_player":null,"episode_data":{"playerMode":"light","subscribeUrls":{"apple_podcasts":{"key":"apple_podcasts","url":"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/familylife-today\/id212174303?mt=2&app=podcast","label":"Apple Podcasts","class":"apple_podcasts","icon":"apple-podcasts.png"},"google_podcasts":{"key":"google_podcasts","url":"","label":"Google Podcasts","class":"google_podcasts","icon":"google-podcasts.png"},"spotify":{"key":"spotify","url":"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/0j5UaKdQOHQCuo1bt0ebEm","label":"Spotify","class":"spotify","icon":"spotify.png"},"youtube":{"key":"youtube","url":"","label":"YouTube","class":"youtube","icon":"youtube.png"}},"rssFeedUrl":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/feed\/podcast\/familylife-today","embedCode":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"eJxC5fQziO\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/podcast\/familylife-today\/exposing-the-myths-of-motherhood\/\">Exposing the Myths of Motherhood<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/podcast\/familylife-today\/exposing-the-myths-of-motherhood\/embed\/#?secret=eJxC5fQziO\" width=\"500\" height=\"350\" title=\"&#8220;Exposing the Myths of Motherhood&#8221; &#8212; FamilyLife\u00ae - A Cru Ministry\" data-secret=\"eJxC5fQziO\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>\n"},"spectra_custom_meta":{"_wp_page_template":["default"],"transcript_url":["https:\/\/transcript.familylifetoday.com\/fl2016-05-02.pdf"],"audio_file":["https:\/\/web.familylifetoday.com\/fl2016-05-02.mp3"],"transcript_content":["<strong>Bob: <\/strong>It is hard work being a mom. It can be a little easier if you\u2019ve got other moms around you in your network \/ in your circle of friends. Karen Ehman says, \u201cThey don\u2019t all have to be moms who think just like you.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Karen: <\/strong>What happened in my life was that I did not forge friendships with moms who did things differently than me. Think about a piece of wood\u2014you can take a piece of wood, and you can build an ugly fence between you and another person because they don\u2019t think like you; or you can humbly lay that wood down, and build a bridge, and get to know them, and appreciate each other\u2019s differences, and support each other. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>This is <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> for Monday, May 2<sup>nd<\/sup>. Our host is the President of FamilyLife<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>, Dennis Rainey, and I\u2019m Bob Lepine. There is a lot about motherhood that, as it turns out, is mythology. We\u2019ll see if we can correct some of those myths today. Stay tuned. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd welcome to <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>1:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThanks for joining us. Did you think being a dad was going to be easy when you became a father for the first time?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWhile you\u2019re thinking about that, I spent seven summers, before I was married, working as a camp counselor. I thought being a dad\u2014you were just like a full-time camp counselor\u2014you just say: \u201cHey, what do we want to do today?\u201d \u201cWhat would be fun and exciting for the kids to do today?\u201d\u00a0 And that would be basically all I\u2019d have to do. It was later that I realized there\u2019s more to it than just being the fun-meister in your home every day. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>There really is. I thought it would be fun \/ I thought it would be a lot of hard work. I really hadn\u2019t given it a lot of thought. I didn\u2019t really even like kids, as a single guy. [Laughter] It took marriage to Barbara and being around some people, who had children, who had really, I think, more of God\u2019s view of children\u2014that they are a privilege, they\u2019re a blessing, and that you really are better off with them if God grants the birth of a child to your family. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>2:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThey are going to teach you a lot about yourself. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>I just think that dads, in general, are a little more laidback about\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>You think?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>\u2014being dads than moms are about being moms. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>It\u2019s one of our many battlefronts that we have. In fact, our guest on today\u2019s program\u2014I\u2019m going to start out: \u201cShe can handle it \/ she\u2019s a tough cookie.\u201d\u00a0 [Laughter] Karen Ehman joins us again on <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>. She is the coauthor of the book, <em>Hoodwinked<\/em>, and it\u2019s about <em>Ten Myths That Moms Believe and Why We Need to Knock It Off<\/em>. I love that!\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSo, you start the book\u2014I\u2019ve got to question some research that you did that you state in the book. I just want to read what you said\u2014you say in here that you surveyed over 300 moms and asked if they had preconceived notions of what motherhood would be like. An astounding 83 percent said, \u201cYes; absolutely.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>3:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI guess I wonder, \u201cReally?\u2014why not 100 percent?\u201d\u00a0 [Laughter]\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br><strong>Bob: <\/strong>You want to meet this 17 percent, who thought, \u201cNo.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>I mean\u2014this from a group of people \/ Christians, who quote passages like this: \u201cShe looks well to the ways of her household, and does not eat the bread of idleness. Her children rise up they call her blessed; her husband also, and he praises her: \u2018Many women have done excellently, but you surpass them all.\u2019\u201d\u00a0 This is in the Bible\u2014Proverbs 31. We all know about the Proverbs 31 woman. In fact, you work for Proverbs 31 Ministries. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Karen: <\/strong>Yes; I do. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>It\u2019s the ideal!\u00a0 So, who hadn\u2019t heard of the ideal \/ who doesn\u2019t have a lot of expectations?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Karen: <\/strong>Yes; we come into it, not only with biblical expectations, but we grew up knowing a lot of seemingly amazing moms\u2014maybe, in our neighborhood or in our family. Of course, we were only seeing the good parts. We didn\u2019t see behind their four walls at the day-in and day-out motherhood in the trenches and how hard it can be. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>4:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe kind of had preconceived notions that it was going to be a walk in the park; and often, it is not. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>It isn\u2019t. It\u2019s a challenging job\u2014may be one of the most difficult jobs on the planet because you\u2019re not dealing with\u2014how should I say this?\u2014I\u2019ve already said children are a blessing; okay?\u00a0 Children aren\u2019t always rational \/ they aren\u2019t always controllable. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>They are born with the universal human condition\u2014\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>They are. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>\u2014they are depraved. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>They are, and they are related to their mom and dad\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Right. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>\u2014and have some of their tendencies, which <em>really<\/em> aggravate us when we see our children have that. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSo, you have three children. What about you?\u00a0 How did you enter into being a mom?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Karen: <\/strong>Well, you know, I thought I was just going to kind of strap on my first baby in her little baby sling and just keep going like I had been. You know, I was a pretty with-it girl\u2014involved in a lot of things. All of a sudden, I\u2019ve got this colicky baby that was keeping me up at night, and costing me time, and making me get to noon \/ one o\u2019 clock and I couldn\u2019t even get in the shower. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>5:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Right. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Karen: <\/strong>Just really kind of upset the apple cart of my life, but I really feel that God used that to help me to learn to die to myself, and to care for another human being, and to <em>really<\/em> forge my relationship with Him because I had to go to Him for answers because I did not know. As many books as I read, I thought I was going to apply all the knowledge in the books. This was the day and age before internet. Now, people go to blogs for all of this, but\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Right. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br><strong>Karen: <\/strong>\u2014I thought I was going to apply the knowledge I learned in the books. I would do what they said the mom was supposed to do, and the kids would behave the way that the kids in the book responded to the mom. