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Are You Parenting From a Place of Fear? | Ep. 42
โMy kids will never grow up to be responsible!โ โI am a terrible parent, and my child and I will never get along!โ Are you parenting from a place of fear? Even catastrophizing a situation? Do you find yourself replayingโฆ
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Pausing our content to lament. Will you join us?
This week we were supposed to launch a new online course, and had all sorts of plans around the content and marketing for that course. Weโve decided, instead, to hit a big pause button on all content, all social media,โฆ

Am I a Bad Parent? | Ep. 28
You are not a bad parent. Start learning how to stop parenting out of guilt or anxiety. This content is also available in an audio version. When weโre in crisis, the voices built most deeply in us come out. Sometimesโฆ
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“Are We Gonna Be Okay?”
โAre we gonna be OK?โ Itโs a question making the rounds these days. When you think about your kids celebrating Easter during a pandemic, it gets especially real. Iโm guessing this question circulated in a similar fashion amongst the smallโฆ

“God is Always Up to Something!” | Ep. 27
NOTE: This content is available as a video, a blog post (below), or a 7-minute podcast. We trust this will serve every situation and learning style well. Here at Connected Families we realize this is a tough time for manyโฆ
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Being Present with Our Kids
Most of us would agree there are many theories on the best way to educate our children: public school, private school, charter school, home school, co-ops, or any combination of these. Regardless of which paradigm you have for the bestโฆ

The Small Magnet That is Making a BIG Difference
The Connected Families Framework (offered as a magnet) is the core of how we encourage and equip parents to lead their families with grace. Everything we offer flows through our framework. But…did you ever wonder where or how our smallโฆ

Find Your Parenting Balance | Ep. 22
How do you define yourself as a parent? Do you feel stuck in your parenting and want to explore a new way? In this podcast Jim and Lynne Jackson, co-founders of Connected Families, are excited to introduce you to aโฆ
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Where Do Parenting Reflexes Come From?
On the journey of parenting, many of us find that we have some typical โparenting reflexesโ that are often our default response. Some of this comes from instinct โ as when we instinctively move to comfort a crying child. Butโฆ

Honoring Our Imperfect Dads | Ep. 19
If youโve struggled in your relationship with one (or both!) of your parents, this podcast can give life-changing insight. Hurt and resentment left to brew under the surface can often perpetuate the effects of sin passing from one generation toโฆ
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