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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Bill Dwight FamZoo.com
Join us as we discuss:
What is a virtual family bank and how this brilliant idea from www.famzoo.com can prep your kids for finances.
Bill newest brain-child using real pre-paid cards to teach handling debit cards with real money.
How Bill’s FamZoo software is fully customizable to you, your family, and your values.
SHOW NOTES
FamZoo.com – Bill’s site. You gotta check this out! Sign up. Go. Do tha Zoo.
FamZoo.com Short Video Review – this is a review that I did a while back. Let’s be clear. When I did this video, it was already cool. Now Bill has fed his site awesome-sauce through intubation and absolutely blows me away.
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Kids spending all of their time in their room.
Common mistakes that new parents make.
Are we in fact coddling our kids too much and would Common Core fix that problem?
Introducing music early in kids lives makes their brains better….no joke….
Youthful Tendency Disorder and how it’s ravaging the U.S.
SHOW NOTES
Spiderman by peffs at Flickr.
Join us as we discuss:
An article on the top 10 Thanksgiving Traditions in America.
How Spiderman is Jeff’s favorite part of Thanksgiving, and why.
How traditions need to be a big part in your family.
SHOW NOTES
Top 10 Thanksgiving Traditions – article referenced in todays show.
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Judy MacNamee
Join us as we discuss:
What ADHD coaching is and how it adds to current therapies and their effectiveness.
How you can prepare your ADHD kiddos for success even after graduation.
What should a parent be doing when their kid has attention and hyperactive issues.
Good resources for the parents of ADHD kids.
SHOW NOTES
ADHD Coach Connect – Judy’s website helping ADHD teens achieve their full potential.
ADHD Skills 4 Life and Learning – Judy’s second site.
Right Way Wrong Way by ToddMorris at Flickr
Join us as we discuss:
How we can be doing exactly the right thing, but completely the wrong way.
How this philosophical ideal is at the heart of almost every parents (especially me) headache.
How treating our kids like people doesn’t mean soft.
Due to being out out of town until Saturday the 16th, Jeff and I have decided to take today off. Feel free to check out our RFGP category for past shows that you’ve missed.
The Real Family Guys Category Search – a list of every RFGP show.
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