Erica Ponders Erica Gerlach

Ginger Hubbard's biblical parenting podcast:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/parenting-with-ginger-hubbard/id1550626556

Pastor Josh Smith's sermon on the hindrance of pride: https://pabc.org/resources/sermons/the-hindrance-of-pride/

Many quotes from Until The Streetlights Come On by Ginny Yurich, MEd

Focus On The Family’s new podcast, “Practice Makes Parent:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/practice-makes-parent/id1718491944

Today I’m discussing my personal belief that adults need “play” just like kids. So play with your kids, not just for them, but for you too!

Books mentioned in this podcast episode:

Until The Streetlights Come On by Ginny Yurich, M. Ed

Generative Artificial Intelligence by Jerry Kaplan, M. Ed

There's No Such Thing As Bas Weather by lind McGurck

Here's the got questions.org article answering if jesus ate meat: https://www.gotquestions.org/clean-unclean-animals.html


Here a link to learn more about Chelsea Blackbird, who I mentioned at the beginning if you are interested: https://www.thechristiannutritionist.com/about-1

Do we really need Fiction? What are the benefits to fictional stories especially in younger kids?

Here is the link to the article I referenced today by Lydia Martin: https://blog.friendscentral.org/experts-agree-kids-need-fiction-to-succeed-in-school-and-life

Do we really need fiction and stories and pretending? If so, is there such a thing as too much?

Today I referenced Nicholas Kardaras, Ph.D.'s book "Glow Kids" Ginny Yurich, MEd's book, "Until The Streetlights Come On" and and article by Foster Heidenrich's article, "Addiction To Fiction". Here is the link to the article: https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20180503-our-fiction-addiction-why-humans-need-stories