Advocating For Your Kids During A Crisis: Episode 297

The Mom Hour

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Parenting, Kids & Family

4.9 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 26 January 2021

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

Whether it’s a medical emergency, a surprise diagnosis, upheaval at school, or a mental health situation, most moms will at some point be called to fight hard for their kid’s health, safety, and best interests. And when that moment comes, you might be surprised at what’s most challenging and what’s most helpful. In Episode 297 Meagan shares publicly for the first time a recent family crisis that put her in a position where she had to quickly and fiercely advocate for one of her kids. She shares what she learned – and is still learning – and how the lessons apply to advocating for our kids, even when we’re not in crisis.

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Sarah. And I'm Megan. We're two moms with eight kids between us from little to
0:05.7	grown. We're in different areas of the country and in different stages of life. But we both know that
0:10.5	motherhood's a lot easier when real moms share tips and encouragement.
0:14.0	And remind you that it's really all going to be okay.
0:16.4	We're not experts. We're parents who've been there.
0:18.6	We're not perfect. We're real.
0:20.2	Welcome to the mom hour.
0:21.6	Hey everyone and welcome to episode 297 of the Mom Hour.
0:27.0	I am Sarah Powers here with Megan Francis.
0:29.0	Hey Megan.
0:30.0	Hey, Sarah.
0:31.0	So today we're talking about advocating for our kids, particularly during a
0:36.9	crisis when decisions need to be made really quickly and you kind of have to like tap into your mom's superpowers in a pretty
0:45.3	intense way. We don't know if this is applying to anybody out there listening
0:50.1	right now or if it will or has in the past or will in the future but we just
0:54.4	think it's an important thing to talk about and Megan this kind of came up for you
0:57.8	a couple of months ago so I'm I'm so glad you've had the time now to reflect on it a
1:01.8	little bit and are going to be able to share what you what you took away from this experience.
1:08.0	Yeah and I also think that there's little elements of crisis and like all of our lives right now.
1:14.3	Like we're all like I'm going to touch a little bit on schooling and education that's not the
1:19.5	main thrust of this episode or at least my experience but like even a lot of parents right now are
1:26.6	dealing with little mini crises so I think even if you're not dealing with like a big
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