Hey y'all, welcome back to the Don't Mom Alone podcast.

I'm your host Heather McFadden and this is the place where I get to walk alongside you

and connect you with people and resources so you know that you don't mom alone in this

episode number 411.

I don't want you to mom alone when it comes to transitioning into summer.

For me personally I have mixed feelings, I have excitement over changes in schedule,

but I also have just a little bit of fear of having to manage screens, sibling disputes,

find the joy and all the things.

So I dug into the archives and found a couple of episodes that I really remember loving

and I've selected some clips from those episodes.

We're going to hear from my friends Laura Hernandez and Courtney Cleveland with a framework

to guide your summer and then my friend Kirk Martin to help you with sibling rivalry

this summer.

I also just want to remind you to have grace for the transition.

I don't remember who told me that, but it takes a week or two in any of these transitions

to get a groove and I know that's true when we get back to school.

It's also true for the summer.

I also know that when you get into unstructured time unless of a schedule that behavior challenges

increase.

And seeing those as a gift and an opportunity takes a perspective shift.

My new thing when I hear disrespect a tone or words from my boys instead of reacting

and trying to get that to stop is to ask myself and to get curious about what they're stressed

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