Our Nuclear Family - Parenting Ideas for an Explosive World

This episode is a sneak peak into our brainstorming process as we try to tackle a real-life issue facing our family right now: what to do with our kids all summer?!? Without the same routine, we discuss how to keep our kids from turning into summertime couch potatoes while still maintaining some much-needed time off from our academic schedules. Support Our Nuclear Family here:  OurNuclearFam is a...

Every so often, we look at our parenting and just go, "man, this isn't working." So what do we do? We change it up. In this episode, we talk about why some things need to change, how we decide which changes to make, and what guides us along the way. Support Our Nuclear Family here:  OurNuclearFam is a parenting encouragement podcast (buymeacoffee.com)

We're picking up where our last conversation left off. There's so much to talk about with homeschooling and there are a lot of questions. We attempt to answer some of the big ones so that listeners can have as much info as necessary to make the best decision for their family. Support Our Nuclear Family by clicking here:   OurNuclearFam is a parenting encouragement podcast (buymeacoffee.c...

The pandemic has brought a lot more attention on homeschooling, and many people have been thrust into an unknown world with mixed results. But this homeschooling year has not been a typical one, and there's hope that the '21-'22 school year will be more "normal." So we thought we'd talk about why we started homeschooling our children before the pandemic started and wh...

How our kids talk is one of the biggest struggles parents face. This episode is chocked full of our thoughts on how we can help our kids speak respectfully to us and (therefore) to one another. Support Our Nuclear Family with offsetting production costs, upgrading our equipment, or even just buying us a cup of coffee by visiting https://www.buymeacoffee.com/ournuclearfam Thanks!

With all the resources out there, all the science devoted to parenting, and all the thousands of years of human experience, how can we still have so many questions about how to parent? Matthew and Kathryn discuss. Support Our Nuclear Family by clicking here:  OurNuclearFam is a parenting encouragement podcast (buymeacoffee.com)

A discussion about raising helpful kids when, honestly, it's more work for us to have them help.

Ken and Robin re-join us for part II of their interview on how they melded their parenting backgrounds into a cohesive philosophy over time.

Join us as we chat with special guests Ken and Robin Kelly about the challenges of parenting when we're not on the same page

Emotions are a big part of being human. Although they can sometimes get us into trouble, our emotions are a good thing. How can we encourage our children to use their God-given emotions in a positive way?

Kathryn and Matthew talk about having a team mindset with our kids...and each other

Knowing what role to take in our kids' education is difficult when we're not in a pandemic. How will it look going forward? Matthew and Kathryn talk it over.

We want our kids to be obedient, but saying "no" all the time is exhausting. Is there a better way?

Matthew and Kathryn introduce themselves and their podcast