Latest Childrearing Podcast Episodes
Episode 063: How to Stay Calm When Your Child Misbehaves
How to Raise Grownups - June 23, 2020 11:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 32 ratingsThe scenario: Your child misbehaves, causing you frustration, disappointment, and even embarrassment. How do you stay calm? That is what we are tackling today. We've got a formula to help, and it looks something like this: 1. Check your mindset 2. Think through your reaction in advance ...
Episode 062: End the Curfew Battle
How to Raise Grownups - June 16, 2020 11:00 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 32 ratingsWhile we are conservative about many things, our curfew policy is fairly liberal. It allows our teenagers a great deal of freedom, but also requires a hefty dose of responsibility. The liberal approach that we explain in this episode has worked like a charm in our home. It has taught our teen...
Episode 061: Why We Outlawed Video Games for Good
How to Raise Grownups - June 09, 2020 11:00 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 32 ratingsAbout ten years ago, we decided to get rid of the video game system that our kids bought with their own money. It was one of the best decisions we have ever made, and we will never get another one. Listen in to hear about the experiences that led to our controversial decision, the research to...
Episode 060: A Training Plan for Turning Kids into Responsible Adults
How to Raise Grownups - June 02, 2020 11:00 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 32 ratingsThis podcast is all about preparing kids to become responsible adults. We talk about helping kids develop a variety of different skills that will make the transition to adulthood as smooth as possible. Let's be honest: it takes years to prepare a child for the launch. It is not something that ...
Episode 059: The Lost Art of Telephone Etiquette
How to Raise Grownups - May 26, 2020 11:00 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 32 ratingsI remember running to answer the phone, practically tackling my siblings to get there first. Those days are long gone because most kids have their own phones. They don't make many calls with those phones, though. Most of their communication is through texting, social media, and video chats. Beca...
Episode 058: How Teaching Stranger Danger is Hurting our Kids (and What to do Instead)
How to Raise Grownups - May 19, 2020 11:00 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 32 ratingsEvery parent's worst nightmare is for their child to get abducted. With the instant availability of news (especially bad news), it sometimes feels like it is only a matter of time before something awful happens to our kids. I understand that there are bad people in the world who do horrible th...
Episode 057: How to Raise Problem Solvers
How to Raise Grownups - May 12, 2020 11:00 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 32 ratingsThe three most sought-after skills for 9 out of 10 jobs are: Critical thinking Complex problem solving Judgment and decision making However, the world we live in erodes our problem-solving abilities. We consume a massive amount of surface-level information, but often fail to process. We go...
Episode 056: Practical Strategies for Ending the Chore War
How to Raise Grownups - May 05, 2020 11:00 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 32 ratingsJulie Lythcott-Haimes, former freshman dean at Standford University, noted in a 2016 TED talk that "professional success in life, which is what we want for our kids...comes from having done chores as a kid." But, man alive, it is not easy to get kids involved in household work! It is one mill...
Episode 055: How to Teach Your Child Just About Anything
How to Raise Grownups - April 28, 2020 11:00 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 32 ratingsFor a child to be prepared to leave home at age 18 confidently, they must master a variety of skills. As a parent, it can be overwhelming to think of all the things you must teach your kids in the years leading up to the launch. Over the next several weeks, we will be teaching you simple and p...
Episode 054: Raising Resilient Children
How to Raise Grownups - April 21, 2020 11:00 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 32 ratingsHow do we raise resilient children who believe they can do hard things? What characteristics do parents of gritty kids have in common? What do Steve Young, Latter-day Saint missionaries, and 50-mile hikes teach us about raising overcomers? This episode is packed full of real-life stories and u...
Episode 053: Loving Wayward Teens Unconditionally with Mindy Meyersick
How to Raise Grownups - April 14, 2020 11:00 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 32 ratingsWhat should you do when your teen decides to disregard what you have taught them and wander down uncertain and possibly dangerous paths? That is one question most parents hope they never have to answer. Today's guest, Mindy Meyersick, came face to face with a harsh and unexpected reality when ...
Episode 052: What Every Parent Needs to Know About Dental Care During a Pandemic
How to Raise Grownups - April 07, 2020 11:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 32 ratingsWith the COVID-19 pandemic taking the world by storm and disrupting many aspects of our lives, dental care has become tricky. Most, if not all, dentists throughout the country (and world) have been forced to shut their doors due to supply shortages and government mandates. In most cases, they ar...
Episode 051: How to Remain Grounded and Productive Amidst a Crisis with Ceri Payne
How to Raise Grownups - March 31, 2020 12:00 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 32 ratingsWith the cloud of uncertainty surrounding COVID-19, many of us may be feeling a little (or a lot) overwhelmed. We have been thrown into a homeschool environment for which we were not prepared. We are isolated from other people. Many of us are facing economic threats. Significant events and vacat...
Episode 050: The Best of the Podcast (so far)
How to Raise Grownups - March 24, 2020 12:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 32 ratingsIt has been one year since we launched the podcast. It has been a year of learning and growth and evolution. In that time, we have recorded 50 episodes and met some awesome people. Today, we are sharing some of our favorite clips from a year's worth of episodes. These short snippets will make yo...
Episode 049: Be Not Troubled
How to Raise Grownups - March 17, 2020 12:00 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 32 ratingsThis week has been straight crazy! Circumstances that we could not have foreseen a month ago have now become a reality: school and church closures, quarantines, empty shelves at the grocery store. Fear. Panic. A week ago, I was wondering what all the COVID-19 hype was about. Now Greg cannot ev...
