Hey everyone, this is Tim Chavez from Faith Matters.

For today's episode, we spoke with Brooke Romney,

a guest that had been recommended to us over and over,

and we were so happy that we were able to connect with her.

Brooke is a writer who began her career on Capitol Hill

and whose work has appeared in many publications,

including in the Washington Post.

She now spends much of her time writing and speaking

in particular on the subject of parenting,

but also on social media, connection, and faith.

In 2021, she published 52 modern manners for today's teens,

which reached number one on Amazon's best-selling parenting

books list and climbed as high as number 29

in its entire catalog of 38 million books.

She's also published, I like me anyway,

embracing imperfection, connection, and Christ.

In our conversation with Brooke, we did talk a lot

about parenting, but so many of the principles

were really broadly applicable.

Specifically, we spent time on creating connection

with all of the people around us, including our children.

We talked about some of the habits

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