Teaching Kids to be Intentional Online

Kids love technology, and it can be a lot of pressure on parents to decide how much access is appropriate for each kid. How can we know if we're setting healthy boundaries with our kids regarding technology? How much screen time is too much? In this episode, Lisa joins forces with Brooke Romney, Trent Ray, and The Council of Moms (Aimee Hopkin and Kacy Faulconer) to find out. There are more resources available than ever to educate parents on helping kids use tech in a healthy way. Although every parent has a different strategy to managing screens in their home, finding an individualized approach based on the needs of your family (and supporting other parents in their tailored approaches) can be the key in healthy relationships to technology for the whole family.

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What It’s Like to Go Through a Divorce As a Child

This is probably the youngest guest we will ever have here on podcast, but you will quickly come to see that she is wise beyond her years with a full dose of energy and enthusiasm. While upbeat and full of life Daisy is here to talk about her book on a heavy and often difficult event in a child’s life - divorce of parents. She, along with her mom, wrote a book to help kids navigate the divorce process. There are not many books out there for children, from another child, about how to navigate divorce, so this book is a great resource for children to know how to get through an event in their life that they did not choose to have to go through. If you know a child going through a divorce that could use a child’s perspective in understanding divorce, then you will want to order them this book. 

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Greg Jackson Faces Regional Accents on ‘History That Doesn’t Suck” Podcast

Our “Stick With It” conversation series on the Top of Mind podcast continues with historian Greg Jackson’s story of committing to get the regional accents right on his podcast “History That Doesn’t Suck.” A few years ago, his audience had grown so large that he was immune to most listener criticism. But a message from “Lucy in Tennessee” about the Southern accent Jackson affected in his storyteller cut through the noise. Jackson chose to stick with the discomfort of that criticism and step up his accent game. His podcast is better for it.

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