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Crazy Cool Family — 337 episodes

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#338: Dads, Your Teen Needs This More Than Advice (Feat. James McLamb)

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#337: To The Mom Who Wonders, "Am I Doing It Right?" (Feat. Mollie Torres)

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Episode #336: To the Mom Who Homeschools: Choosing the Hard, Holy Yes (Feat. Madeline Jones)

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#335: Dear Angry Mom (Feat. Macy Robinson)

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#334: To the Mom Who Feels Like She’s Drowning (And Every Mom in Between) Feat. McKenzie Reaume

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#333: How To Teach Your Kids to Spend Time with Jesus (Feat. Lauren Lain)

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#332: Parenting from Overflow: Finding Time with God in Real Life

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#331: Marriage Finances 101: How to Communicate, Budget, and Build Unity Around Money

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#330: Money Matters: Building Families on Wisdom (Feat. Crystal Paine)

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#329: Fight Through the Gospel - The Missing Piece in Most Marriage Advice (Feat. McKenzie Reaume)

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#328: Stop Feeling Like Roommates: Practical Marriage Habits for Parents With Marriage 365

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#327: Purpose Is Not Passive: How to Set Direction for Your Family (Part 2)

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#326: Purpose Is Not Passive: How to Set Direction for Your Family

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#325: Wrapping Up 2025 With Crazy Cool Family

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#324: Turning 90 Days of Holidays into Lasting Family Memories

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#323: Re-Run ALERT! Two Ingredients for the BEST Thanksgiving Week (Part 2)

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#322: Re-Run ALERT! Two Ingredients for the BEST Thanksgiving Week (Part 1)

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#321: Is Family Worth It? (Don’s Perspective on 30+ years of parenting AND becoming an empty nester!)

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#320: Is Family Worth It? (Suz’s Perspective on 30+ years of parenting AND becoming an empty nester!)

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#319: Saying Yes or No to Halloween

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#318: Regulating Big Emotions (feat. McKenzie Reaume)

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#317: Surviving the Meltdown Moment

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#316: Grace and Discipline: Can You Really Do Both?

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#315: Crazy Cool Parent This: Cultivating Integrity in our Children's Hearts

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#314: More Than Clean - Building a Safe Haven for Your Family (Feat. Becky Rapinchuk from Clean Mama!)

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#313: Reclaiming Motherhood

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#312: The Power of Mission Trips (Feat. Chris Searcy)

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#311: Checking in on Your Teammate

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#310: God’s Blueprint for Marriage Unity

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#309: 🍂 Podcast Re-Run: Make This Fall Your Best Yet! 🍂

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#308: Podcast Replay: Make August Count for Your Family

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#307: Summer Series: Part 5 - The Most Important Lesson This Summer

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#306: Summer Series: Part 4 - Who's Really in Control This Summer?

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#305: Summer Series: Part 3 - Who’s in Charge?

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#304: Summer Series: Part 2 - Teaching Your Kids to Fight (Wait... What?)

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#303: Summer Series: Part 1 - Washing the School Year Off Our Kids

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#302: A Summer to Remember (Feat. Sarah Paul)

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#301: Crazy Cool Family This: Raising a Servant Hearted Child

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#300: See Where We’ve Been and Where We Are Going

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#299: Using Guilt as a Signal

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#298: What is the Playbook?

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#297: Crazy Cool Family This: Let’s Get Real!

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#296: Crazy Cool Parent This: Steps to Improve Connection

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#295: We’ve Never Talked about Easter....

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#294 In Charge Vs. In Control (Feat. Mollie Torres)

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#293: Do you know how to disciple AND be a disciple (Feat. Marcus Warner)

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#292: Crazy Cool Parent This: Q&A with Don and Suz

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#291: Crazy Cool Parent This: Emotional Intelligence

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#290: Crazy Cool Parent This: Connect During Spring Break!

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#289: Interrupt Your Marriage (Feat. Julie Plagens)

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#288: Crazy Cool Parent This - Building Confident Kids

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#287: Mothers, Daughters, and Sisters TELL ALL!

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#286: Love is in the Air, or is it?

