Growing Up With Kids :: A Funny Parenting Podcast

Our oldest just started middle school, so we scheduled a special "event" to celebrate him.

In this episode we talk about the why behind rituals: creating moments that mark significant developments in our children's lives. Hear all about the middle school ritual we created for our son: the structure, the participants, the atmosphere and the bottled soda.

Be encouraged that a ritual in your family can be a significant marker in your child's life without it being an overwhelming project to complete: rituals can be simple and still meaningful.

Our Stat of the Week comes from the Mi Padrino 2019 Quinceañera Report.

Our oldest just started middle school, so we scheduled a special "event" to celebrate him.

In this episode we talk about the why behind rituals: creating moments that mark significant developments in our children's lives. Hear all about the middle school ritual we created for our son: the structure, the participants, the atmosphere and the bottled soda.

Be encouraged that a ritual in your family can be a significant marker in your child's life without it being an overwhelming project to complete: rituals can be simple and still meaningful.

Our Stat of the Week comes from the Mi Padrino 2019 Quinceañera Report.

How does anything get done around the house? Well, the contribution chart is the way we engage our kids in the process.

Doing chores is a straightforward idea with relatively easy rules, but why does it feel so difficult to make work? In this episode we discuss the chores our kids do and the basics of our contribution chart that tracks it all. We provide insight into how we make the chore process manageable (lots of grace), some things we have tried (and failed at) before, and a few other things we've learned along the way (e.g., patience).

Check out our Facebook page for a copy of the simple contribution chart we utilize: https://www.facebook.com/growingupwithkidspodcast

Our Stat of the Week comes from The Kids Allowance Report USA '19 by Rooster Money.

How does anything get done around the house? Well, the contribution chart is the way we engage our kids in the process.

Doing chores is a straightforward idea with relatively easy rules, but why does it feel so difficult to make work? In this episode we discuss the chores our kids do and the basics of our contribution chart that tracks it all. We provide insight into how we make the chore process manageable (lots of grace), some things we have tried (and failed at) before, and a few other things we've learned along the way (e.g., patience).

Check out our Facebook page for a copy of the simple contribution chart we utilize: https://www.facebook.com/growingupwithkidspodcast

Our Stat of the Week comes from The Kids Allowance Report USA '19 by Rooster Money.

We made it through another summer...

In our very first episode we revel in the joys of the first day of school. Hear about back-to-school pictures, school outfits, and recurring first-day-of-school dreams. Our three boys start middle school, 4th grade and kindergarten and we cover all of our feelings about it.

We also dive into the challenges around one of our children repeating a grade. How he is dealing with it. How we are dealing with it. And, how we tried to make it as smooth as possible.

Our Stat of the Week comes from the Deloitte 2019 Back-to-School Survey.

We made it through another summer...

In our very first episode we revel in the joys of the first day of school. Hear about back-to-school pictures, school outfits, and recurring first-day-of-school dreams. Our three boys start middle school, 4th grade and kindergarten and we cover all of our feelings about it.

We also dive into the challenges around one of our children repeating a grade. How he is dealing with it. How we are dealing with it. And, how we tried to make it as smooth as possible.

Our Stat of the Week comes from the Deloitte 2019 Back-to-School Survey.