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#341: Are You Parenting Like a Referee or a Coach?
When your kids are constantly arguing, it's easy to feel like your full-time job is breaking up fights, deciding who's right, and handing out consequences. Before long, parenting can start to feel less like leading a...
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#340: Sibling Fighting is Not Failure
Sibling Fighting Is Not Failure
If your kids seem to argue over everything—from who gets the blue popsicle to whose turn it is with the toy—you are not failing as a parent.
In this episode, Don and Suzanne Manning...
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#339: 18 Years Gone in a Flash—Real Talk from Dad Life
In this episode, Don sits down with three close friends—each of whom just celebrated a child graduating from high school—to reflect on what it really means to raise kids all the way to launch.
From the emotional...
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#337: To The Mom Who Wonders, "Am I Doing It Right?" (Feat. Mollie Torres)
Am I Doing This Right??
In this heartfelt episode, Suzanne sits down with her oldest daughter, Mollie, to wrap up the “Letters to Moms” series with an honest conversation about motherhood, grace, family culture, and...
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#328: Stop Feeling Like Roommates: Practical Marriage Habits for Parents With Marriage 365
In this episode, Don and Suzanne talk with Casey and Meygan Caston from Marriage365 about simple, practical marriage tools for busy parents. If your relationship feels stuck in logistics, resentment, or disconnection,...
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#325: Wrapping Up 2025 With Crazy Cool Family
Season Finale: Wrapping Up 2025 with Crazy Cool Family
As 2025 comes to a close, Don and Suzanne are taking a moment to reflect, celebrate, and cast vision for what’s ahead. 🎉 In this final episode of the year, you’ll...
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#323: Re-Run ALERT! Two Ingredients for the BEST Thanksgiving Week (Part 2)
Re-Run ALERT! Two Ingredients for the BEST Thanksgiving Week (Part 2)
Part 2 (Ep. 323, originally Ep. 144)
Welcome back, Crazy Cool Families! Today we’re continuing our series, ‘Two Ingredients for the BEST...
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#317: Surviving the Meltdown Moment
Parenting Through Meltdowns:
Turning Chaos into Connection
Every parent has been there—the dreaded meltdown. Whether it’s your toddler on the kitchen floor, your teenager slamming a door, or even you holding back...
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#300: See Where We've Been and Where We Are Going
Happy 300th Episode to us!
In this heartfelt episode of the Crazy Cool Family Podcast, Don and Suzanne reflect on over three decades of parenting, ministry, and the launch of their brand-new resource, the Parenting...
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#298: What is the Playbook?
Guess what.... we've got something new for you!
Next month, our seventh child, Cade, graduates — and with that, we officially wrap up over three decades of parenting. As we step into this next season of becoming...
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#297: Crazy Cool Parent This: Let's Get Real!
"What is your favorite season of parenting?"
In today’s episode, we’re talking about what we’ve learned through the years raising littles, middles, and bigs — and how to parent each age with purpose and grace. We're...
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#296: Crazy Cool Parent This: Steps to Improve Connection
Crazy Cool Family This - Connection!
We are excited to talk about this because we feel like we prioritized connections within our family and we believe it is the most important thing you can invest in - connections...
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