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 | May 31, 2021 | All Grown Up, Family Topics, Teenagers, Toddlers, Wellbeing
Lavy Little is an OT and mother of three active, grown sons (ages 18, 20, and 21). She and her husband Conrad had been married only 3 years when, because of kidney disease related to the diabetes he’d lived with since the age of 4, she donated one of her kidneys...
by justaskyourmompodcast | May 24, 2021 | Family Topics, Teenagers, Toddlers, Wellbeing
Helping Kids Overcome Shame If we look at the most profound and basic of human questions (why are we here?) scripture tells us it is to act justly, love mercy, walk humbly, to love our neighbor as ourselves, and to love God with our heart, soul, and strength. All of...
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 10, 2021 | Family Topics, Teenagers, Toddlers
No Matter What. There’s nothing you can do that would make me (or God) not love you. I might not always like everything you DO but I will always love YOU. A child should never feel like they’re walking on eggshells where their parents’ love is...
by justaskyourmompodcast | Mar 22, 2021 | Family Topics, Marriage, Teenagers, Toddlers, Wellbeing
What do you do when your child continually disobeys you for the same offense? This is one of the most frustrating experiences as a parent. Sometimes we feel like we say the same thing again and again and again, with no changes in our child’s behavior. Notecards:...
