The Family Teams Podcast

Katie Kruithof, a family and community coach who leads playful culture practices, and Brent Kruithof, a coach and author of a family teamwork playbook, share practical ways to build family teamwork. They cover chants and team language, bonfires and hot tubs for conversation, family projects like puzzles, and how to approach sports with shared goals.

Rob Kenney, creator of viral YouTube channel Dad, How Do I?, is a practical mentor who teaches life skills and leans into Christian faith. He talks about launching the channel, navigating sharp backlash when faith appears, balancing practical help with spiritual aims, and stepping fully into the identity of fatherhood.

David Nasser, Iranian-born speaker and author who fled Iran in 1979 and now equips the underground church. He recounts his escape and surprising path to faith. He describes the growing underground church in Iran and practical ways people can help. He contrasts Middle Eastern family cohesion with Western individualism and explores honor, boundaries, and healing in family life.

A heated Reddit debate pits pursuing a PhD against choosing motherhood. Listeners hear reactions from an online community about valuing achievements versus family. The conversation explores why families often prize children as long-term contributions. The episode champions celebrating mothers and rebuilding multi-generational family culture.

A lively look at why large families change dynamics after three kids and how sibling groups act like a built-in tribe. Discusses peer socialization versus parental time and how older children gain leadership and practical skills. Highlights lifelong advantages like built-in support networks and teamwork. Challenges common small-family assumptions with fresh perspective.

Kristin Netting, Family Teams community coach and mother who trains households in rhythms, hospitality, and child contribution. She discusses training kids to help, turning chores into team-building, using land and local community to create legacy, and practical starter projects and routines that help families build assets together.

This episode is all about tips on how to train your kids in every stage of their development, from when they're really little, until they become teens and young adults. The idea is the same - train them up in the way they should go - but the methods are very different depending on age. Get ahead of the curve with this episode, and set yourself and your kids up for success from 0 to 18. On this episode, we talk about: 0:00 Intro 0:38 What's at stake 2:16 Training Little Kids 14:43 Training Tweens 22:23 Training Teens and Young Adults 30:25 More Training Resources Follow Family Teams: Facebook: https://facebook.com/famteams Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/familyteams Website: https://www.familyteams.com Resources Mentioned: Free Child Training Resource PDF: https://familyteams.com/train Family Teams Accelerator: https://familyteams.com/accelerator King Richard Movie: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9620288/ Black and White: The Way I See It by Richard Williams and Bart Davis: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1476704201 Whiplash Movie: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2582802/ --- Hi, welcome to the Family Teams podcast! Our goal here is to help your family become a multigenerational team on mission by providing you with Biblically rooted concepts, tools and rhythms! Your hosts are Jeremy Pryor and Jefferson Bethke. Make sure to subscribe on Apple, Spotify, or YouTube so you don't miss out on future episodes!

Listening to this episode and then taking some action could be the biggest peace-giving thing you've done in years. Training your children well is often the difference between "we're done having kids" and "every child we add is a joy and blessing". Grant and Kelly Stine completely changed the culture of their home in a very short amount of time by going all-in on training their children. They're our community coaches in the Accelerator this month, and give us some incredible, practical tools and stories in this episode. 👉 Join The Accelerator: https://familyteams.com/accelerator On this episode, we talk about: 0:00 Intro 2:33 Discipline vs. Training 8:37 Early Wins In Child Training 14:04 The First Thing We Successfully Trained 17:52 If You Think It Sounds Like Too Much Work... 23:43 Train Transitions 29:25 Guardrails For Peace and Freedom 31:03 Train Values Follow Family Teams: Facebook: https://facebook.com/famteams Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/familyteams Website: https://www.familyteams.com Resources Mentioned: 👉 Join The Accelerator: https://familyteams.com/accelerator 12 Tips for Training Your Kids: https://familyteams.com/train Family Revision by Jeremy Pryor: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0578526123/ The Skill of Fatherhood: https://familyteams.com/resources/skilloffatherhood/ --- Hi, welcome to the Family Teams podcast! Our goal here is to help your family become a multigenerational team on mission by providing you with Biblically rooted concepts, tools and rhythms! Your hosts are Jeremy Pryor and Jefferson Bethke. Make sure to subscribe on Apple, Spotify, or YouTube so you don't miss out on future episodes!

They explain a practical training system for getting kids to do chores, listen on first request, and follow bedtime routines. Short sprints, visible rewards, and token systems like marbles are used to reinforce habits. A Demonstrate-Drill-Defend framework and timers for tasks like pre-dinner cleanups are highlighted. They contrast organic parenting with deliberate systems for creating consistent family rhythms.

Training your children is a Biblical mandate. But it's almost become a dirty word in 2026. "How dare you train your children! You're infringing on their liberty as individuals!" But this is part of God's expectation for parents - to raise them up in the way they should go. And that requires training. In this episode, we'll convince you briefly why training your kids is necessary (if you still need convincing), and then give you some practical tools and mindset shifts to start actually implementing this. Hit play and get decades of parenting experience in under 20 minutes. On this episode, we talk about: 0:00 Intro 0:46 When Did Parenting Shift? 4:09 How Should Parents Think About Training Their Kids? 8:38 Reasons Why People Don't Train 10:27 How to Actually Train Your Kids 17:51 Getting On The Same Page As A Family Team Follow Family Teams: Facebook: https://facebook.com/famteams Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/familyteams Website: https://www.familyteams.com Resources Mentioned: FREE Child Training PDF: https://familyteams.com/team Family Teams Accelerator: https://familyteams.com/accelerator --- Hi, welcome to the Family Teams podcast! Our goal here is to help your family become a multigenerational team on mission by providing you with Biblically rooted concepts, tools and rhythms! Your hosts are Jeremy Pryor and Jefferson Bethke. Make sure to subscribe on Apple, Spotify, or YouTube so you don't miss out on future episodes!