Growing Up 8

In today's episode of Growing Up 8, we take a look at shopping on a budget and how Sears helped a large family out.

In this episode of the Growing Up 8 podcast, we take a look at our mother's systematic method of preparing meals and how a visiting guest managed to add a new wrinkle to our Sunday meals.

In today's episode of Growing Up 8, we take a look at how to successfully break a habit.

In this episode of Growing Up 8, we take a look at making a rite of passage, an event often made easier if you have someone trusted nearby to be a witness and a support.

In this episode of Growing Up 8, we take a look at the roots of the collective sense of humor we seem to all possess.

In this episode of Growing Up 8, we take a look at the quirkiness of a gifted car and its bonding powers.

In this episode of Growing Up 8, we take a look at how memory can be triggered by a familiar scent.

In this episode of Growing Up 8, we take a look and a young boy struggling with thoughts of the afterlife.

In this episode of Growing Up 8, we take a look at siblings sharing the common space of a treetop.

In this episode of Growing Up 8, we look at the idea of fidelity and what it means to have a guardian angel.

In this episode of Growing Up 8, we take a loving look at our grandmother and the miracle that was her love of beauty.

In this episode of Growing Up 8, we take a look at how the creative process of making art can serve as a gift of love, especially from Mom.

In this episode of Growing Up 8, we take a look at the most competitive member of our family.

In this episode of the Growing Up 8 podcast we take a look at consequences for actions and a unique method for determining whether or not to proceed with a choice.

In this episode of Growing Up 8, we take a look at the unspoken agreement that exists between siblings with regard to being hurt while playing.

In this episode of Growing Up Eight, we take a look at the ingenious system our parents used to keep us from too much harm when we were out of their sight.

In this episode of Growing Up Eight, we take a look at living in Baton Rouge under the vigilant watch of neighborhood moms.

In this episode of Growing Up Eight, we take a look at the influence football had on our childhood experience. I also learn something about my dad.

In this episode of Growing Up 8, I tell the story of my father watching one of the many games we were involved in. This time, an unexpected rain storm creates a unique moment in family lore.

In this episode of Growing Up 8, God never takes a holiday and neither did we as attending church service while on vacation was a given for the tribesmen.

In this episode of Growing Up 8, we look at the inevitable call of nature that takes place on the open highway.

In this episode of Growing Up 8, we hear the story of my little brother's amazing power as well as listen in on "the station wagon medley."

In this episode of Growing Up 8, we take a look at traveling on vacation and what it was like to experience a road trip in a station wagon.

In this episode of Growing Up 8, you'll hear a story about transformation as the family prepares to take one of the annual rituals we enjoyed in the summer: the road trip.

Growing Up 8 is a podcast filled with stories about what it was like to grow up in a family with eight kids in the 1960s, 70s, and 80s. This is David Youngblood, and I'll be your host as we explore the often comic dynamics of childhood and growing up in a large family. Each episode in this series will focus on a different aspect of what it meant to grow up surrounded by five brothers and two siste...