by justaskyourmompodcast | Feb 17, 2025 | Family Topics, Teenagers
If you haven’t encountered it yet in your parenting, you probably will at some point. Whether or not to let your child quit something. Maybe it’s swim lessons or a sport or an instrument they were begging you to sign them up for but now they’re over it and...
by justaskyourmompodcast | Jan 27, 2025 | All Grown Up, Family Topics, Teenagers, Toddlers
If going to church is something your family does regularly, there’s no reason to stop when you have a baby. In fact, we’d argue it’s even more important that you continue the routines you had before your baby joins the family. When it feels like it takes...
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 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...
