Zee Pendleton and Angela Rice talk about how kids today are dealing with more anxiety, screen time, and big emotions, and remind us that raising capable, confident kids really comes back to the basics.
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Toddlers’ “I do it myself” moments aren’t defiance, they’re signs of healthy development and a deep drive for autonomy.
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This episode highlights how boys develop true capability by practicing risk, emotional regulation, and perseverance in everyday moments.
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This episode highlights how boys develop true capability by practicing risk, emotional regulation, and perseverance in everyday moments.
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Kari Kampakis shares why today’s girls need both grace and grit—the ability to stay kind while also developing strength and resilience.
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This episode explores how to raise capable girls by addressing three key challenges—feelings, failings, and fear.
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Dr. Arthur Brooks shares that happiness isn’t a feeling to chase, but a direction shaped by habits—cultivating enjoyment, satisfaction, and meaning.
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Dr. Aliza Pressman shares five research-based principles: relationship, reflection, regulation, rules, and repair.
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David and Sissy explore how modern parenting has shifted toward anxiety, over-helping, and outsourcing wisdom to experts—often at the cost of building real capability in kids.
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Catherine Price explores how technology is shaping kids’ attention, mood, relationships, and development, while offering a hopeful path forward for families.
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Sissy Goff and David Thomas explore what they call a growing “crisis of capability” among kids today.
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Sissy Goff and David Thomas sit down with Jay and Catherine Wolf to talk about resilience, suffering, and what it really means to raise capable kids.
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Sissy Goff and David Thomas introduce the idea behind their book Capable and discuss the growing mental health struggles they are seeing in kids today—anxiety, isolation, and a lack of confidence in handling challenges.
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Tara-Leigh Cobble, founder of D-Group and host of The Bible Recap, shares how moving from “Bible exposure” to true “Bible engagement” transformed her faith and led to the creation of The Bible Recap for Kids and its companion podcast.
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In this deeply moving conversation, Sissy and David sit down with beloved children’s author Sally Lloyd-Jones to talk about her newest book, Jesus, Our True Friend.
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This episode features a powerful conversation with neurosurgeon Dr. Lee Warren about trauma, faith, and the science of hope.
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In this deeply grounding conversation, Sissy and David sit down with longtime mentor and educator Melissa Trevathan to talk about what kids need spiritually right now.
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Sissy and David sit down with Andy Crouch to talk about what kids need in a tech-saturated world—and why their deepest needs haven’t changed.
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Kristen Jenson, founder of Defend Young Minds and author of Good Pictures Bad Pictures, talks with Sissy and David about why parents need to start conversations about pornography early—ideally as soon as kids have access to screens.
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Sissy Goff and David Thomas talk with Dr. Preston Sprinkle about how parents and the church can help kids navigate identity, gender, and sexuality with both clarity and compassion.
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