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br><strong>Bob: <\/strong>You thought\u2014and I think we thought the same thing\u2014that Betty Crocker tells you how to bake a cake. She gives you a recipe, and it turns out well. So, Dr. Spock, or \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tDr. Dobson, or whomever you are turning to\u2014he\u2019s going to give you the recipe to turn out your kids. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Karen: <\/strong>Absolutely. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>And if you just\u2014if you do a cup of this and three-quarters of a tablespoon of that, your kids will be perfect. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Karen: <\/strong>Absolutely. And the more I\u2019m a mom, the more I realize that mothering and fathering\u2014parenting is not a recipe \/ it\u2019s a relationship. It\u2019s a relationship with your kids, and it\u2019s a relationship with God. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>6:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe need to be going to Him for our answers, our strength, and just keep showing up\u2014just keep showing up. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Dennis quoted your research\u201483 percent of women, who said, \u201cI came into motherhood with a preconception,\u201d\u2014but he didn\u2019t finish it out. They all said: \u201cMy preconception was wrong. What I thought it was going to be is not what it turned out being.\u201d\u00a0 So, they came in with one idea, realizing that was either unrealistic; or they had some kind of romanticized vision of what motherhood was going to be. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Karen: <\/strong>Absolutely. And I think it\u2019s even worse in this day and age with Pinterest<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> perfection\u2014you know, pictures of houses and beautiful children, sitting there minding themselves on the couch, eating that gourmet food that you\u2014I mean, everything just looks like it\u2019s just so easy, and perfect, and wonderful. Then, we get to our reality; and it\u2019s <em>hard<\/em>!\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Well, that\u2019s the other thing I was going to say because I think, if you went to most moms today and said, \u201cGive yourself a grade on how you\u2019re doing as a mom,\u201d there would <em>not<\/em> be many people who would say, \u201cI think I\u2019m getting an \u2018A\u2019 as a mom.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>7:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tMaybe, they\u2019d be harder on themselves than they ought to be; don\u2019t you think?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Karen: <\/strong>Oh, absolutely. I think we are much harder on ourselves, and we get this picture of perfection and these high standards. We think we need to be doing all of it, all at once, all at the same time. Then, we just get down on ourselves. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>So, if you are a man listening to this broadcast\u2014whether single or married \/ whether you are a daddy or not\u2014you need to listen and ask God for understanding of your wife because this explains a lot of how mothers feel and why they need a husband\u00a0 who really lives with his wife in an understanding way. By the way, that\u2019s a command of Scripture, if you didn\u2019t recognize it\u20141 Peter, Chapter 3, verse 7. So, listen carefully to what we are unpacking here about how moms view their assignment. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tYou\u2019ve actually built your book, <em>Hoodwinked<\/em>, around ten myths of motherhood. I want you to just quickly\u2014and you don\u2019t have to comment on each one. We\u2019ll go back and do that on a few of these, but just quickly go down through the ten myths. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>8:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI think a lot of men need to hear these because this will help guys understand what\u2019s entailed in being a mom. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Karen: <\/strong>Here are the myths of motherhood: \u201cMothering is natural, easy, and instinctive.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>It\u2019s not; right?\u00a0 [Laughter]\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Karen: <\/strong>No!\u00a0 Number two: \u201cThe way I mother is the right and only way.\u201d\u00a0 Myth number three: \u201cI am <em>just<\/em> a mom.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Now, what\u2019s the myth about that\u2014\u201cI am just a mom\u201d?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Karen: <\/strong>It doesn\u2019t matter\u2014\u201cI\u2019m <em>just<\/em> a mom.\u201d\u00a0 Society doesn\u2019t think it\u2019s very great. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Oh, not a whole lot of value. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Karen: <\/strong>It\u2019s not important\u2014no. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Okay; alright. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Karen: <\/strong>Then, the next one is kind of the opposite of it: \u201cMotherhood is all-consuming and all-fulfilling.\u201d\u00a0 The next myth\u2014number five is: \u201cA good mother can do it all, all at once.\u201d\u00a0 The next one: \u201cMotherhood is a rat race.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Karen: <\/strong>Myth number seven: \u201cMotherhood is luck of the draw.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>What do you mean \u201cluck of the draw\u201d?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Karen: <\/strong>You know: \u201cIt really doesn\u2019t matter what you do as a mom. Kids are going to turn out like they are going to turn out. So, why are you wasting your time trying to turn out good kids?\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Alright. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Karen: <\/strong>Number eight: \u201cEverything depends on me.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br><strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Oh, that\u2019s the myth of the messiah\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>9:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u2014thinking: \u201cI\u2019m the solution. I\u2019ve got to fix everything.\u201d That betrays a biblical understanding of how kids are hardwired. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Karen: <\/strong>Absolutely. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>They are selfish. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Karen: <\/strong>Number nine: \u201cI have to do it all right, or my child will turn out wrong.\u201d\u00a0 And myth number ten\u2014my personal favorite because I\u2019ve dealt with it in my life\u2014is that: \u201cMy child\u2019s bad choice means I\u2019m a bad mom.\u201d\u00a0 We tether our identity to the choices of our children, and then, decide we\u2019re bad moms because they made a bad choice. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br><strong>Dennis: <\/strong>And sometimes, it\u2019s not a bad choice\u2014it\u2019s a series of bad choices over a season of months, if not years. That\u2019s when it really becomes difficult to be a mom.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br><strong>Bob: <\/strong>Well, and here is the thing you say about these myths\u2014you say that: \u201cIt\u2019s not that they are all not true. They are all somewhat true,\u201d\u2014but I love \/ we talked about this earlier\u2014Charles Spurgeon said, \u201cDiscernment is not knowing the difference between right and wrong; it is knowing the difference between right and almost right.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSome of these myths are almost right\u2014 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>10:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u2014I mean, your kid may be in the principal\u2019s office because of something you did or didn\u2019t do. It\u2019s the almost right\u2014that\u2019s not the absolute reason \/ that may be a contributing factor. That\u2019s true with all of these myths; isn\u2019t it?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Karen: <\/strong>Absolutely. They are just slight variations of the truth that trip us up in our mothering. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Let\u2019s go back to the first myth and have you unpack that a bit more. A lot of us, as men, assume that mothering is a part of the hardwiring of nearly all women. As a result, it\u2019s natural, it\u2019s easy, it just kind of flows from the inside out. You\u2019re saying that isn\u2019t true. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Karen: <\/strong>And see, this is one of those almost-truths. The myth we state is that motherhood is natural, easy, and instinctive. And I think it is instinctive that we want to be a mom. We do naturally feel this nurturing sense in our life\u2014we want to nurture our kids\u2014but what is not instinctive is how to do it. We want to be good moms, and we want to raise our kids and love our kids, but we don\u2019t always know\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>11:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u2014with each of the bazillion decisions we need to make in our mothering\u2014we don\u2019t always know what it is that we are supposed to do. