Just Ask Your Mom

In this episode, we're joined by two of the best dads we know--our husbands! We get them talking about four important ways fathers strengthen the family and their kids in particular. Spoiler alert: there are wayyy more than just four ways! This podcast will give you some great conversation starters for moms and dads and will give dads some concrete tips for investing in those relationships.

What's one thing we can teach our children that will teach them humility, grace, compassion AND be glue for their future relationships? Apologizing and asking for forgiveness may be a struggle, but it's vital to our health and a key to harmonious relationships. What's it look like? How do we do it completely so the recipient feels we mean it? This episode dives in!

Prayer is giving our attention to God where we talk to God and also listen to Him. The conversations our children have with God can be the sweetest! And they're often insightful and honest, leading us to grow in our own spiritual relationship. What are some ways we can teach our kids to pray and how can we model it? With two special guests, who have tried and tested various prayers with their kids, we explore what a culture of prayer in a home can look like.

In most families in America, it's MOM who shoulders most of the load, especially when it comes to kids and household chores. It's 2021, yet in this respect, many of us seem stuck in the 50's. Why is that? What can we do to share the burden? Eve Rodsky's book FAIR PLAY gives some GREAT suggestions on how to change our script and lessen the overwhelm that many (most??) moms experience.

Holidays can often come with a big ol' dose of "overwhelm." In this episode, we talk about what to keep and what to get rid of, how to have a workable holiday schedule, and what we can do to help our kids focus more outward and less inward. Plus, we let you in on some of our favorite family traditions that you can try for something new!

Over 60% of families in America live in some type of blended family home. Kyleen Baptiste, a stepmom and family and child life therapist, talks honestly with us about what that can be like for the adults and the kids. Her faith-based approach to her own blended family experience is inspiring and hopeful, and the wisdom she shares with us in this episode is an encouragement to all families.

Does giving our children lots of choices teach them to make good ones? Research has shown that decision fatigue affects all of us, and it might be more pronounced in children. What is actually happening psychologically when we give our kids abundant choices very early? This may be the answer to 90% of the behavior issues moms deal with at home.

In any given day as a mom, our kids give us plenty of challenges, whether they're 3 or 13. If we take on all of them, everyone's overwhelmed and demoralized. If we ignore them all, things go south quickly. How do we decide which hills to die on? We lay out some ways to sift through the chaos.

Expecting mothers have lots of birth options available today. In this episode, we talk with Sarah Perry, an experienced doula, about what a doula can offer before, during, and after childbirth. Why would an expecting mom consider using a doula? In this heartfelt and funny conversation, we compare and contrast birth stories of the past with the kinds of choices new moms now have.

Pornography, Hyper-sexualized culture, & a worldview of Romance/Marriage. This episode tackles 3 thorny topics that, in our combined years of mom life, we've seen lots of parents struggle with, including in our own families. In our digitized, sex-saturated world, how can we guide our kids through the quicksand? We're all for empowering women, but today's definition of empowerment is inherently flawed. What's the Christian worldview and response?