I have followed Connected Families blog and podcast for several years now. I am homeschooling two active, spirited, sensitive and possibly neurodivergent kids, one of whom is entering the tween years. I have no doubt that if I had not found the wisdom and balanced teaching shared by this ministry, I would have resigned myself to repeating the fear and force based “discipline” of my own generation. I honestly feel that we would have abandoned homeschooling and deeply damaged our relationship without these insights, perspective shifts, and tools. We still have challenges, of course, but we also have evidence of a bond that would not have been possible if I’d continued with the default approach I started with in my parenting journey. I highly recommend this podcast (and other wonderful resources from CF)— it has brought me tremendous encouragement over and over again!!