Come on Home with Jessica Smartt

About this episode

Jessica Smartt discusses how to build a strong family culture that embraces imperfection and fosters unconditional love.

About Come On Home Family doesn’t have to be perfect to be strong. We all have our own ideas of what a “strong family” is―but too often, the picture in our minds seems desperately far from our real lives. We long to build a home that our children want to come back to, a healthy environment where they can make mistakes and try again. We long for a place of unconditional love, a foundation to launch them into this crazy world without feeling lost or untethered. But how? And what if you feel like it’s too late? Beloved author of Memory Making Mom Jessica Smartt is right there with you in the trenches of parenting and family life. She has great news: a strong family culture has nothing to do with flawless behavior, a Pinterest-perfect home, or continual harmony. In Come on Home, Jessica will equip parents to create the family they long for, with the people in their actual homes. It’s never too late to build a strong family. Based on statistics, jam-packed with concrete examples, and infused with Jessica’s trademark down-to-earth humor, Come on Home will help you discover: thirteen foundational characteristics like prayer, friendship, and loyalty for a close-knit family, or what a…

People in this episode

Host: Tricia Goyer

Guest: Jessica Smartt

Topics covered

• family culture
• parenting
• strong families
• unconditional love
• discipline
• relationships

Keywords

• strong family
• parenting advice
• family relationships
• discipline
• family culture
• Jessica Smartt
• Come on Home

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Books & works: Come on Home

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