EP 58 - Why We Leave Our 6 Kids—And How It Actually Saves Our Marriage

More Than Reality with Adam and Danielle

Adam and Danielle Busby

Relationships, Society & Culture, After Shows, Kids & Family, Parenting, Tv & Film

4.7 • 589 Ratings

🗓️ 13 November 2025

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of More Than Reality, Adam and Danielle Busby open up about something most parents rarely talk about: why stepping away from their six daughters—including the quintuplets—is actually vital for their marriage, mental health, and family unity. This episode is sponsored by Poncho Outdoors, Adam’s go-to brand for comfortable, stylish button-ups, flannels, and polos. Poncho offers free shipping, free returns, and free exchanges—and they stand behind every shirt they make. 🎁 Get $10 off + FREE shipping with code MORETHAN 👉 Shop here: ponchooutdoors.com/MORETHAN Treat the man in your life (or yourself!) to a shirt he’ll actually love. “Get him Poncho.” From travel schedules and solo parenting to the guilt (or lack of it), boundaries, routines, and the chaos that comes with raising six girls, the Busbys share: Why intentional time away from the kids matters How they keep their marriage strong with date trips and getaways The real challenges of solo parenting when one parent travels Why they don’t bring back souvenirs—and what that teaches their kids The systems and boundaries that keep their household sane How opposites (and lots of teamwork) make their parenting work If you’re a parent, especially a parent of multiples, or just someone who loves the Busby family’s real and unfiltered moments, this episode will encourage you, challenge you, and make you feel less alone in the chaos of family life. New episodes every week! Make sure to subscribe. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is More Than Reality podcast, where we dive into all things, faith, family, and marriage, and share that there is so much more than the reality that you see on the surface.
0:16.6	Welcome to More Than Reality with Adam and Daniel Busby.
0:22.3	What's up, guys? Hello. This is More Than Reality with Adam and Daniel Busby. What's up, guys?
0:23.4	Hello.
0:24.0	This is More Than Reality podcast with Adam and Daniel Busby.
0:27.7	This is episode 58.
0:31.0	Man, we are just getting up there.
0:33.0	We're getting up there.
0:34.7	Kind of like your age.
0:36.0	Oh.
0:37.3	I'm not even about 50. I'm just joking. It just like your age. Oh. I'm not even in my 50.
0:39.0	I'm just joking.
0:39.7	It just felt like it fit right.
0:45.4	Ha-ha, I'm funny.
0:47.5	Cracking jokes.
0:48.0	So this week I've been, I don't know.
0:50.6	Like, I feel like I've been like off my game, like the last two days.
0:53.8	I've been like kind of flustered and like i feel like i've been like off my game like the last two days i've been like
0:54.2	kind of flustered and like in this like weird funk because daniel's been away
1:02.8	that's kind of what we're going to talk about today just parenting travel so you're
1:07.4	parent yeah all right and we're going to take a little break and shout out to our sponsor in its poncho outdoors.
1:14.3	And for every man who doesn't ask for much but deserves a lot, this is what you want to get them this holiday season because we love us some poncho outdoors.
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