Raising Boys & Girls

Did you know that nearly 70% of youth who grow up in the church don’t return after high school? Well, we certainly want to change those numbers…as does our friend Cameron Cole! Cameron is a father, author, and the founding chairman of Rooted Ministry, a ministry we believe in wholeheartedly. In this episode, Cameron talks about helping kids build faith that lasts. If you have kids of any age, this conversation with our friend Cameron is a must-listen!

Rooted Parent Podcast

Heavenward: How Eternity Can Change Your Life on Earth

The Jesus I Wish I Knew in High School

Gospel Catechisms for Young Children and Teenagers

Baby's Hug-a-Bible: A Soft and Cuddly First Introduction to Favorite Bible Stories

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April is Autism Awareness month. As you may know, one in 36 children have been identified with Autism Spectrum Disorder, according to the National Institute of Mental Health. Talking about not only how to understand but how we can help these amazing kids has never been more important. In this episode, we’ve got a wise parent in the trenches, who also happens to be Sissy’s step-sister helping us learn more about what we can do to support the kids and families in our lives who are living with this diagnosis. We also have a podcast playlist on our website on Raising Neurodivergent Kids, on the resource tab, for more help from other parents and professionals. 

Aspergers Experts

Raising Neurodivergent Kids Playlist

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How many of you have middle schoolers? We are so excited to be moving into the milestone of Mercy, in our Are My Kids on Track series. And this week, our favorite Bible teacher for middle schoolers—or any schoolers—is back, Melissa! In this episode, she talks about how we bring the Gospel to middle schoolers (or kids of any age, really), right where they are. This is one you’re not going to want to miss!

Thy Mercy, My God by Sandra McCracken

Ep 62: The Power of Vintage Values with the Daystar Parents

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Are My Kids on Track? Spotify Playlist

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How many of you are already subscribed to Go Minno for kids? If you’re not—or are—or have anything to do with kids—stop right now and listen to this episode with our dear and wise friend, Jess Wolstenholm! In this episode, Jess discusses the ages and stages of spiritual development—with such grace and practical insight! This is one you’re not going to want to miss—whatever age and stage your kids are in today. AND, you’re also going to want to head over to gominno.com to sign your kids up for their platform for all things Christian media for kids. We all know our kids need good, healthy and hopeful content that points them toward Christ—and we grown-ups need media sources we can trust! We obviously trust Go Minno and Jess both immensely and are so honored for you to hear more about and from them today!

Laugh and Grow Bible for Kids

Minno Easter Special

The Dead Sea Squirrels on Go Minno

The Dead Sea Squirrels Book Series

Little Steps, Big Faith

If you enjoyed this episode go check out these!

Ep 60: Cultivating a Lifelong Faith in Kids

Ep 143: Rhythms of Family and Friendship with Lauren and Justin Whitmel Earley

Ep 248: Milestone Nine - Foundation with Melissa Trevathan

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It is always a happy day when we get to sit down with our dear friend, Elisabeth Hasselbeck. On today’s podcast, we’re talking about her newest children’s book, God’s Masterpiece and helping kids discover their God-given identity (plus some inside scoop on parenting teens!). Go buy all of the kids in your life a copy of God’s Masterpiece TODAY! It’s the sweetest and so filled with grace and truth, just like Elisabeth!

If you enjoyed this episode go check these out!

Ep 16: Parenting with Faith, Hope, and Survivor Skills with Elisabeth Hasselbeck

Ep 106: Raising Kids Who Turn Into Great Grown-Ups

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Have you seen or listened to Slugs and Bugs? We are BIG fans. Sissy’s nephew, Henry, made us listen to Tractor, Tractor almost every day of his toddlerhood. And…Sissy even got to guest star on an episode in Season 2 called Modern Kid. We’re so grateful for this incredible resource from our talented friend, Randall Goodgame, who joins us on the podcast this week! Randall shares so much wisdom on Singing Scripture with Kids and helping them develop a faith foundation. Parents of littles, you’re going to love this one…and want to download the show today!

