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

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In this episode, Don and Suzanne Manning share how to teach kids integrity without lectures. Learn how to model honesty, coach truth-telling with a “respond, don’t react” approach, and create a family culture of integrity. Get age-by-age strategies for littles, middles, and bigs that make character building stick. Anchored in Proverbs 10:9 and John 8, this episode equips you to help your child keep their word, repair quickly, and walk securely.  

What you’ll learn:  
  • Why modeling + quick repair beats perfection  
  • A 6-step script to coach honesty (lower shame, raise truth)  
  • Age-specific tools for Littles (2–7), Middles (8–12), Bigs (13+)  
  • Family language that makes truth-telling safe  
  • Bible stories (Jonah; Woman caught in adultery) that illustrate integrity and kindness   

    • 🎧 Listen now and start your 3:1 Praise Challenge this week. Then share your family’s integrity win with us! 

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