Parenting Made Practical Podcast

What could a new year with your kids be like? Learn 4 key qualities every parent needs to raise their kids in, just like Mary & Joseph raised Jesus in when he was a teen.

Christmas can be so busy and commercialized, how do we celebrate Jesus birth or teach our kids about the real meaning of Christmas? Get some fresh tips for kids of all ages to make Jesus birth and the Christmas season special for your whole family.

Every Christian parent wants their child to grow up to believe in God, but 80% of kids don't! Learn practical ways to help your kids grow in their faith and be in the 20% that stick with Jesus.

Do you find the good teaching and training you give your kids erodes and doesn't lodge in their heads and then their hearts? Discover why this happens, and what parents can do to change this.

Parents get frustrated when they can't get a slow dawdling child to move at the parents speed. This episode gives parents a plan and strategy to motivate their phlegmatic child to accomplish what they need to do when it needs to be done.

Kids make choices every day. Some good, some bad. How can parents help kids learn to make good and wise, right over wrong choices vs. bad ones that will get them in trouble?

We all have blind spots when it comes to parenting. Who do you trust to point these out to you? Joey & Carla share how to choose a parenting mentor and 4 areas often overlooked by parents they should be training their kids in.

A cog is something that interacts with something else to make it work. Your kids should show respect for parents, elders, property just to name a few. When they have the opportunity to do so, does their "respect cog" interact with what you have taught them to show respect to even if others aren't? Joey & Carla share 4 ways to keep your child's respect cog functioning properly.

Parents get frustrated when kids say they are sorry and 5 minutes later do the do the same thing again. Learn why kids do this and what parents can do to get their kids to stop doing the wrong they say they are sorry for.

What do you do when you are trying to teach your kids they need to be patient and kind with a willingness to help others, starting with their siblings and they aren't paying attention? They are not teachable and they just don't care about what you think they need to learn. Get encouraged with fresh ideas on how to work with your child to open his/her heart and mind to your instruction so he/she will discover for himself the freedom that comes with obedience.