Parenting Made Practical Podcast

What could a new year with your kids be like? Learn 4 key qualities every parent needs to raise their kids in, just like Mary & Joseph raised Jesus in when he was a teen.

Christmas can be so busy and commercialized, how do we celebrate Jesus birth or teach our kids about the real meaning of Christmas? Get some fresh tips for kids of all ages to make Jesus birth and the Christmas season special for your whole family.

Every Christian parent wants their child to grow up to believe in God, but 80% of kids don't! Learn practical ways to help your kids grow in their faith and be in the 20% that stick with Jesus.

Do you find the good teaching and training you give your kids erodes and doesn't lodge in their heads and then their hearts? Discover why this happens, and what parents can do to change this.

Parents get frustrated when they can't get a slow dawdling child to move at the parents speed. This episode gives parents a plan and strategy to motivate their phlegmatic child to accomplish what they need to do when it needs to be done.

Kids make choices every day. Some good, some bad. How can parents help kids learn to make good and wise, right over wrong choices vs. bad ones that will get them in trouble?

We all have blind spots when it comes to parenting. Who do you trust to point these out to you? Joey & Carla share how to choose a parenting mentor and 4 areas often overlooked by parents they should be training their kids in.

A cog is something that interacts with something else to make it work. Your kids should show respect for parents, elders, property just to name a few. When they have the opportunity to do so, does their "respect cog" interact with what you have taught them to show respect to even if others aren't? Joey & Carla share 4 ways to keep your child's respect cog functioning properly.

Parents get frustrated when kids say they are sorry and 5 minutes later do the do the same thing again. Learn why kids do this and what parents can do to get their kids to stop doing the wrong they say they are sorry for.

What do you do when you are trying to teach your kids they need to be patient and kind with a willingness to help others, starting with their siblings and they aren't paying attention? They are not teachable and they just don't care about what you think they need to learn. Get encouraged with fresh ideas on how to work with your child to open his/her heart and mind to your instruction so he/she wi...

It's normal for life to get so busy that you lose focus on parenting and raising your kids. Get 10 key principals to evaluate the things and activities that can take your time away from the relationships that are most important to you.

Summer time should be a lot of fun for you and your kids. But it's also a time when many parents slide into being threatening and repeating parents. Learn how to have fun with your kids AND keep your kids responsible at the same time.

Kids can grow distant and independent from their family aligning more with friends and technology than Mom & Dad or siblings. Learn how to change this trend and to strengthen your family identity.

Kids can be selfish, quarreling with siblings each wanting their own way. Mom and Dad get frustrated because they have been trained better. Get encouraged on how to deal with self-focused kids who want their own way.

A Kids bedroom represents who they are. Are their rooms and your home, reminding, reinforcing and reflecting who Jesus is to you and your kids? You might be surprised!

Kids can tell you they love you one day and then say some of the worst things at other times, wanting you to wash their mouth out with soap. Learn why kids do this and how parents can guide them to have a clean mouth.

This episode gives parents a practical plan to deal with kids that misbehave over, and OVER, and OVER AGAIN. Help your kids learn to make right choices so you can trust them to make good decisions.

Parents want their kids to be responsible. Learn how your kids can get the "key of trust" so you are confident they will follow through with what you give them to do.

"How does your child hear you, from their feelings or through their mind? It makes a HUGE difference on how they respond to you, your training, their siblings and peers."

A sensitive, task-oriented child with the Melancholy temperament can drive their parent's nuts when their emotions are out of control. Learn positive ways to work with them in this podcast.

It's easy to get frustrated when kids are forgetful and do not follow through with what they said they would do. How does a parent train these kids?

Kids with the Phlegmatic temperament are typically lazy and unmotivated. Worst of all, their stubbornness gets them to dig their heels in to not obey and become unmovable. What can parents do?

How can parents deal with Choleric kids who have bossy and angry tendencies? What can parents do to train them to manage these weaknesses? Listen to this podcast to find out!

Kids often do the same wrong behavior over and over because of their Temperament. Learn what temperaments are and how they influence and impact your kids and parenting.

Trust is the foundation of any relationship. For kids to obey, they need to be able to trust their parents. Learn 5 ways parents often undercut trust with their kids.