When we choose a discipline style, sometimes we find it doesn’t work. We discuss what to do when our chosen path isn’t yielding the desired results and how to help our children grow into great adults!
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Preparing Kids for Historic Travel
Whether you are traveling to historic places like D.C. or just visiting the local historic locations, a bit of preparation can help your children really absorb and enjoy the history they will see. We share insights and tips on what to do to prepare: things like reading historic fiction, watching documentaries, discussing family stories, sharing pictures of you as a child in those places and many more tips help bring historic travel to life for kids and give them mental hooks they can hang their experience on to savor for years.
Keeping the Spirit of the Seasons
Commercialism is alive in our culture and children can get swept up in it and lose sight of the reason for celebrations like Thanksgiving, Christmas, Hanukkah, and Kwanzaa. We share how we try to strengthen the spirit of these holidays in our own houses and tips you can use to make the season more meaningful for you and your children.
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Job Charts for Digital Natives
Our kids are digital natives and the old job charts with stickers just don’t cut it anymore. Stacey and Shelly love a FREE online job cart designed to help parents and kids bridge the digital divide and come to a consensus on job charts. This is one your children will want to use and is so flexible that you can set it up to meet your specific needs. It emails you when jobs are completed and even allows you to reward kids through online ordering. Greg Murset, creator of www.myjobchart.com discusses why he created it and we tell you what we think of it!
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Fostering Animals
Thinking about getting a cat or dog but not sure you want the long term commitment? Fostering animals might be the option for you. Shelly has been fostering kittens and she introduces us to the idea with two experts from No More Homeless Pets: Ashley Wing and Verral May. Ashley works for No More Homeless Pets and Verrel volunteer with No More Homeless Pets, as well as many other animal rescue groups and has rescued over 1500 dogs and cats.
If you are looking to foster or adopt an animal, check out these sites:
- petfinder.org (national)
- bestfriends.org (national)
- caws.org (Utah)
- utahpets.org (Utah)
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Magic 8 Ball Pictures
As requested, pictures of the Magic 8 Ball
Motherhood and Mesothelioma
Heather Von St. James tells her story of how after giving birth to a beautiful baby girl, she discovered she had mesothelioma and the path her life has taken since then. For any mother struggling with an illness, her story will give you heart. If you have never heard of mesothelioma, listen up because it is a cancer on the rise.
For more on Heather, check out her blog at http://www.mesothelioma.com/blog/authors/heather/
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Simple School Life
Now that the kids are back in school, we have to get our lives adjusted to the new normal. Learn the principles to making school life function well and products we use for our kids.
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When Bright Kids Can’t Learn
We talk to Dr. John Heath, author of When Bright Kids Can’t Learn to discover the research into training the brain to learn better and how it can help your child succeed in school and overcome small and large learning problems like forgetfulness or dyslexia.
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When Kids Struggle with Learning
If your child struggles at school and you wonder what might be going on, we discuss things to check and how to help your child. A solution might be as simple as a trip to the right optometrist and a few simple exercises or you might want to have an evaluation from a school or private psychologist to pinpoint a learning disability (even when you have an incredibly bright child).
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Making Time for Your Passions
As moms, we put our needs last. But making time for our passions can make us better moms. We share how we have found time for our passions and what we have done–it just might inspire you to take up an instrument, pick up your tennis racket or lace on tap shoes!
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Anxiety in Children
Can children suffer from anxiety? Are your child’s issues so bad that you need to seek professional help? Learn techniques to stop the stress and improve your child’s mental health.
Helping a Special Girl
Anna has a dear friend named Presley. Last year, she was diagnosed with SMARD (Spinal Muscular Atrophy with Respiratory Distress). There are currently only 20 children living with this disease because most children born with it die very early. SMARD robs a child of their muscular abilities like walking and using their hands. But it also robs them of their ability to breathe and eat on their own. Their minds are bright and engaging but their bodies do not have the ability to support them without the aid of a ventilator, a feeding tube and 24-hour care.
Presley is three years old and wise beyond her years. She is funny and spunky and very loving. Anna and Presley love to play with their bears, have tea parties, and play on the iPad together. SMARD will rob her of her life if therapies or a cure are not found.
SMARD research receives no federal funding because it is rare, but thanks to funds raised by the small group dedicated to children with SMARD, there is some hope for Presley. Dr. Cox at the Jackson Lab in Maine has been researching SMARD and is on his way to finding new discoveries. For more info on the research, please see http://genetichealth.jax.org/research-in-action/other-genetic/smard.
The SMARD community has a goal to raise $100,000 to fund additional research and speed up the life-saving process. Mike and Mindy, Presley’s parents have created bracelets to help raise money for SMARD research. They have purchased the bracelets themselves so 100% of the donation goes directly to research. So far, they have reached $1000.
Bracelets are $6.00 each or 2 for $10.00 or 5 for $20.00.
If you can donate to Anna’s beautiful friend, please contact me at nancy@babiesandmomsradio.com and I will send you Mindy’s contact information. She has mailed them all over the world. I would be very grateful for any help! $6 is less than you would spend on lunch so brown bag it one day and donate!
If you have another idea for a fundraiser or if you know a group that might take up the SMARD cause, please let me know too. I would LOVE to help them!
Preparing Kids for Unprecedented Events
We try to prepare our kids for life but how do we help them when something happens that no one could prepare for–a natural disaster like a hurricane or flood. Dr. Andie gives us tips for helping our kids and us cope and thrive in times of stress including how the language we use affects how children see the situation! Check this one out!
Dr. Andie is the author of More than Saying I Love You.
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The Real Lives of Moms
We tell it like it is so you know that our lives are not any different than yours and we don’t have perfect families. Listen and find yourself and realize you are part of the tribe of moms all trying to do their best.
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HPV and Cervical Cancer
Dr. Brandy Hughes, OB/GYN, discusses cervical cancer and HPV and how to protect yourself and your children.
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Cinderella Parenting
Dr. Andie discusses what Cinderella parenting is and how to avoid it. Listen to hear how you can relax your parenting stress and still be a super mom. Dr. Andie is the author of More than Saying I Love You.
We also talk about the PeeWeePC. It is a computer set up specifically for kids. If you are thinking about getting a computer for a child, this is a great option–the laptop we tried has a rubberized case that protects it, software to protect the kids while surfing and educational programs to help them learn.
PeeWeePC has offered a discount to our listeners: Use promotional code is PWPROMO to save $10 off any purchase of $20 or more. Simply input this code during checkout in the box that says “promotional codes.”
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Suzuki Music Lessons–What are They?
TruAnn Boulter, Suzuki violin teacher, discusses what the Suzuki method is and how it might work for you and your children interested in taking music lessons. Suzuki uses the Mother Tongue approach. Learn what this is.
If you are looking for a Suzuki teacher, check out the Suzuki Association www.suzukiassociation.org. If you are in Utah, you can check the Utah site at www.suzukimusicutah.org/.
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Should We Pay our Kids?
We discuss whether or not to pay our kids allowances and we also discuss the Stewardship system used by Stacey’s family. For more on the Stewardship system, you can check out our podcast where Stacey discusses the specifics.
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Intergenerational Travel
Traveling with children, parents and grandparents can be a bonding experience but it can also be difficult on the nerves. Learn what to expect and how to set everyone’s expectations so that your trip is a bonding experience and not a blow up.
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