Good Job! You made it here to listen to our podcast. Wait a minute, there is something wrong with saying "Good Job"? It's not effective? What do you mean? Gina and Don talk about praise and its affect on kids and adults. Join us.

For our next How To Talk So Kids Will Listen workshop: 

http://www.focusedhealthyfamily.com/workshops

#howtopraise #howtopraiseourkids #goodjob #goodboy #effectivepraise #howtotalksokidswilllisten #ginagrothoff #dongrothoff #focusedhealthyfamily

Leah Maul

Caring for her kids while caring for an aging aunt, Leah Maul uses her experience and skills from working with seniors to make this personal experience work well. Are you sandwiched between raising your kids and caring for an aging parent or relative? Listen in to hear how Leah does it and get some helpful ideas from her story. 

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Phone: 803.369.6255

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I want... How many parents here that as the beginning of a request from their child? What if that request is something you can not give them for whatever reason? Does the conversation quickly turn into a tantrum or argument? This Tuesday Tip can help. Gina and Don discuss giving wishes in fantasy.

#wishesinfantasy #childdemands #parentchildarguments #parentaltips #parentaladvice #howtotalktokids #howtotalksokidswilllisten #kidtalk #ginagrothoff #dongrothoff #focusedhealthyfamily

Maybe you have had to find your aging parent who has gotten lost. Maybe your elderly parent has been taken advantage of. What do you do when the responsibility for them is on you? Gina and Don talk about some tips for those who are dealing with senior parents especially those who are still raising their own kids. 

For more help for senior scams: 

https://www.ncoa.org/article/top-5-financial-scams-targeting-older-adults

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Do you Say? "You got to put your gloves on it's freezing outside other wise you'll regret it." Or Do you let them decide and experience the consequences of the cold? How we communicate ideas to our kids really can help or hinder their self-confidence. Find out more in our Tuesday Tip for today.

#consequencesforkids #childpunishments #helpingachildmakechoices #empoweringkids 

This is no bologna, its real. Those people sandwiched between raising their kids and caring for their elderly parents. Are you in the place? Do you know what the Sandwich Generation is all about? Gina and Don are in that place right now it their own life, Gina works with that senior generation and now they want to help. Find out more by joining us on today's podcast...

#sandwichgeneration #agingseniors #agingparents #parentingyourparents #parenting #sandwichgenerationparenting #seniorcare #elderlycare #caregiving #seniorcaregiving #caregivers #seniorcaregivers #ginagrothoff #dongrothoff #eldercare #raisingchildren 

Do your neighbors have their act together? Are your siblings doing better than you? Do the parents you hang around with work so much bettter with their kids? Are you concerned that you are messing up your child's life? It is time for another Tuesday Tips with Gina and Don Grothoff. 

#self-confidence #goodparenting #family #comparingourselves #self-esteem #kidsseeitall #parentaltips #parentingtips #parentingadvice #parentaladvice

Are you part of the Sandwich Generation? Do you know what the Sandwich Generation is? What is 2023 bring for us as we look to the future? Gina and Don share some of the direction they are taking the podcast in 2023. Join them for this look ahead.

#sandwichgeneration #elderlyparents #aging parents #families #familyissues #parents #parenting #children #kids #ginagrothoff #dongrothoff #focusedhealthyfamily

New Years Cheer! New Years Resolutions. New Goals. Get fit. Lose Weight. What are your plans? How are you going to make 2023 better than 2022.  What can you do as parents to make a happier family? Join Gina and Don a New Years Tuesday Tips for Parents.

#happynewyear #parentsnewyear #parentgoals #parentresolutions #family #parents #2023parenting #parenting #whatdoIdowithmykid

We hope that divorce is not on the books for you this coming year yet if it is or you know someone getting ready to go down that path then this podcast is for you or that person. Gina and I never knew there was such a thing as collaborative divorce, I believe we gathered our knowledge about divorce from TV. Well it doesn't have to be that way at all. Lori Grover explains in a podcast in our series about collaborative divorce and how divorce can be done so differently. 

Lori A. Grover, N.C.M., President - RI DIVORCE MEDIATION CENTER

Lori Grover is a divorce and family mediator, a divorce financial strategist, author, and teacher.  Lori is the founder and co-owner, with her husband Kevin, of the Rhode Island Divorce Mediation Center and a founding member of the Academy of Professional Family Mediators, an organization dedicated to establishing uniform training and certification standards, practices and continuing education programs for professional family Mediators.

Lori has also written numerous articles on divorce and her first book on co-parenting after divorce: Separate Homes, Connected Lives

https://www.amazon.com/Separate-Homes-Connected-Lives-Co-Parenting/dp/B08HBLYJ4X/ref=sr_1_1?crid=12VXNXYESRZC2&keywords=separate+lives+connected+home&qid=1663963416&s=books&sprefix=separate+lives+connected+home%2Cstripbooks%2C90&sr=1-1

A divorced (and now remarried) mother, stepmother and successful businesswoman, Lori discovered the benefits of divorce mediation both by accident and by her own personal experience with divorce. Nearly 20 years ago when divorce mediation was unknown outside of the more legally progressive-minded areas of the United States and elsewhere, and against the advice of their attorneys, family and friends Lori and her ex-husband negotiated much of their own divorce settlement themselves to protect their young daughter from the increasing tension and conflict between them, and to protect themselves from the enormous legal expenses they were incurring.

In early 2006 Lori founded the Divorce Resource Center of Rhode Island, which in 2012 was rechristened the Rhode Island Divorce Mediation Center.

Lori helps her clients craft divorce settlements and co-parenting agreements that are fair and work to the benefit of both parties. These thoughtful agreements are proven to dramatically reduce the financial hardship, bitterness and ongoing animosity that many couples experience after divorce and work to make the recovery process much easier on the couple and healthier for their children.

Join us for this informative and fun conversation...

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