Are you a connected family? What is the importance of strong family ties? In today's episode, hosts Scott Donnell and Chad Willardson discuss ways parents can give their kids roots and wings. Roots - give them a sense of belonging and knowing where home is. Wings - give them the freedom to explore and conquer the world.

• You want them to stay rooted in your family culture, but you also want them to fly off and conquer the world.
• Are families being destroyed? In 1960, 72% of families had a nuclear family. Today, it's just 45%, and if you're an urban inner-city family, it's just 1%.
• Chad explains how families are being destroyed with modern leaders pushing for individualism and selfishness.
• For Scott, your goal as a parent is to have a family that is connected as much as possible.
• How do you kill a family culture? Scott explains how taking away the chief storyteller kills the culture and connectedness of a family.
• Scott talks about the value of raising independent kids with the goal of cultivating interdependence and remaining connected to each other.
• Every family has some form of crazy. But what you can do is take the good, leave the bad and make it better for your kids and the next generation.
• According to Scott, kids will stay a part of the family if they see you're still connected to your family.
• If you grew up in a dysfunctional home, as many people have, Chad believes you can be the one that breaks that chain of dysfunction.
• According to Scott, strong family values are the best way to preserve your family culture. Make them fun, memorable, and engaging.
• Scott goes through the practical things parents can do to unite the nuclear family when the extended one is in chaos.
• Make decisions for your great-grandchildren. Scott explains how the decisions you make today with your kids will impact future generations.
• Scott reveals the shocking driver behind public schools in 1917 - and the systemic plan to remove parents from their children's lives. 

 

 

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Smart, Not Spoiled: The 7 Money Skills Kids Must Master Before Leaving the Nest by Chad Willardson

Value Creation Kid: The Healthy Struggles Your Children Need to Succeed by Scott Donnell and Lee Benson

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Scott Donnell on Instagram - @imscottdonnell

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Scott Donnell on TikTok - @imscottdonnell