Scripture Hymnal

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It was such a treat to have our friend Kari Kampakis back on the podcast. We are asked often about devotionals for teenagers…and Kari is one of the voices we trust most in that department. You and your teenage girls will glean so much from this conversation and her new book, Yours, Not Hers: 40 Devotions to Stop Comparisons and Love Your Life.

If you enjoyed this episode, check these out!

Ep 64: Navigating the Tough Seasons of Motherhood with Kari Kampakis

Ep 160: Parenting Teenagers and Beyond with Kristen Hatton

Ep 207: Strengthening the Mother/Daughter Connection with Sandra Stanley/

Allie Stanley Cooney

Raising Girls Spotify Playlist

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We discovered Tabitha Brown on social media during the pandemic and she truly was one of the brightest lights during that time. She has continued to be one of our favorite follows and one of our favorite voices in the world…speaking so much good and hope and bringing so much SUNSHINE! You have got to hop over to Youtube to watch this one, to see us grinning from ear to ear during this conversation. She has a new children’s book our called Hello There, Sunshine! hat you’re going to want to buy for every little person in your life. It is just as full of light as she is. And now, as Tab says, “You have a great day….and if you can't don’t go messing up nobody else's." 

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Today, our dear friend and Senior Director at Daystar, Melissa, talks about the second spiritual milestone (from Are My Kids on Track) called Identity and how deeply important it is in the lives of kids. We have the high and holy calling of echoing the truths that God is speaking into the lives of the kids we love…of helping to remind them not only of who they are, but whose they are. You will love this conversation with Melissa on how to do just that. 

Ep 1: The Daystar Story



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Have you ever heard of play therapy? It’s based on the idea that play is the language of kids. Well, our friends Georgie Wisen-Vincent and Dr. Tina Payne Bryson have written the book that decodes that language for us all, The Way of Play: Using Little Moments of Big Connection to Raise Calm and Confident Kids! We had the privilege of interviewing Georgie about the new book and can’t wait for you all to listen. She gives such great tips for us on how to not only understand, but connect with, help kids regulate and more through the magic of play. You’re going to love this episode! And you’re going to want to share it with all the parents of littles you know!

Here are some other helpful episodes on this topic you may enjoy!

Ep 12: Understanding the Why Behind Your Child's Behavior with Dr. Tina Payne Bryson

Ep 21: How to Be a More Playful Parent and Enjoy Your Kids

Ep 140: Self-Regulation in Littles (and a Fun Conversation with Sissy's Sister and Her Husband)

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It was such a gift to sit down with Savannah Guthrie and laugh with and learn from her. She is every bit as delightful and warm and hilarious and kind and deep and wise as you would guess her to be. So much truth and so much hope infused in this podcast and her new wonder of a children’s book, Mostly What God Does is Love You.

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We talk sometimes, in counseling, about how it feels like there is one child in your home who is reflecting outside what the temperature is like outside—kind of like our own, dysfunctional barometer. As much as we wish, in certain seasons, that our marriages didn’t impact our kids, they certainly do. This week, we have Rebecca St. James and her husband Cubbie Fink on the podcast talking about how they have walked the ups and downs of marriage together, and have used each season to strengthen both their relationships with their kids individually and their life as a family. So much wisdom, hope and encouragement in this episode—we can’t wait for you to listen!

Lasting Ever

Ep 179: The Legacy of Prayer & Faith on Family with Helen & Luke Smallbone

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Teens and dating is a tough one! But, we can’t think of anyone better to tackle the tough topics…as she’s made a career out of it. We are so grateful for this conversation with our dear friend Paula Faris and the wisdom and honesty and real-ness she brings to the conversation, as she does each and every conversation. We hope this will be a helpful—and fun—listen.

