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146: What Nobody Tells You About Sex and Romance After Four Kids

Culture has reduced the modern family to a joke -- informing parents they are only capable of shuttling their children from expert to expert who experiment with untested agendas. Katie and Elisha lean on their experience growing up in large families of 10 and 11 kids, to encourage parents to take back control, stop listening to popular relationship advice, and embrace their God-given role as their children's primary authority.

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Snack ideas for traveling: 
- Veggie bag - carrots spears, celery spears, bell pepper spears, chop up cucumber - put in bag with a little bit of water at the bottom
 - Mandarin oranges 
- Apples 
- Cheese sticks 
- Crackers 
- Chomp beef sticks 
- Chewable vitamins 
- Bagel and cream cheese sandwiches 
- Gum 

Screen free activities for traveling: 
- Books on tape: 
   - Focus on the Family - https://www.focusonthefamily.com/resources-audio-books/
   - Lamplighter - https://lamplighter.net
   - Your Story Hour - https://www.yourstoryhour.org
   - "Carry On Mr. Bowditch" read aloud book
   - E.B White read aloud books 
   - "Robin Hood" by Howard Pyle 
   - "Black Beauty" 
   - Little House books 
   - "Story of the World" by Susan Wise Bauer 
- Music CD’s: 
   - Now That I’m A Father children’s album - https://music.apple.com/us/album/now-that-im-a-father/1514495049
   - Classical conversations 
   - Timeline 
   - Classical music 
- Drawing: 
   - Boogie boards/erasable sketch pads - https://amzn.to/49KVFHH
   - Sketchbooks with a pencil 
- Sticker books: 
   - Trucks - https://amzn.to/3xBZfa3
   - America's Top Gun Fighter Planes - https://amzn.to/441SqKU
   - Smile Every Day - https://amzn.to/49DzKSX
   - Vehicles - https://amzn.to/4aWmIkn
 - Melissa & Doug Lace and Trace Activity Set - https://amzn.to/3U03cNg
 - Knitting 
- Reading 
   - Our kid's favorites are the Great Illustrated Classics

282: Screen Free Travel  With Young Kids

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Mentioned during podcast:  

- Sleep Training Method (no crying it out) Mom of 5 // Scheduling, Naps, Breastfeeding - https://youtu.be/qkDdnkSEX5I?si=DXOx7NiE4zF9hrVJ

281: Mega Churches, Giving Our Kids iPads, Boys Being Inappropriate

Get it All Done Club: Stop drowning in motherhood and start thriving! 
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 Is your life just too complicated to ever feel peaceful? 
Learn how to create a peacefully productive home in one week. 
Check out Katie's Free Home Management Masterclass:
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Mentioned during the podcast: 
- "The Proper Care and Feeding of Husbands" by Laura Schlessinger - https://amzn.to/4cPaD2l

280: The Truth About Our Marriage

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 It’s groundbreaking, exclusively online, and opening April 8-12, 2024. 

Register here - https://homeschoolsummits.com/lifestyle/

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Music & Art Camps - June 17-19, 2024 - Centralia, WA
 Fiddle | Guitar | Piano | Watercolor
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This three-day event is an opportunity for students ages 6 and older to learn, and develop their skills in music and art.

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Mentioned during podcast: 

- "Dirty Genes" by Dr. Ben Lynch- https://amzn.to/4aIZAG0
 - "Deep Nutrition" by Catherine Shanahan - https://amzn.to/3J7nmQm
- "Glucose Revolution" by Jessie Inchauspe - https://amzn.to/3TScydD
- "That Sugar Film" - https://amzn.to/3TNXhe1 - I only watched the first 30 minutes. It is PG-13, so watch at your own risk 

279: Depriving Our Kids Of Sugar

Get it All Done Club: Stop drowning in motherhood and start thriving!
https://www.nowthatwereafamily.com/get-it-all-done-club

 Is your life just too complicated to ever feel peaceful? 
Learn how to create a peacefully productive home in one week. 
Check out Katie's Free Home Management Masterclass:
https://www.nowthatwereafamily.com/peacefully-productive-home-masterclass

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Catch a vision for the transformative power of a gospel-infused, joy-filled way of life in your family, homeschool, church, and community at the Relational Lifestyle Summit. 

It’s groundbreaking, exclusively online, and opening April 8-12, 2024. 

Register here - https://homeschoolsummits.com/lifestyle/

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Mentioned during podcast: 

- "The Birth Order Book: Why You Are the Way You Are" by Dr. Kevin Leman - https://amzn.to/3POEa2p

 - "Things Parents Of Multiple Children Overlook" - https://www.nowthatwereafamily.com/podcasts/now-that-we-re-a-family-10/episodes/2147859632

146: What Nobody Tells You About Sex and Romance After Four Kids

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