by justaskyourmompodcast | Jun 6, 2022 | Family Topics, Marriage, Teenagers, Toddlers
We talk a lot on this podcast about how every kid is different, even within the same family. When we say this, we’re talking about ways they’re gifted or talented—one is more athletic, another is a whiz at math or can pick up a guitar and just know what to...
by justaskyourmompodcast | Mar 21, 2022 | All Grown Up, Family Topics, Marriage
None of us likes to imagine it. You’re married, a couple of kids, life is cruising along in the busy lane, and BOOM you get that call or that diagnosis or any number of things we label “the unthinkable.” (which is why we don’t think of them). You (or...
by justaskyourmompodcast | Feb 14, 2022 | All Grown Up, Family Topics, Marriage, Teenagers
Happy Heart Day! This is kind of a love it or hate it holiday, isn’t it? It can be really disheartening for some people—kids included—because it celebrates couples and love & friendships and if you happen to not HAVE a big love life, then where does...
by justaskyourmompodcast | Dec 27, 2021 | All Grown Up, Family Topics, Health, Marriage, Wellbeing
You’re probably painfully familiar with New Year’s resolution statistics, if only because you’re one of them: Whether it’s a small goal or a huge, life-changing goal, people tend to fail at the same rate: Approximately 80 percent of people who...
by justaskyourmompodcast | Dec 20, 2021 | Family Topics, Marriage
We’ve reached the end of another year. How’s your marriage doing? Have you given it any thought? Are you coasting along? Running off the road a little? We’re not marriage EXPERTS—just as we aren’t parenting “experts”—but we’ve each...
by justaskyourmompodcast | Dec 13, 2021 | Family Topics, Marriage, Teenagers, Toddlers
John Stonestreet is known for saying that there isn’t really parenting. There is mothering and fathering. Both a mother and a father bring differing strengths and benefits to a child. David Blankenhorn in his book Fatherless America explains that films about family...
