Jun 22, 2026 · 39 min · 27 segments
In this deeply personal solo episode of *NXT Chapter*, T.D. Jakes reflects on the lifelong responsibility of parenting — from the first moments of childbirth to the complicated work of raising…
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I was home just getting a moment of rest, and we were taking turns watching over her when the phone rang, and I dived into some clothes.
I almost wrecked getting out of my own driveway to get to the hospital on a Sunday morning with a collar on and a full suit, going to the labor room, rushing to the labor room.
Here's another contraction." I'm narrating the childbirth until she finally squeezed my hand till she crushed my wedding ring and said, "I already know when they're coming." [laughs] She didn't need me to tell her.
It hurt because her pelvic bones and everything had to move to make room for this new life.
Little did I know, how could I have ever imagined how much moving having a child in your life requires? How many baby bottles and onesies and, and, and blankets and sheets and, and, and money for school and, and money to go to the college and, and, and how many fairs I was now going to and Chuck E.
Cheeses I was eating at and, and all sorts of things that I would have drove past and never paid any attention to.
So today, I talk to you after having raised five children about training children, and I should have called it how children train you, because the training is not one-sided.
The training is mutual It will pull you away from selfishness, self-centeredness.
It will make you more confrontational, going down to school to resolve problems and situations.
I was home just getting a moment of rest, and we were taking turns watching over her when the phone rang, and I dived into some clothes.
I almost wrecked getting out of my own driveway to get to the hospital on a Sunday morning with a collar on and a full suit, going to the labor room, rushing to the labor room.
Here's another contraction." I'm narrating the childbirth until she finally squeezed my hand till she crushed my wedding ring and said, "I already know when they're coming." [laughs] She didn't need me to tell her.
It hurt because her pelvic bones and everything had to move to make room for this new life.
Little did I know, how could I have ever imagined how much moving having a child in your life requires? How many baby bottles and onesies and, and, and blankets and sheets and, and, and money for school and, and money to go to the college and, and, and how many fairs I was now going to and Chuck E.
Cheeses I was eating at and, and all sorts of things that I would have drove past and never paid any attention to.
So today, I talk to you after having raised five children about training children, and I should have called it how children train you, because the training is not one-sided.
The training is mutual It will pull you away from selfishness, self-centeredness.
It will make you more confrontational, going down to school to resolve problems and situations.
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