On this episode, Beau and Steve explore the trend of saying yes too easily to our children and discuss the importance of being able to say "no" to our kids.

We discuss

Kids are discovering the word no earlier

The difficulties we face with saying no to our kids

Saying no to screen time

Balancing the no's with yes

Building resilience to rejection

Preparing our kids to respect authority

Saying no to keep our kids safe

The benefits to our kids being bored

and much more...

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On this week's episode, Beau and Steve discuss the importance of building resilience in our children. We look at 6 skills that we can develop in ourselves and our children that support us to 'bounce back' after facing adversity.

We discuss:

The power of self-awareness

Identifying emotions

Self regulation through well-being

Mental agility

Values and how they relate to our strength of character

Optimism

Reducing stress through connection

And much much more...

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On this week's episode, we talk with David Beattie, owner of Sydney Koshinkan Karate Dojo, to share the benefits of martial arts for children and parents and how it can serve us in our parenting.

We discuss:

Discipline

Physical Vs Mental

Violence Vs Non-violence

Awareness and avoidance of conflict

Dealing with adversity

A 'Struggle and Overcome' philosophy

Respect

You time and maintaining your identity

The benefits to younger children

And much much more....

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On this episode, Beau and Steve discuss "letting go".

Are we...

Holding on too tight?

Letting go to early?

How independent do we allow, or not allow, our kids to be, how much of it is our own stuff and how do we find the right balance?

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On this episode, Beau and Steve discuss how our behaviours and language can have an impact on our child's associations and beliefs.

We discuss our own tips on:

School and Homework

Discipline

Eating habits

Activities

And more...

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This week, Beau and Steve revisit and reflect on their children's first day of school. 3 years ago for Steve and a month ago for Beau. This is the episode that will be one for the vault for any parents that want to prepare for their child starting school, what to expect and our tips from our very own experiences.

We discuss:

The differences of day care and school

Preparation for the big day

Time management

Our emotions vs our child's emotions

Talking to our kids about their day

Logistics of the new routine

How quickly a school day goes

School holiday preparation

And more!

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Our own Covid Positive experience.

This week, Beau and Steve reflect on their experiences while struck down with Covid and how they managed iso...AGAIN!

We discuss:

Being good to ourselves

Preparation for the Rona

How we made it through the iso period

Our symptoms and what we did to combat them

Managing our kids while tackling those symptoms

And more!

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On this week's episode, we catch up with the host of the 2nd biggest Sports Podcast @thescorecardau in Australia and Triple M personality, Liam Flanagan.

We have a very candid and casual chat about all things Dad and cover areas such as:

Pushing our music tastes on to our kids

Communication with our partners

Child injuries (on Mum's watch)

Supporting our kids talents and interests

And we discuss what it means to be clean around the house from a Dad's point of view all over a couple of beers.

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On this week's show, Steve shares his experience into meditation.

His history with it

How he finally got in to it

What is he getting from it

His experience with a meditation course

And we may even convinced Beau to try it out...

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After spending 109 days in the Greater Sydney Lockdown, Beau and Steve finally get back into their (new) studio and discuss all things lockdown.

We share our experiences with:

Homeschooling

Community

Journaling

Meditation

And just generally keeping sane while being locked down

So good to be back!

Oh yes and we also celebrate our One Dad third birthday!

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