Growing Up With Kids :: A Funny Parenting Podcast
A lively conversation on the joys and challenges of parenting and marriage. A dose of humor, humility, honesty and creative solutions for normal people who want to be amazing parents and spouses.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 36 minutes
- Episodes
- 93
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2021
Gratitude & Thanksgiving #013
Teaching our kids to be grateful is hard. Let's be honest, being grateful as an adult is hard on its own.
This week we discuss how we practice gratitude on our own and how we try to model that for our…
Siblings Who Fight For (Not With) Each Other #012
Having a sibling is hard. Teaching your kids to work well with their sibling(s) may be even harder.
This week we discuss how we coach, coax and even insist on each of our kids working with—not against…
Parenting with Compassion and Candy (Halloween Candy, That Is) #011
Perspective and context often allow us to be more compassionate with people. The more we know of their story, the more we can see the good in them and the more we can understand the challenges they h…
Discipline in Public #010
For the first time, we tackle a listener question (submitted via our brand new website): How do we handle disciplining our children in public?
We delve into the challenges with feeling embarrassed and…
Your Boss Won't Let You Whine (Plus a Bonus Conversation About Sleepovers) #009
Of course your kids have never whined before. But, just in case it does ever happen we discuss a few ways that might help teach them to stop without giving in or getting angry. A look at how patientl…
Your Family's Pace & Rhythm #008
Coming off of a busy week, Rachael explores the pressure she feels to entertain our kids. All. The. Time. The anecdote? Yard work, of course.
We also process through how hard it is to balance kids' ac…
Stress & the Family #007
Stress at work leads to anxiety and distraction at home. This week we talk about how David's stress negatively impacts the whole family.
Spoiler alert: He gets grumpy. He is not as present as he would…
Update: The First Six Weeks of School #006
We are a month-and-a-half into the school year and wanted to give an update on how it is going. Big changes have come with the beginning of middle school and with one child repeating a grade. It's go…
The Loneliness of Parenting Young Kids #005
Parenting is hard at every stage, but the isolation one feels with small children is unique in its difficulty.
In this week's episode we revisit the feelings of loneliness we had when our children wer…
Marriage Fights & Underlying Motivations #004
A recent fight illuminated how we often are motivated differently when talking about the same thing.
In this episode we dissect what motivations, fears and hopes were behind a fight we had earlier in …
Rituals as Kids Hit Milestones #003
Our oldest just started middle school, so we scheduled a special "event" to celebrate him.
In this episode we talk about the why behind rituals: creating moments that mark significant developments in …
Contribution Charts, Allowance & Chores #002
How does anything get done around the house? Well, the contribution chart is the way we engage our kids in the process.
Doing chores is a straightforward idea with relatively easy rules, but why does …
Back to School! #001
We made it through another summer...
In our very first episode we revel in the joys of the first day of school. Hear about back-to-school pictures, school outfits, and recurring first-day-of-school dr…