Parenting

• October 31, 2019Guest Interview, Health, Parenting, Relationships, Work

  Mental + Physical Load Management (with Jonathan Baxter, LMHC)

  Jobs, travel, home management, babies, complicated relationships...the stress of these things can have a major impact on our physical selves. How do we manage the mental and physical load of modern life? Christine welcomes back Edit Your Life’s most requested guest: therapist Jonathan Baxter. In response to a listener letter, Christine and Jonathan talk about the physical manifestation of stress, gender roles, the “having it all” myth, how to let go of how things “should” be done, doing vs. owning tasks, and family systems.

• August 22, 2019Food, Parenting

  Back-To-School Food Tactics (with Laura Fuentes)

  Feeding kids is a fundamental part of parenting, but the particulars of getting everyone fed are onerous for so many parents. Christine interviews Laura Fuentes about back-to-school food sanity. They cover both practical and emotional ground related to meal planning, picky eaters, and negativity around food. The goal: bringing sanity to breakfast, lunch, and dinner as we head back to school.

• July 18, 2019Parenting, Technology

  Raising A Screen-Smart Kid (with Juliana Miner)

  Technology is both wonderful and complicated, and the complications grow exponentially as screens go from educational or entertainment “playback” for younger kids to digital eco-system and social “livelihood” for tweens and teens. Christine interviews Julianna Miner about her new book, Raising A Screen-Smart Kid: Embrace the Good and Avoid the Bad in the Digital Age. Christine and Juliana talk about how to decide when to get your kid a phone, kids and digital affirmation, modeling good tech behavior, teaching kids social skills, identifying digital addiction, and understanding digital mentorship.

• 

  June 11, 2019Parenting

  Parenting Siblings (Host Swap with The Mom Hour)

  Introducing a new baby to a freshly-minted big sibling can be daunting, and it’s only the beginning of parenting siblings. Tune into this awesome host swap over at The Mom Hour! In Episode 212 of The Mom Hour, Meagan Francis (of The Mom Hour) and Asha look back at how they managed new baby transitions with older siblings and how sibling relationships continue to evolve in new ways. [Read more]

• April 11, 2019Parenting

  Introducing Motherhood Sessions

  If you’ve listened to our media and entertainment review episodes, you’ve heard Christine rave about the Gimlet Media shows Homecoming, Science Vs., and The Habitat. Today we want to introduce you to a new Gimlet Media podcast we think you’ll love: Motherhood Sessions.

• July 26, 2018Parenting

  How to Teach Kids Life Skills

  It's always a good time for kids to learn real-world life skills, no matter how old they are. And judging by the viral popularity of our recent “100 Life Skills You Can Teach Your Kids in 5 Minutes or Less” list, people want to get started. Christine and Asha follow up on their list with practical tips for how to teach kids life skills. They talk about the importance of frustration tolerance, how to nudge to reluctant kids to learn, the reality that kids sometimes learn more readily from other adults, and the welcome reminder that it’s never too late to start.