Erica Ponders

Ginger Hubbard's biblical parenting podcast:

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/parenting-with-ginger-hubbard/id1550626556

Pastor Josh Smith's sermon on the hindrance of pride: https://pabc.org/resources/sermons/the-hindrance-of-pride/

Many quotes from Until The Streetlights Come On by Ginny Yurich, MEd

Focus On The Family’s new podcast, “Practice Makes Parent:

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/practice-makes-parent/id1718491944

Today I’m discussing my personal belief that adults need “play” just like kids. So play with your kids, not just for them, but for you too!

Books mentioned in this podcast episode:

Until The Streetlights Come On by Ginny Yurich, M. Ed

Generative Artificial Intelligence by Jerry Kaplan, M. Ed

There's No Such Thing As Bas Weather by lind McGurck

Here's the got questions.org article answering if jesus ate meat: https://www.gotquestions.org/clean-unclean-animals.html

Here a link to learn more about Chelsea Blackbird, who I mentioned at the beginning if you are interested: https://www.thechristiannutritionist.com/about-1

Do we really need Fiction? What are the benefits to fictional stories especially in younger kids?

Here is the link to the article I referenced today by Lydia Martin: https://blog.friendscentral.org/experts-agree-kids-need-fiction-to-succeed-in-school-and-life

Do we really need fiction and stories and pretending? If so, is there such a thing as too much?

Today I referenced Nicholas Kardaras, Ph.D.'s book "Glow Kids" Ginny Yurich, MEd's book, "Until The Streetlights Come On" and and article by Foster Heidenrich's article, "Addiction To Fiction". Here is the link to the article: https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20180503-our-fiction-addiction-why-humans-need-stories

Today my husband, Michael, and I are going to discuss how we’ve overcome the constant fighting of household responsibilities and chores.

Today I want to talk about how I’m trying to shift my mindset to think about the things that I Do want to do, eat, say, think, etc. rather than focusing on what I DON’T want to do.

Today I’m reading lots of excerpts from Dr. Nicholas Kardaras’ book titled, “Glow Kids” and from Ginny Yurich, MEd’s book titled, “Until The Street Lights Come On”.

Today marks the day and we officially started the 1000 hours outside challenge one year, or 365 days ago! Today I share why I decided to do the challenge, what I learned, if I’ll do it again, and some tips and tricks that I learned!