Do your kids show gratitude?

Zen Parenting Radio

Todd and Cathy Adams

Education, Philosophy, Parenting, Self-improvement, Kids & Family, Society & Culture

4.8 • 636 Ratings

🗓️ 11 February 2014

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Last Friday night was "pizza & ice cream night" in our house. Nowhere to go, nothing to do other than watch the Olympics, eat some unhealthy but yummy food and spend some quality time together. At least that was the picture I had in my head for the evening. The problem was one of my daughters was not on board with MY plan and instead told me how bored she was and how she wanted to watch "Merlin". I instantly went to a place of judgement thinking- this kid has no idea how good she has it- pizza, ice cream, Olympics. I think about Slum Dog Millionaire when the children are looking through the trash heaps for something edible to eat. Cathy and I discuss this experience at length and give some ideas on how best to navigate through such a situation. What would you do if your kid decided to switch from Spanish over to French? Well that's what mine did even though I view it as less practical. It was a test to my overly-logical view point as well as my parenting. How would you react? We also discuss the book All Joy and No Fun: The Paradox of Modern Parenthood by Jennifer Senior. The research now shows that we are busier than ever and how that can affect our psyche. We distinguish between helicopter parenting and being a "super" parent. Last we discuss how joy is one of the more difficult emotions to own. If you shop Amazon by going through our website first (there is an amazon link on the bottom right hand of our home page), a portion of your sale will help fund our Be U program. Thanks for supporting us! Check out our new website & be sure to sign up to get all new podcast sent direct to your inbox @ ZPR. Todd's Men Adventure Retreat is February 28th through March 2nd. Please email @ [email protected] for details. We would love to hear any comments from the show by sending us an email @ [email protected] You can be sure to hear more by liking our facebook page @ https://www.facebook.com/ZenParenting

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0:00.0	Zen Parenting Radio Episode 162.
0:09.0	Okay, hello, my name is Todd Adams.
0:12.6	And this is Kathy Adams.
0:13.7	Welcome back, Zen Parenting Radio, podcast number 162.
0:18.1	Zen Parenting Radio, it's a discussion between a spiritual and emotional mom and a logical and practical dad.
0:22.3	We have three daughters, ages, six, nine, and ten, and our goal is to give you the research to become a better parent.
0:28.4	But more importantly, to become a better you.
0:31.1	The best predictor of a child's well-being, sweetie, is a parent's self-understanding and self-awareness no not and self-awareness self-understanding period okay
0:41.8	don't don't don't embellish my phrase but it's the same thing you're the same thing okay um so you're
0:48.6	getting a topic this week and i'm getting a topic this week yes i win Well, we should have a vote to see whose topic is better.
0:56.0	No, let's not compete.
0:57.2	Yeah, let's compete.
0:58.1	That'll be good.
0:59.3	We've been doing a lot of podcasts lately.
1:01.0	We're in the middle of this virtual relationship retreat.
1:04.6	Kathy and I have spent a lot of time behind the old microphones.
1:07.7	And it's fun. I just wonder if, because a lot of the people on the retreat are
1:11.3	listeners of Zen Parenting Radio, I wonder if they getting sick of hearing our voices.
1:15.1	Well, the only reason I would say, they might be, so I can't comment to whether or not they are,
1:19.5	but I think about how I would watch like Oprah every day or other people watch maybe other TV
1:25.2	shows every day and they see the same people every day and they like the continuity of that.
1:29.3	The comfort.
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