Parenting Stuff Podcast

When we think about failure, we tend to focus on the consequences, the damage, the negative side of the topic. In our conversation, we talk about the value of letting teenagers fail sometimes, teaching them to learn from their failure, and modeling failure well for them. These reframing strategies can help us capitalize on the positive parts failure.

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Show Notes:

How to help your kids deal with failure - https://fulleryouthinstitute.org/articles/failure

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There is SO MUCH to learn, together! -- Let us know what you think! -- Email us your parenting questions at [email protected]

This is an episode of Decoding Culture, which is a sister podcast to Parenting Stuff. Through Decoding Culture, we want to give people that care for teenagers the tools to have conversations and ask questions about the technology, social media, internet trends, movies, music, video games, pop culture, and other things that are a part of the life of your teenager so that you can better care for them.

On this episode, Sam and Chris talk about TikTok which is a social media platform that is gaining a lot of momentum and is expected to become even more popular in the near future. In our conversation, we talk about our interaction with the platform, what TikTok actually is, why a parent might want to know that their teenager is using it, and go over some questions that you can use to begin a conversation with your teenager about TikTok. Sam also sits down with Eryn, a real live teenager, to talk about TikTok from her perspective.

There is SO MUCH to learn, together! -- Let us know what you think! -- Email us your parenting questions at [email protected]

Our society is under constant stress and our kids are feeling it.  Stress can be a motivator but it can also paralyze us. Join the conversation as we try to help you think through ways to help identify  stress and manage it well.

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Show Notes:

1 in 4 Teens Too Scared to Drive - https://www.thezebra.com/resources/research/teen-driving-fears

Teens Stressed Over Summer - https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/02/11/stress-teens-psychological/5266739/

Managing Stress for a Healthy Family - https://www.apa.org/helpcenter/managing-stress

Hurt 2.0 - buy the book

Sleep and smart phones - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/science/analysis-teens-are-sleeping-less-why-smartphones

Other Resources on Stress - http://media.focusonthefamily.com/topicinfo/stress.pdf

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There is SO MUCH to learn, together! -- Let us know what you think! -- Email us your parenting questions at [email protected]

We've come through Thanksgiving and we are headed to Christmas and the trauma from Thanksgiving is still fresh! 

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Join Bryan, Chris, Jake, Tim and Wayne in thoughtful ideas on not only surviving but thriving during the holidays! There is SO MUCH to learn, together! -- Let us know what you think! -- Email us your parenting questions at [email protected]

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Show Notes:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZKg6N10OBo -- What If We Saw Everything As The Gift

https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/30/health/norway-koselig-hygge-cozy-nature-chasing-life-wisdom-project

Chris, Jake, Tim and Wayne share why they feel intentional parenting conversations are very important. Here are some of the highlights from this podcast. // Tell your kids, "I LIKE you!" - A great resource to help your child know they are loved is 5 Love Languages  // Youth workers are a small part of kid's lives - we want to help make parents the rock star! // Helping parents create a framework to create competent adults. // Strive to be present with our kids. // And as much as we've learned... we need each other. There is SO MUCH more to learn, together! -- And we also learned that Jake watches Bluebloods... probably too much! -- Email us your parenting questions at [email protected]

Parenting is not for cowards! We know there is no way to know EVERYTHING there is to know about parenting. We want to help come along side you as parents to help you be the rock-star in the eyes of your child.

Have questions for our team? Email us at [email protected] and join the conversation as we help parents know that YOU ARE NOT ALONE!

So excited to have our first episode on the way! 

See it here on September 28.