Crazy Cool Family

Crazy Cool Family

Hosted by: Don and Suzanne Manning

Want home to be your favorite place in the world? Want to see siblings get along like best friends? Want to send your kid off to college with hope instead of fear? At Crazy Cool Family, we can help you answer all of...

Episodes

#254: The Universal Impact of Special Needs on a Family (Feat Steve and Katie Keene)

Season #6

How do we talk about special needs within families?   Humbly and with kindness. This topic can be sensitive and a lot of people do not know how to approach it. We invited Katie and Steve Keene onto today’s episode...
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#253: Relating to Littles, Middles, and Bigs - Do You Want Respect?

Season #6

Do you want respect from your kids? We valued this in our home, but what did it look like? Does respect equate to obedience? Talking in the correct tone and verbiage? If you want your kids to “Respect” you, there are...
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#252: What is Biblical Accountability (feat. Rod Handley)

Season #6

Rod Handley joins the podcast to talk about character, integrity, and accountability.  He has been in FCA ministry for many years and has devoted his life to the Kingdom. He has had many decades of faithful service...
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#251: How to be a Team When Parenting Your Kids

Season #6

Do you feel like you have differences in discipline? How do you handle a disengaged spouse in a family? Don and Suz talk about the HOT topic of different parenting styles. If you are feeling alone in parenting or on a...
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#250: Celebration is Simple, Biblical, and Powerful

Season #6

Big Milestone this week! Today's episode is all about...  Celebration! Let's Celebrate! It's Episode #250 and we are so thankful for all the listeners who have stuck with us through 6 seasons and hopefully a lot of...
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#249: Choosing NOT to Live in the Middle (Feat. Shiraz Siddique)

Season #6

Are you looking for something more? Tired of living in complacency?  Shiraz is passionate about helping people thrive in work and ministry. His focus is on helping people balance serving the local church and being...
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#248: How to lead your family and WIN! (Feat. Cory Carlson)

Season #6

Are you winning at family? We have a BONUS podcast today with our friend, Cory Carlson. He is a life coach, father, husband, and passionate man of God. He loves helping people deepen relationships and accomplish life...
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#247: Relating to Littles, Middles, and Bigs - Learning to Wait Well

Season #6

We are back with the Littles, Middles, and Bigs conversation and the topic we are breaking down is – waiting!   There are so many scriptures that help us show our kids God’s way to wait. If your child struggles with...
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#246: Afraid Your Child Doesn't Want to Know God?

Season #6

What do you do if your child does not know God?   Today we are unpacking the Kid-God line and as parents, we get the first and deepest opportunity to show our kids Jesus BUT it is not up to us to make the decision for...
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#245: Talking Motherhood (feat. McKenzie Reaume and Macy Robinson)

Season #6

New to motherhood? Suz is joined by McKenzie and Macy (daughters #3 and #4) to talk about becoming a mom. They both recently had baby girls and are fresh in the motherhood journey. If you are planning to have a...
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#244: Marriage Coaching and Intensives (Feat. Bruce McCracken)

Season #6

Are you looking for a way to invest in your marriage?  When marriages are neglected they often affect the entire family. Is your marriage okay but not thriving?  Join Don as he interviews Bruce McCracken, a family...
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#243: Getting Your Kids to Invest in Each Other (Feat. Madeline Jones)

Season #6

Need creative ways to get your kids to like each other? Don, Suz, and Madeline talk about relationships- specifically the sibling relational line. Madeline is a product of Don and Suz taking this value seriously...
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