Co-hosts, Chris and Shante, have a #raw #unscripted #conversation about #transition stages of parenting. It’s #fun and #upbeat while giving the audience something to ponder. #ThinkAboutIt

The hosts welcome Maria Morris, a Pastoral Counselor, pre-licensed Therapist, and Certified Life Coach. She practices at the Therapy Resource Group. You can find out more about her in the “Meet The Team” section of their site https://therapyresourcegroup.org/about-us/

Maria talks with Chris and Shante and helps them explore ways to #navigate #parenting through the many transition seasons of #childhood.  They spend a lot of time discussing the transition of the later years because it seems to be when we have little to no #control over our children but still a lot of responsibility for their well-being. 

They also discuss how to tell the difference between a #normal transition and when something deeper may be happening. 

They end the conversation by telling parents how to deal with the transition. 

Control what you can and let go of what you can’t. Your parenting journey will look different than others. We should not put society’s standards as expectations on our children; however, there are developmental milestones that can help guide us. 

Get off the internet. Start at an early age, OR NOW, to help your child know they are safe. 

Big Idea: Transition stages are going to happen. Get a good community for support. Buckle up. Don’t take it personally, unless it’s personal. 

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Check out some other books and resources we love: 

Our FREE DOWNLOAD: My Self-(ish) Journal https://two-parents-and-a-microphone.ck.page/ce4387b55c

Family Reading List

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1T2tBsckGM5oXjOquCtR_2SE59on3x7fD/view

Favorite Family Games https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-0pbKZezhQluA2IGhDDQBrhTjMboUJ3W/view?usp=drivesdk

Favorite Children’s Books 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1L1FXw6h5tVQJsZxTvtmSuK6Y5N9yCkJi/view?usp=drive_link

Sun Moon Stars and You, a Children’s Book, by Two Parents And A Microphone co-host, Shante Kiefer https://amzn.to/3O9NM5V

Boundaries Another great read from Dr. Henry Cloud. It will challenge how you have done relationships and help you reimage a healthier way forward. https://amzn.to/451z9s9

And if you want to get more specific and apply those healthy boundaries within your home, check out Boundaries With Kids - https://amzn.to/3OxsmRG

Boundaries In Marriage - https://amzn.to/3q6ncCU

 If you need a little more love in your life and don’t want to overcomplicate it, check out these great resources from Bob Goff. He makes love as simple as doing life. He believes in whimsy, adventure, and simple actions. These books are sure to leave a smile on your face as they call you and your family to live life on purpose: 

Love Does - https://amzn.to/43OlZ0G

Love Does for Kids - https://amzn.to/4764ImE

Everybody Always - https://amzn.to/3rKLItR

Everybody Always for Kids - https://amzn.to/3rO1MLn

In full disclosure, we may earn a small affiliate fee from the resource links above; however, be assured we will never recommend something unless we believe in its benefit.

Co-hosts, Chris and Shante, have a #raw #unscripted #conversation about #sex and #pornography and how they have educated their children on those topics. While #serious in nature, they keep it  #upbeat while giving the audience something to ponder. #ThinkAboutIt

Chris and Shante ensure that their conversations are not framed to bring shame. In fact, it comes from their own experience with sexual brokenness.

This may be the very best conversation to yet come from Two Parents and a Microphone. The hosts do not claim to have all the answers or have done everything correctly. They do, however, believe strongly in framing sex as good and worth protecting. 

They mention a free download available that has 8 Best Practices To Talk to Your Kids About Sex and Pornography and an Electronic Usage Policy they used in their house. You can find the download here.

A few main points: 

An equipped child is better for the world than an #innocent #child. As #parents, it is our job to equip our kids with #truth. 

People are not products and therefore we should not objectify them.

It’s not about good or bad but rather what is healthy and unhealthy. 

#Healthy sex is about honoring humanity more than it is about not doing something bad.  

To the pure all things are pure. 

