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Parents Making Time with Anthony & Jennifer Craiker | Intentional Parenting for Busy Parents

Parents Making Time with Anthony & Jennifer Craiker | Intentional Parenting for Busy Parents

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Parents! Feel like you’re missing out on your kids’ lives while also never having enough time for yourself? Want to embrace intentional parenting but don't quite know how? Career pressures, shuttling kids around, volunteer commitments, and the endless tasks of caring for your home all place enormous demands on your time and energy, leading to mom guilt, dad guilt, stress, and ultimately regret. And while you’re trying to tend to your own self-care while also being a present parent who prioritizes family connection, your kids are growing up way too fast.


Sound familiar? If so—help is here! Unlike other parenting podcasts that just give you techniques for raising children or tips on childhood development, Parents Making Time focuses on helping YOU, the parent, prioritize YOUR life so that your parenting aligns with your values. Motherhood, fatherhood, marriage, and family are what we are all about. In 15-minutes or less, this weekly podcast helps busy parents like you learn to prioritize their relationships, be more present and intentional with family time, and build a lasting legacy of love—without neglecting their own well-being or feeling regret later in life. It's not just about learning to prioritize tasks or mastering time management, it's about becoming the parent you want to be so that you can stop feeling overwhelmed, learn how to have more time, and create lasting family memories.


Leveraging their 20+ years of parenting experience raising three thriving kids and leading and mentoring hundreds of children, youth, and families in volunteer church positions, hosts Anthony and Jennifer Craiker teach parents on a tight schedule how to balance work and family, create unbreakable family bonds, prevent parent burnout, and find JOY in parenting. In other words, we help you stop being busy and start actually applying the concept of intentional living.


If you’re ready to prioritize family time each day without feeling overwhelmed, you can count on this show to teach you how to be fully present with your kids, build lasting memories, prioritize your spouse, make dinner time count, connect with your kids after work, stop missing precious moments, savor family time, discover intentional parenting ideas, and so much more—all while learning how to implement quick self-care tips, create an intentional family legacy, and parent with no regret. So, hit PLAY, and let’s get started!


Popular Topics Include:


Intentional parenting

Present parenting

Self-care for parents

How to have meaningful connections with your kids

Work life balance

Mom guilt and Dad guilt

Building family bonds

Parenting anxiety

Time management

Motherhood

Fatherhood

Family life and routines

Tips for busy parents

Parenting in a digital world

Leaving a legacy

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  • The 3 Most Important Phrases You Can Say As a Parent

    The 3 Most Important Phrases You Can Say As a Parent
    Jan 30 2026

    Have you ever assumed your kids just know you love them even if you don’t always say it out loud?

    As busy parents, it’s easy to focus on schedules, discipline, homework, and getting through the day only to miss the small, intentional words that actually build trust and connection.

    Maybe you’ve lost your patience. Maybe pride made it hard to apologize.Maybe you thought, “They already know how I feel.”

    But the truth is that unspoken love, unspoken gratitude, and unspoken repair slowly create distance in our relationships. And over time, those little missed moments add up.

    In this episode of Parents Making Time, Anthony and Jennifer share three simple phrases that can completely transform your relationship with your kids — phrases backed by neuroscience, attachment research, and their own real-life parenting stories.

    Because intentional parenting isn’t about being perfect.

    It’s about being willing to say, “I’m sorry.”, “Thank you.”, and “I love you.”

    These small words create emotional safety, strengthen trust, and teach your kids how to build healthy relationships for the rest of their lives.


    BY THE TIME YOU FINISH LISTENING, YOU’LL DISCOVER:

    • How saying “I’m sorry” actually strengthens trust and respect with your kids
    • Why gratitude and verbal affection rewire your child’s brain for safety and connection
    • A simple daily mindset to help busy parents make more emotional deposits than withdrawals

    If you’re a parent who wants to be more present, more connected, and more intentional without adding more to your already full plate, this episode will show you how three small phrases can make a lifelong impact.

    When you finish listening, we’d love for you to connect with us on social media!

    Follow us on Instagram and like our page on Facebook to keep the conversation going. It’s the best way to get quick tips, encouragement, and resources to help you make time for what matters most—your family.

    Easily improve your intentional parenting efforts at mealtime with our FREE resource, Dinner Conversation Starters.

    Download our FREE resource, 30-Second Micro Moments of Intention with Your Kids, created for busy parents like you who need easy, actionable ways to have daily meaningful connections with their kids in less than a minute!

    Parenting Questions? Email us at parentsmakingtime@gmail.com (Please note, your question may be featured on the show).

    For parenting inspiration, time management ideas, and encouragement for families, follow the hosts' individual accounts:

    Anthony Craiker: Instagram | LinkedIn

    Jennifer Craiker: Instagram

    Interested in joining our free online parenting community? Send us a DM to receive an invite!