The Paula Faris Show

More episodes you may enjoy:

Ep 176: Parenting Teens & Young Adults with Dave & Julie Hunt

Ep 159: Preparing Your Kids and Yourself for the Teenage Years with Lisa Damour

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Amy Fenton is a mom of three amazing kids, an Orange Specialist (an amazing organization that equips and supports churches in their ministry to families), the Executive Director for Orange VBS and a dear friend of both of ours. She has been helping churches and helping kids’ grow and deepen their faith for decades. And we are thrilled to have her back on the podcast this week to continue the conversation on Supporting Your Kids’ Spiritual Development.

Parenting Beyond Your Capacity: Connect Your Family to a Wider Community

NIrV, Adventure Bible for Early Readers

More episodes you may enjoy!

Ep 31: Hope for Single Moms

Ep 99: Passing on Faith to your Kids with Cece Winans

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We are so excited to be moving into the spiritual milestones in our Are My Kids on Track Series. In this episode, we get to interview Melissa Trevathan, whom you know from past season of the Raising Boys and Girls podcast and from being our Daystar Counseling Founder and Senior Director. She’s also our resident Bible teacher at Hopetown and the best Bible teacher we know for kids. We are so grateful for Melissa’s wisdom and insight when it comes to the spiritual lives of kids of all ages. We know you’re going to love this episode just as much as we did! 

My First Message

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Jemar Tisby has been a 6th grade teacher, middle school principal, now college professor, historian, author, activist, and all around great guy. We were delighted to sit down and learn from the history he has taught and the legacy he has lived for today’s podcast. We have a feeling you will have the same experience: you’ll laugh, cry, learn more about all of the things that bring us together way more than divide us, and hear his heart for both kids and parents in this tumultuous world. Plus, we all talk about losing our biggest fans, our Moms, and all that they did to shape us. You’re gonna love this one, just as much as we did!

The Spirit of Justice: True Stories of Faith, Race, and Resistance

Stories of the Spirit of Justice

I Am the Spirit of Justice

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Melanie Shankle, who one of your favorites and undoubtedly one of ours, is back on the podcast this week, talking about her amazing new book, Here Be Dragons: Treading the Deep Waters of Motherhood, Mean Girls, and Generational Trauma. You’re going to want to listen to this episode, buy the book, follow along with all she’s doing and especially with The Big Boo Cast! Melanie is wise and hilarious and you will know immediately why she’s our first third time-er.

Past episodes you will love with Melanie:

Ep 50: How to Help Kids Handle Conflict with Melanie Shankle and Sophie Hudson

Ep 151: Raising Boys and Girls Live with Sophie Hudson and Melanie Shankle

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Esau McCauley is a professor of New Testament and Public Theology at Wheaton College, as well as the bestselling author of seven books. In this week’s episode, we’re talking about his newest book, How Far to the Promised Land, in which he shares his own story of hope and his family’s legacy. We also dive into his two fantastic children’s books: Andy Johnson and the March for Justice and Josey Johnson’s Hair and the Holy Spirit. Through it all, he shares so much rich truth about what it looks like to advocate for justice and anti-racism as a family. This is a conversation that we believe will both enlighten and inspire you. It sure did both of us!

You may also enjoy these episodes.

Ep 24: Talking to Kids About Race with Dr. Chinwe Williams

Ep 96: Teaching Kids How to Engage with People Who Have Differing Points of View with Carlos Whittaker

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It is a topic more of us need to be talking about, in our own lives. And it’s certainly a topic we need to be helping the kids we love navigate. We were deeply honored to have Annie F. Downs and her remarkable sister, Tatum Green, share their story of loss on this week’s episode. If you’ve suffered loss, we believe this episode will be one that brings you comfort and hope. If you haven’t, it will equip you to walk alongside the people in your life who have. We all need to listen and learn how to better love each other. We’re so grateful to Tatum and Annie for vulnerably and hopefully reminding us how. And for writing this wonder of a book, Where Did TJ Go?: A Book for Kids on Grief and Loss.

Check out other helpful episodes on this topic below.

