by justaskyourmompodcast | Jan 20, 2025 | All Grown Up, Family Topics, Teenagers, Toddlers
Today’s episode came from a listener suggestion. Their older family dog recently had a cancer diagnosis and they’d decided with the veterinarian to prevent suffering and hasten the end. That prompted a lot of questions from their child about the process...
by justaskyourmompodcast | Jan 13, 2025 | Family Topics
We grew up in the 70’s and 80’s, which wasn’t much of a heyday for family photography. It was all portraits done in basic studios with rolled up vinyl backdrops that pulled down behind you like a classroom map of the US. The last actual family portrait I...
by justaskyourmompodcast | Jan 6, 2025 | Family Topics, Health, Teenagers, Toddlers, Wellbeing
A couple of months ago I came across an article in the Atlantic on caregiving that led me to a book by the same author. Elissa Straus: The Unexpected Magic of Caring for Others. That’s a switch, I thought. Because a glance at typical...
by justaskyourmompodcast | Dec 30, 2024 | All Grown Up, Family Topics, Teenagers, Toddlers
A recent email from a listener got our wheels turning. Her question had to do with adult child/parent relationships, which can be tricky if your own parents aren’t on board with your own ideas for raising your children. The listener wrote that she’s been...
by justaskyourmompodcast | Dec 23, 2024 | Family Topics, Teenagers, Toddlers
This may be a familiar refrain around your home, and if it is, it’s one that typically frustrates parents. Around age 4, kids start to understand the concept of FAIRNESS, but—as with many things—they’ll probably need lots of discussions on what it...
by justaskyourmompodcast | Dec 16, 2024 | Family Topics, Toddlers
The popular version of Santa Claus comes from a series of drawings from the 1880s and the famous poem Twas the Night Before Christmas. From the merging of these two creations, we get the familiar lines: He was dressed all in fur, from his head to his foot,And...
