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In our final “Parenting on Empty” podcast, we both talk about our “Top Ten” parenting things to remember.  Thanks for listening to our podcast over the past three years! Tamara’s Top Ten List: Talk until you’re blue in the face. You are not responsible for your children’s end choices. Never measure success by how you … Continue reading "050 The Final Podcast"

David and Tamara talk about the low points in parenting and how they personally deal with the discouragement that often comes when parenting.

Just like many of you folks, our kids are heading back to school.  We don’t have a lot of structure, but we talk about things we do in our household to get the kiddos ready for another school year! Back To School Humor

The McGinnis household has a new puppy!  With the addition of a new puppy (that the kids begged and begged for) comes many opportunities to talk about responsibilities, patiences, tolerance and all kinds of stuff like that. A great book every dog owner should have: “Be The Pack Leader” by Cesar Millan Here is a … Continue reading "047 – The Puppy"

When you travel over two thousand miles during your summer travels, you learn a few things along the way.  In this podcast, we share traveling tips and fun advice for the road. Some of our tips came from Hayley Spurway’s tips for traveling with toddlers. We even managed to talk about Pokemon Go!

Sticks and stones may break your bones, but words can be even more harmful.  We talk about the impact that words have and the need to control what you say.  We also discuss cyberbullying. https://www.stopbullying.gov/

We talk about a blog post from Kindredgrace.com by Hayley Novak titled, “Building a home your kids want to come home to.”  We put our own spin on how to create a fun house. Here’s the link to the blog post we talked about: http://kindredgrace.com/building-home-kids-want-to-come-home-to/

David and Tamara give their kids a multiple choice quiz on various topics and then try to guess how their kids will answer. Kid Quiz https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ShDKZLyzcQ

Is it possible to parent without being taxed?  Most likely not.  While parenting is very rewarding, it’s also a stressful job.  David and Tamara talk about some of the things they find taxing about parenting and what they personally do to minimize the stress.  What taxes you as a parent?  Please leave a comment and … Continue reading "042 Tax Free Parenting"

David and Tamara talk about having the “long haul” mind set when it comes to parenting.  They talk about problems they have encountered when they being short sighted and “parenting in the moment.” Give us your thoughts as it relates to functioning with the BIG PICTURE in mind.  Thanks for listening in.