Mothering Other People’s Kids: Episode 352
The Mom Hour
Mom Hour Media
4.9 • 1.7K Ratings
🗓️ 15 February 2022
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
Whether you’ve known them since they were babies or they’re part of a crew always hanging out at your house, there’s a special relationship that can form between you and kiddos that aren’t your own. In today’s episode, Meagan and Sarah are chatting about the “mom vibe” we’re going for, little ways we adjust behavior (both kids’ AND ours), and what happens if a child isn’t a great fit for our fam. Meagan also shares what it’s like to cultivate meaningful connections with teenagers and grown nieces and nephews. So get comfy, and join us for this heartwarming episode . . . Meagan’s passing out blankies, and Sarah’s got the good snacks!
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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. Hey everyone and welcome to episode 352 of The |
| 0:26.4 | Mom Hour. I am Sarah Powers here with Megan Francis. Hey Megan. Hi Sarah. So I'm |
| 0:32.1 | excited about today's topic. I feel kind of warm and fuzzy about it because it's |
| 0:36.0 | a really sweet topic. We're talking about what it feels like and what it's |
| 0:39.9 | actually like to be in a mothery role to kids who are not your own. So we're |
| 0:45.2 | talking about everything from our nieces and nephews to like your friends kids |
| 0:49.7 | and your kids friends and that one neighbor kid who's just always in your yard. |
| 0:53.8 | And this has changed so much for me over the years and the pandemic has changed |
| 0:57.8 | a lot. So we have a lot to talk about. We're gonna talk about some of the |
| 1:00.5 | upsides, some of the trickier parts of trying to be in a sort of pseudo parental |
| 1:05.3 | role to kids who are not your own. And then just both like the emotional and the |
| 1:09.9 | practical space that this occupies. Yeah, I just have to say this is something |
| 1:15.1 | I really miss about when my kids were younger. And we're gonna dive into more |
| 1:20.6 | of the, you know, the ins and outs and perhaps there were a few times that it |
| 1:24.2 | wasn't so great. I don't miss those times. But like just overall, I feel like |
| 1:27.7 | there was a long window of time when I constantly had a parade of kids through |
| 1:32.3 | my house. And not all of them mind many of them not. And a lot of those kids, |
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