Episode Details

We are about to have our 5th child and with our growing family comes more of a necessity for spending quality alone time with each of our kids. The logistics of this also get more and more Complicated but that should not stop uf from trying and growing in our ability to single out our children to show them that we love them, want to hear from them, and want to get to know them as individuals in the family. In this episode, we share some practical ways to get some alone time with each of your kids and why it is so important to cultivate that experience on a regular basis.

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PRAYER

Dear Lord,

Thank you for the gift of family. Thank you for the blessing of children. May we be people who are willing to make our children feel special, and to feel seen and heard. Help us to spend quality time with them, building fond memories and moments that build our trust with them. Help us to carve out time to show our kids that we desire to be close to them and want to dialogue with them. We pray we would be fun and intentional parents with the purpose of teaching our kids your ways. May our children have a heart to build a family of their own because they love our example and appreciate all they experience. May your love be woven into our legacy and may your light shine in our relationship with our children.

In Jesus’ name, amen!

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- [Aaron] Hey, we're Aaron and Jennifer Smith with Marriage After God.

- [Jennifer] Helping you cultivate an extraordinary marriage.

- [Aaron] And today we're gonna share some fun ways to spend quality time with your children.

- [Aaron] Welcome to the Marriage After God podcast, where we believe that marriage was meant for more than just happily ever after.

- [Jennifer] I'm Jennifer, also known as Unveiled Wife.

- [Aaron] And I'm Aaron, also known as Husband Revolution.

- [Jennifer] We have been married for over a decade.

- [Aaron] And so far we have four young children.

- [Jennifer] We have been doing marriage ministry online for over seven years through blogging and social media.

- [Aaron] With the desire to inspire couples to keep God at the center of their marriage, encouraging them to walk in faith every day.

- [Jennifer] We believe that Christian marriage should be an extraordinary one full of life,

- Love.

- And power.

- [Aaron] That can only be found by chasing after God.

- [Jennifer] Together.

- [Aaron] Thank you for joining us on this journey, as we chase boldly after God's will for our life together.

- [Jennifer] This is Marriage After God. Okay, Aaron, this is just, I am so excited about this episode. I don't know why.

- You're always excited for all the episodes, I like it!

- [Jennifer] No, this is different. This is like I'm giddy over this because we have young kids and the whole episode is about spending time with our kids, things that we've been learning, as--

- [Aaron] We should let the cat out of the bag. You actually really like our kids.

- I do, I'm biased.

- So, that's why you get so excited about this.

- Okay, fine. I was gonna say we're gonna share things we've been learning as new parents. Are we still new parents?

- [Aaron] Someone recently called us new parents. They said, "I would consider you still new parents." And I'm like, we have a fifth kid on the way, how are we still new parents?

- I know, I think it's 'cause they are all just still little--

- [Aaron] They're all young, yeah.

- [Jennifer] Yeah, we're in