Navigating Milestones- Episode #779
Zen Pop
Todd and Cathy Adams
4.9 • 637 Ratings
🗓️ 27 August 2024
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
Todd and Cathy discuss the concept of milestones in parenting, emphasizing the importance of allowing children to develop at their own pace and encouraging them to step out of their comfort zones. They shared personal anecdotes about their own children’s developmental differences and their experiences with spiders, cicadas, and flies. They also highlighted the challenges and milestones of parenting, including the transition of children into school and beyond, and the need for parents to provide support and connection in the face of various pressures.
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| 0:00.0 | Here we go. My name's Todd. |
| 0:06.2 | Mrs. Kathy. |
| 0:06.8 | Welcome back to another episode of Zen Parenting Radio. |
| 0:09.6 | This is podcast number 700 and 80, no, 79. |
| 0:16.3 | So the big 779. |
| 0:18.7 | Why listen to Zen Parenting Radio? |
| 0:20.0 | Because you'll feel outstanding. |
| 0:21.1 | And always remember our motto, |
| 0:22.3 | which is that the best predictor of a child's well-being, |
| 0:24.7 | is a parent's self-understanding. |
| 0:27.8 | On today's show, sweetie, why don't you go ahead and tell them |
| 0:30.7 | just in case I don't know what today's show is. |
| 0:33.6 | We're going to talk about milestones. |
| 0:36.1 | Milestones, let me write about milestones but a little like um you've had three different |
| 0:41.5 | ideas for today's show the first one was you don't want to be so serious you want to do something fun |
| 0:45.8 | and then you said the difference between what we want versus what we do uh-huh and then as we're coming |
| 0:51.2 | downstairs you said we're going to talk about milestones. |
| 0:54.8 | So you've had three different ideas. |
| 0:57.0 | Things happen and then I changed my mind. |
| 0:58.9 | All right. |
| 0:59.4 | So what is what do you hope the listener ends up as a result of listening to our podcast? |
| 1:05.2 | Because I want to expand our expectation or definition of milestones a little bit and also just talk about why they're |
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