Why Children Have a Right to Mom and Dad (A Conversation with Katy Faust)

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  • Our culture values the rights of adults over the rights of children, and as a result, children suffer. It's time to stop repeating the lie that "the kids will be alright." In this video, I talk with Katy Faust about her riveting and important book THEM BEFORE US.
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Komentáře • 233

  • @007Tinkins
    @007Tinkins Před 3 lety +33

    At approx the 27:00 minute mark Katy talks about how children observing parents loving each other makes them feel loved and safe. I would like to add that it is also true that when a parent loves a child the other parent feels loved. Observing our spouse love our children creates feelings of love and affection going both ways. We love our spouse more when they love our children together and we feel loved by our spouse when they demonstrate love for our children. It’s a lovely circle.

    • @lanes2593
      @lanes2593 Před 3 lety +1

      Very true!

    • @mytreasuredcreations
      @mytreasuredcreations Před 3 lety +1

      This is so true. I know I feel more love for my husband when I see him loving our kids.

    • @natashabonica4205
      @natashabonica4205 Před 2 lety

      Thats awesome but the reverse is also true when children see parents in an abusive relationship the result is trauma.

    • @claudiaperfetti7694
      @claudiaperfetti7694 Před 2 lety

      Wonderful insight as well! So true!

    • @swebilbo
      @swebilbo Před měsícem

      So what impact does it have when one parent hate the other parent?

  • @songsgardensbyjenniferlynn3242

    Wow, this is so true. I was adopted at birth, but both my adoptive dad and mom loved me well, and each other well. I’m now blessed to know my birth mother and also birth father, but so thankful I was raised by committed parents. This is so real.

    • @jerryloufretz1797
      @jerryloufretz1797 Před 11 měsíci

      My spouse was a nutso alcoholic and our daughter never got over the divorce and she is 53 right now.

  • @Angel-nh5by
    @Angel-nh5by Před 3 lety +36

    Oh my goodness. Now I know why I feel so happy when I see my parents being kind and affectionate with each other...

    • @lilmisspeace
      @lilmisspeace Před 3 lety +12

      When your mum loves your dad, she is loving everything about you that comes from your dad.
      When your dad loves your mum, he is loving everything about you that comes from your mum.
      When they love each other, they are loving everything about you 😍

    • @blh2763
      @blh2763 Před 3 lety +5

      Being adopted is like being the child of divorced parents. I feel like I’m cheating on one or the other if I choose one for a holiday or vacation. I hate it. Wish my birth mom was the same as my adopted. Having two moms is a stressful balancing act where I’m constantly trying to meet their needs. Didn’t meet birth mom until I was an adult.

    • @lilmisspeace
      @lilmisspeace Před 3 lety +5

      @@blh2763 sorry that you feel so torn. Please remember that you are not here to meet your parents needs. They are supposed to meet yours.

  • @TheRevering
    @TheRevering Před 3 lety +41

    What she said is true, when my mom and dad divorced it rocked my siblings and I. And when she remarried, we were resentful. My wife and I will NEVER divorce. I'm also very grateful to a wonderful Godly wife.

    • @SeanMcDowell
      @SeanMcDowell  Před 3 lety +6

      Sorry you went through that...

    • @squigglyline6488
      @squigglyline6488 Před 3 lety +2

      the last battle will be about the family

    • @marksandsmith6778
      @marksandsmith6778 Před 3 lety +1

      @@squigglyline6488 most families are battlegrounds.

    • @squigglyline6488
      @squigglyline6488 Před 3 lety +1

      @@marksandsmith6778 very true I can personally attest to that

    • @PC-vg8vn
      @PC-vg8vn Před 3 lety

      It depends on the reason for the divorce. If their marriage caused you a lot of suffering and stress as a child, for example due to constant verbal fighting or physical abuse, you might think differently.

  • @dougmuir772
    @dougmuir772 Před 3 lety +11

    Some children are adopted by a father while staying with their biological mother (this was my wife’s childhood) In fact she didn’t know about her actual biological father was not the father who raised her until she was in her twenties. The breakdown of the first marriage and remarriage to another man was kept from her ( with the intention of protecting her?) Both men became Christians and she was eventually reunited with the biological father while respecting and loving her dad who adopted and raised her. It’s complicated but she had the best outcome from a bad start. Grandparents also play an important role.

  • @lauramaerutledge5721
    @lauramaerutledge5721 Před 3 lety +14

    Spot on. I have 5 brothers and sisters who have a different dad. They absolutely have parent loss. They never wanted to insult my dad who adopted them but would often say in secret they wondered about their biological dad. So it wasn’t a same sex parenting thing but not much different. My dad, their adoptive father was absolutely better than their abusive biological father. I don’t think that’s the question or answer here. I think if their father had been halfway decent and remained with my mother, they wouldn’t have the self-doubt, lack of confidence, and feelings of loss they still struggle with today. They all did fine. They are all fairly successful. But my heart still aches for them they didn’t have what I had.

    • @goranmilic442
      @goranmilic442 Před 2 lety

      Katy's argument is that children need father. Does that mean we should not allow single women to adopt children?

