Kid Birthdays, Part 1 (The Kids In Your Family): Episode 68
The Mom Hour
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4.9 • 1.7K Ratings
🗓️ 19 September 2016
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Summary
Welcome to a two-part episode all about kids’ birthdays! From simple family traditions to parties and classroom celebrations, we’ve got you covered. In Episode 68 we focus on your own kids, and how to make their birthdays special without making yourself crazy. Next week we’ll turn our attention to other people’s kids’ – getting invited to school friends’ parties, shopping for gifts, etc.
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- An oldie (2010!) but goodie on The Happiest Home from Meagan: The Good-Enough Birthday
- From our friend Sarah at Bluegrass Redhead: Why I Throw My Kids Over-the-top Birthday Parties
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| 0:00.0 | Okay, Sarah, I know we both want to raise caring and kind kids, but it's not always easy to identify ways to help them engage with the world generously. |
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| 1:08.3 | Hi, I'm Sarah. I'm a mom of three kids ages two, five, and seven, and I live in Southern California. |
| 1:18.0 | And I'm Megan. I am the mom of five kids, ages six or through 17 and I live in Michigan. This is the mom hour |
| 1:26.1 | part of the Life Listened Network. |
| 1:30.0 | Hey everyone and welcome to episode 68 of the mom hour. I am Sarah Powers and I am |
| 1:36.9 | here as always with Megan Francis and today we're talking about birthdays. |
| 1:42.3 | Megan it occurred to me that we have mentioned Today we're talking about birthdays. |
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