Parenting Made Practical Podcast
86 episodes - English - Latest episode: 18 days ago - ★★★★★ - 38 ratingsGet practical biblical answers and coaching from Parent Educators Joey and Carla Link on everyday issues parents face when they need to deal with their kid’s bad attitudes and behavior. You will learn to teach your kids to be obedient, respectful and responsible in today’s challenging world.
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Help, My Kid was Caught Cheating!
April 09, 2024 08:00 - 30 minutes - 35.6 MBAll Kids are tempted to cheat, in more ways than just their school work. Learn what parents can do with kids who cheat and how to train them not to.
Help Kids Choose to Make Right Choices
March 26, 2024 08:00 - 36 minutes - 58.9 MBKids do the same wrong behaviors over and over. But WHY? Discover how parents can help their kids choose right over their wrong desires.
Teach Kids to Make Kindness a Habit
March 12, 2024 08:00 - 33 minutes - 54 MBKindness can be abstract to kids, but if they don’t learn to be kind, kids become self-centered, arrogant, and selfish.
When Kids Say I Hate You!
February 27, 2024 09:00 - 29 minutes - 48.1 MBKids can lash out with very hurtful words. But learn why and where this attitude comes from and how to curb this hateful speech and attitude in your kids.
When Should Kids Get A Cell Phone?
February 13, 2024 09:00 - 45 minutes - 73.5 MBEvery parent has to deal with this question. Get some helpful practical coaching to help think this through with and for your kids.
79. Parenting Kids Away From Home
January 30, 2024 09:00 - 34 minutes - 47.8 MBHow do you parent when you are shopping or at a friend’s house? And, how do you leave your kids with someone else especially an older sibling when they are of age?
78. How To Stop Yelling At and Threatening Your Kids
January 16, 2024 09:00 - 30 minutes - 42.2 MBYelling, threatening and reminding kids may feel good, but really does nothing. Learn 5 key things to train kids to become responsible so you don’t get frustrated and need to yell, threaten and remind them.
77. 5 Essentials Parents Need To Train Their Kids In
January 02, 2024 09:00 - 1 hour - 86.8 MBThere are so many things parents feel and want to teach their kids. Here you will get 5 foundational teachings that can impact everything you need and want your kids to learn.
Enjoy Your Kids, Even When They Are Bad
December 12, 2023 09:00 - 28 minutes - 40.4 MBIt’s an Oxymoron to enjoy bad kids, but every parent wants to enjoy their kids. Get some helpful tips to enjoy your kids, as well as how to work on their bad behavior.
Teach Kids To Be Grateful And Content
November 28, 2023 09:00 - 32 minutes - 44.8 MBKids can be so ungrateful which stems from their lack of being content with what they have and what you give them. Give your kids the gift of gratefulness and contentment to be happy in life.
Living With Suffering & Life’s Tragedies
November 14, 2023 09:00Be encouraged listening to Joey & Carla’s story about how they live with and through a life threatening auto accident. It has left Carla wheelchair bound, in constant everyday pain & suffering. Learn how to choose to have joy in your tragedies.
Living With Suffering & Life’s Tragedies
November 14, 2023 09:00Be encouraged listening to Joey & Carla’s story about how they live with and through a life threatening auto accident. It has left Carla wheelchair bound, in constant everyday pain & suffering. Learn how to choose to have joy in your tragedies.
Getting Kids to Prioritize Time
October 31, 2023 08:00 - 27 minutes - 38 MBKids can waste so much time! Learn why you need to teach your kids time management, and get practical ideas on how to train your kids to organize their time at different ages so they can have fun and play time.
When Kids Say, "It’s Not Fair!"
October 17, 2023 08:00 - 31 minutes - 44.2 MBThis phrase kids say when they don’t like an outcome or decision you or someone made. Learn why they say it, so you can deal with this challenge to your authority, but also how to drive it from your kid’s vocabulary.”
Getting Your Kids to Listen To You
October 03, 2023 08:00 - 36 minutes - 42.7 MBWhat should a parent do when their kids don’t listen to them? Learn practical ways you can get kids to look at you, listen to you, and follow through on what they say they will do.
When my Kids ask HARD Questions
September 19, 2023 08:00 - 32 minutes - 38.2 MBKids WILL ask hard & tough questions, but how do you know what to say and not say? How much information do you give them or don’t give them, and still keep their trust?
Do You Understand Your Kids?