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>So, what is happening today is\u2014Millennials, who are becoming parents, are going online \/ social media and crowd-sourcing, \u201cHow to be a mom.\u201d\u00a0 Now, I\u2019m not saying you can\u2019t find wisdom in the crowd, but I\u2019ve got to tell you, \u201cThat\u2019s a dangerous place to go\u2014to throw, wide-open, how you become a mother according to God\u2019s design.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Well, especially if the crowd you\u2019re sourcing is your peer group. If they are no more experienced at being a mom than you are, then, you\u2019re really just sharing theories that don\u2019t have a whole lot of basis in fact. It is one thing to crowd-source older women, who can mentor you, based on some of their experience; but even there, we need to go back and say, \u201cThere\u2019s an absolute source beyond the crowd-sourcing\u201d; isn\u2019t there?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Karen: <\/strong>Absolutely. And I think, when people go online, I see them go two places. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>12:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThey either go to famous Doctor So-and-so, who is the expert in the topic; or they go, exactly as Dennis said, to a popular mommy blogger So-and-so, who writes about her mothering in such an engaging and funny way that whatever she did with her rebellious teenager: \u201cWell, that must mean I\u2019m supposed to do that with mine.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tInstead of taking in those experts and those bloggers as resources and adopting them as lifestyles, we need to get our decisions from God and His Word. Yes, we can gain some insight from other people; but we need to realize that that person isn\u2019t us. They are not the mom we are, and they don\u2019t have the child that we have. So, what worked for them might not work for us. We need to make sure we are going to God for our marching orders and our direction, and just use them as resources, and not adopt every single thing they say as gospel truth. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>I was approached some time back by a young mom, who came up to me\u2014and she knew I had written a few books\u2014so she said, \u201cI\u2019d like to write a book.\u201d\u00a0 I said: \u201cOkay; great. That\u2019s a great idea \/ good ambition. You\u2019re a good writer; yes.\u201d\u00a0 I said, \u201cWhat do you want to write about?\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>13:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u201cAbout raising kids.\u201d\u00a0 I said, \u201cTerrific. How many children do you have?\u201d \u201cTwo.\u201d\u00a0 \u201cHow old are they?\u201d \u201cWell, they are four and two.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tNow, here is what I want to be careful about saying\u2014it\u2019s not that someone who has got a four-year-old and a two-year-old doesn\u2019t have something to say\u2014because you know what?\u00a0 They are in the crucible. So, they may have plenty to say about where they are, and what they are facing, and how they are processing it; but I immediately went to the thought, \u201cI wrote a book about raising teenagers before I was done raising teenagers.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tNow, do I regret doing that?\u00a0 No, but I wished I had been done raising teenagers before I wrote the book. Why?\u2014because, in the process of finishing my raising of teenagers, I was having to go back and look at what I had written. I was going, \u201cYou know, this sounds just a little too perfect.\u201d\u00a0 At that point, the issues we\u2019d faced \/ the things we\u2019d done were only so deep. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>14:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tBy the time we finished raising four teenagers at one time, we had learned a <em>ton<\/em> that we could have shared with people. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI think this myth that you are talking about here\u2014that being a mom is easy \/ it\u2019s instinctive, it\u2019s natural\u2014and just because you\u2019ve been doing it for three or four years doesn\u2019t mean you\u2019ve got it down. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Karen: <\/strong>It\u2019s always a learning process. It\u2019s that relationship with God. We go to Him when we don\u2019t know what to do. He meets us in our need. We apply what we\u2019ve learned, and we learn for the next time when we come up against another issue that is similar\u2014or maybe, it\u2019s a whole new thing. It\u2019s just a constant give and take\u2014a constant learning, and applying, and giving ourselves grace, and giving our kids grace. We\u2019re not going to be perfect moms, and they are not going to be perfect kids. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>And back to Bob\u2019s illustration\u2014it\u2019s not a recipe\u2014it\u2019s not: \u201cA half a cup of this, and a dash of this, and bake it at 350 degrees, and it\u2019s all going to pop out perfect.\u201d You\u2019re dealing with human beings, who have to learn how to do it right on their own. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>15:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Well, and the recipe issue really bleeds into the second myth that you list in the book\u2014and by the way, we\u2019re talking to Karen Ehman, who is the coauthor of the book, <em>Hoodwinked<\/em>, which is a book that we\u2019ve got in our <em>FamilyLife<\/em> <em>Today<\/em> Resource Center if you\u2019d like to go online to order a copy. You can go to FamilyLifeToday.com; or you can call us at 1-800-\u201cF\u201d as in family, \u201cL\u201d as in life, and then, the word, \u201cTODAY.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThe second myth you\u2019ve listed here is that: \u201cThe way I mother is the right and only way,\u201d\u2014that there is a recipe, and\u2014\u201cIf you\u2019ll just follow what I\u2019m doing, this will turn out perfect kids.\u201d I know moms who are susceptible to this way of thinking. They so want to believe that there is a right way that will ensure perfect results that, if somebody comes along with confidence and says, \u201cIf you do this, this will cause this to happen right and perfectly,\u201d moms will go, \u201cI will do anything if it means perfect kids.\u201d\u00a0 But kids don\u2019t conform to recipes; and there is not one right perfect way to raise your kids; is there?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>16:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Karen: <\/strong>No, there\u2019s not. And women who believe this myth\u2014I mean, I believed it for many years\u2014we have a good heart. We want to do what\u2019s right for our kids. So, wanting to find the \u201cright way\u201d is a good thing\u2014that\u2019s good. But we need to realize that there are all sorts of differences when it comes to\u2014I don\u2019t know\u2014how you\u2019re going to feed your child when they\u2019re young, how they\u2019re going to be schooled, if you\u2019re going to work outside the home or inside the home. There are all these different areas that we need to take to God in prayer, we need to discuss with our spouse if we have one, and realize what is right for our family might not be right for another family. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe want that slick, 3-step recipe. When we really form in our mind what we think is the right and only way\u2014at least, I know this was the case for me. What happened in my life was that I did not forge friendships with moms who did things differently than me. Instead of\u2014think about a piece of wood\u2014you can take a piece of wood, and you can build an ugly fence between you and another person because they don\u2019t think like you; or you can humbly lay that wood down, and build a bridge, and get to know them, and appreciate each other\u2019s differences, and support each other. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>17:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThere was one time I remember\u2014I homeschooled when my kids were younger. My first two were homeschooled the whole way through. My last child is in public school currently. He\u2019s just finishing up high school. I remember when another fellow homeschool mom decided to put her children in the public school. That school was just across the street from me. I could see her two kids playing happily on the playground. I called her up midmorning. I wanted to tell her that I saw them, and they looked like they were having fun. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWhen she answered the phone and I said who it was and I said, \u201cHey, I heard you put your kids in public school,\u201d she said: \u201cStop right there!\u00a0 If this is going to be another phone call from another mom telling me that I\u2019m not following God\u2019s will, I\u2019m going to end the conversation right there.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br><strong>Bob: <\/strong>Wow. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Karen: <\/strong>I said, \u201c<em>No<\/em>. Actually, I was going to say, \u2018Your kids look like they are having a <em>blast<\/em>.\u2019\u00a0 And hey, I live right across from the school. Why don\u2019t you put me down as the emergency contact person in case something happens and they can\u2019t get ahold of you?\u201d\u00a0 We need to build bridges with moms who do things differently than us. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>18:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe\u2019re not going to always do everything the same with our kids as someone else does. