Raising Daughters

Show Notes: Happiness does not result from having more money, fame, or likes; it comes from living a life of purpose & service. Kids have been conditioned to believe that happiness results from externals such as being rich, famous & popular, winning the lottery. The culture tells them that more & faster is better, and that achievement is more important than character. We’re raising a g...

Parents have a role in raising daughters who are generous, empathetic, and guided by an internal code of ethics. Included in this week's podcast: For more info on resources by Dr. Jordan, go to his website at www.drtimjordan.com Thank you for listening to my podcast.  Please join our community on our social media platforms and share with yours to help us grow!

Show Notes: Raising a spirited, powerful child is challenging; these stories offer ways to support them without crushing their spirit. James Hillman’s book, The Soul’s Code, describes how powerful, spirited children have an unconscious knowing of what life will bring them. Behaviors they exhibit in childhood are often labelled as abnormal vs. understanding what it might mean for them in the long-t...

Show Notes: Listen in to Learn the Many Ways to Express Gratitude and Experience Its Benefits Dr. Jordan describes the numerous benefits of practicing gratitude consistently including stronger immune systems & improved health, higher levels of positive emotions such as joy, optimism, and happiness, more generous/ compassionate; relished good experiences more, dealt better with adversity; helpe...

Show Notes: Top grades from a top college are less important to employers than soft skills like people skills, creativity, love of learning, and problem-solving. Dr. Jordan describes the qualities that Owners & CEOs of successful companies tell him they are most interested in when hiring young people: people skills, past experiences where fully engaged in some interest, love of learning &...

Show Notes: Girls need information about puberty, and sexuality, but most of sex ed should be relationship education that starts in early childhood. When: girls are starting puberty earlier and earlier, with the mean age of beginning breast bud development being around 10 in Caucasian girls and 9 in African American girls.  So, education about the changes coming to their bodies and why should begi...

Show Notes: Girls can learn to let things go and not sweat the small stuff to avoid being stressed out. Learn to catch themselves when they are ruminating and switch it by bringing themselves to the present moment and reminding themselves of their truth. Practicing self-compassion also helps girls to destress and not sweat the small stuff. Girls can imagine someone they trust is in their head, wha...

Show Notes: To get your daughters to share more & to remain an influence in their lives, use these questions vs the standard, “How was your day?” We have a very narrow vision for who is a hero, who is brave, and who is a leader. Because of that, most girls don’t see themselves as those things because they aren’t a first responder, team captain, professional athlete, or the popular queen bee. D...

Show Notes: Learn in this podcast when and why youth sports changed into a commercialized business that is detrimental to children. Dr. Jordan retraces the history of youth sports starting from the early 1900s through today. This history includes influences such as worries about immigrant children roaming the streets unsupervised, the depression, the new pay-for-play model that emerged post-depres...

Listen in to this sobering conversation as two teachers discuss the challenges they are facing with students, parents, and the educational system post covid. Thank you for listening to my podcast.  Please join our community on our social media platforms and share with yours to help us grow!

How sure are you that you’re not raising an entitled brat? We all have our best intentions in mind, but can we be absolutely sure we’re not leading our kids down the wrong path? Adults these days worry that we are raising a generation of entitled and indulged brats. Employers complain that millennials walk into their first jobs expecting the corner office without putting in the time and effort. Wh...

Is college really necessary for a successful life? We hear this question all the time and both sides of the argument have their merit. And then the time comes we have to help our children decide. What’s your first move? Drop the 1-size-fits-all standard about everyone needing college & be open to kids finding their own path to success. I encourage all parents and daughters to be open to many p...

Not all parents’ mistakes are committed knowing they will have negative impact. In fact, most parenting errors start with good intentions. How can we be aware of what we’re doing wrong and improve how we raise our daughters? Show Notes:·        The following are 10 of the most common mistakes parents make that leave girls feeling misunderstood and unsupported.·        Give her a day: What shall yo...