    • @MisyeDiVre
      @MisyeDiVre Před rokem +1

      @@goranmilic442 If that particular case happens to be the best available for the child, then it is fine, but we should not base our standards upon extraneous scenarios. The desire to have a child does not supersede the rights of that child. She has addressed a similar point in the interview where she helped a lesbian couple adopt because they happened to be the best option for that particular child in question.

  • @PC-vg8vn
    @PC-vg8vn Před 3 lety +18

    It's fair enough to want the ideal, but let's not forget there are many parents who are simply not good parents. I was brought up in a conventional 2 parent family, but I cant say I found my father particularly loving, and overall he had a negative effect on me. There were quite a few times when I wished as I was growing up that I could just live with my mum, and have some peace.

    • @PC-vg8vn
      @PC-vg8vn Před 3 lety +1

      @Elizabeth Zacharias Pointless comment. Im not dealing with the theoretical.

    • @PC-vg8vn
      @PC-vg8vn Před 3 lety +5

      @Elizabeth Zacharias An absent parent can be more beneficial than a present destructive one.

    • @codyflores3920
      @codyflores3920 Před 2 lety +1

      My wife had the reverse of that situation. Her mom was a narcissistic abuser and she loved her dad more

    • @sarahsays194
      @sarahsays194 Před 2 lety +5

      The point is it's the ideal for a child. If we want society to flourish in the BEST way, this is the model to go about it. That doesn't negate that there are sucky parents in the world. Both are true at the same time.

    • @IntoAllTruth.
      @IntoAllTruth. Před rokem +2

      Your point is addressed in the video.

  • @claudiaperfetti7694
    @claudiaperfetti7694 Před 2 lety +2

    This was just fantastic!!! What a great and comprehensive overview. I had never thought of this topic in this way! It's so helpful!!! Praise God!

  • @bec_a
    @bec_a Před rokem +2

    Amazing interview. Thank you, Sean! And thank you, Katy, for your boldness and faithfulness.

  • @jennifercallan5528
    @jennifercallan5528 Před 3 lety +16

    Excellent! This is greatly needed. I am terrified to talk about this kind of topic, but this has encouraged me to read more into this and have loving but truthful answers.

    • @goranmilic442
      @goranmilic442 Před 2 lety

      Katy's argument is that children need father. Does that mean we should not allow single women to adopt children?

    • @sarahsays194
      @sarahsays194 Před 2 lety

      @@goranmilic442 I mean if she's cool with a same sex relationship adoption, there's no reason she'd be against a single parent adoption. She was just saying a family comprising of biological loving two parent that are of male and female gender has been shown to be the best way because it benefits the child the most. You can be a single parent, you can be a divorced parent, you can be a same sex couple parent, or you could be an adopted parent and love your kid. The ideal means that you have all the crucial pieces in a scenario, and all of those are missing at least one. They aren't necessarily bad, they just aren't the best.

    • @goranmilic442
      @goranmilic442 Před 2 lety

      @@sarahsays194 Cool, we can say two biological parents are (usually) optimal option, but the general topic is should gay couples adopt, not are they totally equal to biological mom and dad. As long as we are satisfied with single parents adopting, argument that children need mom and dad fails.

    • @sarahsays194
      @sarahsays194 Před 2 lety

      @@goranmilic442 I think they should be able to. The end goal of adoption is to get a child into a loving and stable home, and so if a same sex couple has that there's no reason it shouldn't be legal.

    • @goranmilic442
      @goranmilic442 Před 2 lety

      @@sarahsays194 I agree.

  • @JohnWeldon29
    @JohnWeldon29 Před 3 lety +13

    I love the confidence that Katy brings in this convo. I can easily see her dismantling the opposing arguments in conversations.

    • @SeanMcDowell
      @SeanMcDowell  Před 3 lety +1

      Me too!

    • @goranmilic442
      @goranmilic442 Před 2 lety

      Katy's argument is that children need father. Does that mean we should not allow single women to adopt children?

    • @JohnWeldon29
      @JohnWeldon29 Před 2 lety

      @@goranmilic442 I would think like in many areas there is a hierarchy of choices that go from good, better, to best. Katy is arguing that the best environment for children is with a father and mother. Would a single mother be “better” than no parent at all? I’m sure that would be an easy yes. In each case I’m sure there are multiple factors that would go into decisions like that. IMO I would say no to your question about single moms/parents.

    • @goranmilic442
      @goranmilic442 Před 2 lety

      @@JohnWeldon29 OK, cool. If a single mom is better than no parent at all, doesn't that mean two moms are also better than no parent at all? Also, if a single mom is better than no parent at all, doesn't that make Katy's argument from title of this video irrelevant. Mom and dad can be preferred choice, but mom and mom is still a better choice than not being adopted at all?

    • @JohnWeldon29
      @JohnWeldon29 Před 2 lety

      @@goranmilic442 Hi Goran, Katy's argument is not that two parents are better than one parent. Or even that 3 is better than 2. From what I understand of her research and stance she is saying that a mom and dad both bring unique parenting to the child and that children deserve and need both a mom and dad in their life.

  • @aaronlevisay5119
    @aaronlevisay5119 Před 3 lety +6

    Absolutely correct, Katy and Stacy! Your book is wonderful, your work is needed, and everyone should hear you both on this. For once, "for the children" actually MEANS something. Thank you both!