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>This is an area where I have seen moms fall into self-righteousness. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Are you talking about school choice?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>I\u2019m talking about the whole \u201cMy way of parenting\u2026\u201d\u2014whether it is school choice \/ whether it\u2019s how you feed your baby when they are young. This is an area where moms feel passionate about the choice they\u2019ve made; and I sometimes think they feel passionate and, maybe, insecure at the same time. And some of this sense of rightness is just them trying to deal with their own insecurity: \u201cI want so much to do it right\u201d; but they\u2019ll become critical of the mom who is not doing: \u201cOh, So-and-so\u2014I heard she\u2019s bottle-feeding her baby. We need to pray for her.\u201d\u00a0 Well, there is such a ring of self-righteousness in that as if: \u201cI\u2019ve got the answer. Everybody else is wrong.\u201d\u00a0 And you know what?\u00a0 There is not a verse on bottle-feeding versus breast-feeding. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>19:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Karen: <\/strong>Exactly. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>I mean, there are verses on breast-feeding; but\u2014and people say\u2014we\u2019ll get letters \/ we\u2019ll get emails, saying, \u201cThere were no bottles in the Bible \/ they knew nothing about bottles.\u201d\u00a0 But we just have to pull back and go: \u201cReally?\u00a0 Is this what the Scripture is teaching us?\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Karen: <\/strong>I\u2019ve seen friendships fractured over sleeping arrangements\u2014\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Right. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Karen: <\/strong>\u2014if your child sleeps with you or if they sleep in a crib. Let me tell you\u2014I have three children. They are all adults now. Two slept in a crib \/ one slept with us. They <em>all<\/em> are fine, upstanding members of society. For us, the issue\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>None are sleeping with you today?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Karen: <\/strong>No\u2014not today. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Okay; just checking. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Karen: <\/strong>But the issue for us finally became\u2014not \u201cWho is sleeping where?\u201d\u2014but \u201cWho\u2019s sleeping?!\u201d\u00a0 If it works for you, fine \/ if it doesn\u2019t, don\u2019t do it. We don\u2019t have to be exact replica \/ cookie-cutter versions of all of our friends. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>I think part of what creates the insecurity is that motherhood is under attack today. It\u2019s not esteemed and valued by our culture. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Yes. In fact, that\u2019s one of the myths you talk about in your book, <em>Hoodwinked<\/em>. We\u2019re talking to Karen Ehman, who has written a book called <em>Hoodwinked<\/em>. It\u2019s a book that we\u2019ve got in our <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> Resource Center. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>20:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIf you\u2019re listening and you\u2019re interested in a copy of this book, <em>Ten Myths Moms Believe and Why We All Need to Knock It Off\u2014<\/em>I love the subtitle\u2014go to our website, FamilyLifeToday.com\u2014you can order a copy of this book from us online; or you can call 1-800-FL-TODAY to get a copy of the book, <em>Hoodwinked<\/em>. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd you do address in this book, Karen, the issue of the devaluation of motherhood\u2014the myth that a mom can feel like, \u201cI\u2019m <em>just<\/em> a mom.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>This is <em>huge<\/em> in our culture today. It\u2019s not valued; is it?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Karen: <\/strong>No. It\u2019s often looked at by society as something women do if they can\u2019t get a real job: \u201cWell, I guess they\u2019ll stay home with their kids.\u201d\u00a0 And it doesn\u2019t mean just necessarily that this myth applies to moms who stay at home. It can apply to moms who work outside the home too. When they think of their mothering, they often think: \u201cSo many of the aspects of motherhood can be farmed out. We can hire people to do things with our kids.\u201d\u00a0 We get this notion that what we do is just \u201cless than\u2026\u201d but you know what? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>21:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tGod sees what we do. Our mothering matters. Our children will be, in part, who they become when they grow up because of the time that we have poured into their lives and the time we spent with them. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Most of the projects we tackle, as people, are things that we can do in a week; or maybe, a long project takes you a couple of months. Or maybe, you\u2019re building a house; and it\u2019s going to take a year to build a house. Building a human being takes the better part of two decades\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Karen: <\/strong>It does!\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>\u2014to get it done. And as a person doing it, in year six, you can start to think, \u201cIs this really making any difference at all what I\u2019m doing?\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Karen: <\/strong>Absolutely. We don\u2019t have quarterly feedbacks and evaluation, and we don\u2019t always get the praise and the pats on the back. You know, you started off the broadcast talking about \u201cHer children rise and call her blessed,\u201d that they say in Proverbs \/ that is written in Proverbs 31. And when my kids were little, I used to often wonder: \u201cWhen is that going to happen?\u201d\u2014like they are four and two \/ they are not running around saying, \u201cOh, blessed are thou, O Mommy, for all you do.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>22:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>No. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Karen: <\/strong>But I\u2019m telling you\u2014when they are older\u2014I got a text message from my 21-year-old son the other day, just saying, \u201cMom, I was just thinking about all that you\u2019ve done for me,\u201d\u2014I can\u2019t even say it without crying [emotion in voice]\u2014\u201cThank you for all you\u2019ve done. You\u2019re an amazing mom. I love you, and I don\u2019t tell you enough that I appreciate all you\u2019ve done for me.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tDoesn\u2019t always happen when they are little; but when they grow up, they will look back at the time you\u2019ve invested in them \/ that you\u2019ve poured into their lives, and it matters to them. And it matters, most of all, to God. We need to let that divine nod of God be enough for us and not to be seeking that outside, even though it\u2019s hard. We\u2019re not always going to get the pats on the back from society. We\u2019re not going to get the \u201c\u2018At a girl!\u201d that we should. We need to know that we are doing it as unto the Lord. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>We\u2019re going to get into some of the other myths tomorrow. You can join us for that; right?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Karen: <\/strong>Absolutely!\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>We\u2019re talking today to Karen Ehman, the author of the book, <em>Hoodwinked<\/em>. Again, if you\u2019d like a copy, go to our website, FamilyLifeToday.com, and you can order from us online; or call 1-800-\u201cF\u201d as in family, \u201cL\u201d as in life, and then, the word, \u201cTODAY.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>23:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAs we wrap up today, \u201cCongratulations!\u201d to our friends, Michael and Pat Coefield, who live in Apopka, Florida. They are celebrating their wedding anniversary today. They listen to <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> on WTLN. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd as many of you know, FamilyLife is celebrating an anniversary this year as well. This is our 40<sup>th<\/sup> anniversary of ministry. We thought it would be appropriate to celebrate by talking about some of the anniversaries that have happened through the years because of how God has used FamilyLife, strengthening the marriages of so many couples throughout the years. And the Coefields are one of those couples. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe want to say, \u201cThank you,\u201d to those of you who help make all of this happen by supporting the ministry of <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>. Your donation helps cover the cost of producing and syndicating this daily radio program, keeping our website up and running, the resources that we create, the events we host. You help make all of that happen when you support this ministry, either with a one-time donation or as one of our Legacy Partners, giving each month. