Growing Up With Kids :: A Funny Parenting Podcast

Rachael & David
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Growing Up With Kids :: A Funny Parenting Podcast

A lively conversation on the joys and challenges of parenting and marriage. A dose of humor, humility, honesty and creative solutions for normal people who want to be amazing parents and spouses.

  1. 10/05/2021

    Taking Your Kids on Practice Dates #093

    This Week's Episode:One-on-one dates with our younger kids can be a great time to be together and to teach them the mechanics of how to go on a date when they get to that stage of life. This week, Rachael breaks down a recent date she took with one of our kids, including what he learned, what she enjoyed, and how much farting there ended up being...Since we are talking about teaching our kids to date, the Stat of the Week is about how people use dating apps and which apps are most popular.Tha...

    28 min

  2. 09/28/2021

    Toxic Positivity in Marriage #092

    This Week's Episode:We are talking about toxic positivity again, but this time inside our marriages. We look at how passivity and "equanimity" (if we even use that word correctly) can make your spouse feel crazy.This conversation covers wives inviting their husbands to communicate their feelings in order to fight the isolation, loneliness and feelings of confusion wives often feel. We encourage husbands to start from a place of legitimizing wives' feelings even if they aren't packaged r...

    29 min

  3. 09/21/2021

    Toxic Positivity in Parenting #091

    This Week's Episode:We are back! Again...After a longer-than-expected layoff, we are back to talk about toxic positivity in our parenting--how we sometimes rush over our kids' feelings in an attempt to make them "feel better." If we are being honest, it is often about us wanting to feel better without really acknowledging our kids' hurt / pain / disappointment / fear and just sitting with them in it.We also talk about how David remains an idiot in countless ways, and why he needs to trim his ...

    36 min

  4. 08/03/2021

    Mom, Embrace the Mom You Want to Be Not the One You Think You Should Be #90

    This Week's Episode:After a couple months off we are back to talk about how mom's can focus on being the mom they want to be, not the mom they think they are supposed to be.Our discussion is inspired by "Yes Day," and the way that moms and dads can often see and think about parenting differently. We might have different eyes, and often mom's feel more pressure (internally and externally) to "do everything in parenting right."It is important to be grounded in order to feel freedom to enjoy tim...

    35 min

  5. 06/09/2021

    Got Guilt? Fighting Summertime Parenting Shame #089

    Thank you so much for listening! We'd love it if you took a moment to subscribe and rate/review the podcast in whichever app you choose to listen. And, if you have a friend who may be encouraged by this conversation, don't hesitate to share the podcast with them.This Week's Episode:We come back to the issue of parenting guilt every few months...I guess because it is front of mind (and heart) for us. Maybe you can relate.This week we are unpacking why we shouldn't feel so much guilt about how ...

    34 min

  6. 05/26/2021

    Summer Tips for Easier Fun at the Pool, Beach, or Wherever #088

    Thank you so much for listening! We'd love it if you took a moment to subscribe and rate/review the podcast in whichever app you choose to listen. And, if you have a friend who may be encouraged by this conversation, don't hesitate to share the podcast with them.This Week's Episode:Full of practical tips for making the most (and easiest) of summer activities--be it the pool, beach, hiking or whatever. [Bonus: David gets angry about bad, one-dimensional parenting advice on social media.)The St...

    37 min

  7. 05/18/2021

    Never Enough: That (Untrue) Feeling We All Have #087

    This Week's Episode:Have you ever felt like you just can't be enough...enough at work, enough at home, enough in your marriage, enough with your kids, enough in your friendships???Of course you have...we all have.This week we are lamenting a little, encouraging each other a lot, and hopefully providing some home and encouragement for you too!The Stat of the Week is about the potential pandemic-induced Baby Bust and how many kids mothers are having these days versus the past).Thank you so much...

    36 min

  8. 05/06/2021

    Dealing with Surly Kids of All Ages #086

    This Week's Episode:We are reminding ourselves how to interact with our kids when they are being surly--no matter what age.Be emotionally engaged, but appropriately distanced.Don't expect our kids to be adults.Use humor (wisely).Listen with true curiosity.Communicate clearly.Catch your kids doing "good" things, and provide descriptive, specific praise.The Stat of the Week is inspired by our sadness about Bill & Melinda Gates' divorce announcement and is all about divorce statistics.Thank ...

    31 min
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