Don't Let Your Broken Marriage Break Your Kids 💔 | The Naked Marriage Podcast | Dave & Ashley Willis

I think that is a great legacy. Even if you've had a failed marriage, you know, like to tell your kids like, listen, that first marriage, it didn't work and it's heartbreaking, but I want you to know that marriage is a gift. And I hate that you saw this example that turned out to be a negative example, but don't let that scar you. Don't let that make you afraid of marriage because marriage is a God-given gift. And you know, That dad and I, or your mom and I, we made some mistakes that just caused the marriage to fall apart, but I want you to know that you can do better than we did, and I'm gonna be there cheering you on. And don't let bitterness of maybe your own past negative relationship pass onto your child.

And so don't shy away from being real, you know, at an age-appropriate level with your kids about some of those things you've walked through, because, you know, it's allowed us to really teach them like, don't ever go look at porn, but also it's opened up the greater conversation of, in marriage, there's gonna be times stuff happens, and you don't just, you know, give up and walk away at the first hard thing you're walking through. I mean, like, with God's help, you guys can get through this. And I think it's been good to be able to be honest with them in that way, and teach them about those things. Now that we, you know, we have a son that's seriously dating a girl, and, you know, we have two that are outside of the home. And so, you know, now these are those moments where we can be even more, kind of, you know, teaching them about these marriage principles and being, you know, using our own testimony in that. And so I think for you all watching and listening, you have that opportunity as well. And so be thinking about that.