The Family Lab: Experiments in Parenting and Home Management

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**The Family Lab: Experiments in Parenting and Home Management**

Whitney Archibald, a mother of five, is on a quest to find out how different moms connect with their kids and manage their homes. She collects parenting and home management ideas so can you take them home to your own family laboratory and experiment like a mad scientist. We cover practical topics like chores, allowance, life skills, meal prep, family fun, technology, health, home management, family systems, and connection.

Latest Episodes:

87 How She Feels Mom Guilt Mar 02, 2022

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What is mom guilt and why do we feel it?

86 How She Celebrates Birthdays Feb 16, 2022

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This episode gives you permission to celebrate birthdays in whatever way fits your personality and family. But--it also includes a piñata full of great ideas about how different moms do birthday parties, gifts, food, and relationship-building traditions.

85 How Anna Lisa Heals Herself (and Other Moms) After Childbirth Feb 01, 2022

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Dr. Anna Lisa Jones talks about recovering from pregnancy both physically and mentally, which are really all wrapped up together. She tells her story about how she learned to prioritize her own health after having four children, and also about how she helps her patients recover—including me!

84 How Whitney Experiments--Winter 2022 Jan 25, 2022

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My home is my laboratory. I talk about our current experiments including our current bedtime and morning routines; physical fitness; teen driving; chores; and my recent, life-changing surgery. I also do a little Christmas post-mortem to talk about what worked and what didn't this holiday season. After I tackle tech, I'll also share some experiments for How She Moms itself.

83 How Kelley Navigates Special Needs Jan 18, 2022

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My dear friend Kelley Durrant tells about the unexpected paths she has traveled as a mother. Paths that have included a lot of challenges: infertility, the loss of a daughter; a son with special needs; but also lots of learning, giving, and adventure, including a surprise, record-breaking physical talent; a year living abroad; and a cow named Tina.

82 Workshop: How She Shares Family Work, Part 2 Jan 11, 2022

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In this second half of the workshop about sharing family work, we're going to dive into the work that goes into running a family. We've already talked about what goes into caring for ourselves and individual people within the family, which constitutes a large part of family work. But there's also those communal responsibilities of feeding a family, taking care of the home itself, and all the things that go into running the organization of a family, including fun things like culture, traditions, recreation, etc.

81 Workshop: How She Shares Family Work, Part 1 Jan 04, 2022

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A strategic level workshop about how to:

Make invisible work visible
Show kids what they need to learn how to do to take care of themselves when they're an adult
Empower kids to take on more responsibility
Figure out a deliberate plan for sharing family work
Identify the individual strengths and talents of family members
Evaluate your priorities
Set family and individual goals

80 How She Teaches Kids About Their Family History Dec 01, 2021

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Ten ways to help your kids connect with their ancestors.

79 How She Writes Her Family's Story Nov 23, 2021

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Fifteen different ways to write about your family, from short and simple to prolific.

LInks to journals, books, and courses mentioned:

Back and Forth Journal

Flecks of Gold Journal

Thriving in Motherhood Journal

Family Yearbook Course by Miss Freddy (code: howshemoms)

The Thank You Project

78 How She Uses Photos and Videos to Tell Her Family's Story Nov 16, 2021

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In last week's episode: How She Manages Family Photos, we talked about why it's important to take family pictures and videos, and how to organize them and back them up. This week, we're going to talk about what comes next—how we get use those photos and videos to tell our families' stories.

Links:

Video clips

missfreddy.com (code: howshemoms for 20% off)

Jen Stein and The Family Photographer Podcast

Chatbooks.com