Stop Managing Everything: How to Build a Summer Routine Kids Actually Follow (with Nicole Gambino)

That Mom · Jul 6, 2026 · 23m · transcript

Nicole Gambino is back — and if her last episode on raising responsible kids resonated, this one's the summer-specific follow-through. The problem isn't your kid. It's that executive functioning (initiating, following through, self-regulating) is treated as something kids should already have, instead of a skill that has to be explicitly taught. Nicole walks through the system: realistic expectations, a 5-minute weekly "huddle," anchoring chores to transitions instead of vague to-dos, and letting kids co-author their own responsibilities so the routine actually survives past week one.What…