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The Parenting Podcast
Parenting IS hard - oh, but there's hope! This is why The Parenting Podcast is here for you. Wherever you are in your parenting journey, we at TPP want to come alongside addressing your questions and concerns with helpful insight to lighten your load. Our goal is to encourage you by providing real-life, relevant information to equip you. TPP wants to help you and your family flourish together and as individuals. Join us as we share, answering your questions and bringing your heart hope.
Episodes
- The Parenting Podcast
The Ones We Think Are Fine | Ep. 234
SUMMARY Some children make so few demands that it’s easy to overlook how much is happening beneath the surface. There’s a difference between appreciating the…
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The Company We Keep | Ep. 233
Summary Some friendships become such a natural part of our lives that we hardly stop to think about them. But as we grow and change, we may begin to see those…
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Where Do Friends Fit? | Ep. 232
SUMMARY There’s something special about having women in our lives who really know us. Yet even when we long for those connections, friendships can slip to the…
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When Their Wrong Hits Home | Ep. 231
Summary They did something wrong. You know it has to be addressed. But in that moment, how do you correct without losing the connection you’ll need to walk…
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Parenting Without the Answer Key | Ep. 230
Some parenting questions have clear answers. These were not those questions. We put a few of them on the table—and discovered how different they look from the…
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When the Bills Change Hands | Ep. 229
As our kids grow up, who pays for what gets surprisingly complicated. Generosity is good. So is responsibility. Figuring out when the bill belongs to us—and…
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When Helping Gets in the Way | Ep. 228
We love our kids. We want to help. And sometimes we actually can fix what’s hard. But should we? TALK NOTES When helping gets complicated Doing for our…
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Encore: Parenting on a Full Plate | Ep. 227
SUMMARY There never seems to be quite enough of us to go around—and as parents, we feel that most with our children. When the hours are already spoken for, how…
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Destination Addiction: When We’re Always Almost There | Ep. 226
Summary: We can spend a surprising amount of life looking ahead to what’s next—or back at what was. How do we keep both from taking too much of the life we’re…
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The Invisible Backpack: What Are We Sending With Them? | Ep. 225
We won’t be beside our children for every moment that shapes their day. But our influence doesn’t end where our reach does. What stays with them when they move…
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The Invisible Backpack: What Your Child Brings Home | Ep. 224
Our children have whole parts of their lives we’ll never witness. We can’t follow them into those moments—but we can become the place they want to return with…
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Encore: School Choice — What Matters More Than the Method | Ep. 223
Public school, private school, homeschool—we can put a lot of weight on getting that choice right. But what if some of the things shaping our kids most have…
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Don’t Drift Into Your Evenings | Ep. 222
Most of us spend more time getting ready for school than getting ready for the season we’re about to live together. Sometimes one small, intentional change in…
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It’s Just Tuesday: The Decisions That Don’t Feel Like Decisions | Ep. 221
Most parenting decisions don’t feel life-changing. They feel ordinary. But what if some of the smallest choices we make every day are quietly shaping who our…
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What Are We Really Reaching Back For? | Ep. 220
Why has the idea of a “‘90s summer” struck such a chord with parents? Maybe we’re not trying to bring back another decade. Maybe we’re trying to hold onto…
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Tell me more | Ep. 219
Sometimes our first response as parents isn’t wrong—it just comes too soon. We often speak or act before our children feel fully heard. What changes when our…
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When Other People’s Opinions Follow You Home | Ep. 218
Other people’s opinions will always be there. The harder question is how much influence they’ll have on your parenting. This conversation unpacks why those…
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Parenting for an Audience | Ep. 217
Most parents know the feeling. A look across the room. A raised eyebrow. A comment that li gers longer than it should. This conversation explores the pressure…
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Maybe It Doesn’t All Have to Be Fixed | Ep. 216
The desire to get parenting right can be a gift. It can also become a weight we were never meant to carry. Somewhere along the way, caring deeply can begin to…
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The Parents We Thought We’d Be | Ep. 215
We all want to grow as parents. The question is whether we’re being shaped by wisdom—or by the pressure to become someone we think we’re supposed to be.
