Stay ConnectedTruth: Kids don’t come with a handbook! But what if there was a parenting handbook that aligned with your healthy living values?
In each episode of the Healthy Parenting Handbook Podcast, mom of 4 Katie Kimball interviews experts in fields like nutrition, medicine, psychology, parenting, technology, entrepreneurship, and more to give parents tools to raise healthy, independent kids.
Intentional parents, here comes clarity about what you can DO to keep your kids physically and mentally healthy!
Copyright: © 2024 Healthy Parenting Handbook with Katie Kimball
I learned today that I still have a lot of internal tendencies from middle school. 😮
Middle school can be a foreign land and a tumultuous time, and figuring out how to parent middle schoolers is hard on parents. We want our kids to be happy, resilient, and thriving, not wilting, crying, and worrying.
As we head back to school, stresses are always high, and our kids need us to help them stay balanced and continue growing and developing. Middle school is particularly tough, but it turns out it’s very navigable with the right perspective.
Whether you have a tween in middle school now or a child who will someday be there, these parenting tools are incredible, insightful, and some will take some time to practice. Start early by parenting your tween when they’re about 5!
You’ll learn:
Resources We Mention for Parenting Middle Schoolers
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Not kidding, I referenced this interview FOUR times the same week we recorded — it’s THAT pertinent to our jobs as parents!
Today we’re focusing on the MOST important quality our kids need today – resilience. Michele Borba's book THRIVERS is about 7 teachable skills that set happy, healthy, and high-performing kids apart — and I believe those are listed in an intentional order.
If you find yourself wondering why some kids struggle and others shine, spoiler alert: It’s not about GPA.
This is a must-listen! Find out:
We both talk fast, folks, so buckle up for a WEALTH of valuable information that will change the way you think about your kids and the choices you make as a parent!!! The world needs this!
Resources We Mention for Raising Resilient Kids
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Shannon Miller is a 7-time Olympic medalist and has over 100 national competition medals in gymnastics as well, more than half the gold kind. People in our generation certainly remember her name from the “Magnificent Seven” team gold winners in the 1996 Olympic games, where she captured the first balance beam gold an American had ever achieved.
She’s no stranger to hard work and success, obviously, and she went on after gymnastics to study marketing and entrepreneurship and even earned her law degree from Boston College.
Then life got a little crazier – she had her first baby in 2009, launched her company “The Shannon Miller Lifestyle: Health and Fitness for Women” in 2010, and in 2011 was diagnosed with ovarian cancer. Now that’s a full plate and plenty of challenges, but Shannon used her Olympic grit to triumph in all areas, had another child in 2013, and wrote a book to inspire others to overcome their own personal challenges.
Today we get to talk about healthy mindset and goal setting and how parents can encourage a gold medal mindset in their children, even if they’re not into athletics.
Healthy Mindset Resources We Mentioned
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Did you start to question the products you put on your kids’ skin once you were a mom? Meet Tatyana Cerullo, attorney, and formulator of Kōkua Suncare, who came to that realization as she saw the legal system behind the marketing.
We get so much conflicting information these days about whether the sun is something to hide from or embrace, what’s safe to apply on our skin, and how to manage it all. Now as a mom of 2, Tatyana brings a nice balance to the conversation.
Sunscreen is easy to buy, excruciatingly simple to spray on, but deadly hard to understand. Our family has personally tested over 120 kinds of mineral sunscreen, and Kōkua is far and away one of the best! We’ll share our quick 2-minute “what to remember” for parents who want the best, healthy experience of life for their kids AND be able to run to the beach!
Resources We Mention About Natural Sunscreen
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Grabbing a piece of whole fruit or a popsicle are both fast, easy, and refreshing in the summer.
But will they give your kids fuel for summer play?
We know we’ll be asked about snacks approximately 5,287 times … in June. 😉 Nobody wants that!
Here are some ideas to keep snacking running smoothly and prevent hungry tummy issues:
Resources We Mention For Healthy Snacks
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What life skills are kids and teens going to need in this fast-paced digital world???
We can’t really predict what specific skills our kids will need in 20 years, BUT we know they’ll need to know how to learn and other “soft skills.”
Enjoy meeting a handful of our #LifeSkillsNow summer camp leaders as we explore what our youth need most and how parents can serve. Whether it’s about owning ones health, planning ahead, or responding well to others, you’ll love this info as well as a 3-step process to make it happen. Mental first, then verbal, then intentional. You got this, parents!
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I actually HUGGED my to-do lists, all of them, during this interview!
My guest Megan Sumrell warned me that she was going to tell me task lists are no good. I added that to my list. ;)
If you’ve ever felt like you have too much to do, too many demands on your time, or like you’re bound to that to-do list, this episode is for you!
We discuss:
I learned a lot about myself and why I sabotage my own to-do lists even as I cling to them, and I hope you get to introspect as well!!
Resources We Mention for Time Management
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Grocery budget hurting?
Erin Chase of $5 Dinners has been making inexpensive meals to save her family’s grocery budget since the real estate crisis of 2008. She says the current inflation problem is similar in how it’s making people feel about money and savings, and it’s TIME to pay attention to your food budget, no matter who you are.
In this episode, prepare to learn:
We guarantee you’ll learn at least one (hopefully many!) hack to save time, money, or stress while you nourish your family!
Erin is a camp leader at #LifeSkillsNow summer camp, season 3, teaching kids how to make double the food in half the time – yum!
Register for free!
Resources We Mention for Cutting Your Grocery Budget
Check out my new book at raisinghealthyfamilies.com/pickybook!
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You’ve heard people say it …You may have said something similar yourself …
It’s a negative judgment on teens, especially parenting teens.
“Oh, just look out for when they’re teenagers!”
“Teens are just moody…just confrontational…just tough to parent.”
Etc. Etc. Etc.
I’ve said it too, and I feel regret!
Turns out, most of the time, I puffy-heart-love parenting teens. They’re spectacular! They’re inquisitive! They’re deep thinkers!
And they’re a joy to be around.
Parenting teens is not without its challenges, but what in life is?
Joey Mascio has been an actor and a middle school teacher, not much difference there. :)
Today he joins us to inspire us to be our teens' mentors, not a villain, and I know your mind will be challenged (in a good way). We discuss:
I feel like that only scratches the surface - if you’re a parent of a teen or will be someday, get the foundations right with the strategies in this interview!
Resources We Mention for Mentoring Teens
Check out my new book at raisinghealthyfamilies.com/pickybook!
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I interview a LOT of different people in a myriad of professions, but I’ve never come close to having a woodworker on the show before!
“What would we talk about - how to build things? That won’t go well on a podcast in someone’s ear…” I thought.
Do not worry my friends, because Anika and I are both moms, so we dig into woodworking as an analogy for parenting and life skills, and I know you’ll be inspired to make time for a creative pursuit after this!
We talk about:
Let’s grab a power drill and get building!
Resources We Mention for Exploring Creativity
Check out my new book at raisinghealthyfamilies.com/pickybook!
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