192: Parenting for the Future: How to Help Your Pre-teen or Teen Turn a Strength into a Job with Jonathan and Renee Harris of Parent Their Passion
Jonathan and Renee are the parents to my husband’s “right-hand man” in his small software business…and their son has been working there since he was 16! I’m fascinated and inspired by their stories of not just one, but SIX of their kids who are following their passions AND making money from it, with zero college...
182: From a TV in the Corner to the Internet in Our Pockets: What Parents Can Do to Help Tweens and Teens Build a Healthy Relationship with Technology
Andrea Davis of Better Screen Time is back! I can’t tell you how much our own family needed these strategies and tech-use resets, and I know you need it too! Today we’re focusing more specifically on our tweens and teens and how to decide when (or if!) a child gets a personal device. We cover:...
171: Teaching Kids to Grocery Budget and Cook for Themselves (Even in Times of Inflation) with Stephani Jenkins of Cheapskate Cook
“We live in a culture with a lot of entitlement,” Steph Jenkins said during this interview. That’s not a word in her family’s vocabulary, because they’re all about boundaries, budgets, and priorities. When food prices rise, she doesn’t complain about how much she’s spending, she makes a conscious decision whether she’ll increase her grocery budget...
13 Red Flags of Disordered Eating for Kids and Teens
Do any of these sound familiar? Picky eating Avoiding certain foods Emotions around mealtimes Tummy issues Is it sensory issues, clean eating, or disordered eating? Read on to see if these 13 red flags of disordered eating resonate. Disordered Eating 101 Disordered eating is on the rise. Between diet culture’s focus on “clean eating” and...
146: The Power of Building Resilience Through Self-Compassion for Parents and Teens with Dr. Mary Wilde
Wait until you hear how Dr. Mary Wilde and I connected! We’ll start with that fun story and then dig into topics that have never been more important than they are today: The impact of the culture on teen anxiety How food and mood are connected Why parents need to give themselves compassion most of...
122: Why You Should Live a “Fertility Lifestyle” Your Whole Life (& How to Talk to Teens About Healthy Fertility) With Dr. Aumatma
I admit, I didn’t think much about my fertility when I was a teenager except to be annoyed once a month…but like many girls, I envisioned my life as a mom and fully expected it to happen with ease. In our world today, plenty of women don’t get to live that dream and suffer through...
103: Why Tech Time Has Nothing to Do With a Timer: Screen Time for Teens and Older Kids
If parents worried about too much screen time for kids and teens before the pandemic, we all know that the questions have increased. If my child is doing distance learning all day, is that too much screen time? Should I limit their screen use outside of school? What is the appropriate amount of screen time...
My Gift to My Future Daughter-in-Law
The very first time I met my future mother-in-law, she gave me a gift. Her son and I had been dating for a few weeks at the time and were young, know-it-all know-nothing 18-year-olds. It happened to be near Valentine’s Day, a big gift-giving holiday for people you barely know of course, so I got...