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>24:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe appreciate your support of <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tYou can make a donation, online, at FamilyLifeToday.com; or you can call 1-800-FL-TODAY to make a donation; or you can mail your donation to us at <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> at PO Box 7111, Little Rock, AR; our zip code is 72223. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe will untangle more of the myths of motherhood tomorrow. Hope you can be with us for that. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI want to thank our engineer today, Keith Lynch, and our entire broadcast production team. On behalf of our host, Dennis Rainey, I\u2019m Bob Lepine. 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Ehman tells how astonished she was when she had her first child and realized that motherhood was actually hard.","meta_box":{"show_notes":"","transcript_url":"https:\/\/transcript.familylifetoday.com\/fl2016-05-02.pdf","transcript_content":"<strong>Bob: <\/strong>It is hard work being a mom. It can be a little easier if you\u2019ve got other moms around you in your network \/ in your circle of friends. Karen Ehman says, \u201cThey don\u2019t all have to be moms who think just like you.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Karen: <\/strong>What happened in my life was that I did not forge friendships with moms who did things differently than me. Think about a piece of wood\u2014you can take a piece of wood, and you can build an ugly fence between you and another person because they don\u2019t think like you; or you can humbly lay that wood down, and build a bridge, and get to know them, and appreciate each other\u2019s differences, and support each other. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>This is <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> for Monday, May 2<sup>nd<\/sup>. Our host is the President of FamilyLife<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>, Dennis Rainey, and I\u2019m Bob Lepine. There is a lot about motherhood that, as it turns out, is mythology. We\u2019ll see if we can correct some of those myths today. Stay tuned. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd welcome to <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>1:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThanks for joining us. Did you think being a dad was going to be easy when you became a father for the first time?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWhile you\u2019re thinking about that, I spent seven summers, before I was married, working as a camp counselor. I thought being a dad\u2014you were just like a full-time camp counselor\u2014you just say: \u201cHey, what do we want to do today?\u201d \u201cWhat would be fun and exciting for the kids to do today?\u201d\u00a0 And that would be basically all I\u2019d have to do. It was later that I realized there\u2019s more to it than just being the fun-meister in your home every day. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>There really is. I thought it would be fun \/ I thought it would be a lot of hard work. I really hadn\u2019t given it a lot of thought. I didn\u2019t really even like kids, as a single guy. [Laughter] It took marriage to Barbara and being around some people, who had children, who had really, I think, more of God\u2019s view of children\u2014that they are a privilege, they\u2019re a blessing, and that you really are better off with them if God grants the birth of a child to your family. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>2:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThey are going to teach you a lot about yourself. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>I just think that dads, in general, are a little more laidback about\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>You think?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>\u2014being dads than moms are about being moms. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>It\u2019s one of our many battlefronts that we have. In fact, our guest on today\u2019s program\u2014I\u2019m going to start out: \u201cShe can handle it \/ she\u2019s a tough cookie.\u201d\u00a0 [Laughter] Karen Ehman joins us again on <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>. She is the coauthor of the book, <em>Hoodwinked<\/em>, and it\u2019s about <em>Ten Myths That Moms Believe and Why We Need to Knock It Off<\/em>. I love that!\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSo, you start the book\u2014I\u2019ve got to question some research that you did that you state in the book. I just want to read what you said\u2014you say in here that you surveyed over 300 moms and asked if they had preconceived notions of what motherhood would be like. An astounding 83 percent said, \u201cYes; absolutely.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>3:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI guess I wonder, \u201cReally?\u2014why not 100 percent?\u201d\u00a0 [Laughter]\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br><strong>Bob: <\/strong>You want to meet this 17 percent, who thought, \u201cNo.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>I mean\u2014this from a group of people \/ Christians, who quote passages like this: \u201cShe looks well to the ways of her household, and does not eat the bread of idleness. Her children rise up they call her blessed; her husband also, and he praises her: \u2018Many women have done excellently, but you surpass them all.\u2019\u201d\u00a0 This is in the Bible\u2014Proverbs 31. We all know about the Proverbs 31 woman. In fact, you work for Proverbs 31 Ministries. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Karen: <\/strong>Yes; I do. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>It\u2019s the ideal!\u00a0 So, who hadn\u2019t heard of the ideal \/ who doesn\u2019t have a lot of expectations?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Karen: <\/strong>Yes; we come into it, not only with biblical expectations, but we grew up knowing a lot of seemingly amazing moms\u2014maybe, in our neighborhood or in our family. Of course, we were only seeing the good parts. We didn\u2019t see behind their four walls at the day-in and day-out motherhood in the trenches and how hard it can be. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>4:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe kind of had preconceived notions that it was going to be a walk in the park; and often, it is not. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>It isn\u2019t. It\u2019s a challenging job\u2014may be one of the most difficult jobs on the planet because you\u2019re not dealing with\u2014how should I say this?\u2014I\u2019ve already said children are a blessing; okay?\u00a0 Children aren\u2019t always rational \/ they aren\u2019t always controllable. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>They are born with the universal human condition\u2014\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>They are. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>\u2014they are depraved. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>They are, and they are related to their mom and dad\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Right. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>\u2014and have some of their tendencies, which <em>really<\/em> aggravate us when we see our children have that. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSo, you have three children. What about you?\u00a0 How did you enter into being a mom?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Karen: <\/strong>Well, you know, I thought I was just going to kind of strap on my first baby in her little baby sling and just keep going like I had been. You know, I was a pretty with-it girl\u2014involved in a lot of things. All of a sudden, I\u2019ve got this colicky baby that was keeping me up at night, and costing me time, and making me get to noon \/ one o\u2019 clock and I couldn\u2019t even get in the shower. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>5:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Right. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Karen: <\/strong>Just really kind of upset the apple cart of my life, but I really feel that God used that to help me to learn to die to myself, and to care for another human being, and to <em>really<\/em> forge my relationship with Him because I had to go to Him for answers because I did not know. As many books as I read, I thought I was going to apply all the knowledge in the books. This was the day and age before internet. Now, people go to blogs for all of this, but\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Right. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br><strong>Karen: <\/strong>\u2014I thought I was going to apply the knowledge I learned in the books. I would do what they said the mom was supposed to do, and the kids would behave the way that the kids in the book responded to the mom. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br><strong>Bob: <\/strong>You thought\u2014and I think we thought the same thing\u2014that Betty Crocker tells you how to bake a cake. She gives you a recipe, and it turns out well. So, Dr. Spock, or \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tDr. Dobson, or whomever you are turning to\u2014he\u2019s going to give you the recipe to turn out your kids. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Karen: <\/strong>Absolutely. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>And if you just\u2014if you do a cup of this and three-quarters of a tablespoon of that, your kids will be perfect. