Raising Adults: Future Focused Parenting

Kira and Deana hop back in the laundry room and closet one last time to let listeners know that the show is coming down at the end of October. Download your favorite episodes now or they will be gone for good! They also give a quick life update for their listeners.

We finally made it back into the laundry room! No, we aren't relaunching the show, but we thought it would be fun to update our listeners and say a quick hello! Sending love to our FFP Family and hoping 2022 is off to a great start. - Kira and Deana

• Three Pillars of Future Focused Parenting Philosophy (2:25)
• FFP Discipline Philosophy (6:24)
• Importance of communication and collaboration as a team (7:29)
• Demonstrating responsibility and gaining more privileges (11:47)
• Kira shares final thoughts on working with Deana and what the podcast has meant to her (14:44)
• Deana shares her final thoughts on working with Kira and what the podcast has meant to her (16:12)
• New email address and reminder that the podcast and all 150 episodes will remain live for you to listen to anytime (20:02)

Kira and Deana share their decision to close Raising Adults Podcast and Future Focused Parenting. The final episode will air on Monday, December 13th. They also share details for the Future Focused Patrons and how to reach out for parent coaching in the future.

• A few extra birds and the bees guidelines (3:12)
• The power of voting with your dollar and the power of boycotting (8:06)
• An extra tool for combating peer pressure (9:59)
• The story behind Kira's tattoo (13:25)
• Imposter syndrome with parenting (16:04)
• Favorite foods (22:03)
• If Deana hears this noise, she'll run for the hills (26:36)
• Kira can eat what in a soup bowl? (27:31)

• The importance of follow-through and meaning what you say (6:36)
• Empty threats lose power over time (7:36)
• First type: A Natural Consequence (9:52)
• Second type: A Logical Consequence (14:38)
• Third type: A Currency Consequence (19:24)
• Why experiencing these consequences in childhood help prepare kids for adulthood (26:04)

• Why Heather does this work (2:37)
• How Heather had to recalibrate after her diagnosis (8:02)
• When our behavior is really about feeling in control (15:12)
• Noticing our resistance, fear and guilt (21:10)
• The importance of remembering that we are our child’s teacher (27:59)

• Why we're talking about this (5:35)
• What this looks like in Deana's home (7:17)
• Coping with differences in Kira's home (11:35)
• Something not being handled well vs. a different way of doing something (14:00)
• Leaning into the differences (16:45)
• Unpacking where the issue is actually our own (19:06)
• What are we modeling for our kids (25:19)

• Appropriate vs. inappropriate resources (6:22)
• Apron Education and Read Like a Rock Star Teaching (7:46)
• The Conscious Kid, Little Justice Leaders and Brownicity (10:01)
• The framework Kira uses in her house (11:56)
• Modeling action and helping kids learn to take action (19:34)
• How to talk about the complexities and when we get it wrong (23:11)
• Accept the discomfort - if we're not educating ourselves, we're not doing the work (25:36)
• Gracefully receiving feedback so we can do better (29:09)

• The need for foundational tools (5:54)
• You can parent together even if you don't agree (8:21)
• Deciding that you both want to parent well (11:59)
• Making sure we are not undermining our partner or other households (17:15)
• A practical example of how this might look (18:14)
• The flip side of that example (19:13)
• Takeaways from today's episode (20:13)