Parenting on the Homestead

Roots and Refuge Podcast

Jessica Sowards

Home & Garden, Leisure

5 • 646 Ratings

🗓️ 3 April 2024

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

Hey, y'all! Welcome to episode 60 of the Roots and Refuge Podcast.

In today's episode we delve into the unique challenges and joys of raising children in a homesteading environment.

Join me as we explore the fundamental principles of parenting that I have chosen to live by in my family. We address the importance of fostering deep, meaningful relationships within the family. From navigating the complexities of blended family dynamics to instilling a culture of intentionality and respect, we uncover the keys to nurturing thriving relationships with our children.

Discover how homesteading offers a rich tapestry for cultivating resilience, work ethic, and mutual respect within the family unit. Learn valuable insights on communication, trust, and the power of modeling love and grace in parenting.

So, tune in to this insightful episode as we journey through the heart of parenting on the homestead and uncover the transformative power of building strong family bonds. Thanks for joining us on the Roots and Refuge Podcast!

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0:00.0	Hey there, darlings. Welcome back to the Roots and Refuge podcast. I am your host, Jessica Sowers. My friends call me Jess, and I hope you will too. And here on my podcast, we talk about all things homesteading growing food by raising animals
0:22.1	growing gardens preserving preparing and enjoying that food as well as just trying to live a little
0:28.0	more mindfully in relationship with each other and with the earth i post new podcast episodes on all
0:34.7	major platforms every wednesday and the episode for the next week goes out
0:40.4	a week early on our Patreon for our Patreon members. Today's topic actually comes from Patreon.
0:46.4	I asked there for our podcast request, anything that people wanted to hear about, any particular
0:51.7	guests that they wanted to hear from. And Amanda Waltz asked a question. She said, I'd love for you to hear about any particular guests that they wanted to hear from. And Amanda Walts
0:55.2	asked a question. She said, I'd love for you to talk about how to navigate involving your kids on the
1:00.6	homestead. I want my kids to grow up with a work ethic, but not resent the hard work a homestead
1:05.6	brings. My kids are too young for a lot right now, four kids nine and under, but I'm thinking
1:10.7	about this a lot as they grow up before nine and under, but I'm thinking about this
1:11.2	a lot as they grow up before my eyes.
1:13.9	And I thought this was a really great discussion topic, so thank you Amanda for posing this.
1:19.1	It is something that I actually get asked a lot about, and I will be completely frank.
1:26.2	I've not taken a lot of time to dive in to really breaking down in teaching about parenting
1:35.9	and marriage for one big reason.
1:38.4	I'm still in the trenches on doing these things.
1:41.7	So while I think my methods are working pretty well I would like to maintain a
1:47.4	place of humility and I don't ever want to assume like hey listen to me I'm doing it right um the other thing
1:54.9	is that I'm parenting my children um and I I want to maintain some sense of privacy and normalcy in their world,
2:04.4	though we are on a really large international public platform. I sometimes kind of hold back
2:10.8	talking about things with my kids just because I know that like their friends, families,
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