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Karen: <\/strong>Absolutely. And the more I\u2019m a mom, the more I realize that mothering and fathering\u2014parenting is not a recipe \/ it\u2019s a relationship. It\u2019s a relationship with your kids, and it\u2019s a relationship with God. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>6:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe need to be going to Him for our answers, our strength, and just keep showing up\u2014just keep showing up. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Dennis quoted your research\u201483 percent of women, who said, \u201cI came into motherhood with a preconception,\u201d\u2014but he didn\u2019t finish it out. They all said: \u201cMy preconception was wrong. What I thought it was going to be is not what it turned out being.\u201d\u00a0 So, they came in with one idea, realizing that was either unrealistic; or they had some kind of romanticized vision of what motherhood was going to be. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Karen: <\/strong>Absolutely. And I think it\u2019s even worse in this day and age with Pinterest<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> perfection\u2014you know, pictures of houses and beautiful children, sitting there minding themselves on the couch, eating that gourmet food that you\u2014I mean, everything just looks like it\u2019s just so easy, and perfect, and wonderful. Then, we get to our reality; and it\u2019s <em>hard<\/em>!\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Well, that\u2019s the other thing I was going to say because I think, if you went to most moms today and said, \u201cGive yourself a grade on how you\u2019re doing as a mom,\u201d there would <em>not<\/em> be many people who would say, \u201cI think I\u2019m getting an \u2018A\u2019 as a mom.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>7:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tMaybe, they\u2019d be harder on themselves than they ought to be; don\u2019t you think?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Karen: <\/strong>Oh, absolutely. I think we are much harder on ourselves, and we get this picture of perfection and these high standards. We think we need to be doing all of it, all at once, all at the same time. Then, we just get down on ourselves. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>So, if you are a man listening to this broadcast\u2014whether single or married \/ whether you are a daddy or not\u2014you need to listen and ask God for understanding of your wife because this explains a lot of how mothers feel and why they need a husband\u00a0 who really lives with his wife in an understanding way. By the way, that\u2019s a command of Scripture, if you didn\u2019t recognize it\u20141 Peter, Chapter 3, verse 7. So, listen carefully to what we are unpacking here about how moms view their assignment. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tYou\u2019ve actually built your book, <em>Hoodwinked<\/em>, around ten myths of motherhood. I want you to just quickly\u2014and you don\u2019t have to comment on each one. We\u2019ll go back and do that on a few of these, but just quickly go down through the ten myths. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>8:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI think a lot of men need to hear these because this will help guys understand what\u2019s entailed in being a mom. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Karen: <\/strong>Here are the myths of motherhood: \u201cMothering is natural, easy, and instinctive.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>It\u2019s not; right?\u00a0 [Laughter]\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Karen: <\/strong>No!\u00a0 Number two: \u201cThe way I mother is the right and only way.\u201d\u00a0 Myth number three: \u201cI am <em>just<\/em> a mom.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Now, what\u2019s the myth about that\u2014\u201cI am just a mom\u201d?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Karen: <\/strong>It doesn\u2019t matter\u2014\u201cI\u2019m <em>just<\/em> a mom.\u201d\u00a0 Society doesn\u2019t think it\u2019s very great. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Oh, not a whole lot of value. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Karen: <\/strong>It\u2019s not important\u2014no. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Okay; alright. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Karen: <\/strong>Then, the next one is kind of the opposite of it: \u201cMotherhood is all-consuming and all-fulfilling.\u201d\u00a0 The next myth\u2014number five is: \u201cA good mother can do it all, all at once.\u201d\u00a0 The next one: \u201cMotherhood is a rat race.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Karen: <\/strong>Myth number seven: \u201cMotherhood is luck of the draw.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>What do you mean \u201cluck of the draw\u201d?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Karen: <\/strong>You know: \u201cIt really doesn\u2019t matter what you do as a mom. Kids are going to turn out like they are going to turn out. So, why are you wasting your time trying to turn out good kids?\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Alright. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Karen: <\/strong>Number eight: \u201cEverything depends on me.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br><strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Oh, that\u2019s the myth of the messiah\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>9:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u2014thinking: \u201cI\u2019m the solution. I\u2019ve got to fix everything.\u201d That betrays a biblical understanding of how kids are hardwired. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Karen: <\/strong>Absolutely. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>They are selfish. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Karen: <\/strong>Number nine: \u201cI have to do it all right, or my child will turn out wrong.\u201d\u00a0 And myth number ten\u2014my personal favorite because I\u2019ve dealt with it in my life\u2014is that: \u201cMy child\u2019s bad choice means I\u2019m a bad mom.\u201d\u00a0 We tether our identity to the choices of our children, and then, decide we\u2019re bad moms because they made a bad choice. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br><strong>Dennis: <\/strong>And sometimes, it\u2019s not a bad choice\u2014it\u2019s a series of bad choices over a season of months, if not years. That\u2019s when it really becomes difficult to be a mom.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br><strong>Bob: <\/strong>Well, and here is the thing you say about these myths\u2014you say that: \u201cIt\u2019s not that they are all not true. They are all somewhat true,\u201d\u2014but I love \/ we talked about this earlier\u2014Charles Spurgeon said, \u201cDiscernment is not knowing the difference between right and wrong; it is knowing the difference between right and almost right.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSome of these myths are almost right\u2014 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>10:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u2014I mean, your kid may be in the principal\u2019s office because of something you did or didn\u2019t do. It\u2019s the almost right\u2014that\u2019s not the absolute reason \/ that may be a contributing factor. That\u2019s true with all of these myths; isn\u2019t it?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Karen: <\/strong>Absolutely. They are just slight variations of the truth that trip us up in our mothering. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Let\u2019s go back to the first myth and have you unpack that a bit more. A lot of us, as men, assume that mothering is a part of the hardwiring of nearly all women. As a result, it\u2019s natural, it\u2019s easy, it just kind of flows from the inside out. You\u2019re saying that isn\u2019t true. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Karen: <\/strong>And see, this is one of those almost-truths. The myth we state is that motherhood is natural, easy, and instinctive. And I think it is instinctive that we want to be a mom. We do naturally feel this nurturing sense in our life\u2014we want to nurture our kids\u2014but what is not instinctive is how to do it. We want to be good moms, and we want to raise our kids and love our kids, but we don\u2019t always know\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>11:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u2014with each of the bazillion decisions we need to make in our mothering\u2014we don\u2019t always know what it is that we are supposed to do. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>So, what is happening today is\u2014Millennials, who are becoming parents, are going online \/ social media and crowd-sourcing, \u201cHow to be a mom.\u201d\u00a0 Now, I\u2019m not saying you can\u2019t find wisdom in the crowd, but I\u2019ve got to tell you, \u201cThat\u2019s a dangerous place to go\u2014to throw, wide-open, how you become a mother according to God\u2019s design.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Well, especially if the crowd you\u2019re sourcing is your peer group. If they are no more experienced at being a mom than you are, then, you\u2019re really just sharing theories that don\u2019t have a whole lot of basis in fact. It is one thing to crowd-source older women, who can mentor you, based on some of their experience; but even there, we need to go back and say, \u201cThere\u2019s an absolute source beyond the crowd-sourcing\u201d; isn\u2019t there?