September 05, 2023 08:00 - 33 minutes - 38.8 MBKids can be so different, and understanding them a challenge. This episode will help you learn what kinds of processor they have, to understand how to communicate with them to teach and train them.
Be a Confident, Self-Assured Parent
August 22, 2023 08:00 - 34 minutes - 40.6 MBIt takes confident parents to raise confident kids. Here are 6 things parents can do to shore up your confidence in your parenting to breed confidence in your kids too.
School Rules
August 08, 2023 08:00 - 34 minutes - 39.9 MBNo matter what kind of school your kids attend, public, private, or homeschool, there are basic rules that parents need to be sure their kids follow to be successful in learning.
What Are My Kids Wearing?
July 25, 2023 08:00 - 30 minutes - 36.1 MBIt’s said, clothes make a man or woman, but what kind of clothes do your kids want to wear, and why? Are they modest or inappropriate, and what are they communicating?
What To Do With Bossy Kids
July 11, 2023 08:00 - 30 minutes - 70.6 MBMany kids are bossy or have bossy tendencies. What do parents do with them, and how do parents train them?
Summer Time Fun, Chores & Responsibilities
June 27, 2023 08:00 - 38 minutes - 88.1 MBSummer is a great time to have fun with your kids, as well as work on some character training issues that can pay dividends when they go back to school.
When Daddy Gets Home
June 13, 2023 08:00 - 35 minutes - 81.5 MBHome should be a place Daddy wants to come home to, to be dad and enjoy his kids as well as train them. Pick up some tips on enjoying your kids and being dad.
Help Your Kids Become Confident Part 2 “Confidence Destroyers”
May 30, 2023 08:00 - 35 minutes - 81 MBThere are a lot of things that can destroy kids' confidence. Joey & Carla list 4 specific ones to help parents build confidence & self- esteem in their kids.
Help Your Kids Become Confident
May 16, 2023 08:00 - 32 minutes - 52.2 MBKids can be and do unbelievable things if they are confident in who God created them to be. Sadly, many kids lack confidence and therefore struggle with self-esteem and having purpose in life.
How to Not Raise Entitled Kids
May 02, 2023 08:00 - 32 minutes - 75 MBNo parent wants to raise an entitled child with the baggage that comes with that. Learn how parents often fall into this pit without knowing it and ways not to raise an entitled child.
Are Your Kids Ready To Start Dating?
April 18, 2023 08:00 - 32 minutes - 52.1 MBDating issues can be complex and overwhelming. Get help developing a dating philosophy that works for you and your kids to protect them in their privacy and purity areas while developing a relationship.
You Can Stop Kids From Talking Back!
April 04, 2023 08:00 - 28 minutes - 46.7 MBIt’s offensive when kids talk back to a parent or argue and debate with them. Get some practical tips on how parents can change this wrong behavior in your home so you can enjoy talking with your kids again.
Kids Who Say Yes, But Don’t Follow Through
March 21, 2023 08:00 - 30 minutes - 48.9 MBIt’s so frustrating when a parent gives a child an instruction, and the child doesn’t do it, either by forgetting, or out of rebellion. We'll share some practical tips on how to train a forgetful child.
How is My Relationship with My Kids??
March 07, 2023 09:00 - 34 minutes - 56.3 MBParents want a good relationship with their kids, and kids want a good relationship with their parents. But what does it take, and what do parents need to teach their kids, to have a good relationship with each other?
Will Your Kids Admit When They Do Something Wrong?
February 21, 2023 09:00 - 36 minutes - 59.6 MBKids are confronted with making right and wrong choices all the time to where they are tempted to lie, deceive to compromise their integrity. Get insight on how to train kids to be honest and choose right over wrong choices.
Making Your Spouse Your Best Friend
February 07, 2023 09:00 - 32 minutes - 53.3 MBWe say love is the glue to hold a marriage together. Discover the undergirding foundation that every relationship needs to make you best friends to work together to raise kids.
Am I Punishing My Kids Too Much?
January 24, 2023 09:00 - 32 minutes - 53.1 MBIt’s always a question if parents are punishing too much or too little. Get some answers in this episode to help you find out!
A New Year with the Same Kids, Or Not?
January 03, 2023 09:00 - 35 minutes - 58 MBWhat could a new year with your kids be like? Learn 4 key qualities every parent needs to raise their kids in, just like Mary & Joseph raised Jesus in when he was a teen.
