Holiday Headquarters for 2013 at my family’s place.
Join us as we discuss:
The gift of giving and how it doesn’t necessarily begin with kids buying presents for others.
The idea that learning giving doesn’t begin with teaching obedience, but by giving kids the full discretion to choose to do the wrong and selfish thing.
Some beautiful stories at the Casa de Gibson and how this mentality has been paying off in spades over the last 2 months.
Amy Ambrozich and Leslie Quickel from daretoparent.com
Join us as we discuss:
Why school breaks are often a struggle for us and for our kids.
How do we work out our school-break differences?
How can we help our kids feel more comfortable interacting with extended family?
SHOW NOTES
Dare to Parent – Leslie and Amy’s website.
How to Communicate so Kids Will Listen – Leslie and Amy’s previous show.
Join us as we discuss:
The recent article of the 6 year old suspended for kissing a girl at school. Is it right or wrong to touch without express permission?
So lets talk about inappropriate touching in general. When is it okay? Are you doing it as a parent and not even aware of it?
Are we raising a generation of kids that are wienies?
SHOW NOTES
Mother of Girl Kissed by 6 Year Old Speaks Out
Unwanted Touching: Unacceptable at Any Age
Are We Raising a Generation of Helpless Kids?
Join us as we discuss:
Part 2 of a great top 25 things for dads raising daughters. Oh yes. In true RFGP style, there is no way this is a one-parter.
The popular gender stereotypes that Jeff and I completely disagree with.
The concept that girls can be strong, and feminine…all in the same breath plus how we can help them get there.
SHOW NOTES
25 Failsafe* Rules For Dads Raising Daughters
Jim Ochterski
Join us as we discuss:
An interview with special guest Jim Ochterski on how to learn to be a step parent.
How do we adjust to this step-family role and hopefully blend with the existing parent-child relationship already in place.
How step-parenting is definitely…tricky…but how we can enjoy a beautiful relationship with our step-kiddos that is unique and wonderful…even if it is tricky.
SHOW NOTES
Jim Ochterski is a step-dad-in-training who lives in the Finger Lakes region of New York with his fiancee and two awesome, nearly-teen kiddos. He is working on a new resource called “Step Parent Ideas” to share practical how-to’s and resources that really work with other families. If you have suggestions or tips for Jim, or want to run some thoughts by him, he’d welcome a note or two at [email protected].
Episode 69 Listener Question: 7 Rules for a Solid Step Parent Relationship – the show that initially triggered Jim agreeing to come on the show.
You’re Not That Important
Join us as we discuss:
A listener questions about an episode at Freakonomics.com on Parenting done by several economists.
The question is posed, do parents matter as much as we’d like to think?
Some fantastic lessons by the roundtable at Freakonomics.
What does the research suggest is the *most* important thing in parenting…and how it’s not us.
SHOW NOTES
The Economists Guide to Parenting – great podcast at www.freakonomics.com.
NurtureShock: New Thinking About Children
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Epic Dad FTW!!!
Part 1 of a great top 25 things for dads raising daughters. Oh yes. In true RFGP style, there is no way this is a one-parter.
The popular gender stereotypes that Jeff and I completely disagree with.
The concept that girls can be strong, and feminine…all in the same breath plus how we can help them get there.
SHOW NOTES
25 Failsafe* Rules For Dads Raising Daughters – article reference in the show.
Crash and Burn by Handforged at Flickr
Join us as we discuss:
Trey’s top 10 crash and burns for the 2013 year.
The importance of acknowledging our faults, failures, and screw ups.
How these crash and burns don’t weaken us, but put us in a position to grow.
SHOW NOTES
Eminem (Not Afraid) – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5-yKhDd64s
Failure by Seamoor at Flickr
Join me as we discuss:
A remix on kids and failure. How them crashing and burning really is great.
Why we are so fearful of letting our kids fail at stuff.
Why we should rejoice in their bike crashes, the hot sauce they shouldn’t have eaten, and getting destroyed at chess.
SHOW NOTES
Don’t Help This Baby – great article on resisting the urge to help babies when they struggle and why we shouldn’t in every case.
Today Jeff and I are enjoying some post-turkey-coma time with our family. We all enjoyed ourselves with some amazing Cajun-infused deep-fried turkey and ham! YES! Real Thanksgiving food for the win! BOOM! Later today my wife and I are getting a real date-day so we are watching the new Hunger Games and going to eat authentic Indian food. Chicken Tikka Masala here I come.
I recommend you check our last weeks Real Family Guys Podcast on Thanksgiving or go to Where to Start and Search for a Topic. From there we have a metric butt-ton of shows for you to check out.
Most excitedly, if you listened to Wednesday’s interview with Bill Dwight from www.famzoo.com, you will be pumped to know that Bill reached out to me this week and said that he wants to support our PETAK members by offering them a sweet discount for two free months of FamZoo so you can check it out first.
PETAKers, head on over to the Members Page after you sign in and snag your code. I’ll be genuinely surprised if you don’t love it.
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