Leadership in the Home | An Interview with Andrea Davis

Andrea Davis and her husband Tyler run a website, BetterScreenTime.com, born from a need to find a better way to lead their five children around the topic of using technology. She has a B.A. in secondary education, and her experience ranges from teaching preschool swimming lessons to college-level Spanish. She has served in the Church as a Young Women president. Andrea now works from home as an admin for a motherhood website, a health coach, and a podcast copywriter. In this interview, she and Kurt discuss how to approach parenting as leading in the home.

Highlights

4:10 What it means to be a parent and what it means to be a leader: establishing a culture
6:30 Leading instead of parenting
8:40 1. A good leader works in a partnership with God, seeking and looking for personal revelation

Hearing Him in the scriptures
Finding your own quiet time
Filling your home with what is important to you: part of creating a culture
19:30 Partnership with your spouse (and their strengths) in your vision and goals

22:15 2. Modeling the culture you want to have
30:00 3. Good leaders gather the people they love: family councils and personal interviews

“Rumbling” with your family members: have difficult conversations, listen, and take that into account when making decisions

37:30 4. A good leader serves but also sets boundaries

The balance of supporting and fostering independence

44:02 5. A good leader crafts a vision by listening to the Spirit

- What is important to you?

Roadblocks happen and strategies may need to change: modeling resilience
Why are we here? What defines us as a family?
Look to family history/ancestors for vision and what has been important in your family culture