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When Love and Agreement Part Ways | Ep. 214
You spend years pouring your values into your children. Then one day they begin sorting through them for themselves. How do you hold onto what matters without…
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Somewhere Between Drive-Thrus and Good Intentions | Ep. 213
Somewhere between good intentions and real life, a lot of parents end up feeling behind in this part of family life. This conversation pulls health back out of…
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Fitness, Identity, and the Pressure to Perform | Ep. 212
Health and fitness can easily become tangled up with pressure, appearance, and performance — for parents and kids alike. This conversation pulls it back to…
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The Hard Moments Aren’t the Whole Story | Ep. 211
Family life is full of moments that don’t go the way we hoped they would — and so much of love is built in what happens next. This conversation starts with…
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What the Little-Kid Years Actually Feel Like | Ep. 210
Why can the smallest parenting decisions start feeling so big in the little-kid years? This honest conversation gets into the real-life pressure, questions…
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How to Feed a Family in Real Life | Ep. 209
Knowing what’s healthy is one thing—living it out is another. This conversation makes that shift feel doable.
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Everyone Has an Opinion About Food—Now What? | Ep. 208
Everyone has an opinion about food—but what do you actually do with all of it? This conversation starts to bring it back to something simpler, steadier, and…
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When You Roll Your Eyes, They Stop Opening Up (Culture and Connection) | Ep. 207
The things your kids care about may not make sense to you—but how you respond matters. This episode looks at how stepping into their world builds lasting…
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Who’s Talking to Your Kids | Ep. 206
The world is talking to your kids—are you in that conversation too? We’re starting something new to help you stay close right in the middle of it.
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More Than Memories: The Quiet Power of Family Traditions | Ep. 205
It’s easy to think traditions are about holidays or special moments, but they’re often doing something deeper. This conversation looks at how the things we…
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It Isn’t About Your Kids | Ep. 204
I can walk into a moment with my kids already holding a picture of how it’s supposed to go—and without even realizing it, I start pressing that onto them… and…
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When Expectations Get Louder Than People | Ep. 203
When a moment doesn’t go the way you pictured, it can quietly pull you away from the people right in front of you. This conversation names that shift—and what…
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When You’re in the Wrong Lane With Your Kids | Ep. 202
Sometimes the tension with our kids isn’t about love or effort—it’s about being in the wrong lane. In this episode, we explore a simple way of thinking about…
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The Hidden Lanes of Relationship | Ep. 201
Parenting doesn’t follow a simple rulebook. In this conversation, we explore how recognizing the “lane” we’re in with our children can change the way we…
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When There’s No Margin Left | Ep. 200
When there’s no margin left, even the life you love can feel tight. This conversation sits with that tension — and reminds you to stay steady in it.
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Working Motherhood: Beyond Balance | Ep. 199
Working motherhood isn’t about splitting yourself evenly. It’s about learning to live well inside the tension.
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The Lived Reality of Working Motherhood | Ep. 198
Working motherhood carries a real and heavy load that’s often unspoken. This conversation sits with the tensions, choices, and grace required along the way.
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When the Fruit Is Slow | Ep. 197
Sometimes you’re giving everything you have as a parent and still not seeing much come back yet. This episode names that stretch and why it’s part of loving…
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Time Isn’t Timeless: Parenting in Real Time | Ep. 196
Parenting doesn’t happen in resets—it happens in motion. A thoughtful conversation about time, growth, and living well inside the everyday.
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When a New Year Isn’t a Reset | Ep. 195
The calendar changed, but life didn’t reset. Four women talk honestly about growth, pressure, and parenting without the illusion of starting over.
