Parenting in Real Life

This week's episode dives into the topics of giving, gratitude, and kindness. We have award-winning author Stephanie Jones sharing her journey of giving a gift each day for over 10 years and the life lessons she's learned. Listen in as we discuss practical ways to cultivate giving in your own home, how to encourage your kids to use their strengths, and discover the power of your own word...

We have some fun ideas for you to celebrate St. Patrick's Day with your family. On this episode, we decided to go with a luck theme and came up with lots of different ways to do lucky things with your family throughout the day. All of these ideas are simple and easy to do. If you want to buy Lucky Charms cereal, make sure you do that now and go hide it in your closet! Sometimes they run out a...

Have your kids been sick a lot lately? Ours too. In a post covid world, it seems that all of our immune systems are shot. But what can we do about it? In this episode we talk with Dr. Jonathan Williams who is a pediatrician and known on TikTok as the TikTok Kid Doc. He shares with us why our kids are so sick, what we can do to help their immune systems, and how to help your kids who may be struggl...

This month is the month of love and so we're focusing on relationships. In this episode, we're going to talk about going on dates with other couples, how to make friends as couples, and if married couples actually need friends. You may be surprised by the answer. In this episode we referenced a couple of different articles and links: Johnson Files post-date performance video and dating a...

In this episode, we are doing an interview with Emily Hamblin from Enlightening Motherhood. And the fun thing is, we interviewed each other at the same time.  So this interview aired on her podcast not too long ago and now it's airing on ours. We talk about ways to have a little bit more fun with your kids, how having fun is more important than the conflict in sibling relationships, and some...

With Valentine's Day coming up, we thought this would be a good time to do an episode about marriage. So we are sharing marriage advice that we've received over the years that have worked for us and may be able to work for you too. We also know that all marriages are different and bring in different personalities and quirks, so we're also sharing marriage advice that has worked for...

This is such a fun episode! We asked our listeners to share different Christmas and winter traditions that they have and since our audience is international, we were hoping for some traditions from a few different countries, and you delivered! We have traditions from China, the Netherlands, Chile, the USA, Portugal, Ireland, and Australia. We love sharing these traditions so that you can adopt one...

Christmas is around the corner and it can be hard to know what Christmas gifts to get your kids. Do you get them what they want? Do you get them what you think they actually want? Do you get them activities or toys or experiences? In this episode, we are sharing the best and worst gifts we have given our kids. We're still looking for a remote control car that doesn't break right away, so...

Knowing when to give your kids a phone and what kind is a common question we have as parents. This is something we often talk to family and friends about. There are so many different options, which one do you choose? And how do you manage your kids' phone use? We don't have all the answers, but we're sharing some stats that we've learned as well as what we do in our home. This...

This episode was inspired by what Alan thought would be a fun call to Santa Claus on the Google that turned into a frightening moment for our 4 year old. This made us think about other mistakes we've made over the last few weeks. From the funny to the frustrating, we're sharing a few of the mistakes we've made recently. In parenting, you're always learning and making mistakes s...

In this episode we are talking about Halloween traditions, our favorite family costumes, America's least favorite candy, and sharing some of our favorite Halloween jokes. Share them with your kids or whoever loves a good dad joke. You can see the photos we talk about on our YouTube Channel or on Instagram.  Tanner Fam Sugar Cookie Recipe: https://www.parentingirlpodcast.com/amazing-sugar-cook...

When you want a fun treat with the family, fast food ice cream is one of our go tos. But where is the best ice cream? Which is the cheapest? Which is the easiest to feed a family? We're going to tell you our favorites and why and also share some fun tips about who created soft serve ice cream, which country eats the most, and we compare ice cream to cars. This is a fun episode you'll wan...

Do you feel frustrated by the TV shows your kids are watching? Do you want them to watch shows you feel good about them watching? In this episode we are sharing 5 questions to ask yourself to help you find the best TV shows for your kids. We also talk about our favorite kids TV shows as well as some habits to help parents be better about their own screen time. This week’s Sponsor is Troomi. Use th...

How's your summer routine going? We are half way through the summer in our home and we are in need of a reboot. So this episode is coming at the perfect time for us! In this episode, we have Alyssa Blask Campbell who is the founder of Seed and Sew which teaches the Collaborative Emotion Processing method that she co-created. Alyssa has 3 great tips to help with a summer routine which can help...

If you've ever created a bucket list with your family, you may have gotten a lot of answers from your kids. It may seem a bit overwhelming or it may be full of things you may not necessarily want to or are able to do. In this episode, Lori Beth Auldridge shares with us how to create a more meaningful and rich summer experience when creating a summer bucket list with your family. It's all...

We are a few weeks into summer and despite all the planning, things may not be going quite how you planned. But don't worry, today's episode with Lisa Sugarman will help you embrace the imperfectness of summer. Lisa is an advocate for encouraging parents to cut themselves some slack and give ourselves permission to show up for our kids exactly as we are without putting all kinds of crazy...

Feeding kids during the summer is one of the hardest things for us. Kids want to eat all different foods all day long and if you're not careful, you could spend all day in the kitchen making food, putting together snacks, or cleaning up. Today we have Leah Grammar, a mom of 6, who has some great tips for keeping summer mealtimes under control and less overwhelming. You are going to love these...

Summer can be so chaotic with all the kids home and people coming and going with friends and camps. But as parents, we still have our responsibilities too. That's why we are so excited to share this episode with Josephine Atluri with you. Josephine is a mindfulness coach, author, and podcaster who has 3 great tips on how to stay grounded and practice mindfulness during the summer chaotic mont...

One of the most common things that Money Coach Rachel Murphy hears from adults is that they wish they would have learned how to manage money as teenagers. I'm sure I'm not the only one who went to college with no money and no idea how to manage it. We want our kids to have a better understanding of financial skills and in this episode you're going to learn 3 ways to teach your kids...

We are super excited for this new podcast format we are doing this summer. We have asked experts in all kinds of fields to give us 10 minute videos of their best tips for parenting in summer. Our first guest is Ceri Payne who we've had on our podcast before. She is amazing! In this episode she talks about summer schedules. Should you have one? What should it look like? She asks her clients to...

The kids are about to all come home for the summer which is both fun and hectic. This is especially true if you're working from home for any amount of time. Now that we've been working from home for the past two years, we have some tips that have helped us. We're also trying some new things to help us make sure we add in some fun, quiet time, and learning time. To learn more about t...

We were on a podcast recently and were talking about dating your spouse. And although we have been far from perfect at this, we have found 3 ways to date your spouse that's on budget, doesn't take a ton of planning, and even ways you can do things to connect daily. We hope these simple tips can help you look for small ways to connect with your spouse. This week’s Sponsor is Money Makers....

We don't have the perfect work life balance. In fact, our schedules, desires, and lifestyle seem to be changing all the time. But we have learned a few things along the way that have helped us have a little more balance in our lives and make sure we keep our priorities. We all have different life circumstances, but we feel one of the most important things in having conversations with your spo...

We recently read an article about how teenagers today are more depressed than ever. But it wasn't caused by the pandemic or any one thing. They narrowed it down to 4 main things that we discuss and share some of our ideas of how we're combatting them. We were surprised that one of the 4 main things is modern parenting!  This week’s Sponsor is Troomi . We love using Troomi because it grow...

On our last survey, we had a few people ask for some tips on some parenting headaches. We decided to do a speed round and answer 4 of those parenting topics with things that have worked for our kids. We are not parenting experts, so these are just tips you can try (if you want). In this episode we talk about stopping the whining, how to deal with night time potty training especially when kids are...