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How to Not Freak Out When Your Kid Starts Dating

How do you respond when your teenager wants to start dating? What does dating even look like these days and what are the expectations? In this episode we share some great conversations to have with your young adults before, during, and after relationships. We’re joined by two of our favorite guests: Lori Shea and Amy Sain (from the #girlmom episode). This is a fun one!

Food Allergies & Sensitivities

Peanuts, gluten, dairy: food allergies & sensitivities are more common than ever. Join us as we talk to veteran pediatrician Dr. Castleberry about the uptick of these issues over the years and what parents can do to detect, treat, and live with food allergies/sensitivities in their families.

Your Child’s Temperament – Gold, Orange, Green, Blue

One of the earliest temperaments to discern, the child with the gold temperament can be the most challenging to raise. Leaders, organized, and doing best on a routine or schedule, golds keep things running smoothly, but they need to learn flexibility and loosening control. Self-confessed golds, Renee & Bonnie talk about the good, the bad, and the ugly of this temperament!

Fun! Spontaneity! Competition! Action! These are some of the things people with the “orange” temperament value and exhibit. What does parenting an orange child look like? How can you best motivate, correct, and teach an orange child and what are some things to keep an eye on? This episode explores the temperament that keeps us on our toes and brings color to our lives!

Knowing your child’s temperament is a giant tool in understanding how best to motivate, correct, and teach them in the ways they can best receive instruction. This episode looks at the green temperament: the analyzer, procrastinator, deep-thinker, and loyal friend. Is this your child? Is this you? What does it look like to raise a child with this temperament?

How do you know your child’s temperament and why does it matter? The better we know our kids, the better we can relate to them, motivate them, correct them, and train them. The more we can love them the way they most need to be loved. It makes all the difference, AND bonus: it teaches US to be more empathetic and appreciative of others, too.

What Teens Wish Their Parents Knew

At 18, Matthew Houser wrote a blog from a teen perspective that offered insight into a teen’s point of view. In our candid conversation with Matthew, he reveals some of the struggles he faced as a teen, and gives parents a glimpse of what helped and what didn’t, how he processed things and how he made decisions. A helpful (& hopeful!) episode!

Youth Minister’s Top Tips for Parents of Teens

How is parenting a teenager like watching a trapeze act? We talk with veteran youth minister, David Skidmore, to find out the top things parents need to know about raising a young adult. A dad of three young adult daughters, he weighs in on how parents can foster trust with their kids. An encouraging conversation with so many gold nuggets of wisdom!

Sex Talk

Pornography, Hyper-sexualized culture, & a worldview of Romance/Marriage. This episode tackles 3 thorny topics that, in our combined years of mom life, we’ve seen lots of parents struggle with, including in our own families. In our digitized, sex-saturated world, how can we guide our kids through the quicksand? We’re all for empowering women, but today’s definition of empowerment is inherently flawed. What’s the Christian worldview and response?