Make New Mistakes by elycefeliz at Flickr
Join us as we discuss:
How trying new things and making mistakes is beneficial for both you and your kids.
The neurology to why mistakes are so good at helping us remember and make better decisions.
A few popular parenting mistakes you may be making.
Ball by Riley Kaminer at Flickr
Join us as we discuss:
The rubber band discipline technique that has Jeff’s and my attention.
An article on two words that might change your family and how you all interact.
SHOW NOTES
How to Discipline a Child – The Rubber Band Method
Two Words that Will Transform Your Family
Resolutions and Goals by Ed Donahue at Flickr
Join us as we discuss:
My dislike for New Years resolutions and how these were so good I was actually willing to post them.
How these foundational resolutions could be the bedrock of some serious change for your family.
SHOW NOTES
5 Resolutions that Will Make You a Better Parent This Year – Dr. Laura Markhams excellent blog article on parental resolutions.
Buzz Lightyear by NASA HQ PHOTO at Flickr
Join us as we discuss:
A review in Homestead de Gibson’s Christmas and how Trey’s 8 year old took him to school on Christmas.
A look at the growth plans for FPN in 2015.
What Trey is going to work on personally in 2015 to take his parenting to the next level.
Treyson by Todd Petersen at Flickr\
Join us as we discuss:
The strong willed child and how most people have them all wrong.
How strong willed children are actually the template for our other kids, not the exception.
How we can teaching thoughtful compliance, kindness, and respectfulness without losing those crucial strong willed traits.
SHOW NOTES
Join us on Media Sucks Friday as we discuss:
Attachment and bonding with our kids, the biology behind it, and how we can increase attachment in our kids, foster kids, and adoptive kids.
Treating kids differently. Is it okay to treat each kid different. Well, yes and no so lets talk about what those look like.
Parents loosing their temper. How do we curb loosing our temper with our kids and who is it so flippin’ important.
SHOW NOTES
Why Synchronize and Bond with Your Kid
5 Things to Do When You Feel Your Temper Rising
Candle and Christmas Tree by Lois Elling at Flickr
Join us as we discuss:
Where Trey and his family has been for the last few missed shows.
What Homestead de Gibson does for Christmas and how it looks.
How we don’t do Santa, excessive gifts, and how I hate Elf on the Shelf.
Join us as we discuss:
Two great articles on how to teach kids to make good choices.
How getting kids to do the right thing isn’t about driving them to good decisions, but teaching them why they want to do the right thing.
How young kids need choices too, just not as many as older kiddos.
SHOW NOTES
Helping Your Teen Make Responsible Choices
Why I Give My Children Fewer (or No) Choices
Barron Whited from Barron Whited from www.barronwhited.com
Join us as we discuss:
This holiday season and how we can teach kids to be givers rather than focus on consuming.
What does being a giver teach kids?
How can this giver mentality be beneficial for them in life?
How do we model giving for our kids?
SHOW NOTES
Join us as we discuss:
Why is it that kids love homeschool and unschool.
A few of the reasons that my own kids listed for loving unschooling.
Feedback from several hundred homeschool kids that teach us why they love it even when they can choose public school.
SHOW NOTES
50 Reasons Homeschooled Kids Love Being Homeschooled