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#285: Are Men in America ”Slow Quitting”? (Feat. Chris Harper)

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#284: Do you want to have a great relationship with your son or daughter?

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#283: Season 7 Starts TODAY!

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#282: Season Finale!

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#281: Tips for the Holiday Craziness!

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#280: God is Moving in Marriages! (Feat. Carl Caton)

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#279: Sibling Dynamics during Holidays

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#278: Making Family Traditions

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#277: Attitude of Gratitude

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#276: Empowering Your Child to be Their Best (Feat. Lee Ann Mancini)

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#275: Motherhood vs. Victimhood (Feat McKenzie Reaume and Macy Robinson)

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#274: The Value of Mentors

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#273: Insight into Rebelling Kids

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#272: Halloween - to Celebrate or Not?

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#271 : Talking Every Man’s Purpose and Where it is Found (Feat. Mark Lubbock)

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#270: God vs. Technology

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#269: Celebrating Don’s 60th with 60 Second Relational-Parenting Tips!

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#268: A Day in the Life of a Mom (Feat. Macy Robinson)

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#267: Tackling Your Family’s Core Issues (Feat. Abby Shields and Alicia Stickles)

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#266: 3 Ways to WIN at Family this Fall

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#265: 6 Ways to Spark Faith in Your Family this Summer - Living Out His Mission

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#264: 6 Ways to Spark Faith in Your Family this Summer - Building Our Faith

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#263: 6 Ways to Spark Faith in your Family this Summer - Hearing His Voice

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#262: 6 Ways to Spark Faith in your Family this Summer - Walking With Him

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#261: 6 Ways to Spark Faith in your Family this Summer - Engaging His Word

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#260: 6 Ways to Spark Faith in your Family this Summer - Encountering HIS Presence

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#259: Capturing Your Child’s Heart this Summer

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#258: Cultivating Harmony Between Parents & Grandparents

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#257: Calling All Grandparents! (Feat. Larry Fowler)

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#256: Need a Better Chore System? (Feat. Macy Robinson)

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#255: Parenting & Play Therapy (Feat. McKenzie Reaume)

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#254: The Universal Impact of Special Needs on a Family (Feat Steve and Katie Keene)

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#253: Relating to Littles, Middles, and Bigs - Do You Want Respect?

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#252: What is Biblical Accountability (feat. Rod Handley)

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#251: How to be a Team When Parenting Your Kids

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#250: Celebration is Simple, Biblical, and Powerful

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#249: Choosing NOT to Live in the Middle (Feat. Shiraz Siddique)

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#248: How to lead your family and WIN! (Feat. Cory Carlson)

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#247: Relating to Littles, Middles, and Bigs - Learning to Wait Well

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#246: Afraid Your Child Doesn’t Want to Know God?

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#245: Talking Motherhood (feat. McKenzie Reaume and Macy Robinson)

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#244: Marriage Coaching and Intensives (Feat. Bruce McCracken)

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#243: Getting Your Kids to Invest in Each Other (Feat. Madeline Jones)

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#242: BONUS Episode - Healing Marriages in EVERY Season (Feat. Nick and Haley Teixeria)

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#241: Loving on Your Marriage

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#240: Raising Little Boys (feat. Mollie Torres & Madeline Jones)

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#239: It’s NOT too Late for Your Marriage (Feat. Dr. Wyatt Fisher)

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#238: Relating to Littles, Middles, and Bigs - Lying & Building Trust

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#237: What it Takes to Do January Right!

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#236: Is Your Wife Attracted to You? (Feat. Mike Frazier)

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#235: NEW SEASON + New Ways to Engage

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#234: Season 5 Finale!

