Instead of saying we want to raise mature kids, which can sound like, oh, that's labor-intensive.

It's like we want to raise joy-filled kids, but it's really the same thing.

It's like, how do you handle the big emotions and still be okay?

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I talk to a lot of moms and dads, but especially moms, and I think most of them would say,

I want my home to be filled with joy.

Oh, I think every parent wants that, and I got to say this.

I think you achieved that.

Joy in our home?

Yeah, I knew you'd be surprised.

You were the most joy-filled joy giver I've ever been around in my life.

That's nice.

I mean, it is. It's just like when you walk in room now as a grandma,

Nani, you walk in, I mean, the grandkids, they know joy just came in.

When they see me, it's not so much joy, but when they see you, it's joy.

And I think every parent's hoping that their kids and their grandkids would say,

my home, if it wasn't completely joy-filled, it was a sense of joy in that home.

Well, I think we're all attracted to joy, and we all want to be around those people.

And so we need to talk to two joy givers.

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