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Apr 2025

13m 8s

If Your Expectations are Too High for Yo...

FOCUS ON THE FAMILY

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Have you ever expected too much from your kids? John and Danny open up about how they've wrestled with unrealistic expectations for their own children. And Jim Daly and Kari Kampakis explain why it's good to take inventory of yourself, even if your kids aren't where you'd expected them to be by now.

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