Excellent Tips for Parents to Make Your Life Easier

Links from the Episode:

• Grab my Kid Podcast Guide!
• How She Moms
• 3 in 30 Takeaways for Moms
• Smooth Stones
• Parenting in Real Life
• Mommying While Muslim
• Mindful with Media

Advice from Whitney Archibald, host of the How She Moms podcast

We’re going to start with some advice from Whitney, the host of How She Moms (I talked about one her fabulous episodes about teaching your kids to clean last week). This is one of her pieces of advice. “Don’t be overly concerned about potty humor. Consider it their first step toward gaining a sense of humor. Then laugh when it’s funny and don’t when it’s not, so they start to get a feel for what works.” I’m just entering the potty humor phase with my 5 year old and I’m definitely trying to implement this advice.

3 in 30 Takeaways for Moms

If you are looking for do-able ways to improve your motherhood, I highly recommend 3 in 30 Takeaways for Moms. Rachel, the host, keeps each episode around 30 minutes, but packs them full of good information with clear takeaways that you can implement into your life immediately. This podcast introduced me to quiet time and I am forever in debt to Rachel because of it. Quiet time made my life much more manageable as a mom.

When I got to chat with Rachel about her show on The Friendly Podcast Guide she gave some fun behind the scenes on how 3 in 30 came to be and helped us all get a better feel for the vibe of her show. I recommend listening to that episode to figure out if it’s a good fit for you.

Tips for Parents from Sarah Stamps, Veteran Mom of 5 and Friend of the Show

This next tip for parents is from Sarah Stamps, one of my fabulous aunts and followers of The Friendly Podcast Guide. She is a veteran mom of 5 and she said, “Be a good listener and let them know you understand and “see” them.” I love how simple this advice is, but I know from experience that implementing it is a bit harder. Luckily we can apologize and try again when we aren’t good listeners.

One of my Favorite Tips for Parents: Kid Podcasts

Before I tell you about more parenting podcasts and tips we’re going to take a quick break to talk about my main tip for parenting and that is kid podcasts. One of my favorite parenting tools is kid podcasts. I use them when I’m running errands with the kiddos to keep them from complaining the whole time. Or when I need a mom break, I’ll just grab an easy activity like coloring pages or a sensory bin, turn on a kid podcast and the kids will be entertained for at least half an hour. I know that kid podcasts would help you in your life too, which is why I made a guide to kid podcasts. 

There are eight categories ranging from science to mindfulness to audio drama with at least three podcasts in each category, there are 27 podcasts in total on the guide. I’ve listened to each of the podcasts on this guide, so I can attest to them being kid-friendly. And I put my email at the bottom of the guide so that if you try a couple with your kids and none of them are a good fit, you can email me and I will personally help you find a kid podcast that works for your littles and you. You can grab this guide at the link in the show notes.

Smooth Stones

One part of parenting that doesn’t get talked about very much is miscarriage, stillbirth and pregnancy after loss. Smooth Stones is a podcast for people struggling with any of these parts of parenthood. Amy Watson, the host, is a certified Life Coach and she describes herself as: a mom who has walked through stillbirth, miscarriage and pregnancy after loss who shares her tools, knowledge and experience to show you how you can truly find yourself again after loss.

On the episode Amy did on The Friendly Podcast Guide she talks about some specific episodes people can listen to for different stages of their grief and gives us a feel for what the show is like. You should listen to that episode if you’re wondering if that show will be one for you to try.

Advice from Minna Mölsä, Nanny and Friend of the Show

Minna Mölsä one of my friends from overseas is a nanny, so she has a unique take on taking care of kids and parenthood. I’m excited to add her advice to this episode, she said, “Don’t be afraid to seek outside help. Be kind to yourself, children mirror their caregivers. And remember that tomorrow is always a new day.” I’m planning on writing this down and taping it to my wall, I need all of these reminders daily.

Parenting in Real Life

Earlier this week I released my interview with Alexis and Alan Tanner, the hosts of the Parenting in Real Life podcast. This podcast is for people that would like to get tips about parenting, but also commiserate in the fact that parenting is one of the hardest things we’ve ever done (if not the hardest).

In the episode where I got to chat with Alan and Alexis they talked about their struggle in parenthood being a big reason they decided to start the podcast and they give a great description of the vibe of the show. I recommend listening to that episode to get to know the Tanners a little better and to make sure their podcast is what you’re looking for.

Tips for Parents from Alex Fales, Host of the Mindful with Media Podcast

One of my new favorite people on the internet is Alex Fales, the  host of the Mindful with Media podcast, a show that helps moms be more intentional about their use of technology. She gave some great advice about screen use for both us and our kids. “When it’s time to turn off a show give your child 2 options of what to do after. Also when you’re on your phone, narrate out loud what you’re doing when you’re with your toddler.” These are both simple things that I am going to implement into my day to help my family have a better relationship with screens.

Mommying While Muslim

Two weeks ago in the episode about uplifting podcasts I talked about the Mommying While Muslim podcast, but I would be remiss if I also didn’t at least mention their podcast here. Their podcast and community is a great place for moms to find answers and feel less alone.

Advice from Jen Tate, Host of the This is Going to Be FUN! Podcast

We are ending with the piece of advice that is pretty specific, but is super applicable to me, so I have to share it. It’s from Jen Tate the host of the This is Going to Be FUN podcast, a show that helps parents enjoy their teens instead of just surviving the teenage years. She says,  “Have your kids make their own lunches when they start Kindergarten. They think it’s super fun and it sets them up for not expecting you to do it.” My kindergartener does half day this year so we didn’t have to worry about packing lunches, but you better believe I will be starting this next fall when he goes to first grade!