  • @joannegaribay4802
    @joannegaribay4802 Před 3 lety +23

    I love "the government did not provide the right but simply is there to enforce the natural right!" Mic drop LOL! Great guest. Thank Jo.

    • @joyceharris9296
      @joyceharris9296 Před 3 lety +4

      So powerful.

    • @Grokford
      @Grokford Před rokem

      Children don’t have a right a heterosexual parents any more than you have the right to be happy.
      Good things are not rights.
      Keeping gay couples away from orphaned children only leaves children in foster care and forced gay couples into having children through other ways. In twenty years when the insignificance is recorded it will be too late for decades of children who will instead age out of the system.

  • @AlixPrappas
    @AlixPrappas Před 2 lety +2

    This is such a personal topic for me. I struggled for most of my life with insecurity, anxiety, anger, and confusion largely due to my parents divorce. It has taken so much processing and rehabilitation.
    God can work any miracle, so I don’t want to assume the outcome, but I am really concerned about the outcome of the rampant sexual confusion, promiscuity, and divorce rampant in our culture on the next generation. We are setting them up so poorly to succeed. May we repent of our rebellion as a nation and may His mercy pour out on the children.

  • @SheepAmongWolves
    @SheepAmongWolves Před 3 lety +3

    This is a great discussion. I’ve been a youth pastor for 12 years and have seen time and again how parents put themselves over their children. I also come from a broken family and can personally testify to the problems it causes. This is heartbreaking

    • @goranmilic442
      @goranmilic442 Před 2 lety +2

      Katy's argument is that children need father. Does that mean we should not allow single women to adopt children?

  • @Nathanatos22
    @Nathanatos22 Před 3 lety +9

    Who exactly is saying “kids don’t care if they’ve lost their mom or dad”?
    A quote and a source would be helpful.

    • @prissylovejoy702
      @prissylovejoy702 Před 3 lety +2

      The people saying that kind of thing were trying to defend gay couples raising children and she said she didn’t believe them
      There’s not really just one person saying this- it’s an argument that some people within the LGBT community use so how can she quote any particular individual?

    • @juliemorgan-bullock6149
      @juliemorgan-bullock6149 Před 3 lety +2

      My mom for a start. But she won't face the impact her divorce had on me and my siblings!

    • @thembeforeus9515
      @thembeforeus9515 Před 2 lety +1

      Anyone who says "kids with two moms do just as ___ as kids with a mom and dad." Yeah. no.

  • @martarico186
    @martarico186 Před 3 lety +5

    I agree with her 80%. But I know too many families where parents are not doing their roles as mothers or fathers. Sooo many kids have a divorced family within the marriage environment through adultery, (multi marriages in different religions), emotional violence/ parental distancing/ rejection, and parents making their priority with their careers and having the babysitter or electronics being the children's caregiver. This is too often extremely prevalent in our society, not the exception any more.... 😒

    • @squigglyline6488
      @squigglyline6488 Před 3 lety

      they said the last battle will be about the family! according to a book I have.

    • @Wezzie0
      @Wezzie0 Před 3 lety +2

      When corruption sips in, institutions crumble, even marriage is not immune to corruption especially when adult desires are placed above everything else and chaos is glorified.

  • @lynnskelton7971
    @lynnskelton7971 Před rokem

    Thank you for the enlightening interview. Can feel and see her heart for kids.

  • @flippintobyland7257
    @flippintobyland7257 Před 3 lety +36

    This lady is ......100% ON POINT , NAIL SQUARELY HIT !

    • @goranmilic442
      @goranmilic442 Před 2 lety +1

      Katy's argument is that children need father. Does that mean we should not allow single women to adopt children?

    • @flippintobyland7257
      @flippintobyland7257 Před 2 lety +1

      @@goranmilic442 ? She said children need fathers in the household , I don’t believe she then commented on every situation where a child should only have 2 parents. I would imagine an adopted home is likely better than being passed around in foster care.

    • @goranmilic442
      @goranmilic442 Před 2 lety

      @@flippintobyland7257 Then there is nothing wrong with two moms adopting the child? Better than being passed around in foster care? You said Katy didn't say child should only have 2 parents. Doesn't that contradict title of this video?

    • @flippintobyland7257
      @flippintobyland7257 Před 2 lety +1

      @@goranmilic442 I’m just saying she not addressing every single “ what if “ situation, just addressing the issue with single parent broken households in general , and parents solely looking at there wants needs and not that of the children involved.

    • @goranmilic442
      @goranmilic442 Před 2 lety +1

      @@flippintobyland7257 I'm not talking about broken households. I'm asking, if children have right to mom and dad, should we allow single women to adopt (since there is no father there). I would like a yes or no answer here, please. And if answer is yes, if you think we should allow single women to adopt, then you don't think every child should have mom and dad (it can be preferred, but not obligatory option). And if mom and dad are not obligatory option, then two moms can adopt. Katy's argument fails.

  • @h.r7050
    @h.r7050 Před rokem +1

    Amazing woman, amazing work she is doing. Thank you.

  • @remalim9471
    @remalim9471 Před 3 lety +15

    Also dont put childrens rights before parents.
    The younger generation has an unhealthy sense of entitlement, and ingratitude. In many cases, they are just waiting for parents to die.
    All should be in balance.

