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

That Mom · Jul 8, 2026 · 23m · transcript

In Part 2 of my conversation with parenting and executive function coach Nicole Gambino, we get practical. Nicole walks through real, age-specific summer routines she's built with families — down to the exact tasks kids as young as five and as old as middle schoolers can own on their own, no reminders required.We talk about the difference between "motoring" your kids through their responsibilities and actually empowering them to initiate on their own, why explaining every request too much can backfire, and how to handle the inevitable pushback ("why do I have to do everything?"). Nicole also…