It's a Drama Parenting Podcast. Why Do You Have Your Phone Strapped To Your Wrist? #001

01/01/19 • 23 min

It's a Drama Parenting Podcast!

Episode 1: I'm really very excited to be launching our very own /travel/lifestyle and parenting podcast for 2019.

It is something that I have dreamed of doing for a while but never had the time or the courage! Having my teenagers by my side will make me seem a whole lot more courageous than I really am and plus, it gives you a chance to hear things from a different perspective.

This is all very new to us so we will be trying out different things - be gentle with us and do me a favour? Email me with topics that you would like us to discuss. Please?

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What's The Podcast About?

The first episode is us saying hello and talking about mobile devices, the pros and cons of why a kid needs a cell phone and how parents react to this.

A teenagers point of view and parents concerns. Are phones bad for our children? Is there any need to worry so much.

Some of you may know that teenagers and devises are my favourite subject - but how do kids feel?

Podcast Notes:

I have homeschooled both of my kids (now 17 and 14) for the past nine years. Last year we took them backpacking around the world for a year.
It was the best thing we have ever done.
It was while we were on this trip that we came up with the idea of starting a podcast wherein kids and parents discuss topics. Sharing both sides of the story.
I know that all teenagers are not the same. Some are really shy, others feel as though they can't talk about certain stuff to their parents. That is why we wanted to make this podcast as honest as possible. The minute it feels awkward I will pull the plug.
If I had a podcast like this I would probably be addicted to it. There is so much I want to know about how other parents cope with stuff but I am usually either too embarrassed (they may think I'm a nosey cow) or too polite (what are you suggesting?). This is a fly on the wall podcast just for you.

I mess up straight away by introducing myself and then, before I know it, I am introducing Sonny too. That is something I will have to remember when doing this podcast - to keep my mouth shut and let my kids have their say!

I ask my 17-year-old son, Sonny, what age did he get his phone and WHY does he have to have it strapped to his hand for 14 hours a day?!
He explains about a snapchat phenomenon called 'Streaks'. I don't tell him what streaks referred to back in the '80s...
When you hear what it is teenagers are actually doing with their phones it makes the whole worry thing a great deal easier. I'm not saying I like it, but it is the way of the world and I think it's better to understand something rather than be frightened of it.
The podcast flew by so quickly. Once we got talking I really didn't want it to end, but we think that twenty minutes is long enough. What do you think?
And do you like Sonny's intro? Message me and give me some ideas, we'll love you forever. And don't forget, if you enjoy the parenting podcast subscribe on iTunes and leave us a review! That way we will get seen by more people. Yay!

It's a Drama Parenting Podcast!

Episode 1: I'm really very excited to be launching our very own /travel/lifestyle and parenting podcast for 2019.

This is all very new to us so we will be trying out different things - be gentle with us and do me a favour? Email me with topics that you would like us to discuss. Please?

For Pinterest

What's The Podcast About?

The first episode is us saying hello and talking about mobile devices, the pros and cons of why a kid needs a cell phone and how parents react to this.

A teenagers point of view and parents concerns. Are phones bad for our children? Is there any need to worry so much.

Some of you may know that teenagers and devises are my favourite subject - but how do kids feel?

Podcast Notes:

I have homeschooled both of my kids (now 17 and 14) for the past nine years. Last year we took them backpacking around the world for a year.
It was the best thing we have ever done.
It was while we were on this trip that we came up with the idea of starting a podcast wherein kids and parents discuss topics. Sharing both sides of the story.
I know that all teenagers are not the same. Some are really shy, others feel as though they can't talk about certain stuff to their parents. That is why we wanted to make this podcast as honest as possible. The minute it feels awkward I will pull the plug.
If I had a podcast like this I would probably be addicted to it. There is so much I want to know about how other parents cope with stuff but I am usually either too embarrassed (they may think I'm a nosey cow) or too polite (what are you suggesting?). This is a fly on the wall podcast just for you.

I ask my 17-year-old son, Sonny, what age did he get his phone and WHY does he have to have it strapped to his hand for 14 hours a day?!
He explains about a snapchat phenomenon called 'Streaks'. I don't tell him what streaks referred to back in the '80s...
When you hear what it is teenagers are actually doing with their phones it makes the whole worry thing a great deal easier. I'm not saying I like it, but it is the way of the world and I think it's better to understand something rather than be frightened of it.
The podcast flew by so quickly. Once we got talking I really didn't want it to end, but we think that twenty minutes is long enough. What do you think?
And do you like Sonny's intro? Message me and give me some ideas, we'll love you forever. And don't forget, if you enjoy the parenting podcast subscribe on iTunes and leave us a review! That way we will get seen by more people. Yay!

Next Episode

How Long Term Travel Affects Your Family & Being Afraid To Travel #002

How Long Term Travel Affects Different Members Of The Family Episode 2

This episode of the podcast is all about how families cope when they throw everything up in the air for a while and decide to go travelling with their kids.

I have had people say to me that their kids would be nervous about leaving their friends and home for a couple of weeks.

While we were travelling last year, my daughter got pretty homesick. She wanted her friends and her own bed which is understandable.

I worried myself sick over the fact that we had ruined her life forever and then, the following week, she turned around and said she was happy again and wanted to continue travelling. I don't know who I was madder at. Me for crying myself to sleep and worrying myself senseless or her for telling me in the first place!

A good lesson to learn here is that parents often worry about our kids for no reason. I know I do. We all do. And mostly it turns out to be a storm in a teacup.

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Podcast Notes

We tried a different format for this podcast. We did a question and answer session. Three questions each.

Here were the questions:
What was your initial thought when I said that we were going to travel around the world for a year?
How had you changed when you returned home and did you still fit in?
Were you ever lonely?
Did your friends still relate to you?
How did you keep in touch with your friends?

I loved this podcast and as I mentioned above, the things that I would have said my kids were worried about turned out to be completely different to what I thought.

Just shows that we don't always know what's going on in that teenage brain.

I had a hard time returning back to real life and we discuss that too.

Before we closed the show, I asked Sonny what book he was reading at the moment. It was Pillars Of The Earth by Ken Follett

That's it from us for this week! I hope you enjoyed the show. Please comment below or send me a private message if there is a topic you would like us to talk about.

I'll do my best!

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