8 Ways to Cultivate Relationships and Joy With Your Kids (Part 1 of 2)
Focus on the Family with Jim Daly
Focus on the Family
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🗓️ 2 September 2025
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
Busy parents are so frantic and rushed today they are missing out on what’s most important — connecting with God and their kids. The Straubs offer practical help to families about slowing down, finding joy, living simply and even allowing yourself to experience some boredom. A good reminder about having more grace for each other and trusting God for the results.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, I'm Jim Daly. In summertime, giving to focus on the family slows down, but families in crisis |
| 0:05.8 | still need your support. As we face a bit of a shortfall right now, we need your help to save marriages |
| 0:11.6 | through hope, offer dignity, comfort, and hope to children in foster care through wait no more, |
| 0:17.7 | and provide biblical resources for families. Your gift by August 31st will make a |
| 0:22.8 | real difference and offer lasting hope. Visit focus on the family.com slash support families. |
| 0:30.6 | One thing I've done right with my kids is giving them the benefit of the doubt when things go wrong. |
| 0:36.6 | One thing I did right with my kids was instilling the value of family. |
| 0:40.9 | We had one rule in our house that was really important. |
| 0:45.5 | It's okay to make mistakes. |
| 0:48.6 | Well, how about you? |
| 0:49.7 | What parenting strategies and tools have you found to be really effective with your kids. |
| 1:00.1 | Today on Focus on the Family with Jim Daly will examine some better ways to raise happy, healthy children and to help you be a better mom and dad. |
| 1:02.9 | Thanks for joining us. I'm John Fuller. |
| 1:04.9 | I'm thinking, take a bath, mister, and do it now. |
| 1:08.9 | Not the best approach. |
| 1:10.9 | But for some reason, I'm thinking, yeah, that was one of our boys. |
| 1:14.2 | That was a battle for a challenge. |
| 1:15.8 | Like, Baz, they're useless, Dad. |
| 1:17.3 | Why should we do that? |
| 1:18.5 | He was very young. |
| 1:19.3 | He now bathes every day, I'm happy to say. |
| 1:21.9 | Which is kind of the point. |
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