Get Them In The Game: Father of 10 Jason Weening on Intentional Family Life

The Family Teams Podcast

Jeremy is joined by Jason Weening, husband, father of 10, homesteader, and author.

Learn the wisdom that's discovered by necessity when you've got a big family that can help you navigate your own family...whether big or small!

Jason talks about how to manage a family with 10 kids spanning 18 years, how to get your kids to sacrifice for the family without traumatizing them or creating resentment, how he navigates the creative process and successfully published a book, and why we need to get our kids into the game.

On this episode, we talk about:

0:00 Intro

1:48 Writing a kids book that includes family and mentorship themes

4:01 The inspiration for Jason to focus so much on family and building a large one

7:25 Building a family on mission for the Kingdom

9:34 How to manage a family with 10 kids across 18 years

12:42 Living situations with a big family (and why Jason picked homesteading)

16:30 How to get kids to sacrifice for your family without harming them

22:00 Creative process and output as a dad of 10

28:54 Living a life with mistakes and opting out of a culture of curated perfection

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Resources Mentioned:

Danger in the Jungle by Jason Weening

Above Rubies

Family Revision

Family Plan Calendar

heydads.ca

wehelpmen.com

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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!