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Karen: <\/strong>Absolutely. And I think, when people go online, I see them go two places. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>12:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThey either go to famous Doctor So-and-so, who is the expert in the topic; or they go, exactly as Dennis said, to a popular mommy blogger So-and-so, who writes about her mothering in such an engaging and funny way that whatever she did with her rebellious teenager: \u201cWell, that must mean I\u2019m supposed to do that with mine.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tInstead of taking in those experts and those bloggers as resources and adopting them as lifestyles, we need to get our decisions from God and His Word. Yes, we can gain some insight from other people; but we need to realize that that person isn\u2019t us. They are not the mom we are, and they don\u2019t have the child that we have. So, what worked for them might not work for us. We need to make sure we are going to God for our marching orders and our direction, and just use them as resources, and not adopt every single thing they say as gospel truth. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>I was approached some time back by a young mom, who came up to me\u2014and she knew I had written a few books\u2014so she said, \u201cI\u2019d like to write a book.\u201d\u00a0 I said: \u201cOkay; great. That\u2019s a great idea \/ good ambition. You\u2019re a good writer; yes.\u201d\u00a0 I said, \u201cWhat do you want to write about?\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>13:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u201cAbout raising kids.\u201d\u00a0 I said, \u201cTerrific. How many children do you have?\u201d \u201cTwo.\u201d\u00a0 \u201cHow old are they?\u201d \u201cWell, they are four and two.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tNow, here is what I want to be careful about saying\u2014it\u2019s not that someone who has got a four-year-old and a two-year-old doesn\u2019t have something to say\u2014because you know what?\u00a0 They are in the crucible. So, they may have plenty to say about where they are, and what they are facing, and how they are processing it; but I immediately went to the thought, \u201cI wrote a book about raising teenagers before I was done raising teenagers.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tNow, do I regret doing that?\u00a0 No, but I wished I had been done raising teenagers before I wrote the book. Why?\u2014because, in the process of finishing my raising of teenagers, I was having to go back and look at what I had written. I was going, \u201cYou know, this sounds just a little too perfect.\u201d\u00a0 At that point, the issues we\u2019d faced \/ the things we\u2019d done were only so deep. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>14:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tBy the time we finished raising four teenagers at one time, we had learned a <em>ton<\/em> that we could have shared with people. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI think this myth that you are talking about here\u2014that being a mom is easy \/ it\u2019s instinctive, it\u2019s natural\u2014and just because you\u2019ve been doing it for three or four years doesn\u2019t mean you\u2019ve got it down. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Karen: <\/strong>It\u2019s always a learning process. It\u2019s that relationship with God. We go to Him when we don\u2019t know what to do. He meets us in our need. We apply what we\u2019ve learned, and we learn for the next time when we come up against another issue that is similar\u2014or maybe, it\u2019s a whole new thing. It\u2019s just a constant give and take\u2014a constant learning, and applying, and giving ourselves grace, and giving our kids grace. We\u2019re not going to be perfect moms, and they are not going to be perfect kids. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>And back to Bob\u2019s illustration\u2014it\u2019s not a recipe\u2014it\u2019s not: \u201cA half a cup of this, and a dash of this, and bake it at 350 degrees, and it\u2019s all going to pop out perfect.\u201d You\u2019re dealing with human beings, who have to learn how to do it right on their own. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>15:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Well, and the recipe issue really bleeds into the second myth that you list in the book\u2014and by the way, we\u2019re talking to Karen Ehman, who is the coauthor of the book, <em>Hoodwinked<\/em>, which is a book that we\u2019ve got in our <em>FamilyLife<\/em> <em>Today<\/em> Resource Center if you\u2019d like to go online to order a copy. You can go to FamilyLifeToday.com; or you can call us at 1-800-\u201cF\u201d as in family, \u201cL\u201d as in life, and then, the word, \u201cTODAY.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThe second myth you\u2019ve listed here is that: \u201cThe way I mother is the right and only way,\u201d\u2014that there is a recipe, and\u2014\u201cIf you\u2019ll just follow what I\u2019m doing, this will turn out perfect kids.\u201d I know moms who are susceptible to this way of thinking. They so want to believe that there is a right way that will ensure perfect results that, if somebody comes along with confidence and says, \u201cIf you do this, this will cause this to happen right and perfectly,\u201d moms will go, \u201cI will do anything if it means perfect kids.\u201d\u00a0 But kids don\u2019t conform to recipes; and there is not one right perfect way to raise your kids; is there?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>16:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Karen: <\/strong>No, there\u2019s not. And women who believe this myth\u2014I mean, I believed it for many years\u2014we have a good heart. We want to do what\u2019s right for our kids. So, wanting to find the \u201cright way\u201d is a good thing\u2014that\u2019s good. But we need to realize that there are all sorts of differences when it comes to\u2014I don\u2019t know\u2014how you\u2019re going to feed your child when they\u2019re young, how they\u2019re going to be schooled, if you\u2019re going to work outside the home or inside the home. There are all these different areas that we need to take to God in prayer, we need to discuss with our spouse if we have one, and realize what is right for our family might not be right for another family. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe want that slick, 3-step recipe. When we really form in our mind what we think is the right and only way\u2014at least, I know this was the case for me. What happened in my life was that I did not forge friendships with moms who did things differently than me. Instead of\u2014think about a piece of wood\u2014you can take a piece of wood, and you can build an ugly fence between you and another person because they don\u2019t think like you; or you can humbly lay that wood down, and build a bridge, and get to know them, and appreciate each other\u2019s differences, and support each other. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>17:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThere was one time I remember\u2014I homeschooled when my kids were younger. My first two were homeschooled the whole way through. My last child is in public school currently. He\u2019s just finishing up high school. I remember when another fellow homeschool mom decided to put her children in the public school. That school was just across the street from me. I could see her two kids playing happily on the playground. I called her up midmorning. I wanted to tell her that I saw them, and they looked like they were having fun. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWhen she answered the phone and I said who it was and I said, \u201cHey, I heard you put your kids in public school,\u201d she said: \u201cStop right there!\u00a0 If this is going to be another phone call from another mom telling me that I\u2019m not following God\u2019s will, I\u2019m going to end the conversation right there.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br><strong>Bob: <\/strong>Wow. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Karen: <\/strong>I said, \u201c<em>No<\/em>. Actually, I was going to say, \u2018Your kids look like they are having a <em>blast<\/em>.\u2019\u00a0 And hey, I live right across from the school. Why don\u2019t you put me down as the emergency contact person in case something happens and they can\u2019t get ahold of you?\u201d\u00a0 We need to build bridges with moms who do things differently than us. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>18:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe\u2019re not going to always do everything the same with our kids as someone else does. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>This is an area where I have seen moms fall into self-righteousness. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Are you talking about school choice?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>I\u2019m talking about the whole \u201cMy way of parenting\u2026\u201d\u2014whether it is school choice \/ whether it\u2019s how you feed your baby when they are young. This is an area where moms feel passionate about the choice they\u2019ve made; and I sometimes think they feel passionate and, maybe, insecure at the same time. And some of this sense of rightness is just them trying to deal with their own insecurity: \u201cI want so much to do it right\u201d; but they\u2019ll become critical of the mom who is not doing: \u201cOh, So-and-so\u2014I heard she\u2019s bottle-feeding her baby. We need to pray for her.