The Forgotten Three: Essential Life Skills Our Kids Need

Homeschool Better Together with Pam Barnhill

Pam Barnhill

Kids & Family, Christianity, Education, Religion & Spirituality

4.9 • 683 Ratings

🗓️ 23 May 2024

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Welcome to the Homeschool Better Together Podcast, where we explore building a joyful homeschool experience for your family. Are you looking to equip your kids with valuable life skills and build confidence in the kitchen? Then you won't want to miss Episode 2. In this episode, the host, Pam Barnhill, is joined by Katie Kimball, the national voice of Healthy Kids Cooking, two time TEDx speaker, writer, and mom of 4 kids who founded the Kids Cook Real Food ecourse, which was recommended by The Wall Street Journal as the best online cooking class for kids.

Together, they explore the world of teaching kids important life skills and the impact of the digital age on parenting.

Katie shares her journey from being an elementary teacher to a successful entrepreneur and mom of four kids, discussing the challenges of parenting in the digital age and the necessity of teaching kids face-to-face communication, understanding the value of money, and stress management in this tech-heavy and busy world.

The episode is packed with insights and practical tips from experts on developing these vital life skills in kids and teens, making it an invaluable resource for today's homeschooling parents.

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Key Takeaways:

Discover the value of teaching life skills beyond academics to help children thrive in the digital age and beyond, including communication, financial literacy, and stress management.
Understand the importance of face-to-face communication skills and how to teach children polite communication, eye contact, and how to start conversations.
Explore the concept of financial literacy for children, including understanding the value of physical money, opening a checking account, and the basics of banking and compound interest.
Learn the practical skills of self-regulation, including tools for calming, morning routines, and mastering resilience to help kids cope with stress and anxiety in today’s tech-heavy world.
Gain insights into how the workshops offered in the Life Skills Now summer camp provide practical, hands-on learning experiences for children to develop essential life skills.
Discover the benefits of the Life Skills Now summer camp, which includes an extensive selection of workshops, prizes to motivate participation, and the opportunity for kids to apply what they've learned.

For full show notes and a transcript of today’s episode, head to pambarnhill.com/hsbt2

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0:00.0	Are you ready for homeschooling to feel joyful again?
0:05.4	Do you long for support as you learn alongside your kids?
0:10.3	Welcome to Home School Better Together, a podcast about building a homeschool experience that works for your family.
0:18.2	I'm Pam Barnhill, and it's time to step out of the overwhelm and
0:22.0	into the wonder. Let's do this. Katie Kimball, the national voice of healthy kids cooking,
0:33.4	is a former teacher, two-time TEDx speaker, writer, and mom of four kids, who founded the kids cook
0:39.6	real food e-course, which was recommended by the Wall Street Journal as the best online cooking
0:45.2	class for kids. Her blog, Kitchen Steward Chip helps family stay healthy without going crazy,
0:50.4	and she is on a mission to connect families around healthy food and teach every child to cook.
0:57.0	I think that's an awesome mission, Katie. Welcome. Welcome to the podcast. Thank you so much, Pam.
1:03.7	It's a joy to be back. It is so good to have you. Okay, so let's remind everybody a little bit about you and your family.
1:11.7	Sure.
1:12.3	So I have been working online since 2009.
1:15.2	I was sort of an accidental entrepreneur.
1:16.9	I started as an elementary teacher with a couple of years teaching third grade, but I knew I couldn't do that job well and do the job of parenting well.
1:23.8	So home I went.
1:25.5	My oldest is now 18.
1:29.9	So, you know, I was a very long time ago that I was in the classroom. So he's a high school graduate. I have a 15 year old in high school and a 12 year old
1:35.7	middle schooler and a nine year old elementary schooler. So we've got like all the, it feels like all
1:40.4	the ages, except the little ones, you know. And they help me in the business,
1:45.3	which is super interesting because they get to see what I do and they get to be in our videos
1:51.2	and, you know, kind of get a paycheck, so to speak. And my daughter, the 15 year old, not too long
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