Ep 83: Navigating Pain and Suffering with Others

Ep 170: Parenting Through Infertility, Loss and Adolescence

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Boundaries are hard at home. Some kids don’t respect them. Some kids have lots of them. It can be tough to know how to help build healthy boundaries at home. This week, our dear friends and wise co-workers at Daystar, Sherman Bucher and Emma Pasquale are talking about just that. Grab a pen and paper because you’re going to want to take notes on this one!

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Sexual Integrity…sounds like a hard concept to grasp and an even harder concept to teach the kids we love. But our new friend Jim Burns and our long-time friend, Erin Mashaw, have written a book to help us do just that! We’re so excited about this book and about our conversation with Jim and Erin that brings such grace, hope and wisdom to the topic. We can’t wait for you to listen in on this one. 

A Student's Guide to Sexual Integrity: God's Plan for Sex and Your Body (For Ages 10-17 or Grades 6-12) 

Doing Life with Your Adult Children: Keep Your Mouth Shut and the Welcome Mat Out

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Where do your kids struggle, in regard to boundaries? Your sons? Daughters? When we wrote Are My Kids on Track, one of the things we talked about was how boys struggle in respecting boundaries, whereas girls struggle in setting them. Has that been your experience? What have you found that has helped? In this week’s episode, we talk about both…teaching the kids we love to set and respect boundaries.

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We had the privilege to sit with Tori Hope Petersen recently and hear, not only her powerful story, but the difference she is making in the world for children. We talked foster care, adoption, resilience, and healing from trauma...both for kids and for ourselves. And, of course, we talked about her new wonder of a book, Breaking the Patterns that Break You. We can’t wait for you to listen to this wise and hope-filled episode from our friend, Tori! 

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Do you have a teenager living in your house? Or an almost teenager? This was one of our favorite conversations with one of our favorite authors, Rosalind Wiseman. In this episode, she talks about what’s going on with the adolescent guys and girls that we love in relationships, and what we can do to help. And make sure to listen through till the end because she gives us some much needed wisdom on what we can do to motivate the teenagers in our lives. You’re going to love this episode!

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This week we’ve got two more wise and wonderful staff members from Daystar...Blair Baird and Tommy Hart. Blair and Tommy bring so much thoughtful, practical insight—not just to the Daystar staff—but to our podcast in helping the kids we love grow in their ownership skills.

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So many of you all know and adore her already—like we do. But, if you haven’t yet encountered Ginny Yurich and her amazing resources, you are going to LOVE this episode! We talk all things play-related, how important it is to get kids outside, and so much more!

Until the Streetlights Come On: How a Return to Play Brightens Our Present and Prepares Kids for an Uncertain

Balanced and Barefoot: How Unrestricted Outdoor Play Makes for Strong, Confident, and Capable Children

Beyond Winning: Smart Parenting In A Toxic Sports Environment

Smart Moves: Why Learning Is Not All in Your Head

Proverbs 6:6-11

The Opt-Out Family: How to Give Your Kids What Technology Can't

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Ownership is foundational to healthy relationships…being able to own our part in conflict or even in disagreements. In this episode of the podcast, we talk about why ownership is particularly hard for some kids, and what we can do to help! 

Milestone Three: Empathy

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Jeannie Cunnion is a wise and dear friend of ours, who has written another fabulous book, this one called Closer to God. In this episode, she talks candidly, practically and hopefully about what that can look like as a family. We can’t wait for you to listen in on this conversation. We have a feeling you’ll love Jeannie every bit as much as we do! 

The 509 Foundation

If you enjoyed this episode, check out these below!

Ep 25: Pursuing Jesus to Find Freedom in Parenting with Jeannie Cunnion

Ep 57: Helping Kids Engage in Bible Reading with She Reads Truth

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Happy New Year’s Eve, friends! We love an opportunity to reset around here, and New Year’s gives us one both as individuals and as families! In today’s podcast, we’ve got some ideas that can help your family grow together with a little more intentionality and a lot more grace as we move into 2025.