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The Glue You Don’t See Working | Ep. 194
Some of the most influential parts of family life don’t stand out while we’re building them. This episode looks at how traditions quietly hold families…
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The Noise of Opinions vs. What Really Matters | Ep. 193
The flood of parenting input hasn’t slowed down—so how do you keep your footing? This episode explores how to sift through the noise, to name what matters, and…
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Parenting in the Age of Too Many Voices | Ep. 192
It’s not that the parenting advice is wrong—it’s the overload. Today we talk about what gets overlooked when everything demands attention and why the people…
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Christie’s Story: The Real Work Begins When They Grow Up | Ep. 191
Christie returns to explore what changes when your kids grow up—the awkward shifts, the grief you don’t expect, and the quiet work of staying connected without…
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Christie’s Story: When Parenting Stops Being a Plan | Ep. 190
What happens when all your good intentions meet real life? Christie opens up about raising four daughters and learning that parenting isn’t about perfect…
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The lie we all believe | Ep. 189
We start out believing there’s one right way to parent—that if we just do it well enough, our kids will turn out fine. But parenting keeps proving there isn’t…
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When Music Lives in Their Earbuds: Parenting in the 2020s | Ep. 188
In the age of streaming and earbuds, music is shaping our kids in ways we don’t always see. A mom and music teacher joins us to talk about helping kids choose…
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More Than Music: What’s Being Formed Beneath the Sound | Ep. 187
Music does more than fill the background—it shapes who our kids are becoming. In this episode, a mom and longtime music teacher shares what years of teaching…
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Parenting Through the Pushback | Ep. 186
When love feels like a battle and boundaries feel impossible, you’re not alone. Cheryl, Christie, and Kyla talk about the courage it takes to hold steady, stay…
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Beyond Rules: The Heart Work of Boundaries | Ep. 185
We’re going under the surface—past the “what” into the “why.” This conversation invites you to notice the motive behind your limits and help your kids act from…
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Start Parenting the Outcome, Not the Outburst (Boundaries 3) | Ep. 184
We’re talking about the kind of boundaries that make home more connected: clear lines, calm voices, and letting outcomes do the teaching. From toddlers to…
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From Toddlers to Teens: How Boundaries Shape Families | Ep. 183
Boundaries aren’t about control—they’re about care. In this episode of The Parenting Podcast, Cheryl and Christie share their real-life struggles and growth…
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The Parenting Tool You Can’t Ignore: Boundaries | Ep. 182
We’re kicking off a new series on Boundaries with Kids. In this opening episode, Cheryl and Christie explore what boundaries really are, why they bring freedom…
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Parenting on Empty; More Than Just Tired | Ep. 181
Summary You love your kids—but you’re running on fumes. In this episode, we explore the quiet, cumulative exhaustion that parents often carry—and what to do…
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Apologies, Blue Crayons, and Building Bridges | Epi 180
What does forgiveness really look like in family life? This episode explores the everyday moments—from toddler squabbles to teenage standoffs—where repair…
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Stop Rescuing; Start Releasing | Ep. 179
The urge to rescue is strong—but the real growth comes when our kids carry the weight of their own choices. In this episode, we get real about what that looks…
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Launching, Not Raising: The Shift That Changes Parenting | Ep. 178
What if the real goal of parenting isn’t raising children, but launching adults? On this episode, we explore the mindset shift of giving freedom and…
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Epi 177 More Than Words: Growing Readers for Life
The best reading lessons don’t always come from a book. Sometimes they happen in the car, around the dinner table, or when you’re laughing over a silly rhyme…
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Not Just Letters: The Real Power of Reading | Ep. 176
Reading isn’t just about phonics and fluency—it’s about imagination, identity, and how our kids connect with the world. In this episode, we talk with a…
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School Choice: What Matters More than the Method | Epi 175
No matter where your kids go to school, the heart of parenting is the same. In this final episode of our series, we reflect on what unites us as parents—why…