    • @PC-vg8vn
      @PC-vg8vn Před 3 lety +1

      Perhaps but seems like a generalisation that applies to some and not others. I know a 56 y old who advised his adult child to wait on buying a house because he was expecting his mother, the child's grandma, to die within a year or so. By waiting he argued there would be inheritance money so the child could afford a better house. I thought it was a horrible way to look at it, and he is a supposed Christian.

  • @KA-cj8xj
    @KA-cj8xj Před 3 lety +5

    Really enjoyed this talk. Thank you Katy & Sean. I grew up with step parents that I love, and am so grateful for, though I agree in so many areas about feeling like a third wheel as a child. As an adult, I do love my step parents as if they’re my own, but that has been a choice I’ve made, and not instinctual. I am now a step parent myself, and not a very good one at that. I will be very interested to read Katy’s book for better perspective.

    • @remycarnahan7903
      @remycarnahan7903 Před 3 lety +1

      I, also was a step child then a step mom (sorry logged in as my son) and felt I stunk at it for too long! I thought I’d be better at step parenting since I had seen the things I hated about my step dad. But nope... it was incredibly hard and sanctifying and took a few years to get my stride. Hang in there!

  • @debrasusan73
    @debrasusan73 Před 2 lety

    Outstanding. Thank you.

  • @waitingandwatching9328
    @waitingandwatching9328 Před 3 lety +6

    WOW love this show... thanks Sean and Katy. May God continue to bless your families and ministries.

  • @thembeforeus9515
    @thembeforeus9515 Před 2 lety +3

    Loved this! Thanks so much for having Katy on! Join the global coalition to fight for the rights of children! #ThemBeforeUs

  • @eschmigu
    @eschmigu Před 3 lety +3

    Thank you so much. Much needed topic to start to talk about. I feel encouraged to do so.

  • @nobleprince1238
    @nobleprince1238 Před 3 lety +8

    MAGNUM opus! Hope those who desire tolerance will tolerate this opinion and not submit it to CANCEL CULTURE.

  • @IntoAllTruth.
    @IntoAllTruth. Před rokem +1

    When the adult desire is prioritized over the rights of children the parent-child relationship is reversed. Children are now making the sacrifices instead of the parents for the well-being of the other party

  • @KRashad
    @KRashad Před 3 lety +13

    Wow. You were anonymous because you didn’t want them to know your name-but God wanted the world to your name. Wow!

  • @chris4hr
    @chris4hr Před rokem

    한국어 자막 감사합니다 Thank you for the Korean subtitles

  • @rosemaryryan6455
    @rosemaryryan6455 Před 3 lety +1

    Spot on. Finally sense spoken. Hard to get the book here as they have audio n ebook, but I'm stuck without connectivity most of the time n a real hard bound helps lots.

  • @User_Happy35
    @User_Happy35 Před 3 lety +5

    This was such an informative video. Thank you Dr. Mcdowell.
    Need to get Katy's book.

  • @annipanna
    @annipanna Před 3 lety +4

    Wow!!!! Thank you, thank you, thank you for this episode! God bless you both!

  • @zaviahopethomas-woundedsou9848

    I see a big gap in what you are saying about child's rights. There is one huge area you have not even touched on. What about children in abuse or their parent's divorce and the child is forced to spend time with an abusive parent that they are terrified of! What about the child's rights for safety? What about their rights for peace in the home? I was raised with a very mentally and spiritually abusive mother, yes, she was physically abusive too. I wanted away from her continual criticism and dehumanizing behavior. I took my son away from his abusive father and thankfully I had a judge that saw beyond his deceptive ways and my son never had to see his biological father again. At the age of 18 my son started remembering his father throwing him down the stairs. My son was right around his fifth birthday at the time and two months after his fifth birthday we snuck away and he never saw his father again. He is almost 25 now, he is glad we left and only wished we had left sooner. Did he hunger for a father, yes, but not his biological father, he made that very clear from about the age of 8 on. That man left both of us with Complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. You cannot leave the child's right for safety out! Sadly most judges making decisions have little to no knowledge of domestic abuse of which a covert narcissist (what my mother was) is devastating and leaves children with severe challenges related to Childhood Emotional Neglect. You really minimized this right for physical and emotional safety. The emotional safety is the most overlooked and so devastating in one's life. I have been studying domestic violence/abuse for over 20 years in my journey to heal and the ignorance on this subject in the people left to make legal decisions is so extreme it should be criminal.

    • @shibyjustus4758
      @shibyjustus4758 Před 3 lety +12

      She is highlighting the fact children's physical & emotional need should be prioritised above all...whenever it is being threatened. So more than each and very issue, seeing the right of children and working to provide for it is most important. Every kind of threat has to be addressed and it can only done well when we recognise the violation of it...even in non abusive home.

    • @shrek7776
      @shrek7776 Před 3 lety +5

      And she said also that these are exceptional situations, not the common cases

    • @PC-vg8vn
      @PC-vg8vn Před 3 lety +1

      Completely agree.

