Listener Questions (Vol. 41): Episode 375

The Mom Hour

Mom Hour Media

Parenting, Kids & Family

4.9 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 26 July 2022

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

What are Meagan and Sarah’s best tips for getting kids started with their first phone? And with a new school year right around the corner, a mom asks how to prepare her child for the first day of kindergarten and looks for some fun traditions to help celebrate back to school. The “bigger kids, bigger problems” stage arrives early for one listener’s family, and she looks for strategies for maintaining her mental health and other relationships while they navigate tough times. Lastly, a mom of bickering siblings sets us up for a lively discussion about whether it’s mom’s job to prevent kids developing a complex or identity stemming from their birth order and sibling roles. In addition to our own thoughts, we tap the wisdom of our contributors as we tackle your listener questions in Episode 375. Enjoy!

LINKS MENTIONED:

Sarah will be interviewing Meagan about midlife and reinvention this week on Meagan’s podcast Mother of Reinvention. Check it out as soon as it drops on July 28!
Our Listener Sheri uses a GABB phone for her 11-year-old’s first go at a cell phone
In our Glad I Did/Wish I’d Done Tech & Devices Episode, Sarah highlighted some life skills and communication skills her children learned by having their first cell phone.
Check back next week for more on the first phone topic, when Sarah will be joined by Catherine Pearlman, author of First Phone: A Child’s Guide to Digital Responsibility, Safety, and Etiquette
For those interested in our past discussions about choosing a school for your kids, check out:
School Decisions Feel Like a LOT (Here’s What To Keep In Mind)
What Teachers & Educators Wish Parents Knew About Making School Decisions
Choosing The Right School (Not As Scary As It Seems)
For those who want more about sending your kid to Kindergarten, check out:
What To Expect When Your Child Starts Kindergarten
Kindergarten Readiness & Parent-Teacher Relationships
Freaking Out Less About Kindergarten, COVID Learning Loss & Elementary School Academics
Tips For Starting (Elementary & Middle) School
House Rules for Sibling Harmony and House Rules For Travel & Vacation include tips and tricks for supporting and fostering healthy sibling relationships.

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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
0:05.2	little to grown. We're in different areas of the country and in different stages
0:09.0	of life, but we both know that motherhood's a lot easier when real moms share
0:12.7	tips and encouragement. And remind you that it's really all gonna be okay. We're
0:16.6	not experts. We're parents who've been there. We're not perfect. We're real.
0:19.9	Welcome to the Mom Hour.
0:23.0	Hey everyone and welcome to episode 375 of the Mom Hour. I am Sarah Powers here
0:28.9	with Megan Francis. Hey Megan.
0:30.9	Hi Sarah. So it's birthday week for you as listeners are hearing this. Happy
0:37.2	birthday Eve. Thank you. Okay. So obviously we are not actually recording this
0:42.2	the day before my birthday. That would take some doing to actually record
0:45.5	something and have it go live like on the same day. I'm not sure we've ever pulled
0:48.9	that off before. I'm not gonna say we've never done that for sure. A day turned
0:52.3	around if needed. But we are recording this about a week ahead. But yes, my
0:56.4	birthday as of when you're listening to this will be tomorrow birthday Eve. I
1:00.8	will be up in the U. P. the Upper Peninsula of Michigan with my family. And this
1:05.8	is a big birthday for me. So I'm turning 45 and that feels very like I don't
1:12.2	know it feels big. I don't 40 was big. But for some reason the five year
1:15.1	birthdays almost feel bigger to me because when you're midway through a decade
1:19.5	it's like you're really in it now. Like I'm really in my 40s now. And I was
1:23.4	doing a little fun mental math and realized that five years from now I will
1:29.7	have been a mom for 30 years. And my youngest will be going you know often to
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