by justaskyourmompodcast | Jun 21, 2021 | All Grown Up, Family Topics, Health, Marriage, Teenagers, Toddlers
“Caught in the middle” caring for children and elderly parents. Support both ends financially, emotionally, or physically. This term was coined by Dorothy Miller in 1981 to describe adult children of the elderly who are “sandwiched” between caring for their own...
by justaskyourmompodcast | Jun 14, 2021 | Family Topics, Health, Wellbeing
Addressing the Epidemic of Anxiety in Kids & Their Parents We’ve seen the shift in the ways American parents are raising their children. Since the mid-70’s, parents have been sold a bill of goods, one that convinced them of lurking danger in the world...
by justaskyourmompodcast | May 17, 2021 | Health, Teenagers, Toddlers, Wellbeing
The Role of Play & Nature in a Child’s Life Summer’s on its way. Here in middle TN, that last school bell is about to ring for the year. Back in the childhoods of the 70’s & 80’s, that meant long lazy days spent outside, dreaming up games, building...
by justaskyourmompodcast | May 3, 2021 | Family Topics, Health, Wellbeing
We’ve talked a lot about how motherhood (especially the early years) can feel lonely & isolating. More & more (because of jobs & greater mobility), families no longer live in the same community, so the shared responsibilities and support that come with...
by justaskyourmompodcast | Apr 26, 2021 | Family Topics, Health, Wellbeing
What We Wish We’d Known After Baby Arrived The months of waiting are over. You’ve weathered the morning sickness, backaches, reflux, swollen ankles, and mastered the “waddle” gait of pregnancy. The nurses tell you to pull the car around and...
by justaskyourmompodcast | Apr 12, 2021 | Family Topics, Health, Marriage, Wellbeing
Married at 22, busy with her blossoming career as a music teacher, and working towards an advanced degree, Katie Frazier’s life was turning out just the way she’d imagined. She and her musician husband Shawn, like most young married couples, were focused...