    • @carissaexplainsitall8481
      @carissaexplainsitall8481 Před 3 lety +1

      You need to chill. She isnt talking about exceptions. Don’t take it so personally

    • @cruel5746
      @cruel5746 Před rokem

      @@carissaexplainsitall8481 you need to chill too!! She's just expressing her opinion

  • @janegao5747
    @janegao5747 Před 2 lety +3

    I echo the other comments that this is one of the best interviews Sean did. Katy did a great job explaining the rights of the children, it’s eye opening for me! I always know parents have responsibilities over their kids. But I never thought the children had rights for our care. This is powerful!

    • @goranmilic442
      @goranmilic442 Před 2 lety

      Katy's argument is that children need father. Does that mean we should not allow single women to adopt children?

  • @remycarnahan7903
    @remycarnahan7903 Před 3 lety +10

    This was one of Sean’s best interviews recently! Great topic, great heart, great guest!

  • @joyceharris9296
    @joyceharris9296 Před 3 lety +4

    Thankyou so much for making your experience a living sacrifice for us, to know how to approach this non-negotiable.
    That children have the claim to two parents who God used to fashion them in the mother's womb.

  • @robynmiddleton8314
    @robynmiddleton8314 Před 3 lety +4

    Brilliant- I could listen for hours to Katy
    Thank you so much

  • @JohnWeldon29
    @JohnWeldon29 Před 3 lety +4

    This... is SO Good. Thank you for sharing this.

  • @annipanna
    @annipanna Před 2 lety +2

    I've been relistening to this episode for a while now for arguments. Thank You!

  • @geraldstrayton2545
    @geraldstrayton2545 Před 2 lety

    What a awesome discussion for our time, 2022! Thank you so much you two for bring this to the foreground and making us aware how important mums and dads are! Praise God! ❤️

  • @darrenplies9034
    @darrenplies9034 Před 3 lety +8

    Katy for President!
    I would vote for you

  • @godsgospelgirl
    @godsgospelgirl Před 3 lety +3

    This is by far the best video or interview I've watched all year.

  • @juliemorgan-bullock6149
    @juliemorgan-bullock6149 Před 3 lety +3

    I think this episode is more absolute favorite so far. Katy makes so much sense in an informed and sensitive way.

  • @vicnatious5274
    @vicnatious5274 Před 3 lety +2

    Hey Sean, I was wondering, what does the Bible say about hair styles

    • @justmep.3577
      @justmep.3577 Před 3 lety +2

      Nothing. If its modest, its ok.
      Our heart is much more important than any hairstyle!

    • @vicnatious5274
      @vicnatious5274 Před 3 lety

      @@justmep.3577 What about the verse on Leviticus 19:27

    • @justmep.3577
      @justmep.3577 Před 3 lety

      @@vicnatious5274 we have to read the bible in context. And we have to learn, that not everything from the old testament is for today.
      In Lev 25.44 - 46 is written, where you can buy your slaves.
      And how to sacrifice an animal correctly.
      So....
      I think, modesty is the important thing in hairstyle, clothes, Makeup and behaviour.

    • @vicnatious5274
      @vicnatious5274 Před 3 lety +1

      @@justmep.3577 Thank you for clearing that up .God bless you

    • @justmep.3577
      @justmep.3577 Před 3 lety

      @@vicnatious5274 you too.

  • @BibleSongs
    @BibleSongs Před 9 měsíci

    Wow! Faust is really good.

  • @hanichay1163
    @hanichay1163 Před 3 lety +10

    Of course this is true but the reason we lost this fight is that we won’t say the cause of all this mess is something bad. We don’t call out the sin.

  • @alda2086
    @alda2086 Před 2 lety +1

    Thank you so much Katy and Sean! May God Bless you and Protect you both 🙏

  • @ulka7777
    @ulka7777 Před 3 lety +5

    That was really an eye opening. I just have one question though, you mentioned Islam, in Islam polygamy is allowed (as in other religions), what's your view on polygamy?

    • @Wezzie0
      @Wezzie0 Před 3 lety

      Growing up, some of my friends would express that their mom was the second or third or even fourth wife, but they still access to their father and went to the same schools as their other siblings and seemed well provided for. Based on this talk in my observation they had stability, and both parents and lots of siblings. Its a different norm.

    • @ulka7777
      @ulka7777 Před 3 lety +2

      @@Wezzie0 I don't know, I was visiting a family where the father had 2 wives, children of the second one were small, 3-4 years old, father got up to leave and go to the other wife, I saw their faces when they asked where is he going, I didn't understand what he told them, but it didn't look like they liked it, they accepted it. A mother with 2 small children is left alone for days without a husband and his help, because he has to visit other wives.

    • @Wezzie0
      @Wezzie0 Před 3 lety

      @@ulka7777 Tbh in my observation there is a great inequality when it comes to raising children, in Islam women are not allowed/expected to work so the work raising kids is completely their jurisdiction , fathers mostly get involved much later after the developmental stages.Their main responsibility is to provide and might take boys to the mosque. I have heard that when a woman has a child her job is to pour love and focus her attention onto the child..hence husband needs another wife because he can't compete for love and attention with the child. After the age 6,then they get more involved to teach the kid how to be man, while girls may still attend school, the lessons are focused in preparation to become a wife and maintaining a home. Though alot of Muslim women are attending school all the way to PhD level, I don't know how they balance family life with a career.I guess that depends on country, level of progressiveness and resources.

