Only a Parent

This week we talk to two members of “The Farmily”. Three families who made adventurous decision to live together in one house and tend their farm. We talk about co-parenting in a community setting and all the challenges that brings.

As adults we can forget one of the most important things….to play. This week we talk about recapturing the sense of play and remembering how important it is to just have fun with your kids.

It’s almost time to go back to school. This week Belinda rants about an increasing casual attitude about school. She talks about the idea of parents and kids treating school with the same respect as any other job.

 

Last week we didn’t give ourselves enough time to rant about the term ‘adulting’.  So this week we carry on the rant and help define some of the things we think makes an emotionally healthy adult.

As our summer continues we have another short episode for you. This week we talk about the verb ‘adulting’ and the idea of being an ‘adult’ is something you do but not what you are.

On this episode we are joined by special guests, document.write(""); Deb and Gina. It's just the mom's this week talking about learning to trust your instincts as a first time mom instead of becoming confused by relying on books and (often times) conflicting advice.

Sometimes we have big things to work through. Often, view during those times, prescription we forget to watch what we say around the kids. this week we talk about the dangers of oversharing with our kids.

On this episode we are joined by special guests, document.write(""); Deb and Gina. It's just the mom's this week talking about learning to trust your instincts as a first time mom instead of becoming confused by relying on books and (often times) conflicting advice.

Grieving is a confusing emotion for kids. Death is a hard subject to work through with your kids even when you haven’t experienced a loss. This week we talk about the loss of many pets as well as two family members and how those losses impacted our son.

This week’s podcast is inspired by an article we read last week. The subject was that schools need to teach more life skills because too many young people are growing up without learning the basics. We disagree. We feel that most of the responsibility of teaching life skills should lie with the parents. So the “Summer Life Skills Challenge” was born.

Our kids join us once again to share their list of skills that they feel are important. We invite you to listen to the podcast then make your own list and join us to take the summer challenge.

Summer is here and that marks the beginning of those two famous words. ‘I’m bored.’ This week we talk about fighting the urge to keep our kids entertained. This summer boredom can be our kids’ best friend, document.write(""); find out why.

We talk about this article and we promised to put up a link. Well, here it is.

Psychologists recommend children be bored in the summer