Stacey discusses when kids are ready to date and how to handle helping them get ready to experience the feelings and emotions that come with dating. Great information for any parent of a tween!
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Hidden Treasure: Blanding
We found a hidden treasure for vacations and family reunions where you can see ancient ruins up close, swim and have access to dozens of national parks and monuments. Blanding, Utah–the name sounds bad, but the place is amazing. Listen and learn where you might want to plan your next vacation.
The Abajo Haven Guest Cabins was our Base Camp and Bill was our incredible guide and amazing chef. His ranch and his family are wonderful! His knowledge of the area in encyclopedic. And his ribs are delicious!
The wonderful museum is the Edge of the Cedars State Park and Museum–really it is incredible and has wonderful programs for families.
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Choosing Their Own Clothes
When should you let your child choose her own clothes and should you worry about how he is dressed when he leaves the house (no coat in winter for example). Seasoned mothers who have survived years of the battle discuss what is important and what you should let slide.
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Getting Kids off Junk Food
Robyn Openshaw, the Green Smoothie Girl, discusses her new book The Adventures of Junk Food Dude and how it can help kids understand why junk food isn’t good for us and what alternatives there are.
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Teaching Children to Love Themselves
This week on Athena 365 and The MOM Podcast Dr. Andie discusses how to teach kids to love themselves so that they do not seek approval from outside sources. Dr. Andie’s new book More Than Saying I Love You: 4 Powerful Steps that Help Children Love Themselves is an excellent resource for parents to teach their child the greatest skill they can—how to truly love yourself so that you do not need to rely on others for affirmation. Dr. Andie is a mother and grandmother so she knows the road we walk. Learn answers to the following questions:
- Why isn’t just saying, “I love you” enough to create children that love themselves?
- What is the difference between self-love and self-esteem?
- What are the benefits of children learning to love themselves?
- Does self-love or “I love me” lead to narcissism and being egotistical?
- At what age do we begin teaching our children about loving themselves?
- What are the external forces that erode a child’s birthright of love?
- What are the 4 steps that help children love themselves?
Click on the show to the right to learn more!
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Dealing with Death
Nancy shares her family’s sudden and unexpected experience with death and what she learned that could help your family deal with death. When her father-in-law was diagnosed with Stage 4 cancer and died in 10 days, her family learned some valuable lessons that could help you when you face death. Also, check our other show Talking About Death with Children.
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Violent Video Games–Are they OK?
A new video came coming out in March portrays US cities such as Salt Lake City being blown up or taken over by a nuclear North Korea. We discuss what video games do and don’t do for our kids and how we as parents need to respond to them. We also discuss tools to help you find out more about the video games and other media your kids are interested in so you don’t have to play each game before determining its suitability.
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Tiger Mother
Unless you’ve been under a rock, you’ve heard the roar about Battle Cry of the Tiger Mother, a Chinese-American mother’s take on mothering and how to have successful kids. We discuss whether Tiger Mothers are crazy or have some important parts of the puzzle to successful children.
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Getting Your Child Ready for His Senior Year
Your child’s senior year can be much more daunting for both of you thank you both expect. Learn from Stacey and Shelly the things you need to do to prepare WAY in advance. Learn the things you want to do in the sophomore and junior years to be prepared and what you need to expect in the senior year and beyond!
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When Your Child has an Issue with a Teacher
We discuss what to do when you find that your child has some issue with a teacher–perceived or real and how to approach the teacher and deal with the situation. As mothers of 14 school-aged children, we have had experiences that you can use to deal with questions that come up when dealing with your children and their teachers.
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The Body Snatchers–Kids Moving from Tween to Teen
Wonder if your creature living in your child’s room really genetically connected to you? He used to be your son, but now he is an emotional mess. Maggie Stevens, author of Parent Fix, discusses how to weather the tween years and the transition to teen years.
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The Stewardship System
Stacey discusses her experience in the summer with the Stewardship System, her method of giving children responsibility for the household chores and teaching them about real life. She says this is the best thing she has ever done!
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How Stress Manifests Part 2: To Label or Not with Claire Lerner
Our discussion about Stress with Kids continues with Claire Lerner as we discuss whether or not it is good to label your child and how to help your child without making a big issue of your child’s needs.
This is Part 2 of a 2 Part discussion.
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Creating a Safe Haven
Maggie Stevens, author of Parent Fix discusses how to create a safe haven in your house so that your child will always want to come home and share with you–the best way to ensure that your child will be safe in the world.
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How Stress Manifests in Children Pt 1
Claire Lerner discusses a listener’s question about her daughter who seems to have back-tracked in potty training after some stress. Like kids of any age, stress often doesn’t manifest itself in ways we would expect, but in ways we can’t understand at first glance. Listen and learn so you can diagnose stress in your kids. Stacey gets the gold star for having the answers for this listener’s question!
This is part 1 of a 2 part discussion.
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Taking a Great Family Photo
Photographer Amy Harrison discusses what makes a great family photo and how to pick a photographer to meet your family’s needs. Amy’s photos are amazing. Check them out at Remember This Photography.
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Time for Each Child
As we discussed with Claire, it is important to make time for each child. We discuss ways this can be done if you have 2 04 9 children and some innovative ideas to make each child feel special.
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When to Discuss the Birds and Bees
You might need to have that talk sooner than you think. Diana Ruschhaupt of the Ruth Lilly Health Education Center shares timing, tips and resources for you to make the discussion easier on you and your children. Also check out the resources she recommends:
Books By Lynda Madaras
Website: KidsHealth.org
Girls: The Care and Keeping of You
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Unrealistic Fears with Claire Lerner
Children can be afraid of small things like smoke detectors or the wind. Claire Lerner explains to Nancy how to help her daughter’s fear of the wind and help her learn to work through things when she is afraid.
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Disney YES is a Dream Come True
We’ve done a show on Disney YES and here is a video of our experience of the program! It was a hit once Alex woke up and realized that school at Disney would be fun! Our teacher Tabia was incredibly energetic and happy while still teaching the kids great info. Tabia taught the kids about the first 18 presidents of the US and the challenges they faced creating the nation, keeping it together, and then expanding it West. We were allowed behind the scenes at the Hall of Presidents where we got to meet the presidents up close and personal–you could see every hair on the heads of their animatronic doubles. We also rode Splash Mountain and Thunder Mountain before the park opened to other visitors–I really appreciated that later in the day when the wait was 60 minutes (I thought WDW was supposed to NOT be crowded in October)!
NOTE: The YES Program only recently opened to individual students and their families and is only available on select days but you should check and see if your dates coincide with YES programs because your school-aged kids 6 and older get an exciting experience in the park behind the scenes (along with a chaperon) and your entire family gets discounted park tickets (our discount was 50% off the regular ticket price—an incredible savings). Fore more information, check out their website at http://www.disneyyouth.com/individual-enrollment/ and check out my podcast where I interview the YES Marketing Director about the program and learn more details at http://www.themompodcast.com/2010/10/03/educational-opportunities-and-disney/
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