by justaskyourmompodcast | Jan 24, 2022 | Family Topics, Health, Teenagers, Toddlers, Wellbeing
This is the third and final segment of a three-part series on kids and food. In our first podcast we talked about how what women eat during pregnancy affects the taste of the amniotic fluid. How baby-led weaning, a practice where babies 6 months old or older jump...
by justaskyourmompodcast | Jan 10, 2022 | Family Topics, Health, Teenagers, Toddlers, Wellbeing
It’s a problem for lots of American families. Our kids are so-called “picky eaters”. What is the source of the problem in our kids’ eating habits? Starts with us. Examine your eating habits? Do you snack all day? Do you skip breakfast and fail to eat until...
by justaskyourmompodcast | Jan 3, 2022 | Family Topics, Teenagers, Toddlers
All of us want our kids to be healthy & well-rounded. A lot of us have the bases pretty well covered when it comes to academics, talents (like sports/arts, etc), and social engagement. Where many of us feel inadequate in the spiritual arena. How...
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...
by justaskyourmompodcast | Dec 6, 2021 | All Grown Up, Family Topics, Marriage, Teenagers, Toddlers, Wellbeing
To give completely. Without reservation. That’s the original root of the word forgive. Why is this so hard for some of us? Perhaps it’s fairly easy to let the minor things go—he ate the last slice of cherry pie, she forgot to pick up the...
by justaskyourmompodcast | Nov 29, 2021 | Family Topics, Teenagers, Toddlers, Uncategorized, Wellbeing
I don’t think families are mentoring one another in prayer nearly enough. Somehow we think that you just start talking to God and that’s it. But Jesus’s own disciples asked him to teach them to pray! Prayer can feel HARD. It’s called a spiritual DISCIPLINE for a...