"He doesn't ask us to try harder, he just makes us brand new." - Melissa Trevathan

Ep 65: Developing a Growth Mindset in Yourself and Your Kids

Intentional Parenting

Always We Begin Again

"The feeling of hope failed me, but the habit of hope carried me." - Katherine Wolf

"See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland." Isaiah 43:19 NIV

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Merry Christmas Eve, friends! We know there is a LOT going into these next few days. And so we wanted to arm you with our three favorite tips to navigate all of the Christmas tension. Listen along with your kids and come up with a plan together.

Braver, Stronger, Smarter: A Girl’s Guide to Overcoming Worry & Anxiety

Strong and Smart: A Boy's Guide to Building Healthy Emotions

A Liturgy for Those Looking for Joy

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The twenties are a notoriously tough time of loneliness and confusion about relationships, job choices and LIFE! Our friend and co-worker has written a fabulous book called Cul-de-sac Crossroads: Navigating Life’s Twists and Turns in Your Twenties with Courageous Clarity. And she helps readers do just that in this book! Your kids will laugh and learn and love this book by Mary Spencer Veazey, and we’re so excited to talk with her about it on the podcast today!

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Dr. Lauren King is a brilliant psychologist who started Southeast Psyc in Nashville, an organization we refer to often. You’ll see why as you listen to this insightful podcast on understanding your child’s brain and best practices for neurodivergent kids. You’re going to want to grab a pen and paper for this one! Such helpful information…from such a kind, trusted voice in our world.

UCLA Peers Clinic

If this episode was helpful to you, here are a couple more that you may enjoy!

Ep. 105: Raising Neurodivergent Kids with Dr. Chinwe Williams

Ep. 108: Parenting in the Trenches with Neurodivergent Kids

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This week, we’ve got two more of our favorite co-workers and friends (one who happens to be one of Sissy’s family members) on the podcast talking about relationships for kids! Allye Gray and Aaron Weber, both with years of experience working with kids, talk this week on practical things we can do to strengthen the social skills of the kids we love…particularly the skill of reciprocity! This is a super helpful and insightful episode for all of us caring for kids of any age.

Ep. 221: Parenting with Confidence with Allye Gray and Blair West

Ep. 140: Self-Regulation in Littles (and a Fun Conversation with Sissy's Sister and Her Husband)

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One of our favorite comments—whether in counseling or on the road is when we meet folks who tell us that we’re the reason they got a dog (unless they got a bad dog…and then we’d maybe rather not hear about that! 😉) But it has happened more times than we can count because—you all know—we believe so strongly in the power of pets in the lives of kids.

We cannot count how many times we’ve had kids say, when they’re struggling, that the “person” they talk to the most is their dog. So, for all of you who blame or credit us for having a pet…or those of you who are considering a pet for the holidays…we thought we’d introduce you to our dear friend, David Edwards.

David is the owner of Belle Meade Animal Hospital and one of our favorite people! He shares so much wisdom around not only the importance of pets but how we grieve a pet as a family. We can’t wait for you to listen in on this wonderful episode with Patches and June’s hero, David Edwards. 

In you loved this episode, go back to Ep. 46: Helping Kids Face Hard Things with Hope and Gratitude with Jay and Katherine Wolf.

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This week on the podcast, we’re talking about reciprocity, which simply means the back and forth of conversation—or even relationship. Most kids—most of us—lean toward either initiating or receiving. Think of it like tennis…hitting the ball back and forth. Back and forth. Both are involved in healthy relationships and we want the kids we love to learn to do both!

Quiet Power: The Secret Strengths of Introverted Kids

Milestone Five - Awareness

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We have the privilege of walking alongside so many adoptive families at Daystar. Two of our dear friends and fellow therapists, David Denton and Emma Soechting. have spent years learning from and working with kids who have been adopted.

We’re so excited to share some of their wisdom on the Raising Boys and Girls podcast, during Adoption Awareness month. There is so much good on this episode…whether you have adopted a child or are considering, we would highly recommend you listen to this important episode!