Tips for Surviving the Holidays
December 06, 2022 09:00 - 25 minutes - 42.3 MBChristmas can be so busy and commercialized, how do we celebrate Jesus birth or teach our kids about the real meaning of Christmas? Get some fresh tips for kids of all ages to make Jesus birth and the Christmas season special for your whole family.
Do Your Kids Have Time For God?
November 30, 2022 01:29 - 35 minutes - 58.2 MBEvery Christian parent wants their child to grow up to believe in God, but 80% of kids don’t! Learn practical ways to help your kids grow in their faith and be in the 20% that stick with Jesus.
The Erosion Principle
November 15, 2022 09:00 - 26 minutes - 43.3 MBDo you find the good teaching and training you give your kids erodes and doesn’t lodge in their heads and then their hearts? Discover why this happens, and what parents can do to change this.
My Slow Dawdling Child
November 01, 2022 08:00 - 27 minutes - 44.5 MBParents get frustrated when they can’t get a slow dawdling child to move at the parents speed. This episode gives parents a plan and strategy to motivate their phlegmatic child to accomplish what they need to do when it needs to be done.
The Choices Your Kids Make
October 18, 2022 08:00 - 22 minutes - 36.9 MBKids make choices every day. Some good, some bad. How can parents help kids learn to make good and wise, right over wrong choices vs. bad ones that will get them in trouble?
How Did I Miss That?
October 04, 2022 08:00 - 25 minutes - 41.2 MBWe all have blind spots when it comes to parenting. Who do you trust to point these out to you? Joey & Carla share how to choose a parenting mentor and 4 areas often overlooked by parents they should be training their kids in.
How is Your Kids “Respect Cog”
September 21, 2022 08:00 - 32 minutes - 52.6 MBA cog is something that interacts with something else to make it work. Your kids should show respect for parents, elders, property just to name a few. When they have the opportunity to do so, does their “respect cog” interact with what you have taught them to show respect to even if others aren’t? Joey & Carla share 4 ways to keep your child’s respect cog functioning properly.
When Sorry Is Not Enough
August 16, 2022 08:00 - 31 minutes - 50.4 MBParents get frustrated when kids say they are sorry and 5 minutes later do the do the same thing again. Learn why kids do this and what parents can do to get their kids to stop doing the wrong they say they are sorry for.
Training An Unteachable Child
July 05, 2022 08:00 - 31 minutes - 51.5 MBWhat do you do when you are trying to teach your kids they need to be patient and kind with a willingness to help others, starting with their siblings and they aren’t paying attention? They are not teachable and they just don't care about what you think they need to learn. Get encouraged with fresh ideas on how to work with your child to open his/her heart and mind to your instruction so he/she will discover for himself the freedom that comes with obedience.
Balancing Life and Parenting
June 21, 2022 08:00 - 31 minutes - 51.9 MBIt’s normal for life to get so busy that you lose focus on parenting and raising your kids. Get 10 key principals to evaluate the things and activities that can take your time away from the relationships that are most important to you.
Summer Time, Sumer Time Fun
May 31, 2022 17:30 - 27 minutes - 45 MBSummer time should be a lot of fun for you and your kids. But it’s also a time when many parents slide into being threatening and repeating parents. Learn how to have fun with your kids AND keep your kids responsible at the same time.
10 Family Relationship Builders
May 17, 2022 08:00 - 32 minutes - 52.8 MBKids can grow distant and independent from their family aligning more with friends and technology than Mom & Dad or siblings. Learn how to change this trend and to strengthen your family identity.
Beating The Frustrated Parent Syndrome
May 03, 2022 08:00 - 25 minutes - 41.5 MBKids can be selfish, quarreling with siblings each wanting their own way. Mom and Dad get frustrated because they have been trained better. Get encouraged on how to deal with self-focused kids who want their own way.
How Does Your House Look?
April 12, 2022 08:00 - 23 minutes - 38.7 MBA Kids bedroom represents who they are. Are their rooms and your home, reminding, reinforcing and reflecting who Jesus is to you and your kids? You might be surprised!
“Kids and Their Mouths!”
March 22, 2022 08:00 - 27 minutes - 45.6 MBKids can tell you they love you one day and then say some of the worst things at other times, wanting you to wash their mouth out with soap. Learn why kids do this and how parents can guide them to have a clean mouth.
HELP! My Kids Misbehaving Again!
March 08, 2022 09:00 - 28 minutes - 46.6 MBThis episode gives parents a practical plan to deal with kids that misbehave over, and OVER, and OVER AGAIN. Help your kids learn to make right choices so you can trust them to make good decisions.