Episodios

  • Summer throwback - Eps 329: Being with what's coming up for your teen

    Summer throwback - Eps 329: Being with what's coming up for your teen
    Jul 18 2024
    This week's throwback is a reminder that we get to show up for our teens in a way that is helpful, not hurtful. They are navigating all the things and they need to know that we see them, they need to be believed and to experience validation around what is real for them. For more show notes go to: https://www.besproutable.com/podcasts/eps-329-being-with-whats-coming-up-for-your-teen/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    34 m
  • Eps 504: Teaching teens self-regulation with screens with Devorah Heitner

    Eps 504: Teaching teens self-regulation with screens with Devorah Heitner
    Jul 15 2024
    Devorah Heitner is a new friend from The Zen Parenting Conference. I really appreciated what she had to say about doing more mentoring and less monitoring with our kids and their screens. This feels like a really hard time to be raising teens and dealing with all the tech. Cutting off access to technology isn’t reasonable, so how can we engage with our teens about how they use tech? How can we resist over-monitoring with school portals and Find my iPhone at our disposal? How can we teach teens self-regulation with their own screen time? Devorah shares ways we can help our adolescents notice how tech makes them feel so they can better self-regulate. She shares thoughts on the difference between a mistake and a chronic problem, seeing our kid’s posts, and what she’s hearing from teens about their experience right now. We discuss how we can make sure our kids know we’re really there for them when things go wrong, when kids want to be influencers, and how to manage it if we find our teens are doing harm online. Takeaways from the show Devorah’s New Book: “Growing Up in Public: Coming of Age in a Digital World” Technology is how teens connect with their friends and peers Sharing your own experiences online Tracking your teen’s location via their phone - more or less stress? Having conversations, not lectures Even though we know technology, our teens grew up with it in an entirely different way & they think we’re clueless It’s good that adolescents do brave, scary, & hard things (even when they scare us) - otherwise they’d never try anything Kids who want to be influencers, YouTubers, & go viral What to do if your kid is being harmed or harming others online Being open & curious about your teen’s world & resisting assumptions For more details, including transcripts, visit our website here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    41 m
  • Summer throwback - Eps 309: Paradox, Parenting, Pot Smoking

    Summer throwback - Eps 309: Paradox, Parenting, Pot Smoking
    Jul 11 2024
    Back for another relisten - this is one I send to people regularly! Appreciating you tuning back in. And even if pot smoking isn't a challenge that is currently in your household, be sure that there are tons of nuggets in this episode for you to be taking away and integrate into your parenting. For full show notes and info about our sponsors, go to: https://www.besproutable.com/podcasts/eps-309-solo-show-paradox-parenting-pot-smoking/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    35 m
  • Eps 503: Examining Whiteness in Parent Education with Yolanda Williams

    Eps 503: Examining Whiteness in Parent Education with Yolanda Williams
    Jul 8 2024
    My guest today is my returning friend, Yolanda Williams! We’re getting a little meta this week as we focus on what white parent educators can be doing better, but believe me, this episode is full of great content for all parents. After catching-up on how Yolanda, Parenting Decolonized, and her daughter are doing, Yolanda jumps in and explains who takes on the emotional, physical, and spiritual labor of what’s going on in our world and why it’s such a huge deal for white parent educators to choose silence in order to not offend their clients. The labor, racism, and speaking out about hot topics that parent educators who are people of color are doing take so much time and effort that white parent educators may not even think of. I get vulnerable with Yolanda and ask about what I can do when I feel uninformed and uncomfortable about topics that I know are important to call out (spoiler: you don’t need to have all the answers to start speaking out). I ask Yolanda specifically what I can do to make Joyful Courage a more equitable podcast & platform and what I can be teaching new, fresh parent educators. Takeaways from the show The roots of traditional parenting in our country is uncomfortable and rooted in racism, sexism, & capitalism What’s the responsibility of white parent educators around race? Where can we grow? What’s completely missing? Who is taking on the spiritual, physical, and emotional labor of what’s going on in the world right now? How can we weigh in and stand-up for people when we don’t know or understand enough information to feel confident about doing so? Asking yourself what you’re scared of that’s keeping you from speaking out? Sit with it, and do it anyway Centering what our most marginalized children need - everything that they need to be liberated will liberate us, too Using media as a starting point for these conversations For more show notes, including transcripts, visit our website here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    51 m
  • Summer throwback - Eps 275: How Does Firmness Show Up For You?

    Summer throwback - Eps 275: How Does Firmness Show Up For You?
    Jul 4 2024
    Firmness tends to be challenging when we are focused on centering relationship with our kids... AND it is super important that we flex into connected firmness as we raise teens. Critical thinking, setting boundaries, health and well-being - these are all dependent on a certain level of firmness in our homes... Find all the show notes and info about our sponsors at https://www.besproutable.com/podcasts/eps-275-solo-show-how-does-firmness-show-up-for-you/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    29 m
  • Eps 501: Growing a family through foster care with Mark Daley

    Eps 501: Growing a family through foster care with Mark Daley
    Jul 1 2024
    My guest today is Mark Daley, and he’s here today to talk about all-things foster care. Mark shares the path that led to him writing his new book, “Safe,” gives us ideas on ways that people can help support foster kids, and explains what foster kids need. I bring up how scary it can be thinking about opening your home to a stranger and ask what upstream interventions are in place to improve the foster care system. Mark leaves us on a happy note when he brings up the amazing people he works with and a first step if you’re interested in learning more about fostering children. Takeaways from the show Hear about Mark’s new book, “Safe: A Memoir of Fatherhood, Foster Care, and the Risks We Take for Family” Why do people choose to foster? There’s a critical shortage of foster parents There are many ways to help foster children besides fostering “These aren’t bad kids; these are kids in a bad situation.” How and where can foster kids pick up the life skills they need to be successful? What’s a starting point if you’re interested in fostering or learning more about fostering? For more show notes, including transcripts, visit our website here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    31 m
  • Eps 500: Finding common ground during the summertime with your teen

    Eps 500: Finding common ground during the summertime with your teen
    Jun 26 2024
    Join me this week as we get into how to tighten things up and find the same page with our teens during the long days of summer. I talk about being explicit with our communication, agreements, and the power of collaboration. Check it out! Find more show notes and information about our sponsors at https://www.besproutable.com/podcasts/Eps-500-Finding-common-ground-during-the-summertime-with-your-teen/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    40 m
  • Eps 499: Making the world safe for all kids with Ed Center

    Eps 499: Making the world safe for all kids with Ed Center
    Jun 24 2024
    My guest today is our returning friend, Ed Center. I kick off our conversation asking Ed what Pride month means to him, and he shares his thoughts: we want to celebrate our families, the history of our community, and acknowledge that we weren't always able to have these rights & privileges. It’s a celebration of family. I ask what we can do to get out of our bubble, and Ed shares simple, do-able ideas around how to talk to your kids and how to grow as a better advocate, while giving yourself grace. We dig into how not letting discomfort or not knowing the exactly right thing to do can stop us from helping others and why we have to lean into that discomfort. Takeaways from the show Pride month is an opportunity to share with our kids that they live in a family with a different arrangement than other families There are many family-friendly Pride events How do you talk to your kids? What’s your default language around family, class, race? Pushing assumptions and changing your language to expand your and your kids’ perspectives We have to stand up for all kids, not just our kids Pride month challenge: Find and reach out to or donate to small LGBTQIA+ communities & resources in a red state Be nice and stay grounded in love For more show notes, including transcripts, visit our website here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    50 m