Nick StumboExecutive Director driving healing from sexual brokenness

Episode 448 - Available Now!

3 Feb 2026 · 0 min

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In this brief excerpt from Episode 448, the hosts discuss the importance of helping children articulate emotions from a young age, emphasizing that parents should model vulnerability—such as crying or expressing uncertainty—to break cycles of emotional suppression. They note that many adults were not raised with such modeling, but can now provide it, allowing children to understand that it's okay not to be okay. Nick Stumbo adds that children carry subconscious questions about their upbringing and their self‑worth, which remain unresolved if parents do not share their own stories, highlighting the need for transparent family narratives.

I mean, in the midst of it, it can seem kind of scary, but helping your kids to put language to emotion, even at those younger ages, is so important.
Yeah, it is a roller coaster, but I think there's something just about not falling apart in front of the kids. Maybe it's things, but like Tracy said, having a shelf for them, or it's okay to see us cry or have uncertainty. And not a lot of us were raised in homes where that was really modeled for us. So like, we get to kind of model that now where it's okay not to be okay.
No, it's It's not too late because they grew up in your home and they probably still, even if they're not asking them out loud, they subconsciously have all these questions about the home they grew up in, the things they were led to believe about themselves or their value or their worth. And they have some pieces of the puzzle that are completely missing if they don't know your story.