If I Had to Do Parenting Over Again: The Mind-Building Power of the Gospel

A friend of mine had an “oops”[i] baby—the kind that shows up eight to ten years after the youngest one. His oldest daughter was just graduating from high school, and she took the pregnancy personally:

“You’re just trying to replace me!”

Sweetheart, they really weren’t. Trust me.

As his oops baby grew into toddlerhood, I asked him how differently he parented the oops baby from the way he parented his oldest child.

“It’s night and day,” he admitted.

Every parent I’ve talked to in this situation gave me the same response.

Lisa and I had our three children within six years, so we missed this. If I could go back now and focus on parenting an “oops baby,” I would emphasize the message of this blog post even more.

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