  • @dianeholden3499
    @dianeholden3499 Před 2 lety +1

    Oh how this rings so true! My parents divorced when I was 10 and I went through a lot those next few years, my parents dating, which affected me and what she says about not know why or how until later in life is so true! Me and my siblings grieved a loss, and still grieve this loss 30 some years later! I ended up being a single parent and that broke my heart! My son is doing well but I can see the absence of his dad has affected him greatly. I watched an episode of 911 on fox I think it is, the main character and her husband split up because he said he was fay, they have 3 children and in one of the latest episodes, the dad decides to leave the country with his lover to "follow his heart". His kids are in their teens and in the episode the kids act like they are all happy for the dad...and all I could think was how selfish of him! Shame on him! His kids still need him! The worst thing to happen to this world is the desolation of the family 😪 this was an awesome interview! Thank you!

    • @goranmilic442
      @goranmilic442 Před 2 lety

      Katy's argument is that children need father. Does that mean we should not allow single women to adopt children?

  • @ranojutro426
    @ranojutro426 Před 3 lety +8

    60million Afro-American 80 % divorce rate 6 million single black mothers in America with 2,3 4 or more kids with different fathers
    No father figure at all.

  • @swebilbo
    @swebilbo Před měsícem

    What if a parent dont like the children then? Isnt it best to divorce and let them stay with a parent that realy love them.

  • @rachele6727
    @rachele6727 Před 2 lety

    Thank you for this!!! Addressed alot of thoughts and conversation I've had lately.

  • @stretchiebutwhole1458
    @stretchiebutwhole1458 Před 3 lety +5

    I'm assuming that his next interview will be with a child of a gay couple who was very happy growing up as he did.

  • @hannahong1719
    @hannahong1719 Před 3 lety +9

    Thanks Katy! This is so true and refreshing to hear. Adults are so selfish.

    • @Grokford
      @Grokford Před rokem

      Yes, for example this woman is advocating leaving children in a broken foster care system just for the ideological satisfaction of getting back at Queer people.

  • @IntoAllTruth.
    @IntoAllTruth. Před rokem +1

    "The family is ordained of God. Marriage between man and woman is essential to His eternal plan. Children are entitled to birth within the bonds of matrimony, and to be reared by a father and a mother who honor marital vows with complete fidelity."
    from
    The Family
    A Proclamation to the World
    The First Presidency and Council of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

  • @JohnVandivier
    @JohnVandivier Před 3 lety +3

    "Stay Together for the Kids" - Blink 182

  • @YrretsJ
    @YrretsJ Před 3 lety +4

    The SCOTUS considered the wellbeing of children in its case recognizing gay marriage. The evidentiary record showed the children of gay parents were just as well adjusted, despite some evidence to the contrary-as seen in any case. Simply, there has to be a balance of the evidentiary record and rights in issue. This conversation does not seem to take a balanced approach towards the record and rights in issue, belying (by the way) any claims about love for gay people.

    • @sliew9120
      @sliew9120 Před 3 lety +4

      theres videos of people who were bought up by same sex parents on you tube wishing that they either had a father or mother in there lives,who would of thought

    • @YrretsJ
      @YrretsJ Před 3 lety +4

      @@sliew9120 Great. I guess you didn’t fully appreciate what I was saying. The cohort you’re referencing was taken into consideration by the SCOTUS when weighing the evidentiary record. Besides, I’m sure there are videos of people who are grateful for their same-sex parents. Furthermore, I’m sure there are videos of people from intact homes headed by opposite-sex and same-sex parents who have a lot to say about their parents-good and bad. Who would have figured?!

    • @sliew9120
      @sliew9120 Před 3 lety +5

      @@YrretsJ i aint talking being grateful or about good or bad parents im talking about a need or a want,desire or longing by a child in a same sex family for a parental figure of the opposite sex,the way your referencing SCOTUS makes it sound like some great council where the greatest minds have gotten together for the good of mankind who could never make a mistake in there wise decisions

  • @repentancenow
    @repentancenow Před 3 lety +1

    I saw her 2015 interview on abc ,she opened my eyes even more apart from biblical truths. May God be with her and strengthen her inner being

  • @annipanna
    @annipanna Před 3 lety +9

    My heart cries out for children with trans parents...😭

  • @eddiejones5702
    @eddiejones5702 Před 2 lety

    Hey Sean, bless you brutha, appreciate your ministry. Question: Didn't you interview Hilary Morgan? I'm trying to find that interview and can't seem to. Where can I watch or listen to that interview? Thanks.

    • @SeanMcDowell
      @SeanMcDowell  Před 2 lety

      Eddie! I didn’t, you must be thinking of someone else. Sorry. All my interviews can be found on this channel.

    • @eddiejones5702
      @eddiejones5702 Před 2 lety

      @@SeanMcDowell Oh! Ok. LOL.. That explains why I can't find it! LOL.. Ok. I thought you interviewed her about her book mama bear apologetics. I guess it was someone else. Thanks man for gettin' back to me, appreciate it.

  • @Misakichifan
    @Misakichifan Před 3 lety +3

    Do humans have a right to their heavenly father, God?

  • @ladym7852
    @ladym7852 Před 3 lety +4

    I thought this was a great convo.