\u201d\u00a0 Well, there is such a ring of self-righteousness in that as if: \u201cI\u2019ve got the answer. Everybody else is wrong.\u201d\u00a0 And you know what?\u00a0 There is not a verse on bottle-feeding versus breast-feeding. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>19:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Karen: <\/strong>Exactly. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>I mean, there are verses on breast-feeding; but\u2014and people say\u2014we\u2019ll get letters \/ we\u2019ll get emails, saying, \u201cThere were no bottles in the Bible \/ they knew nothing about bottles.\u201d\u00a0 But we just have to pull back and go: \u201cReally?\u00a0 Is this what the Scripture is teaching us?\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Karen: <\/strong>I\u2019ve seen friendships fractured over sleeping arrangements\u2014\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Right. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Karen: <\/strong>\u2014if your child sleeps with you or if they sleep in a crib. Let me tell you\u2014I have three children. They are all adults now. Two slept in a crib \/ one slept with us. They <em>all<\/em> are fine, upstanding members of society. For us, the issue\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>None are sleeping with you today?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Karen: <\/strong>No\u2014not today. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Okay; just checking. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Karen: <\/strong>But the issue for us finally became\u2014not \u201cWho is sleeping where?\u201d\u2014but \u201cWho\u2019s sleeping?!\u201d\u00a0 If it works for you, fine \/ if it doesn\u2019t, don\u2019t do it. We don\u2019t have to be exact replica \/ cookie-cutter versions of all of our friends. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>I think part of what creates the insecurity is that motherhood is under attack today. It\u2019s not esteemed and valued by our culture. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Yes. In fact, that\u2019s one of the myths you talk about in your book, <em>Hoodwinked<\/em>. We\u2019re talking to Karen Ehman, who has written a book called <em>Hoodwinked<\/em>. It\u2019s a book that we\u2019ve got in our <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> Resource Center. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>20:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIf you\u2019re listening and you\u2019re interested in a copy of this book, <em>Ten Myths Moms Believe and Why We All Need to Knock It Off\u2014<\/em>I love the subtitle\u2014go to our website, FamilyLifeToday.com\u2014you can order a copy of this book from us online; or you can call 1-800-FL-TODAY to get a copy of the book, <em>Hoodwinked<\/em>. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd you do address in this book, Karen, the issue of the devaluation of motherhood\u2014the myth that a mom can feel like, \u201cI\u2019m <em>just<\/em> a mom.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>This is <em>huge<\/em> in our culture today. It\u2019s not valued; is it?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Karen: <\/strong>No. It\u2019s often looked at by society as something women do if they can\u2019t get a real job: \u201cWell, I guess they\u2019ll stay home with their kids.\u201d\u00a0 And it doesn\u2019t mean just necessarily that this myth applies to moms who stay at home. It can apply to moms who work outside the home too. When they think of their mothering, they often think: \u201cSo many of the aspects of motherhood can be farmed out. We can hire people to do things with our kids.\u201d\u00a0 We get this notion that what we do is just \u201cless than\u2026\u201d but you know what? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>21:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tGod sees what we do. Our mothering matters. Our children will be, in part, who they become when they grow up because of the time that we have poured into their lives and the time we spent with them. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Most of the projects we tackle, as people, are things that we can do in a week; or maybe, a long project takes you a couple of months. Or maybe, you\u2019re building a house; and it\u2019s going to take a year to build a house. Building a human being takes the better part of two decades\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Karen: <\/strong>It does!\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>\u2014to get it done. And as a person doing it, in year six, you can start to think, \u201cIs this really making any difference at all what I\u2019m doing?\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Karen: <\/strong>Absolutely. We don\u2019t have quarterly feedbacks and evaluation, and we don\u2019t always get the praise and the pats on the back. You know, you started off the broadcast talking about \u201cHer children rise and call her blessed,\u201d that they say in Proverbs \/ that is written in Proverbs 31. And when my kids were little, I used to often wonder: \u201cWhen is that going to happen?\u201d\u2014like they are four and two \/ they are not running around saying, \u201cOh, blessed are thou, O Mommy, for all you do.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>22:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>No. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Karen: <\/strong>But I\u2019m telling you\u2014when they are older\u2014I got a text message from my 21-year-old son the other day, just saying, \u201cMom, I was just thinking about all that you\u2019ve done for me,\u201d\u2014I can\u2019t even say it without crying [emotion in voice]\u2014\u201cThank you for all you\u2019ve done. You\u2019re an amazing mom. I love you, and I don\u2019t tell you enough that I appreciate all you\u2019ve done for me.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tDoesn\u2019t always happen when they are little; but when they grow up, they will look back at the time you\u2019ve invested in them \/ that you\u2019ve poured into their lives, and it matters to them. And it matters, most of all, to God. We need to let that divine nod of God be enough for us and not to be seeking that outside, even though it\u2019s hard. We\u2019re not always going to get the pats on the back from society. We\u2019re not going to get the \u201c\u2018At a girl!\u201d that we should. We need to know that we are doing it as unto the Lord. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>We\u2019re going to get into some of the other myths tomorrow. You can join us for that; right?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Karen: <\/strong>Absolutely!\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>We\u2019re talking today to Karen Ehman, the author of the book, <em>Hoodwinked<\/em>. Again, if you\u2019d like a copy, go to our website, FamilyLifeToday.com, and you can order from us online; or call 1-800-\u201cF\u201d as in family, \u201cL\u201d as in life, and then, the word, \u201cTODAY.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>23:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAs we wrap up today, \u201cCongratulations!\u201d to our friends, Michael and Pat Coefield, who live in Apopka, Florida. They are celebrating their wedding anniversary today. They listen to <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> on WTLN. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd as many of you know, FamilyLife is celebrating an anniversary this year as well. This is our 40<sup>th<\/sup> anniversary of ministry. We thought it would be appropriate to celebrate by talking about some of the anniversaries that have happened through the years because of how God has used FamilyLife, strengthening the marriages of so many couples throughout the years. And the Coefields are one of those couples. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe want to say, \u201cThank you,\u201d to those of you who help make all of this happen by supporting the ministry of <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>. Your donation helps cover the cost of producing and syndicating this daily radio program, keeping our website up and running, the resources that we create, the events we host. You help make all of that happen when you support this ministry, either with a one-time donation or as one of our Legacy Partners, giving each month. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>24:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe appreciate your support of <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tYou can make a donation, online, at FamilyLifeToday.com; or you can call 1-800-FL-TODAY to make a donation; or you can mail your donation to us at <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> at PO Box 7111, Little Rock, AR; our zip code is 72223. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe will untangle more of the myths of motherhood tomorrow. Hope you can be with us for that. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI want to thank our engineer today, Keith Lynch, and our entire broadcast production team. On behalf of our host, Dennis Rainey, I\u2019m Bob Lepine. 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