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#233: Getting Off the Sideline (Feat. Laura Malone)

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#232 : Building Blended Families (Feat. Craig Morgan)

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#231: Making THIS Holiday the BEST One Yet

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#230: Relationally Connect with Your Kids (Feat. Joe Martin)

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#229: What Are You Driven By? (Feat. Shae Bynes)

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#228: Is God Calling You? (Feat. Sam Semans)

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#227: Is Your Marriage Surviving or Thriving? (Feat. Jon and Carrie Vajko)

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#226: Find Delight in Your Marriage (Feat. Belah Rose)

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#225: Healthcare Done Right (Feat. Jeff Street)

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#224 : The Holy Work of Motherhood (Feat. Kirsten Vossler)

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#223: Parenting is about the Heart (Feat. Morgan Snyder)

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#222: Holy Spirit, Bring on the Fruit! Week 9: Self-Control + Wrap Up (Feat. Michael Manning)

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#221: Holy Spirit, Bring on the Fruit! Week 8: Gentleness (Feat. McKenzie Reaume)

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#220: Holy Spirit, Bring on the Fruit! Week 8: Faithfulness

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#219: Holy Spirit, Bring on the Fruit! Week 7: Goodness (feat. McCade Manning)

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#218: Holy Spirit, Bring on the Fruit! Week 6: Kindness (feat. Maddox Manning)

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#217: Holy Spirit, Bring on the Fruit! Week 5: Patience

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#216: Holy Spirit, Bring on the Fruit! Week 4: Peace (Feat. Mollie Torres)

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#215: Holy Spirit, Bring on the Fruit! Week 3: Joy (Feat. Madeline Jones)

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#214: Holy Spirit, Bring on the Fruit! Week 2: Love (Feat. Macy Robinson)

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#213: Holy Spirit, Bring on the Fruit! Week 1: Introduction

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#212: Family Culture Made Simple: Let’s Wrap It Up!

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#211: Family Culture Made Simple: Building Unity with the Family Name (Feat. Mollie Torres)

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#210: Family Culture Made Simple: Values Build Unity

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#209: Family Culture Made Simple: Unity is Unique!

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#208: Family Culture Made Simple - Let’s Get Good at Discipline!

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#207: Family Culture Made Simple: Consider & Why

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#206: Family Culture Made Simple: Act & See

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#205: Family Culture Made Simple: Think & Ask

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#204 Family Culture Made Simple: Where to Start with Discipline?

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#203: Family Culture Made Simple - Fill Your Home with Faith, not Fear

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#202: Family Culture Made Simple: Safety in Questions (Feat. Lisa Johnson)

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#201: Family Culture Made Simple: Building Culture on Family Trips

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#200: Family Culture Made Simple - What is a Safe Haven?

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#199: Family Culture Made Simple - Identity is Foundational (Feat. John Stickl)

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#198: Family Culture Made Simple - Avoiding Anger

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#197: Are Summer Camps for MY Family?

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#196: Family Culture Made Simple - Correct Carefully

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#195: Family Culture Made Simple - Encourage Extravagantly

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#194: Family Culture Made Simple - Introduction

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193: What Did God Say and Do in 2022?

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#192: Building a Crazy Cool Family (Feat. Chris Grainger)

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#191: Coaching Your Inner Self (Feat. Jill Hawkins)

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#190 AVOID the HoliDAZE - Part 2 (Feat. ALL the ”Manning” Girls)

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#189: AVOID the HoliDAZE - Part 1 (Feat. ALL the ”Manning” Girls)

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#188: Wrapping Up the Pursue God Series

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#187: Talk to Yourself the Way God Talks to You (Feat. John Stange)

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#186: Need a Fatherhood Refresh? (Feat. Larry Hagner)

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#185: Q&A About Parenting + Hearing God

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#184: Pursue God + Pursue Unity in Marriage (feat. Kim Kimberling)

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#183: Teach Your Child to Hear God!

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#182: A Father’s Pursuit of God (Feat. Dan Luigs)

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#181: Pursuing God is a Delight

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#180: Fatherhood, Football, and a Family Crisis (Feat. Chad Hennings)

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#179: Pursuing God is Essential to Parenting

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#178: Who Knows Your Kid Best? (Feat. McCade Manning)

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#177: Who Knows Your Kid Best? (Feat. Maddox Manning)

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#176: Who Knows Your Kid Best? (Feat. Michael Manning)

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#175: Who Knows Your Kid Best? (Feat. McKenzie Reaume)

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#174: Who Knows Your Kid Best? (Feat. Macy Robinson)

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#173: Who Knows Your Kid Best? (Feat. Madeline Jones)

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#172: Who Knows Your Kid Best? (Feat. Mollie Torres)

