by justaskyourmompodcast | Feb 3, 2025 | Family Topics, Health, Toddlers
Back in April of 2022, we aired an episode on potty training, which was pretty comprehensive. We looked at potty training around the world and how it differed from the US. Told a bit about our own experience and gave a lot of suggestions for what works, lots of...
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 | Nov 18, 2024 | All Grown Up, Family Topics, Health, Teenagers, Toddlers, Wellbeing
This episode is a shorter conversation just to do a bit of a gut check. Renee, you were just saying the other day that you’d been talking to a friend who’s about to move here from central America, and that you were giving a big head’s up about the pace of life...
by justaskyourmompodcast | Oct 21, 2024 | Family Topics, Health, Teenagers, Toddlers, Wellbeing
What’s brave? If we consider all the things we could be afraid of, we can quickly see why don’t be afraid, in one form or another, is one of the most repeated commands in Scripture. But God calls us to “be strong and of good courage” (Daniel 10:19). How do we...
by justaskyourmompodcast | Sep 30, 2024 | Family Topics, Health, Teenagers, Toddlers, Wellbeing
Every parent’s been there: the routine trip to the pediatrician for a vaccine or a sick visit where your child gets a strep throat swab. It’s tough to hear your child cry and then have them look to you for rescue, even from the nicest of nurses and doctors in...
by justaskyourmompodcast | Sep 16, 2024 | Family Topics, Health, Teenagers, Toddlers
Mandy Klentz @plandy.mandy on Instagram Young IRL mom who is a master at meal plans and saving money on groceries. No matter WHO plans and prepares the meals at your house, whether you’re a SAHM or you also work outside your home and try to cram...
