The Great Job! Podcast

Emily and Dan discuss tech boundaries, modeling good device behavior, internet safety for kids, and more in this season’s final episode. Social media, cell phones, and all things electronic couldn’t be more important to pivotal children and teens. In this final episode of the season, Emily and Dan unpack today’s issues around tech and kids.  Most parents give their children iPads to entertain...

In this episode, Emily and Dan break down goal-setting and habit-building for families. For many parents, the beginning of the new school year can feel more monumental than the new year, so they recommend focusing on intentional goals and habit-building over resolutions.   Emily and Dan emphasize that successful habits are rooted in identifying a clear destination. Drawing from his exper...

In this episode Emily and Dan define boundaries, break down the four types of boundaries, and offer examples from their lives of boundaries in practice. Boundaries are so critical to Emily and Dan, they’re what inspired The Great Job! Podcast in the first place! Emily and Dan define boundaries as where a person begins and ends. Boundaries are often misunderstood because they are such an abstract c...

Emily and Dan dig into how parents can co-create healthy boundaries with and for their children so that kids learn to take responsibility for their lives and choices. In the previous episode, Boundaries, Part 1 , Emily and Dan defined boundaries, how to have them, and what they can look like. In this episode they hone in on boundaries with kids.  Boundaries are so important in all people beca...

In this episode Emily and Dan share their love and hate for traditions. Just as every family’s value system will be different, their views on traditions will be too.  Emily and Dan share a religious upbringing that greatly shaped what traditions, especially holiday traditions, mean to them. They share a desire to question each year how they would like to celebrate, or not, a tradition, as wel...

A strong value system supports a family in making aligned decisions as individuals and as a unit. Everyone knows about the Golden Rule, but what other values are there? Emily and Dan deep dive into all things value-related.  Having and stating family values creates a context so that it is easier for everyone to know their role, how to make decisions, and to understand where they fit into the...

Welcome to the inaugural episode of The Great Job! Podcast hosted by Emily and Dan Mall. The couple sees parenting as a (great!) job with no rule book. Much like in their marriage, the duo are learning everyday, every step of the way by making very intentional choices. Their two children have entered what they call the pivotal age, commonly known as the tween years. Not only is this stretch of tim...

In this episode, Emily and Dan tackle the siren song of balance.  Balance can be a fleeting, slippery ideal to strive for. Just as you realize you’ve struck something of a balance, in a relationship or with work, it’s slipped away.  Emily and Dan share their varying definitions of balance and how those definitions ebb and flow within their own personal lives, as their children grow up, a...

For Emily and Dan, one of their core family values supporting their parenting style is being different. Embodying their uniqueness as it serves their family context best helps their children understand why they may make different choices from their friend’s parents and why that is OK. Emily sums up her research about the four core parenting styles. Dan points out the challenges of identifying the...

Welcome to the Great Job! Podcast, the show that reminds you that as a parent or caretaker, you're doing just that – a great job. In each episode, you'll hear stories, practices, and strategies related to topics like building boundaries, understanding different parenting styles, approaching difficult conversations with your kids, and so much more.  Your hosts, Emily and Dan Mall have been tog...