Category Connect
Want to Connect With Your Teenager? | Ep. 174
How can you continue to connect and maintain a relationship with your kids as they get older? You CAN connect with your teenager. If you’ve got teens, or will have them someday, listen to us chat with Rachel and Joshโฆ
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Holy Week Activities to Nurture Faith in Kids of All Ages | Ep. 171
In this episode, Stacy Bellward (podcast host) and Katie Wetsell (Connected Families Certified Parent Coach) offer insights on how to engage children in the Easter story, emphasizing the Resurrection’s significance through traditions and conversation. They provide age-appropriate scripts for explainingโฆ
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Families With Teenagers, Keep Calm and Stay Connected
Families with teenagers have joys and challenges that are different from families with littles. Just when you think youโve got this parenting thing downโฆthings can change again. But why do the teenage years get such a bad rap? There areโฆ
3 Reasons Kids Misbehave & How You Can Respond With Grace and Love
If youโve got a child who seems to be misbehaving more than usual, itโs time to pause and reflect on what might be driving your misbehaving child. When your child seems to be acting out all of a sudden, youโฆ
How to Speak Blessings Over Your Child This New Year
How often do you speak blessings over your children? Is this really a big deal in the Bible? Or is it less important compared to other acts of faithful living? Thereโs a section in the Bible sometimes referred to asโฆ
My child is not my report card…
Meet the Baros Family from Washington
Ease the New Sibling Transition With Preparation & Loads of Grace
Spoiler alert: It doesnโt have to cause resentment!
How to Prepare Now In Case Your (Future) Teenager Runs Away From Home
Letโs imagine: What if your teenager runs away from home? Picture the moment you find out. You badly want to freak out. Where would they go? What if they get injured? What if you could go into that moment confidentโฆ
A Circle of Support: What Does a Mentor Do for a Child? | Ep. 153
Here at Connected Families, we often talk about how you can pass your faith on to your kids. Have you thought about how you can help sustain your childโs faith into their adult years? Research reveals that 60 percent ofโฆ
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How To Make Your Child Feel Lavishly Loved and Unquestionably Valued
The daily tasks of parenting can be more than a full-time job: planning, shopping for and making the meals, laundry, helping with homework, shuttling kids to activities, managing the house, etc. (Do you feel tired yet? ๐ ) You accomplishโฆ