  • @JamesRichardWiley
    @JamesRichardWiley Před 3 lety +2

    I solved the problem
    by not having any kids.
    We are destroying our home with our sheer numbers.

  • @kamilapatecka9556
    @kamilapatecka9556 Před 3 lety +6

    Her issue should be that their parents divorced, not that her mother married a woman. So why is she negative towards gay marriage? She was in contact with her father anyway. Religion changes minds, that is an awful thing.

    • @cheerfulmouse
      @cheerfulmouse Před 2 lety +2

      Read the book.
      She's looking at data, and the experiences of people who've lived it, which includes herself.
      She said her mother's spouse is her friend.
      She went with her same sex friends to adopt a baby.
      Pretty sure she doesn't hate gay people.

    • @goranmilic442
      @goranmilic442 Před 2 lety +3

      @@cheerfulmouse Katy's argument is that children need father. Does that mean we should not allow single women to adopt children?

    • @cruel5746
      @cruel5746 Před rokem +1

      @@goranmilic442 👌

  • @corylohanlon
    @corylohanlon Před 3 lety +3

    I imagine you also care about the right not to be brainwashed?

  • @reginaelizabethbrown1963

    What a great conversation.

  • @Android-yj9wk
    @Android-yj9wk Před 2 lety

    Darn she's married

  • @yvonnecrozier4536
    @yvonnecrozier4536 Před 3 lety +2

    This would be the natural outflow of putting Christ first.

  • @joycelukose5143
    @joycelukose5143 Před 3 lety +2

    Omg... I just can't, I'm sorry...
    Here people are not talking about love at all...This screams kids or the next generation to be less caring for their parents happiness, choices and feelings. Yeah kids are supposed to be always loved, but your argument does not promise that. The unpredictability of life is numerous. The term Mom and Dad mean nothing if they can't be that for you. You are asking people to suffocate under their roof.

  • @panamaanomalie8402
    @panamaanomalie8402 Před 2 lety +2

    So, because Katy didn't get over of the devorce of her straight parents, she is rejecting same sex couples?? So, single parents, devorces, split ups (children out of rape, inzest) should be abandoned too? So, the development of grown ups should be abandoned?
    Katy should ask children without a divorce history.
    Kids should have a claim on loved, warm, nourishing and safe upbringings.
    Unfortunately even this small claims are seldomly answered in this world.

  • @JoshAnthonyMcDowell
    @JoshAnthonyMcDowell Před 3 lety +1

    👍🏽

  • @kajkabea
    @kajkabea Před 9 měsíci

    How much it shows that God's plan for us is the only right one. This is why God wants us to live in committed marriages and not to have sex outside of the marriage. Because it is how we are designed to live.

  • @lisamcdonald2877
    @lisamcdonald2877 Před 3 lety +3

    I get that you are looking at life through your Christian religion, and you are entitled to do that. However, I never saw my "father" after I was 2. My parents were married and my mother was monogamous. He made no effort to see me or my younger brother. I would obviously NOT have been better off with "both parents". We lived with my mom's parents, so I did have an adult male in the house, albeit an elderly man. He was a great man to us, but I was clear who my actual parent was. Your perspective is narrow, however sincere.

    • @nobleprince1238
      @nobleprince1238 Před 3 lety +5

      Really? How do you define a "narrow perspective"? Could your approach be "narrow" even though you 'sincerely' agree that the Sean and Katy are sincere?
      Could there be any biologic truth to what they are saying?
      Must we narrow their opinion to their Christian worldview?

    • @heidiboothe4993
      @heidiboothe4993 Před 3 lety +7

      You knew that, even though loving, your grandparent was NOT able to legitimately stand in place of your dad. So, even as a child you recognized the unique & irreplaceable role that a father (and by logical extension) and mother have to a child. You also recognized that your biological father was the only legitimate person to fill the Father role in your life. In this way, your experience actually bears out Sean and Katy’s conclusions.
      Your dad made selfish choices to care for himself over his kids. Did you struggle with anger/resentment/hurt over his choices? Ever wish he made a choice to do the right thing and actually parent? His absence as a parent did not improve your life. It left a negative space, a void. Because of his absence, you were forced to create coping mechanisms and rely on surrogates that never authentically filled the Father role in a way that honored the right you had to your biological father.
      I think their point is that a father’s presence - physically, mentally, emotionally - is a necessary and irreplaceable component in a child’s life. The fact that your dad made selfish choices that were antithetical to being a present father does not disprove the fact that a father in the home, lovingly & responsibly engaging in the family, is of irreplaceable value to a child. Your experience actually reinforces it.

    • @nobleprince1238
      @nobleprince1238 Před 3 lety +1

      @@heidiboothe4993 Valid argument! It's easy to slip out of the room when truth rushes in like a flood.

    • @PC-vg8vn
      @PC-vg8vn Před 3 lety +2

      @@heidiboothe4993 NOT if her biological father was unfit to be a father. Bad parents cause so much grief and pain to their kids. That needs to be recognised.