Mentions in the podcast:

8 Best Practices To Talk To Your Kids About Sex and Pornography

https://two-parents-and-a-microphone.ck.page/4527e8e992

SIRTIFUCKIT reel 

https://www.instagram.com/reel/CtzKmx4Leug/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

Check out some other books and resources we love: 

Our FREE DOWNLOAD: My Self-(ish) Journal https://two-parents-and-a-microphone.ck.page/ce4387b55c

Family Reading List

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1T2tBsckGM5oXjOquCtR_2SE59on3x7fD/view

Favorite Family Games https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-0pbKZezhQluA2IGhDDQBrhTjMboUJ3W/view?usp=drivesdk

Favorite Children’s Books 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1L1FXw6h5tVQJsZxTvtmSuK6Y5N9yCkJi/view?usp=drive_link

Sun Moon Stars and You, a Children’s Book, by Two Parents And A Microphone co-host, Shante Kiefer https://amzn.to/3O9NM5V

Boundaries Another great read from Dr. Henry Cloud. It will challenge how you have done relationships and help you reimage a healthier way forward. https://amzn.to/451z9s9

And if you want to get more specific and apply those healthy boundaries within your home, check out Boundaries With Kids - https://amzn.to/3OxsmRG

Boundaries In Marriage - https://amzn.to/3q6ncCU

 If you need a little more love in your life and don’t want to overcomplicate it, check out these great resources from Bob Goff. He makes love as simple as doing life. He believes in whimsy, adventure, and simple actions. These books are sure to leave a smile on your face as they call you and your family to live life on purpose: 

Love Does - https://amzn.to/43OlZ0G

Love Does for Kids - https://amzn.to/4764ImE

Everybody Always - https://amzn.to/3rKLItR

Everybody Always for Kids - https://amzn.to/3rO1MLn

In full disclosure, we may earn a small affiliate fee from the resource links above; however, be assured we will never recommend something unless we believe in its benefit.

Co-hosts, Chris and Shante, have a #raw #unscripted #conversation about #imposter syndrome. It’s #fun and #upbeat while giving the audience something to ponder. #ThinkAboutIt

They contemplate the #question: “Is it that your #children see you as an imposter or that you see yourself that way?” 

While the #question can’t be answered for how the kids see them, Chris and Shante agree that they have struggled with imposter syndrome in their #parenting. They noted specific examples of how #insecurities have played into imposter feelings. The discussion gives the audience a front row to vulnerability as the hosts share their failures. To bring balance to the #conversation, the hosts also share where they found success. Although not a #perfect science, the examples offer hope for parents trying to get out of the imposter cycle and be confident in their leadership. 

The Big Idea: While parenting pokes holes in us, raises our insecurities, and exposes our deficiencies, vulnerability and circling back to correct personal mistakes help us develop as leaders so we feel less like imposters.   

Want to check out the #Instagram #DadJoke reels that were mentioned? 

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Check out some other books and resources we love: 

Our FREE DOWNLOAD: My Self-(ish) Journal https://two-parents-and-a-microphone.ck.page/ce4387b55c

Family Reading List

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1T2tBsckGM5oXjOquCtR_2SE59on3x7fD/view

Favorite Family Games https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-0pbKZezhQluA2IGhDDQBrhTjMboUJ3W/view?usp=drivesdk

Favorite Children’s Books 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1L1FXw6h5tVQJsZxTvtmSuK6Y5N9yCkJi/view?usp=drive_link

Sun Moon Stars and You, a Children’s Book, by Two Parents And A Microphone co-host, Shante Kiefer https://amzn.to/3O9NM5V

Boundaries Another great read from Dr. Henry Cloud. It will challenge how you have done relationships and help you reimage a healthier way forward. https://amzn.to/451z9s9

And if you want to get more specific and apply those healthy boundaries within your home, check out Boundaries With Kids - https://amzn.to/3OxsmRG

Boundaries In Marriage - https://amzn.to/3q6ncCU

 If you need a little more love in your life and don’t want to overcomplicate it, check out these great resources from Bob Goff. He makes love as simple as doing life. He believes in whimsy, adventure, and simple actions. These books are sure to leave a smile on your face as they call you and your family to live life on purpose: 

Love Does - https://amzn.to/43OlZ0G

Love Does for Kids - https://amzn.to/4764ImE

Everybody Always - https://amzn.to/3rKLItR

Everybody Always for Kids - https://amzn.to/3rO1MLn

In full disclosure, we may earn a small affiliate fee from some of the resource links above; however, be assured we will never recommend something unless we believe in its benefit.

Co-hosts, Chris and Shante bring on a guest with some professional experience and ask her the age-old question . . . Is it nature or nurture? 

