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Chip and Joanna Gaines Offer Exclusive Glimpse at Family as Ella Heads to College

A People special edition highlights their intentional parenting approach ahead of their daughter’s college departure

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Chip and Joanna Gaines are looking to a time when their kids are no longer at home with them.
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Overview

  • The special edition, titled 'Chip & Joanna Gaines: Their Next Chapter', features previously unseen photos of the couple and their five children exploring nature.
  • Shots include the family cooling off under a waterfall, hiking as a group, and fishing on a boardwalk during a recent vacation.
  • Joanna explains that the family limits phone use, discards strict schedules and plans shared activities to deepen their connections.
  • She reveals that watching 18-year-old Ella leave for college feels more poignant than when their eldest, Drake, started university.
  • Since marrying in 2003, the pair have built Magnolia into a home-renovation empire while shielding their children from the public eye to maintain a sense of normalcy.