Should your marriage come before your children? Should you let your kids fail? And how do you give your children a great life without raising them to feel entitled?

With their daughter Sophia due any day, Eric and Alexis Winegard sit down to tackle some of the parenting questions they’re about to face firsthand.

In this episode of The Winegards Podcast, they debate marriage vs. children, failure, discipline, praise, privacy, family boundaries, inheritance, money, competitive sports, and how much parents should actually do for their kids.

They get into:

• Should your marriage come before your children?
• Why failure may be one of the best things for a child
• Can too much praise make kids less resilient?
• How much privacy should teenagers have?
• Should kids automatically respect adults?
• Where should family loyalty end?
• Should grandparents have a say in parenting?
• Is hiring friends and family a mistake?
• Do parents owe their children an inheritance?
• How do you give kids opportunities without creating entitlement?
• Why work ethic may matter more than achievement

Eric and Alexis also share how their own childhood experiences are shaping the parents they want to become, and why some of their opinions have already changed as Sophia's arrival gets closer.

They don't have all the answers yet. In a few weeks, they're going to start finding out for themselves.

What do you think: Should the marriage come first, or should the kids?

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