Positivity in Parenting: Saying "Yes" & Catching Kids Doing the Right Thing #023

01/14/20 • 45 min

Growing Up With Kids :: A Funny Parenting Podcast

Sometimes it is too easy to look for (and find) the negative. This week we are working on being more positive in our parenting. One way is avoiding the temptation to give a knee-jerk "no" to our kids' questions and requests; instead looking for ways to say "yes." Another is to go out of our way to notice when our kids do the right thing.
Join us as we discuss our previous weeks in our new segment, "Word of the Week." One of us is "exhausted" and one of us is "bored." Well, those sound pretty negative, but we have a few laughs about it!
David and Rachael both reference something they learned in "How to Talk So Teens Will Listen and Listen So Teens Will Talk," but forget to mention the book's actual name. And, Rachael coins the term, "Sportscaster Parenting." Listen to find out what in the world that means!
The Stat of the Week is a little gross, so proceed with caution as we explore the Rat Kings in Estonia.
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Starting the New Year with a Sense of Mission #022

A new year is upon us. The holidays are over and it is back to "real life." For some that's a drag, and for others the prospect of school, work and steady schedules is sweet relief!
Either way, the new year is a great time to reinvigorate the mission of marriage and of parenthood. Taking a cue from the movie Argo, we spend some time on how the mission of our families--marriage and parenting--is heroic work even if it is just in relationship to six, four, two or even one other person. We have the opportunity to have a deep, positive impact on the ones we love the most.
What an exciting mission!
While we are NOT good resolution people, we do talk about one simple new habit each of us is trying to tackle in the new year. And, Rachael relays a story about how important it is to follow directions during our newest segment, "Who have you set on fire lately?"

This Week's Stat of the Week highlights the general futility of New Year's Resolutions. We talk about the percentage of New Year's resolutions that actually get accomplished (from a December 2018 New York Post article). Additionally, we track another mildly dubious statistic from Forbes (Dec 2018) via Business Insider (Jan 2017) via U.S. News & World Report (Dec 2015).
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Enjoying Your Spouse: Ideas for Liking Each Other More #024

Enjoying your spouse seems like an obvious thing to do, but it isn't always as easy as we'd think or like. This week we cover 6.5 ideas on how to increase your level of "likitude" with your spouse. Here's a quick preview:
1. Carve out time together.
2. Being seen & heard.
3. Be curious and genuinely interested in activities your spouse prefers (that you don't).
4. Have a "mutual" sense of humor.
5. Recognize & respect different needs for interaction & introversion.
6. Get out of your normal context.
7. Seek out friends who see (and remind you of) the good in your spouse.
The Stat of the Week is about leisure time activities and time spent caring for children from the American Time Survey conducted by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).
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