Parenting Counter-Intuitively

This month, we explore what things should be priorities ahead of the kids which counter-intuitively is better for them.

After a brief explanation of the concept, we’re joined by our 20 year old daughter for some real-life stories of what this has meant to her from her perspective growing up.

Finally, we’ll leave you with a couple of practical ways you can put this counter-intuitive concept into practice depending on what stage your kids are in.

As always, we don’t expect everyone to agree that this concept is correct or is right for your family but if it gets you thinking and more intentional with your parenting then it’s worthwhile.

If you’d like to provide feedback, please contact us through our facebook page: facebook.com/ParentingCI 

Isn't it safer to have "no" be your default answer when your kids make a request? In this episode, we take a look at some counter-intuitive benefits to being more intentional when rarely saying no, and instead, saying yes more often.

After a brief explanation of the concept, we’re joined by our 29 year old daughter for some real-life stories of what this has meant to her from her perspective growing up, and her own application in her parenting.

Finally, we’ll leave you with a couple of practical ways you can put this counter-intuitive concept into practice depending on what stage your kids are in.

As always, we don’t expect everyone to agree that this concept is correct or is right for your family but if it gets you thinking and more intentional with your parenting then it’s worthwhile.

If you’d like to provide feedback, please contact us through our facebook page: facebook.com/ParentingCI 

Why wouldn’t you tell your kids that you’re proud of them?!? In this episode, we look at what it means to be proud of something, and propose an alternative that can actually build up our kids even better.

After a brief explanation of the concept, we’re joined by our 20 year old daughter for some real-life stories of what this has meant to her from her perspective growing up.

Finally, we’ll leave you with a couple of practical ways you can put this counter-intuitive concept into practice depending on what stage your kids are in.

As always, we don’t expect everyone to agree that this concept is correct or is right for your family, but if it gets you thinking and more intentional with your parenting, then it’s worthwhile.

If you’d like to provide feedback, please contact us through our facebook page: facebook.com/ParentingCI 

The first episode of the Parenting Counter-Intuitively podcast sets the foundation for the series and the tag-line that sets up what subsequent episodes will be built on.

The Parenting Counter-intuitively podcast is intended to pass along some wisdom from a couple parents that have made it through the parenting years and provide some counter-intuitive strategies to get beyond the day to day.

In this episode, we’ll discuss why having “good kids” is not the goal of parenting, provide a couple examples from our experience, and give you a practical takeaway to help you determine what success looks like for your children.

Your definition of success might be very different from ours, and we certainly don’t expect everyone to agree with us on every point or every episode, but if it gets you thinking and being more intentional, then it’s worthwhile.

If you’d like to provide feedback, please contact us through our facebook page: facebook.com/ParentingCI