About this episode

Ben and Jessa Greenfield discuss the importance of nightly family traditions centered around games and music, and how these practices have influenced their sons' entrepreneurial journey.

Ben & Jessa Greenfield have been playing card games and board games with their family almost every night for years. Their twin sons River and Taryn just turned 18 and are now designing and selling their own card games as a business. That didn't happen by accident. In this conversation with Jon, Ben and Jessa go deep on the small daily traditions that built their family. Not the big vacations. Not the epic annual events. The stuff that happens every single night. What they cover: Why they play games at dinner almost every night and how it became their family's most important tradition How to pick games that actually work (15-30 minutes, easy to learn, playable while eating) Why the first year of playing games with young kids is boring and why you keep going anyway The nightly family party: games, guitar, a song, prayer, cooking together, and why guests think they planned a special evening when it's just a Tuesday Why making your home a fun place to be is the best alternative to screens Jessa on the power of solo prayer hikes for self-reflection as a mom Ben on why little stones make big ripples and why two miles every morning beats 46 miles once a month Why 90% of the time you…

People in this episode

Host: Jon Vroman

Guests: Ben Greenfield, Jessa Greenfield

Topics covered

• family traditions
• games
• parenting
• self-reflection
• entrepreneurship

Keywords

• family games
• traditions
• parenting
• entrepreneurship
• self-reflection

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