LV Parents Podcast

Welcome back to the LV Parents podcast! Hosts Audrey Goodwin and Adam Witter sit down with Katherine and Carlos Greene to take a deep dive into the critical, internal role of core values in guiding your family life. Katherine and Carlos share how essential values are, explaining that they act as a "GPS" to help you navigate, anchor decisions, and cause you to pause if something challenges your beliefs.

SHOW NOTES

Adam Witter and Audrey Goodwin work at Lawrenceville First UMC, where they lead school engagement with local schools as well as facilitate the Parents First Initiative, providing free parenting workshops to people across Gwinnett County.

Carlos & Katherine Greene, our illustrious workshop leaders also founded and lead an organization meant to empower couples in working toward a functional family unit called Power Couples Rock.

To find out more and register for Parenting in Unity hosted at LVFirst November 19, 5:30-7:30, click here!

Welcome to the high school phase. Maybe you call it the…

“Dating and freedom” phase or the 

“Can I have 20 bucks” phase

“I know what I’m doing!”  phase 

Whether you have a goofy ninth grader, an independent sophomore or a ready-to-go senior, we want you to know the high school phase is awesome.

As parents, we’ve heard “it's just a phase” at least once, and usually the word phase in this sentence means a season or stage that a kid is in that we look forward to being over. It’s kind of like we’re all saying, “it's just a phase, but don't worry it'll be over soon”. 

But what if we are missing the best part?

Welcome to the middle school phase. Maybe you call it the…

“Hot Cheetos” phase or the 

“Where’s my backpack?” phase or the

“Wait, when did I become embarrassing?” phase

Whether you have a nervous sixth grader, a confident 7th grader or an independent almost-highschooler in your house, we want you to know the middle school phase is awesome. That’s right…awesome.

Welcome to the elementary phase. Maybe you call it the…

“Watch me!” phase or the 

“Stop copying me!” phase or the

“Can I have more screen time PLEASE” phase

As a parent, you’ve heard “it's just a phase” at least once, and usually the word Phase in this sentence means a season or stage that a kid is in that we look forward to being over. It’s kind of like we’re all saying, “it's just a phase, but don't worry it'll be over soon”. 

But what if we are missing the best part? What if each stage of development is actually an opportunity and not just an obstacle that's in a kid's life?

Welcome to the preschool phase. Maybe you call it the…

“Wheels on the bus” phase

Or the “tiny handprints everywhere” phase

Or the “will I ever sleep again?” phase

Whether you have a tiny baby, a toddler or a big independent almost-kindergartner, we want you to know the preschool phase is incredible (and exhausting). Now, before we keep going, I want to define what I mean by phase again.

Phase is a specific time frame in a kid’s life where you can leverage distinct opportunities to influence their future.

In today's episode of the LV Parents podcast, we're starting a series called "It's Just a Phase" where we'll be looking at a few distinct "phases" in the development of your child. It's just a phase, but trust us - you don't want to miss it!