Ep. 114: Finding Connection Through Your Adoption Journey

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We have been waiting for this conversation for so long. We have multiple friends who have told us how much they adore Amy Julia Becker for years and it was a delight to get to sit down with her recently. She shares so much wisdom and hope on what it looks like to reimagine family life with disability. You’re going to want to listen, share, and take notes on this episode.

Reimagining the Good Life Podcast

How to Become a Worry-Free Parent with Sissy Goff

IG: @amyjuliabecker

To Be Made Well

White Picket Fences

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The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration by Isabel Wilkerson

Strength to Love by Martin Luther King Jr.

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Who better to talk about helping kids build the social milestone of awareness than a therapist who has been caring for kids for six years and a middle school teacher, recently turned counselor? Rachel and Richie bring so much wisdom to the table in this important conversation on helping kids we love develop awareness. Grab a pen and paper because you’re going to take notes! And we’re so grateful to work and do life alongside these wise Daystar co-workers and friends!

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Dr. Elisa Song is a Stanford, NYU, UCSF-trained pediatrician, and one of the foremost pioneers and trusted medicine experts in pediatric integrative and functional medicine. She’s the author of the bestselling Healthy Kids, Happy Kids and a mom to two amazing kids of her own. We are so excited to share this rich conversation with the wise and insightful Dr. Elisa Song with you. We believe this episode is going to be so helpful and hopeful for us all!

You might also enjoy Ep 217: Cooking with Kids and the Difference Food Can

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In these post-covid, technology-ridden times, we believe it’s never been more important to talk about the social milestones, with the first being the milestone of awareness. With the boys and girls we love, we see some universal reasons that kids might struggle with this one.

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How are you feeling today? It seems to be one filled with lots of anxiety and trepidation, for lots of us. We kept talking about what we most wanted to hear on Election Day, and so we recorded a podcast including just that! We’ve got a few parenting reminders on what it looks like to model all of these important milestones we’ve been talking about, some conversation starters to share with the kids you love AND the encouragement we needed today…and thought you might, too!

Let’s continue to pray together for wisdom for our leaders and hope for our communities. And let’s keep thinking on that wise quote about being the change we want to see in the world. Grateful to be in it with you today, whatever your political affiliations are, and hope this episode brings you some needed encouragement and hope.

Questions to ask the kids you love!

If you were elected President, what would you want to do the first few days in office?

What are some of the greatest needs in our world today?

What kind of leader would you want to be?

What would you want the new president to know is important for kids today? 

If the old saying is “Be the change you want to see in the world,” how could you be a part of the change you want to see in the world? 

In case you missed it, go back to Episode 218: Using Politics to Strengthen Your Family Connection with Michael and Melissa Wear.

Episode 150: Practicing the Presence of God as a Family with Doug McKelvey

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We are thrilled to introduce you to two more of our amazing co-workers at Daystar Counseling who also happen to be dear friends! Allye Gray and Blair West are both thoughtful, wise, women who happen to be HIGHLY resourceful themselves! This week, they’re sharing ideas they use as therapists and ideas you can implement at home to help the kids you love develop the highly important muscle of resourcefulness.

How Children Raise Parents: The Art of Listening to Your Family

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Jennifer Breheny Wallace is an award-winning journalist and author of the instant New York Times bestselling book Never Enough: When Achievement Culture Becomes Toxic – and What We Can Do About It. Her forthcoming book Mattering in the Modern World: A Solution for the Crises of Our Time is based on five years of research and an original global mattering survey.

Wallace is the founder of The Mattering Institute, whose mission is to create cultures of mattering in homes, workplaces, and communities, and co-founder of The Mattering Movement, a nonprofit whose mission is to create cultures of mattering in schools.

