Stuck At Home? Us Too. Here Are Some Ideas: Episode 252
The Mom Hour
Mom Hour Media
4.9 • 1.7K Ratings
🗓️ 17 March 2020
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
Activities and products to keep kids busy? Got ’em. Some tips for setting the tone in your home during a stuck-inside season? Check. Updates on how COVID-19 has affected our communities in Southwest Michigan and Southern California? Yep (as of recording date, 3/13). We’re coming to you from a new reality this week, and we hope you’ll join us for some thoughtful discussion and helpful tips for managing time at home with kids.
This episode was recorded on March 13, 2020.
A NOTE ON EPISODES RELEASED DURING COVID-19: Things change so quickly these days–including recommendations for health and safety, as well as our own thoughts and feelings–so you may hear things that feel a bit dated if you’re catching up on older episodes. Just know that we’re experiencing this in real time just like you, and that we’re working hard to follow the latest recommendations for the safety of our families and our communities. We’re also working hard to bring you timely, relevant podcast episodes in a world that’s changing very quickly.
LINKS MENTIONED:
- Our Facebook group is growing, and full of helpful moms (please answer the questions when you request to join!)
- Some products we mentioned for when we are stuck inside
- Melissa & Doug Puffy Sticker Activity Books (affiliate link)
- Advent Calendars
- Big brick cardboard blocks (affiliate link)
- Kinetic Sand (affiliate link)
- PaperToy (affiliate link)
- Make sure you are following us on Instagram and Facebook and look for some surprises this week as we celebrate our 5 year anniversary!
- Check out Kidliterate, Sarah’s podcast co-hosted with her 11-year-old daughter all about smart media picks for the whole family
- Join our Facebook group for listeners, The Mom Hour Listeners Community (be sure to answer the questions to be approved!)
MORE HELPFUL LINKS:
- Visit our website
- Check out deals from our partners
- Follow us on Instagram
- Join our private listener group on Facebook (be sure to answer the membership questions!)
- Sign up for our newsletter
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hey everyone, Sarah here. The episode you're about to hear was recorded on March 13, 2020, |
| 0:06.0 | and while most of the episode is about ideas for keeping kids busy when you're stuck at home, |
| 0:10.2 | the first 20 minutes or so include a conversation between Megan and me about what things were like in our communities on that date. March 13th. |
| 0:18.0 | As you know, a lot has changed since then and so some of the things we discuss are no longer relevant or maybe even |
| 0:24.4 | were proved wrong in the time since then. If you want to skip right to the tips you can |
| 0:28.3 | fast forward to around the 20 minute mark and if you do listen through just remember that |
| 0:32.1 | lots has changed in the local and federal recommendations since we recorded the episode. |
| 0:36.0 | We are personally following all the latest recommendations with our own families, |
| 0:40.0 | and we will continue to bring you episodes that tell the story of where we are at a given moment and time even as things change really rapidly. |
| 0:47.0 | So just a reminder to listen with that context. Thanks for being here friends. On to the episode. |
| 0:52.0 | Hi, I'm Sarah and I'm Megan. |
| 0:54.0 | We're two moms with eight kids between us from little to grown. |
| 0:58.0 | We're in different areas of the country and in different stages of life, |
| 1:01.0 | but we both know that motherhood's a lot easier when real moms share |
| 1:04.3 | tips and encouragement. And remind you that it's really all going to be okay. We're not experts. We're |
| 1:09.1 | parents who've been there. We're not perfect. We're real. Welcome to the Mom Hour. |
| 1:13.0 | Hey everyone and welcome to episode |
| 1:16.5 | 252 of the Mom Hour. I am Sarah Powers here as always with Megan |
| 1:20.6 | Francis. Hey Megan. |
| 1:21.6 | Hey Sarah. |
| 1:23.0 | So just real talk here. |
| 1:25.0 | We are recording this. |
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