    • @carissaexplainsitall8481
      @carissaexplainsitall8481 Před 3 lety +2

      She Isnt talking about exceptions. She is talking about the norm

  • @duncescotus2342
    @duncescotus2342 Před 3 lety

    Again, great work to Dr. Sean, who is a treasure trove of wisdom and insight.
    I think the title is a bit off, but I'm very sympathetic to the "rights" of children. Sister Faust's appeal to selflessness is on point. Much that is done in the name of love is pure selfishness, done through what psychologists call "projection." Moreover, invisible cultural paradigms are pushed upon the next generation to be guinea pigs in a kind of social experiment. We need to be aware of these tides and hold them back thoughtfully.
    But it's always important to remember we serve a God who raises the dead, who repairs brokenness. He has no part with those who are already righteous. Mormons have great families, but they shit on the truth of Christ.

  • @carolinerichards7944
    @carolinerichards7944 Před 2 lety

    Bless you for your boldness to come to Australia and speak the truth..one day I hope I have the same boldness to speak out against same sex marriages.
    May God bless you and your husbands ministries as you go forward and fight the good fight🙏✝️❤️💯👍

  • @hy-roller7771
    @hy-roller7771 Před 3 lety +3

    So her parents getting divorced caused her to idolize traditional marriage so much so that she only wants a man and a woman to marry. I kinda wonder what her stance on divorce is. This is all apart from the fact that losing a parent is a separate subject from having two parents that happen to be the same sex.

  • @repentancenow
    @repentancenow Před 3 lety

    May God the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all.

  • @kamilapatecka9556
    @kamilapatecka9556 Před 3 lety +4

    This woman is hurting her biological mother. I feel sorry for this... She is ok that her dad left them and married another woman but is considering the marriage of her mother with a woman. Horrible. Her issue should be that their parents divorced, not that her mother married a woman. She was in contact with her father all the time. What she means is that it would be better for her mother and her to be her mom a lonely mother?? It's so homophobic let's face the truth.

    • @yourdailydoseofreality3219
      @yourdailydoseofreality3219 Před 2 lety +1

      "Homophobic" is a ridiculous word, let's face the truth.

    • @thembeforeus9515
      @thembeforeus9515 Před 2 lety +5

      Where did she say that? Don't use the term "homophobic" to mean "disagrees with me". That's silly.

    • @laurenwojo
      @laurenwojo Před 2 lety +3

      Are you brain dead??? Divorce was one of her main arguments.

    • @goranmilic442
      @goranmilic442 Před 2 lety +1

      @@laurenwojo Katy's argument is that children need father. Does that mean we should not allow single women to adopt children?

  • @ranojutro426
    @ranojutro426 Před 3 lety +1

    To much right to women to kids
    No right us family.
    All those activists, government trying to destroy family us union

  • @marksandsmith6778
    @marksandsmith6778 Před 3 lety

    Start by NOT sending kids to Sunday school

  • @is44ct37
    @is44ct37 Před 3 lety +5

    It’s the trying to take away gay peoples rights for me

    • @self-publishinghelp8596
      @self-publishinghelp8596 Před 3 lety +8

      So you’re not going to address the points made in this vid at all? Just go immediately to your preconceptions?

    • @chindi17
      @chindi17 Před 3 lety +6

      Yes I agree. With no solutions. And we Christians wonder why we are called bigoted. Using Children to target the Gay rights. Not addressing the high numbers of children in orphanages and in foster care here in America. Let me not get started with the number of Orphans in Zambia, Uganda etc. When did it ever become a right to have a mother and father. I lost both my parents in Zambia and my uncle took care of me. He was a single man. Tired of demonizing a group using children instead of emphasizing the love of Christ. Where I originally come from taking care of children is a community responsibility and can be anyone with the means to do so.

    • @yourdailydoseofreality3219
      @yourdailydoseofreality3219 Před 2 lety +2

      @@CJ_420 It looks like you weren't paying attention. The whole point is that children have a right to their BIOLOGICAL mother and father.

    • @yourdailydoseofreality3219
      @yourdailydoseofreality3219 Před 2 lety

      @@chindi17 Wouldn't you wish your parents didn't die and you were raised by your mother and father?

    • @chindi17
      @chindi17 Před 2 lety +1

      @@yourdailydoseofreality3219wish. Will not comment further other than say there are many things that we wish for that we don't get.

  • @dansaber8435
    @dansaber8435 Před 3 lety +3

    No you don't need a mother and a father. You need what God gives you. You guys preach the vanity gospel. You're entangled in the world.

    • @User_Happy35
      @User_Happy35 Před 3 lety +10

      But God gives you a mother and a father. That's the only way a child is conceived. Therefore, a child needs a mother and father, as per His design.

    • @dansaber8435
      @dansaber8435 Před 3 lety +1

      @@User_Happy35 God's design is what you see around you. If God didn't intend for children to have LGBT parents you wouldn't see any.

    • @dansaber8435
      @dansaber8435 Před 3 lety +1

      @@User_Happy35 that's why you're without excuse.

    • @t.n.2342
      @t.n.2342 Před 3 lety +1

      Oh hi Dan Saber! I know u from Turek's channel. I think we were having the discussion there about the knowledge of good nd evil. Do I have the right guy?

    • @dansaber8435
      @dansaber8435 Před 3 lety +1

      @@t.n.2342 yes

  • @GalaTime77
    @GalaTime77 Před 2 lety

    Not sure why he keeps going to the same same sex parenting conversation, it’s unnatural period.