We were thrilled to share a conversation recently with Jennifer and learn more about her important work and writing. We would highly recommend you grab a copy of her books. Never Enough continues to be so important as we raise kids to value character more than success, AND every one of us who loves a kid wants them to not only know but experience how much they matter. You’re going to want to take notes for this one. We’re so grateful for this rich conversation with our new friend, Jennifer B. Wallace.

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In Raising Worry-Free Girls, Sissy defines anxiety as an overestimation of the problem and an underestimation of themselves. The same is true for boys. In 30 years of counseling kids, we have never seen kids struggle with the idea of resourcefulness like we do today. You all, we believe this conversation is crucial to helping the kids we love grow up into emotionally healthy adults. They need both the knowledge and the tools it takes to be resourceful. In today’s podcast, Sissy and David are talking about what we can do to help kids build this profoundly important muscle.

Episode 168: Understanding the Differences Between Boys and Girls

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Y’all—this one is a PLEASE LISTEN episode. We have been really excited about this episode coming out at this time in our world since we got it scheduled. But after talking with our friends Michael and Melissa Wear, we believe this conversation is imperative for all of us… no matter our political affiliation.

It has been said about Michael Wear, “Even as we find ourselves in a crisis of disillusionment, and even despair, about the state of American politics, Wear reminds us that we must hold fast to the belief that we can change our country and our world for the better. Each of us would do well to adopt at least a bit of Wear’s realistic hopefulness.” His wife speaks to the same kind of buoyant, practical hopefulness, which we all need in this season. We can’t wait for you to listen in on this one.

The Spirit of Our Politics: Spiritual Formation and the Renovation of Public Life

The Center of Christianity and Public Life

Wear We Are Substack

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How many of you have read one of Danielle Walker's fabulous cookbooks? Her newest is called Make It Easy, but she’s also got Against All Grain, Celebrations, Healthy in a Hurry, and her memoir, Food Saved Me. We know a lot of you are already cooking with her regularly. Well, we got to OFFICIALLY!!! AND, we got to make non-dairy QUESO! It was truly amazing! Make sure to not just download this episode, but watch it on Youtube to get the recipe and follow along.

Danielle is so wise in terms of making cooking fun with kids and the difference healthy foods can make in the lives of the kids we love and ourselves! We can’t wait for you to listen to this one with the delightful Danielle Walker!

Danielle's Substack

Cheesy Nacho Sauce Recipe

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This week, we’ve got another amazing episode with some of our Daystar therapists. Have you listened to these yet? We are loving the episodes and so proud of our co-workers and dear friends! We can’t wait for you to meet and listen to Sherman Bucher and Shannon Flynn, as they talk about Practicing Empathy as a Family. So many great concepts and helpful, practical ideas to strengthen this very important muscle of empathy together! 

1000 Hours Outside

Dr. Hallowell

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Episode 98: Cognitive Behavior Therapy and Other Strategies to Help Kids with Anxiety

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We’re so grateful to be talking about empathy on the podcast this week. We believe the muscle of empathy is one that kids are struggling to develop more than ever before. In this episode, we talk about why and, even more importantly, what we can do about it. Empathy truly is a pre-requisite for healthy relationships.

So, let’s all work together to help the kids we love grow in their awareness, love, and empathy for those around them, including and maybe even especially those that live under the same roof!

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Romans 12:15-16

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We were so blessed (see what we did there?!) to have our new friends Madison Johnson and Logan Cain from CAIN with us on the podcast today! We got to talk about incorporating faith as a family and building strong sibling relationships. We believe you’re going to have as much fun listening to these two as we did getting to talk with them!

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I’m So Blessed the music video

I'm So Blessed the children's book

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Okay, you all, this will go down in history as one of our VERY FAVORITE episodes of all time! We have long loved and admired the work of Dr. Wendy Mogel, who has written fabulous books such as The Blessing of a Skinned Knee, The Blessing of a B Minus, and Voice Lessons for Parents. But we maybe loved talking with her EVEN MORE! She is wise, discerning, honest and DELIGHTFUL! We can’t wait for you all to listen in on this conversation!

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