The Best We Could: A Parenting Manual for Our Kids: Recent Episodes
The Best We Could: A Parenting Manual for Our Kids
The roles we play (or are cast) to play in our families: Patterns that were passed on to us from our parents and the patterns that we might be setting …
022: The Impact of Unrecognized Family Patterns, and Giving Our Kids the Awareness to Break Them Read More »
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Do kind kids (and adults) get taken advantage of? Perhaps, but what we have found is that being -passive- is often confused with kindness and is FAR more likely to …
021: Mistaking Kindness for Weakness – how we talk to our kids about kindness while cautioning them about being taken advantage of Read More »
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Several years ago, I recorded an interview with my father about a month after he was diagnosed with colon cancer. We discussed what it was like as a foreigner in …
Episode 020: What got us here won’t get you there… An interview with my dad on growing up as an immigrant in the 60’s Read More »
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My six-year-old son recently asked me to tell him a story about Christmas, specifically about the gifts I got when I was a little boy. I told him that I …
Episode 019: Holiday and birthday gifting with our kids: Why we (try to) focus on giving experiences vs toys Read More »
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How our kids will deal with peer pressure, social ostracism, and wanting to “fit in” is determined largely by how they see us dealing with these issues as parents. We …
Episode 018: Impacts and lessons of social ostracism on parents and kids Read More »
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What matters more, a person’s skill set, or the network of people who know about that person and their skillset? As always, the answer is “it depends.” In this episode, …
Episode 17: How we talk to our kids (and ourselves) about Imposter Syndrome Read More »
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In this episode of the parenting manual we discuss how conflict over screen time leads to meaningful conversations. So today’s episode is another episode featuring my wife and we are …
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What are the impacts of having a “favorite” child and how can we provide each kid with the parenting they need while avoiding resentment or unhealthy competition among siblings? In …
Episode 15: The Impacts of Playing Favorites With Your Kids – an example from our family Read More »
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On this episode, we discuss the nuances about kids, holiday visits, and behavior. It is the day after Black Friday here in the United States, and this is an interesting …
Episode 14: Nuances about kids and holiday visit behavior – for kids and adults Read More »
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A Thanksgiving discussion with my wife on what we are grateful for when it comes to our family and how we work together to make parenting decisions that shape our …
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On this episode of the The Best We Could – a Parenting Manual for our Kids, we discuss changing parenting behavior we picked up from our parents and how we …
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On this episode of the parenting manual we discuss reciprocity and generosity as they relate to the virtue of sharing. So I’m going to take you for a ride with …
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One of the challenges that we face on almost a daily basis, not just as parents, but in our careers and in our lives. the paradox of compromise. One of …
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Normally this podcast is focused on helping my children understand how we made parenting decisions along the way. The reason that I feel like this is so important to them …
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Today, I want to talk about the phases of competency as they relate to being a parent and being a kid. This is something that I realized is important to …
Episode 8: Stages of Competence – Parenting Version Read More »
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In this episode of the parenting manual we discuss how and why we ask for feedback from our kids. Has this ever happened to you? You go out to a …
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In this episode, we’re going to discuss skills, behavior, and belief as it relates to parenting. Try to imagine for a minute that you take a time machine, you go …
Episode 6: Differentiating between behaviors and skills as a parent Read More »
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In this episode, I’m going to be explaining to my children why we have been very purposeful in the praise that we provide them. Specifically why we rarely, if ever, …
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In this episode of the parenting manual, we discuss how to show interest in your kids. One of the things that I love about our two young kids is that …
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In this episode, I want to discuss the topics of commitment and compliance that I spoke with my children about in the last episode. A great example of this came …
Episode 3: Commitment and Compliance: Parenting Viewpoints Read More »
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In this episode of The Best We Could – a Parenting Manual for Our Kids, we are speaking directing to our children. It is a message to our kids regarding …
Episode 2: Message to our kids – guiding principles Read More »
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So how do you introduce the first episode of a podcast series? Well, this podcast is unique in that it’s designed to help children, specifically my children understand how they …
Episode 1: Why Do This For Our Kids? Read More »
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