by justaskyourmompodcast | Apr 8, 2024 | Family Topics, Teenagers
The mother-daughter relationship can be one of the closest–and most fraught–relationships we have. Having read a bit about this since losing my own mother in my early 20’s, I know that a young girl identifies with and takes so many cues from her mother...
by justaskyourmompodcast | Mar 18, 2024 | Family Topics, Teenagers, Toddlers
If you haven’t already in your parenthood journey, you will at some point be faced with some tough stuff in your kid’s life. Some other kid is going to say something mean or they won’t get invited to someone’s party. They don’t make the theater cast...
by justaskyourmompodcast | Mar 11, 2024 | All Grown Up, Family Topics, Marriage, Teenagers, Toddlers
/rəˈspek(t)/ Here’s a word that gets tossed around a lot: respect. R-E-S-P-E-C-T as Aretha Franklin sang it. We hear it a lot in relation to parenting. Children should respect their parents. “Don’t you sass me, young man! ...
by justaskyourmompodcast | Feb 12, 2024 | All Grown Up, Family Topics, Teenagers, Toddlers
If you are a #girlmom, you’re likely familiar with the idea of “girl power” and all its manifestations in movies, music, and culture. On today’s podcast we want to take a look at CONFIDENCE, where it comes from, and how we can best give that to our daughters, from the...
by justaskyourmompodcast | Jan 15, 2024 | Family Topics, Teenagers, Toddlers
Ok, people. It’s flu season and winter and we know you’re going to have some days where you’re stuck indoors because of weather or being UNDER the weather…. It happens. Or maybe you have too many little kids and you just CANNOT with a Walmart run. It...
by justaskyourmompodcast | Dec 25, 2023 | Family Topics, Teenagers, Toddlers, Wellbeing
In November 2021, we aired an episode asking the question “Are You the Default Parent?” based on Eve Rodsky’s book FAIR PLAY. In her book, she introduces a very useable system that helps couples and families more fairly divide the labor in the home so the...