    Enjoy the show? Leave a rating & review: Apple | Spotify
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    10 min
  • Should You Monitor Your Kid's Phone?

    Should You Monitor Your Kid's Phone?
    Jan 23 2026

    When you hand your child their first phone, are you trusting them or protecting them?

    For many busy parents, giving kids a smartphone feels like a parenting milestone you’re never fully ready for. You want to build trust. You want to respect privacy. You don’t want to be “that parent.”

    But today’s phones aren’t just phones. They’re constant access to social media, messaging apps, strangers, addictive algorithms, and content our kids’ developing brains aren’t prepared to handle alone. And if you’re trying to practice intentional parenting while juggling work, family life, and everything else on your plate, it’s easy to fall into a hands-off approach and hope for the best.

    We did too. Until one night, everything changed.

    In this episode of Parents Making Time, we share our personal parenting story about kids and cell phones, the mistake we made by leaning too heavily on trust, and why we now strongly believe that parental monitoring is a necessary part of modern parenting and digital safety. Not to spy. Not to control. But to protect, teach, and guide.

    Because intentional parenting means being proactive, especially when it comes to technology.


    BY THE TIME YOU FINISH LISTENING, YOU’LL LEARN:

    • Why trusting your kids isn’t enough when it comes to smartphones and online safety
    • How phone monitoring and screen time boundaries can actually strengthen parent-child communication
    • Practical, realistic ways busy parents can protect their kids’ digital lives without constant conflict


    If you’ve ever wondered, “Should I be checking my child’s phone?,” we’re giving you our honest answer. And yes, we believe it’s a clear one.

    When you finish listening, we’d love for you to connect with us on social media!

    Follow us on Instagram and like our page on Facebook to keep the conversation going. It’s the best way to get quick tips, encouragement, and resources to help you make time for what matters most—your family.

    Easily improve your intentional parenting efforts at mealtime with our FREE resource, Dinner Conversation Starters.

    Download our FREE resource, 30-Second Micro Moments of Intention with Your Kids, created for busy parents like you who need easy, actionable ways to have daily meaningful connections with their kids in less than a minute!

    Parenting Questions? Email us at parentsmakingtime@gmail.com (Please note, your question may be featured on the show).

    For parenting inspiration, time management ideas, and encouragement for families, follow the hosts' individual accounts:

    Anthony Craiker: Instagram | LinkedIn

    Jennifer Craiker: Instagram

    Interested in joining our free online parenting community? Send us a DM to receive an invite!

    Enjoy the show? Leave a rating & review: Apple | Spotify
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    10 min
  • 3 Easy Ways to Create Core Memories with Your Kids

    3 Easy Ways to Create Core Memories with Your Kids
    Jan 16 2026

    Are you a busy parent who feels pressure to create “perfect” family moments—but still worries you’re missing what really matters in parenting?

    In the middle of full schedules, work demands, and daily responsibilities, many busy parents believe meaningful memories require big trips, extra money, or elaborate planning. That mindset can quietly pull us away from intentional parenting and leave families feeling disconnected—even when everyone is technically together.

    The truth is, some of the most powerful parenting moments happen in the small, ordinary experiences we tend to overlook. When we stop chasing big moments and start practicing intentional parenting, connection becomes easier, more natural, and far more sustainable for busy parents.

    In this episode of Parents Making Time, we share three simple, realistic ways to create core memories through intentional parenting—without adding stress, time, or financial pressure to your already full life.

    BY THE TIME YOU FINISH LISTENING, YOU’LL DISCOVER:

    • Three practical ways busy parents can create lasting core memories through intentional parenting
    • Why simple, everyday parenting moments often matter more than big, expensive experiences
    • How being present—especially outdoors—strengthens connection, reduces stress, and deepens family relationships

    If you’re a busy parent who wants to be more intentional in your parenting without burning out, this episode will help you start building meaningful family memories—one small moment at a time.

    When you finish listening, we’d love for you to connect with us on social media!

    Follow us on Instagram and like our page on Facebook to keep the conversation going. It’s the best way to get quick tips, encouragement, and resources to help you make time for what matters most—your family.

    Easily improve your intentional parenting efforts at mealtime with our FREE resource, Dinner Conversation Starters.

    Download our FREE resource, 30-Second Micro Moments of Intention with Your Kids, created for busy parents like you who need easy, actionable ways to have daily meaningful connections with their kids in less than a minute!

    Parenting Questions? Email us at parentsmakingtime@gmail.com (Please note, your question may be featured on the show).

    For parenting inspiration, time management ideas, and encouragement for families, follow the hosts' individual accounts:

    Anthony Craiker: Instagram | LinkedIn

    Jennifer Craiker: Instagram

    Interested in joining our free online parenting community? Send us a DM to receive an invite!

    Enjoy the show? Leave a rating & review: Apple | Spotify
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    13 min
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