The Family Teams Podcast The Missing Ingredient When Disciplining Your Kids with Rachel Awtrey
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Feb 5, 2026 Rachel Awtrey, author and podcaster who writes about faith, parenting, grief, and joy. She recounts her dad’s creative, connection-first approach to discipline. They discuss how pursuit and relationship shape parenting. Rachel also teases her book on choosing joy during hardship and practical ways to cultivate it.
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Transplant Story Shaped Her Faith
- Rachel recalls her dad's kidney failure, transplant, and how he used that story to explain the gospel to her in second grade.
- She also shares losing him in a sudden accident her junior year and how that grief shaped her parenting and faith.
A Father Who 'Dated' His Daughter
- Rachel describes how her dad 'dated' her as a daughter with sushi dates, door-opening, and compliments that modeled respectful fathering.
- She connects that upbringing to how she now notices different emotional needs in her sons and in parenting.
Adapt Consequences To Each Child
- Do tailor discipline to each child's wiring; different kids need different consequences and boundaries.
- Do act confidently and consistently rather than perfectly, and adapt by testing and prayerful discernment.
