Listener Questions (Vol.4): Episode 73
The Mom Hour
Mom Hour Media
4.9 • 1.7K Ratings
🗓️ 24 October 2016
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
Rosalynn let her five-year-old quit an activity she had begged to start and wonders how to handle the same situation as kids get older and the commitment-stakes get higher for sports and activities. Tessa asks about helping a trio of girl cousins get along without forcing inclusiveness or letting hurt feelings dominate. Finally, we talk about weaning a breastfeeding toddler as suggested by an anonymous participant in our listener survey. Join us for another round of Listener Questions!
LINKS MENTIONED
- Episode 18, all about sports and activities
- Episode 29, about raising siblings who like each other
- How to wean your three-year-old with a cupcake (our friend Doña Bumgarner of Nurtured Mama for Motherwell Magazine)
- Other episodes where we’ve taken your listener questions: Episode 41, Episode 52, and Episode 65
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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 I live in Southern California. |
| 1:20.0 | And I'm Megan. I am the mom of five kids ages six through 17, and I live in Michigan. |
| 1:26.6 | This is the mom hour part of the Life Listened Network. |
| 1:32.4 | Hey everyone and welcome to episode 73 of the mom hour. I am Sarah Powers and I'm |
| 1:38.1 | here as always with Megan Francis and today we are taking some listener questions. |
| 1:44.0 | This is something we love to do every couple of months or so because we get so many emails and voice messages from you guys with your own parenting and mom-related questions and it's |
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