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#171: Fight the Fight and Jump into Summer

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#170: Stop Sibling Fights with Investment

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#169: We Fight for Family to Believe

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#168: What if I’m Losing the Fight? (Feat. Madeline Jones)

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#167: Fighting for Marriage (Feat. Anne Evans)

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#166: Fight for Generosity (Feat. Christy Gandy)

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165: Parents Who Fight for Truth (Feat. Julie Parido)

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164: Being a Funny Family (Feat. Tim Hawkins)

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#163: Step into the Spiritual Fight (Feat. Colleen Stickl)

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#162: Fight for Energy!

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#161: Commit to Fight for Family

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#160: Fight for Forgiveness (Feat. Julie Plagens)

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#159. Dads, Join the Fight! (Feat. Jeff Zaugg)

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#158 Leadership is Worth the Fight (Feat. Julie Pierce)

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#157 ”T” is for Teach

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#156: ”H” is for Hugs

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”G” is for Give

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”I” is for Inspire

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”F” is for Faith

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Fight For Family

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What’s Your Word for 2022?

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What to Do With the New

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What Your Kids Need for the New Year

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What Your Kids Need MOST for Christmas

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Is Your Family Full of Fun?

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#146: Creating Space with God

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#145: A Parent’s Pursuit of God

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Two Ingredients for the BEST Thanksgiving Week

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Two Ingredients for the BEST Thanksgiving Week

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Embracing the Differences in Marriage

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Technology Wrap Up + 5 Essential Insights

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Connection, Technology, and Relationships

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Technology & Family Culture

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Teens & Technology (Feat. Maddox Manning)

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Kids & Technology

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Part 2: Basecamp is... FREE!

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Part 1: Basecamp is... FREE!

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Let’s Switch on Our Joy!

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Part 2: Let’s Switch on Our Joy

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It’s Family Dashboard Time!

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Jumping into Fall!

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School Transitions: College Edition (Feat. Michael Manning)

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REPLAY! Creating Independent Kids

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Let’s Have the Best August Ever!

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The Power of Play

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A Journey to Joy (Feat. Sara Chapple)

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My Heart’s Garden with Charity Rios

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Entitlement vs. Encouragement

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How to Talk to Your Teen

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Let’s Talk About Dads

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How to Be a Great Dad

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We Give You Permission

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Making the Most of Summer

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The Joy of Being Mom

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Part 2: How to be an Awesome Parent

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Part 1: How to be an Awesome Parent

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A Tribute to Moms!

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Tone of Voice

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Creating Family Values & Lasting Change

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How to Get Older Kids to Talk About Life

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Creating Spiritual Interest

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Marriage March Finale! (Feat. Dave and Ashley Willis - Naked Marriage Podcast)

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Marriage March: Larry and Beth Manning

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Marriage March: Larry and Madeline Jones

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Marriage March: Jared and Macy Robinson

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Marriage March: Don & Suzanne Manning

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Mothers and Daughters as Best Friends

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How Does Crazy Cool Family Help Parents?

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Part 3: The Family Name

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Part 2: The Family Name

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Part 1: Family Name

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100th Podcast! 39 Crazy Cool Concepts to Radically Change Your Family

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Building Daily Habits

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One Thing to Change in Your Relationships

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Part 5: How Is Jesus Better Than the World?

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Part 4: Why Follow Jesus?

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Part 3: Where is Jesus?

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Part 2: What Has Jesus Done for You?

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Part 1: Who is Jesus?

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Blessings to Say Over Your Family

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How to Build Gratefulness in Your Kids

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The Power of Encouragement - Featuring Michael Manning

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The Power of a Parent’s Words

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Creating Willing Obedience in Your Kids

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How to Earn the Respect You Truly Want From Your Kids

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How We Did It

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How the Family Dashboard is Used to Build a Crazy Cool Family

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A Tool to Build Amazing Relationships With Everyone in Your Family

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How to Get Your Kids to Obey

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Overcoming Anger and Enjoying Parenting - Featuring Matt & Amanda Nelson

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How to Get Your Child to Listen to You

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Experiencing the Coronavirus - Featuring Macy and Jared Robinson