They discuss how genetics play a role in how our children develop, but also there is a hope for nurture. We can’t control everything but we can control ourselves and how we parent. 

They quickly learned that there is no blueprint. Each child needs an individualized parenting style because you can’t parent each child the same. And at the end of it all, it’s not nature or nurture, it’s both.  

There is hope that as a parent, we can’t do it all and are not responsible for it all; however, we have to control what we can control and leave what we can’t. 

Big Idea: Parenting is hard. You do the best you can with what you know. We have to go through our own growth and healing to parent well.  

Maria Morris is a Pastoral Counselor, pre-licensed Therapist, and certified Life Coach. She practices at the Therapy Resource Group. You can find out more about her in the “Meet The Team” section of their site https://therapyresourcegroup.org/about-us/

Check out some other books and resources we love: 

Sun Moon Stars and You, a Children’s Book, by Two Parents And A Microphone co-host, Shante Kiefer https://amzn.to/3O9NM5V

Boundaries Another great read from Dr. Henry Cloud. It will challenge how you have done relationships and help you reimage a healthier way forward. https://amzn.to/451z9s9

And if you want to get more specific and apply those healthy boundaries within your home, check out Boundaries With Kids - https://amzn.to/3OxsmRG

Boundaries In Marriage - https://amzn.to/3q6ncCU

 If you need a little more love in your life and don’t want to overcomplicate it, check out these great resources from Bob Goff. He makes love as simple as doing life. He believes in whimsy, adventure, and simple actions. These books are sure to leave a smile on your face as they call you and your family to live life on purpose: 

Love Does - https://amzn.to/43OlZ0G

Love Does for Kids - https://amzn.to/4764ImE

Everybody Always - https://amzn.to/3rKLItR

Everybody Always for Kids - https://amzn.to/3rO1MLn

In full disclosure, we may earn a small affiliate fee from the resource links above; however, be assured we will never recommend something unless we believe in its benefit.

Co-hosts, Chris and Shante, have a #conversation about #selfishness. You’d think that this is a complaint session about how selfish the #kids can be, but what they have found is that parenting really exposes their own selfishness. 

They recount stories from over the years and admit they’ve had #expectations of how their children should have responded to #gifts, #experiences, and overall great #parenting. When those responses were not received, it would result in a teaching (#soapbox) session with their kids about #gratitude. Not that these lessons were bad, but the real trigger, as Chris and Shante admit, was they didn’t feel seen or #appreciated which could also be a result of their personal #self-centeredness. 

They admit we all #struggle with #selfishness and must be willing to identify and discuss it if we hope to help our children #overcome it earlier in life. A lot of times it is just a method to protect and preserve self not necessarily to harm others. To move from this, you will want to uncover why you feel the need to protect yourself.

The biggest takeaway is being a parent magnifies your weakness, especially selfishness. Don’t hide it. Talk about it and heal it. 

This episode sparked a resource entitled “My Slef-ish Journal, Keep Out” that Shante wrote for you. It’s a selfish inventory with journal prompts. Request a free download on IG 

https://www.instagram.com/p/CwRdfykulAb/?img_index=1

Check out some other books and resources we love: 

Sun Moon Stars and You, a Children’s Book, by Two Parents And A Microphone co-host, Shante Kiefer https://amzn.to/3O9NM5V

Boundaries Another great read from Dr. Henry Cloud. It will challenge how you have done relationships and help you reimage a healthier way forward. https://amzn.to/451z9s9

And if you want to get more specific and apply those healthy boundaries within your home, check out Boundaries With Kids - https://amzn.to/3OxsmRG

Boundaries In Marriage - https://amzn.to/3q6ncCU

If you need a little more love in your life and don’t want to overcomplicate it, check out these great resources from Bob Goff. He makes love as simple as doing life. He believes in whimsy, adventure, and simple actions. These books are sure to leave a smile on your face as they call you and your family to live life on purpose: 

Love Does - https://amzn.to/43OlZ0G

Love Does for Kids - https://amzn.to/4764ImE

Everybody Always - https://amzn.to/3rKLItR

Everybody Always for Kids - https://amzn.to/3rO1MLn

In full disclosure, we may earn a small affiliate fee from the resource links above; however, be assured we will never recommend something unless we believe in its benefit.