Episode 048: Public? Private? Charter? What We Have Learned in the Pursuit of Education
How to Raise Grownups - March 10, 2020 12:00 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 32 ratingsOver the course of raising five very different children, we have explored several different educational options, including neighborhood public schools and a handful of charter schools. For many years, we chased after the best education, playing musical schools in search of the perfect fit. By th...
Episode 047: Helping Kids Discover Their Strengths with Heather Glenn
How to Raise Grownups - March 03, 2020 12:00 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 32 ratingsAs a child, teenager, and even a young adult, I did not have a firm grasp of my strengths. I felt like I did a lot of things OK, but nothing really well. When I got to college, I had a tough time figuring out what to study in part because I did not understand where I was strong. I mean, I knew t...
Episode 046: Facing Parenting Challenges with Faith
How to Raise Grownups - February 25, 2020 12:00 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 32 ratingsThe past few weeks have been a bit of a whirlwind. We have been hit by some unexpected parenting challenges that have thrown us for a loop, and we are working to gain our equilibrium. While we certainly do not have everything figured out at this point, listen in to hear how our faith is keeping ...
Episode 045: Managing Teenage Anxiety with Andrew Sheppard
How to Raise Grownups - February 18, 2020 12:00 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 32 ratingsWhen our son, Andrew, was halfway through his junior year of high school, he started to have thoughts of self-harm that caught him completely off-guard. After meeting with a counselor a short time later, he determined that the unwelcomed thoughts were a manifestation of anxiety. In the years s...
Episode 044: Making Family Memories with Food, with Bobbi Wood
How to Raise Grownups - February 11, 2020 12:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 32 ratingsFor as long as I can remember, I have loved spending time in the kitchen. It is a form of therapy for me to chop vegetables and create delicious meals out of seemingly boring ingredients. But, even more than therapy, food is about connection, tradition, and creating memories. Today I am excite...
Episode 043: How God Accomplishes His Work Through the Youth
How to Raise Grownups - February 04, 2020 12:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 32 ratingsI am the mother of five kids whom I love. I love their friends. I believe in this strong and noble generation of youth. But, sometimes, my finite mind has difficulty grasping how God can have such faith and trust in young people when they have such limited understanding and experience. The tru...
From Strong Will to Strong Leadership with Jordan Sheppard
How to Raise Grownups - January 28, 2020 12:00 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 32 ratingsYou may have heard me talk about my insanely strong-willed eldest son and how he threw us for a loop as a child. You may have heard me describe how he spit in my face, threw books at my head, and tried to run away at age seven. In those early years, I honestly feared he would end up in prison. ...
Episode 041: Courageous Tech Parenting with Dave and Emily Jones
How to Raise Grownups - January 21, 2020 12:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 32 ratingsThere is no doubt that courageous parenting is required to raise children in this tricky age of technology. Should we give our kids smartphones, and at what age? How much should we monitor? How much should we filter? Which filter should we use? One thing I have learned, however, is that extern...
Episode 040: 5 Ways to Be a Better Parent in 2020
How to Raise Grownups - January 14, 2020 12:00 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 32 ratingsWith a new year upon us, self-improvement is the word on the street. Resolutions and goals are all the rage and for good reason. A blank slate and a world of possibilities make big things feel doable. But if we are talking about making 2020 the best year yet, it makes sense to add a couple of pa...
Episode 039: Preparing the Rising Generation to Change the World
How to Raise Grownups - January 07, 2020 12:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 32 ratingsWelcome to Season 2 of the newly-rebranded How to Raise Grownups Podcast. In this episode, we talk about the spiritual experience that prompted the rebrand and what you can expect from here us in the coming months. We believe in the youth of today - in our kids and your kids. We believe they w...
Episode 038: Change is in the Air
How to Raise Grownups - November 05, 2019 12:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 32 ratingsSometimes, clarity comes after stepping away. The noise quiets and light peeks through the fog, illuminating a path that has been just out of view but now beckons with the hopeful promise of something amazing. I have been taking a break from social media, which is always heaven-sent for me. We...
Episode 037: Lead with Authority
How to Raise Grownups - October 29, 2019 12:00 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 32 ratingsA few weeks ago, I saw a meme on Facebook with this message: "My parents made rules and I didn't even dream of questioning them. I make rules and my kid demands a 10 page thesis on why, how, what, when, and just so you know Mum, it's not happening." Mumlyfe I shared it on my page because I...
Episode 036: Parent on Purpose with Amy Carney
How to Raise Grownups - October 22, 2019 12:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 32 ratingsAs parents, we have two choices: we can make purposeful parenting decisions, or we can fly by the seat of our pants and see how it goes. With a constant stream of distractions, it is easy to fall into the latter category. However, we will probably not end up where we want to be unless we consist...
Episode 035: Quiet the Noise
How to Raise Grownups - October 15, 2019 12:00 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 32 ratingsLately, I have been thinking about the noisy world in which we live. There are countless voices competing for our time and attention, and it is difficult to weed through the chaos and figure out who we should listen to. I don't know about you, but I get overwhelmed by it all. Pulled in a thous...
Episode 034: Teaching Kids to be Kind, with Kay West
How to Raise Grownups - October 08, 2019 12:00 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 32 ratingsThe world could use a little more kindness, and kindness begins with each one of us. But how do we teach our kids to be kind when unkindness is so abundant? I have been wanting to publish a podcast about this topic for quite some time, and I knew that Kay West needed to be the one to teach us....