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Why U No Show Yesterday?

 

Homestead de GIbson

Homestead de GIbson Now 

So by now I assume you’ve discovered that there was no show yesterday.  Here’s an explanation as to why and a Gibson Family Update.  

Our daughter to be through foster to adopt is getting closer.  After an arduous time getting our house cleaned up and ready, we started on prepping for the Homestudy today (5/15/14).  This is where an agency comes to your house, interviews everyone, and inspects your house to see if it meets “Minimum Standards” for safety.  Don’t let that fool you.  The minimum standards binder is several inches thick of paper.  

So I was up until midnight last night with a headlamp on (The Streamlight ARGO I mentioned in the Gibson Gear episode) weedeating in the dark.  Basically, to meet these minimum standards, you have to divide by zero and engulf all of life into a safe box so I have been life-proofing (sarcasm rich here) our yard.  But I think we have it in the bag.

Our case worker is coming today at 4pm CST to interview us and check our house out.  With that said, I crawled into a fetal position and went to bed so I could get up and go to work early this morning.  I’ll be leaving early this afternoon so I can get home for the homestudy.  

So I request thoughts or prayers, whatever you believe in is welcomed.  I’ll keep you informed.

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Homestead de GIbson

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Episode 302 FPN Gibson Gear: Family Oriented Gear Hacks

 

Gibson Loadout

Gibson Loadout

Join us as we discuss:

The gear the Homestead de Gibson uses to make parenting a bit easier.

The hacks that we’ve developed that helps Corrie (wife) and I manage a household with 5 kids (about to be 6).

Some suggestions on things that you might want to get to make your household operate slick as snot.

 

SHOW NOTES
Cosco Umbrella Stroller, Sleep Monsters

ERGObaby Baby Carrier

Melissa & Doug Pounding Bench

Melissa & Doug Deluxe Easel

Melissa & Doug Shopping Cart

Melissa & Doug Blocks

Power Wheels Jeep Wrangler

Apple iPad 2 (16GB, WiFi, Black)

Kindle Fire HD

Chicco Caddy Hook On Chair

Regalo Easy Gate

Radio Flyer Heavy Duty

SoundAsleep Air Mattress

Go Kots cots

Fom Bags

Nerf N-Strike Elite: Strongarm Blaster

Nerf N-Strike Elite Retaliator Blaster

Hooter Hiders Cotton Nursing Cover

One Size Elite FuzziBunz Cloth Diapers

Streamlight Protac Flashlight 2AA

Diaper Dude Diaper Bag, Camouflage

Griffin Survivor Case for iPad 2/3/4

Griffin Survivor Military Duty Case

Crocs Kids

Melissa & Doug Basic Skills Placemat Bundle

Maxpedition Kodiak

Streamlight Argo Headlamp

 

 

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Episode 89 RFGP Why Use Carrots and Sticks if Your Kid’s Not a…Donkey

 

Carrot  Stick  Love by opensourceway at Flickr

Carrot Stick Love by opensourceway at Flickr

Join us as we discuss:

How the carrot and stick approach of rewards and punishments need to be weaned the older kids get.

Why external motivation like rewards and punishments bite us later in life.

How to teach internal motivation to kids without rewards and punishments. 

 

SHOW NOTES

Motivating Kids without Carrots and Sticks

Motivating Your Adolescent to Perform

Teen Spirit – Helicopter Parenting Has Crippled American Teenagers

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Episode 301 FPN Spanking: The Anti-Freedom

 

Chained Sky by Clearly Ambiguous at Flickr

Chained Sky by Clearly Ambiguous at Flickr

Join us as we discuss:

How spanking is converse to what we typically believe about personal sovereignty and freedom.  

The difference between teaching kids to do right for fear of pain versus doing right because they recognize it is right through the freedom of choice.

How spanking is not raising freedom minded men and women, but those that submit to authority…and the bigger stick.

 

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Episode 88 RFGP The X-Factor in Parenting

 

The X Factor by Lief Carlsen at Flickr

The X Factor by Lief Carlsen at Flickr

Join us as we discuss:

The X-Factor in parenting and how there are some factors that, when considered, make us better parents.

How taking your parenting to the next level is possible, even if you are already a stable parent. 

 

SHOW NOTES

40 Developmental Assets for Adolescents 

 

 

 

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Episode 300 FPN Girls and Relationships: Why It’s Harder on Them

 

Girl Crying by clazzi at Flickr

Girl Crying by clazzi at Flickr

Join us as we discuss:\

A look at why girls take relationship breakups harder than most boys, and what it means for us as parents.

How girls self-identity is often found in their relationships rather than in their abilities and accomplishments. 

How we can raise girls without overemphasizing relationships and focus on abilities, knowledge, and skills as well as relationships.

 

SHOW NOTES

Girls Who Get Caught in Bad Romance Risk More than Just their Broken Hearts

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Episode 299 FPN Kids and Consent

 

Happening Without Your Permission by What What at Flickr

Happening Without Your Permission by What What at Flickr F

Join us as we discuss:

How we value kids meaning their “yes” and “no” but how we often parent in a way that robs them of their consent.  

A few common areas we take from our kids without their consent.

Some ideas on how to give kids consent back.

 

SHOW NOTES

4 Ways Parents Teach Kids That Consent Doesn’t Matter 

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Episode 87 RFGP The Sweet Spot Parenting

 

Banksy in Boston by Chris Devers

Banksy in Boston by Chris Devers

Join us as we discuss:

The differences between Permissive and Authoritarian parenting.

A middle-ground “sweet spot” in parenting that helps kids learn the best.  

How to set limits with kids without being a jerk. 

 

 

SHOW NOTES

How to Set Effective Limits with Your Child – great article by Dr. Laura Markham.  

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Episode 298 FPN Educational Apps

 

Eduactional iPads by  Brad Flickinger at Flickr

Eduactional iPads by Brad Flickinger at Flickr

Join us as we discuss:

A listener email on what Educational Apps does the Homestead de Gibson use on their iPads.

I will walk you through our favorite apps, why we use them, and even some audio so you can hear how they work as we go.  

Why we use electronics in our home education.  

 

 

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Episode 297 FPN Stop and Play

 

Stop and Play

Stop and Play

Join us as we discuss:

A quick update on the new homestead plus updates on foster to adopt classes.

A lesson I learned during the move, that I had to put into practice today.  Stopping and playing with my kiddos when there is TONS to do. 

The song that almost brought me to tears in my recognition that I was becoming “just like him.” 

 

 

SHOW NOTES

Cats in the Cradle – click on title to listen to song.

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