Hello everyone and welcome to the Your Village podcast, Parenting Beyond Discipline,

the place to learn about all things parenting and get your questions answered.

I'm your host, Aaron Royer.

So this week, like I mentioned last week, I will be discussing something a little off topic from the usual parenting topics.

And that is giving ourselves permission to feel attractive and sexy.

The dads in the audience are like, yes.

So this is a continuation of the topic I covered a few weeks ago about New Year's resolutions and the most

popular resolution of all to live healthier. So what does this have to do with parenting and what

does it have to do with living healthier? It has several important connections. First, it goes

along with self-care and taking time to care for ourselves and setting up that positive example for our kids.

Whether we're in a marriage, a relationship, or single, we are always a model for our kids.

When we feel good about ourselves in any and especially in every way, we are just happier people and therefore happier

parents with more patience. For those in relationships, modeling healthy relationships and

showing interest and affection in your partner is another great gift to our children. When we feel

attractive and sexy, we tend to be more affectionate in our

relationships. While this episode will not be even remotely explicit, not by a long shot,

I will be talking about what it means to feel sexy and lots of different ways of accomplishing

this. The material is not inappropriate for children of any age.

Or another way to say that is it's appropriate for children of every age. But if this is something

you're not sure about, you're feeling a little unsure or uncomfortable about your child hearing,

then you may want to listen with earphones or when your child or children are not around. So starting out,

it's funny how something that generally speaking, not for all of us, but in general, relies on a

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