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How to Have the Best Homeschool Experience With Your Kids

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Homeschooling

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Back to School for Fall 2020

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How to Handle Fits

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Building a Great Childhood - Featuring Macy Robinson & McKenzie Manning

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Building a Great Childhood - Featuring Mollie Torres & Madeline Jones

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Racial Sensitivity- Featuring George & Kylee Washington

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How to Love an Imperfect Country

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How to Use Essential Oils to Enhance Your Family’s Health - Featuring Suzanna Nichols

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How to Get Your Kids to Eat Healthy - Featuring Jill Hawkins

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How to Be an Advocate for the Health of Your Children

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How to Maintain Health in Your Family

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Reassessing Family Activities After Quarantine

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How Others Are Improving Their Marriage in This Season

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Improving Your Marriage During Quarantine

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How to Lean in to God During Hard Times – With Rob and Linsey Shields

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Why You Need a Guide and Community

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We’re Launching a Membership for FREE!

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Coronavirus From a Kid’s Perspective

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Our Most Recommended Parenting Books

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A Dad’s Influence on His Family During the Coronavirus

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Tips to Help You in This Season of Home Learning

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How to Create Family Connections Out of Worldly Chaos

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Moving Your Kids From Dependence to Self-Sufficiency

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What Type of School Is Best for My Child?

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Why You Should ”Brainwash” Your Child

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How To Stop Sibling Fighting

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How To Keep Your Kid From Being A Brat

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Creating Unity With The Family Name

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Delighting In Your Child

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How to Raise Kids Who Respect Their Parents

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How To Connect With Your Teens - With Tim & Tesh Beaty

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The Importance Of Reflection

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One New Year’s Resolution For Your Family

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How To Connect With Your Spouse During The Holidays

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How Much Should You Buy Your Kids At Christmas?

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How To Handle The Topic Of Santa As A Christian Parent

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Interview With A Crazy Cool Family - The Schreiners

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The Backstory Of Our First Book

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How To Have Peaceful Family Gatherings During The Holidays

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How To Assess The Relationships In Your Family

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Should My Family Celebrate Halloween?

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How Siblings Can & Should Be Best Friends

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How To Discipline Your Kids + BIG NEWS!

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Why Family Is Worth It + EXCITING NEWS!

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Crazy Cool Family Ministry Update

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New Parent Q&A - Madeline Interviews Suzanne

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Setting Grade Expectations Part 2 - With Macy Manning

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Setting Grade Expectations Part 1 - With Madeline and Maddox Manning

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Becoming The Trusted Voice In Your Kid’s Life

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Being Intentional With Your Spouse While Raising Kids

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Maintaining A Healthy Work/Home Balance

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Car Time With Your Kids

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How to Connect Your Kids to God this School Year

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Sending Your Kid To College

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Adjusting To New Parenthood with Mollie & Damian Torres and Madeline & Larry Jones

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How To Handle Fits

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How To Navigate Technology With Your Kids

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How To Make Family Vacations Memorable

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What to Do When Our Kids Hurt Each Other Featuring Michael & Maddox Manning

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#18 Overcoming Conflict In Sibling Relationships - Featuring Madeline & Macy Manning

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What If Your Kids Pursued Each Other?

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#16 How To Encourage Your Oldest Child To Take Ownership in Their Role

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#15: 3 Mindset Shifts to Build an Amazing Childhood For Your Kids

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What Does an Awesome Sibling Relationship Look Like? - Featuring Maddox & McCade Manning

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How To See The World Like Your Kids See It - Featuring Madeline, Macy, & Mckenzie Manning

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How to Save Your Kids from the World- Featuring Mollie and Michael Manning

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Three C’s to a Crazy Cool Marriage

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How to Stop Being a Nagging Parent

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Embarrassed By Your Child?

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How to Stop Making the Same Parenting Mistakes Over and Over Again

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Creative Ways to Make Your Home a Fun Place

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How to Stop Potty Mouth Talk in Your Home at All Ages

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#5: Creating Culture - Part 2

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Creating Culture

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Flipping Their Thinking

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Be a Salesperson

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Highway to Heaven