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The Powerful Difference Between Guilt and Shame
And how to help your kids to understand that difference

Teach Your Kids How To Apologize…and Mean It
Do you ever feel like the selfish, hurtful attitudes of your kids are enough to make you pull your hair out? (Or theirs?) โHow can they be so mean to each other? Iโm so sick of this!โ What are someโฆ

Are Your Marriage Goals Actually Selfish?
Perhaps youโve read books, been to seminars, listened to sermons or podcasts expounding on the benefits of marriage goals. Maybe youโve even been inspired to set your own marriage goals. What even is a marriage goal? To just โnot getโฆ

Guiding Kids to Right Their Wrongs | Ep. 26
When your kids misbehave, and you need to discipline them, have you considered what they are learning? Are they learning to submit to angry power? Or, perhaps, are they learning how to get better at hiding their misbehavior and sin?โฆ
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โAs our kids have experienced our grace and calm during intense moments, they have begun to really blossom.โ
At Connected Families, we hear lots of stories about how our unique framework for parenting breathes life into families of all kinds. One such family took our Discipline That Connects With Your Childโs Heart online course and the mom sharedโฆ

Teaching Kids to Be Responsible for Their Actions | Ep. 14
Today, Stacy Bellward interviews Jim and Lynne Jackson as they dive deep into ways to correct kidsโ misbehavior with the message, โYou are RESPONSIBLE for your actionsโ. Misbehavior is like the tip of the iceberg. If we make misbehavior ourโฆ
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My Kids Fight All the Time! | Ep. 4
Itโs summer and the kids are home from school. Is the constant fighting and bickering more than you can take? This week we welcome Lynne Jackson, parent coach and co-founder of Connected Families. She brings stories and practical solutions youโฆ
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Fighting For Love – Even When It’s Hard
Valentineโs Day and anniversaries are often viewed as a barometer for our romantic relationship. But itโs NOT roses and romance a couple days a year that define a relationship โ itโs the deep commitment to fight for connection no matterโฆ

3 Game-Changing Questions to Show Your Kids Theyโre Worth It
It can be hard work to grow as a parent. Especially when no matter how hard you try, things can still go haywire. Old patterns die hard, and itโs normal to fall into the default of huffing and puffing toโฆ

Equip Kids To Apologize Like They Mean It
When kids fight, parents typically try to resolve things by telling the kids they have to say theyโre sorry. While parents may be aware that this can be a very shallow, โgo through the motionsโ sort of consequence for kids, they mayโฆ

