We love to talk about helping our kids navigate the tricky landscape of smart phones and the internet, but what about when you start to notice addictive behaviors and it's time to take a break from electronic entertainment?

In today's episode, we'll walk you through each of our family's steps for elminating screens for a longer term: a week, month or more. We'll discuss the benefits we've seen, troubleshoot some issues you might run into and chat about the best and healthiest way to reinstate screen time (if you so choose!).

Here's to embracing our roles as pioneer parents in the digital age. We can do this!

Episode 15: Kids and Cell phones

Episode 110: Screen TIme for Kids

Episode 127: Kids Who Lie

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Having a pet is a big decision for a family!  In this episode Bonnie & Audrey discuss:

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Please support our podcast on Patreon - this week we're sharing an animal chores video from Audrey's farm!

Mentioned in this episode:

Episode 88 - The Importance of Outdoor Time

Episode  60 - Parasites

Episode 120 - Overwhelm

In this episode we get to interview Megan Gibson, midwife, fire wife and mom to 3 amazing kids (with one more on the way!)  Megan shares the joy, beauty, and bittersweet experience of raising special needs kids.  She also shares the one thing she wishes people would STOP saying to parents of special needs kids.

Find Megan on Instagram

Find her daughter Chloey on Instagram

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Another episode you might enjoy:

Episode 36: Guest Melissa Esplin - Raising Special Needs Kids

Got little liars?  Don't worry, Bonnie & Audrey do too!  But more that that, in this episode we tackle the types of lying, solutions and actual methods we use to release them from the bondage of lying to the freedom of telling the truth.

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Mentioned in this episode:

Article about the different types of lying

Adrian Simcox Does Not Have a Horse

The Speed of Trust by Stephen Covey 

We love our children so much and we want them to grow up with amazing friends! But navigating tricky social situations is difficult enough for grown adults, let alone our innocent little ones.

Join us as we explore some great ways to expose kids to new little people, help them decide who will be a good friend and then set our own kids up to BE great friends themselves.

episode 112 - making mom friends

Funny TikTok video

Washington post article

Real Simple article

If you've ever had a disagreement with your spouse, this episode is for you!  In this episode, Bonnie and Audrey share how to look at marital differences, tried and true methods for resolution, ideas for goals when solving differences, some helpful conflict resolution tips and also benefits of having differences from your spouse.

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Other episodes on marriage:

Marriage: 4 Don'ts {Episode 99}

Marriage: Making Finances work together {Episode 107}

Marriage: Date Night Encyclopedia {Episode 115}

Mentioned in this episode:

How to Argue and Win Every Time

His Needs Her Needs

We love our kids something fierce, but getting away with just the adults is sometimes essential for sanity! Today we're diving in to the nitty gritty of how to find the best time and place to travel with adults (or alone!), finding that elusive babysitter, prepping the kids for your absence, mom guilt and more!

It's Dinner Time!  (Or do you call it supper time?)  Whatever you call it, it's here, do you have a plan?  In this Episode, Bonnie & Audrey tackle the 7 biggest dinner time problems and offer some mind blowing solutions.  This is the episode for you if you've ever had any of these problems:

1-Too tired to cook

2-I'm bored or in a suppertime rut

3-I don't have time to cook

4-I'm too busy to even think about cooking

5-I need to level up this dinner/supper

6-No money for groceries

7-I need nutrients!

You'll thank Bonnie & Audrey every time you listen to this dinner time episode.

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Mentioned in this episode:

Episode 90- What we eat and feed our kids

Episode 39- Feeding time at the zoo

Episode 98- Breakfast 

Episode 114- Lunch

Online food inspiration:

Mel's Kitchen Cafe

Two Peas and Their Pod

Cookie & Kate

Get Inspired Everyday

The Pioneer Woman

Magnolia Cookbook

Creamy garlic bacon mushrooms recipe

Our TNT Cookbooks:

Better Homes & Gardens

Betty Crocker New Cookbook

The Roasted Vegetable

Martha Stewart's Cooking School

Love Real Food by Cookie & Kate

Bon Appetit

Artisan Bread in 5 minutes a day

Healthy Bread in 5 mintues a day

Music and kids, that's what this episode is all about.  Bonnie and Audrey talk you though the 7 different types of learning methods and how to help a child in every category including which method is the best to use.  If you've tried music with your child before and it just hasn't worked out, we encourage you to listen again!

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Mentioned in this episode:

Suzuki Method

Alfred series music books

Adult series music books

Piano Online

Let's Play Music

Wee Sing Around the World

Garage Band

Budget friendly instruments:

Ukulele

 Harmonica

Penny Whistle

Recorder

In depth article about methods of teaching music.

Episode 38: Sibling Rivalry

Other "Helping Kids with" episodes:

Episode 97: Helping Kids with Math

Episode 105: Helping Kids with Reading

Episode 113: Helping Kids with Science

Got whiny kids?  (Who doesn't!?!)  In this episode, Bonnie & Audrey share 5 solutions that WORK for getting kids to stop whining so much.  

It's normal for kids to whine, and it's also normal for the whining to annoy you!  But since we've had so much experience with whiny kids, we've developed some tried and true solutions to move kids out of the whine zone and into a place where everyone can be happier.  

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Mentioned in this episode: 

Help your kids feel their feelings (Better than Happy)

Episode 32 One on One Time