An interview with Vitaliy Katsenelson, author of the new book, Soul in the Game, about teaching kids to live a meaningful life. Show Notes: It’s important for parents to have a higher vision for their kids than they might have at vulnerable periods of their life The author discusses the importance kids developing a very narrow, single focus because you become what you give your attention to. We di...

Being too close & enmeshed in your daughter’s life will prevent her from finding herself, her path, & her happiness. In this podcast, learn the many ways that it can look when parents are too enmeshed in their daughter’s life, why it happens, and what girls need. Some examples of enmeshed parent-daughter relationships:·        Daughter makes choices and decisions to please and not disappoi...

Show Notes: Listen to 4 true stories about kind heroes who made a huge impact on how children see themselves, me included. How Stan Musial, one of the greatest baseball players in history, became my hero just by caring enough to notice me and talk with me. Bobby Orr, the greatest defenseman in NHL history, did an act of kindness to a little boy in his hockey camp and inspired him to be a better da...

Show Notes: Many girls are sexually harassed at school & feel helpless to stop it; here’s what needs to be done to support them Dr. Jordan describes what girls have shared with him in his counseling practice and at retreats and camps about sexual harassment at school: the extent of the problem, who’s most vulnerable, being ‘technologically groped’ by being pushed to send nude photos, how peers...

Encouraging children to engage with meaningful causes ignites a lifelong sense of purpose, guiding them to create a positive change in the world. An interview with Sarah Evans, founder of Well Aware, about how to connect kids to a cause that makes a difference in the world. Sarah Evans founded the not-for-profit Well Aware, which funds and implements lasting clean water systems to drive developmen...

Show Notes: The best deterrent for mean girl behaviors is how much girls come to know, understand, and care about each other; SEL programs create these results. Put a girl into a safe, nurturing, nonjudgmental environment like my camps and she blossoms. Observe that same girl in the judgmental hallways at school and you might see a different kid altogether. Schools plaster some character education...

Strength lies in celebrating every girl's unique story, fostering a world where differences are cherished, not judged. All girls feel different in some way & they need our unconditional love & support Here’s to the kids who are different poem How you feel different circles at my camps & school programs Ways girls feel different: Size: tallest girl, 1st to start puberty, short, heavier...

Having safe spaces where they are accepted for who they are allows girls to stretch & flourish Show Notes: Dr. Jordan provides examples from his camp, Camp Weloki for Girls, about what a safe space looks like for girls: For more information about Dr. Jordan’s weekend retreats, summer camps, and Strong Girls Strong World School program, contact him at www.drtimjordan.com   Thank you for listeni...

Girls today continue to be haunted and confused by mixed messages absorbed from the culture, leading to excessive stress, pressure, anxiety, and depression. Show Notes: Dr. Jordan describes Dr. Stephan Hinshaw’s concept of the triple bind: Girls are also absorbing some unhealthy messages from the culture about the need to be a “good girl”. Girls also experience a lot of pressure and confusion from...

Many girls have a belief that they are not good enough, and it’s literally killing them. Here’s what parents can do about it. Show Notes: In this podcast Dr. Jordan describes many causes of why girls develop a belief that they are not good enough and the costs of having that belief. Parents: Some ways that parents contribute to girls developing a not good enough belief arehaving an autocratic pare...

SHOW NOTES: Many adults didn't get fully engaged in their education until college or later, so stop pressuring your children to get straight As or else! Included in this week's podcast: Check out all of the services offered by Dr. Jordan at www.drtimjordan.com   Thank you for listening to my podcast.  Please join our community on our social media platforms and share with yours to help us grow!

Listen to 15 hilarious jokes and stories that will lighten your mood & decrease your stress Show Notes: Dr. Jordan describes some of the physiologic, mental health, and social benefits of laughter. Listen to 15 hilarious jokes and stories that will brighten your mood, decrease your stress and anxiety, and balance out the negativity that surrounds us. Check out all the programs that Dr. Jordan...