Communication That Builds Trust – Overwhelmed to Intentional (Part 2)

Ever feel like you’re talking… and it goes straight through your kid’s ear and right out the other? This week in part 2 of our series we’re calling “From Overwhelmed to Intentional,” Kent and Lawson get super practical about communication with your kids, especially in the teen years.

You’ll be challenged to consider why “Why won’t they listen?” might be the wrong question, how your posture and timing matter more than your volume, and why listening is not weakness, it’s leadership leverage. Lawson shares a real story from a weekend with his daughter in New York that reframed how he shows up in deeper conversations. Kent breaks down how to season hard conversations with grace (Colossians 4:6), ask questions that are not “gotchas,” and trade control for influence so your kids learn to listen to God, not just comply with you.

If you want the kind of relationship where your kids, no matter the age, want to talk to you, this is a deposit worth making.

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