Jamie Finn joins Ryan and Kayla in the episode to discuss her new book Foster the Family. They discuss the similar motivations and expectations they all came to foster care with and how this journey has impacted their families.

Mentioned in this Episode

• Foster the Family: Encouragement, Hope, and Practical Help for the Christian Foster Parent

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Chris, Kayla, and Ryan are back. In this episode of the podcast they discuss how to connect with the kid you stuggle to connect with. They share from their personal struggles and victories how they have made progress connecting with all of their children.

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Chris, Kayla, and Ryan are back with a new season and a new episode. They discuss how connected parenting works in big families. In part one, they discuss how being proactive is a foundational component of connecting at home. 

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She's back! Chris and Ryan welcome Kayla back for this episode and they're talking about consequences. They talk about how to use them effectively and in ways that can help the parent-child relationship. 

As mentioned in this episode

• Connection Over Consequences S08 - E17

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Chris and Ryan are without Kayla again for this episode. They decide to hit record and see where the conversation takes them. Where it takes them to is a discussion of Ted Lasso and the importance of good leadership amongst other things.

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• Ted Lasso Darts Scene

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Chris and Ryan are without Kayla for this episode. They discuss why the holiday season can be the most wonderful time of the year as well as a very difficult time for us as well. They remind us that we need to "keep our balance" especially at this time of the year. 

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Chris, Ryan, and Kayla are back and discussing something important, gratitude. We often talk about how we wish our kids had more gratitude, but they discuss how we need to model lives of gratitude for our kids. They share some of the things they are thankful for and why our circumstances sometimes make it hard for us to be thankful.

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Chris, Ryan, and Kayla are back and take on the topic of consequences. But before they discuss how to effectively use consequences, they talk about why connection can help make consequences less necessary. 

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Chris, Kayla, and Ryan and joined once again by Chris's wife Kelly to continue the discussion on parenting teens. 

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This episode of the podcast is a special one because Chris, Kayla, and Ryan and joined by Chris's wife Kelly to discuss parenting teens. They don't often discuss this subject, but as the number of teens is growing in their families they thought they would give it a shot.

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