What We’re Reading, Wearing & Listening To: Episode 66

The Mom Hour

Mom Hour Media

Parenting, Kids & Family

4.9 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 30 August 2016

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

If you’re a longtime listener, you know that Meagan and Sarah like to occasionally set aside issues of parenting and family life and talk about all the other things making them happy: books, movies, podcasts, style, food, and creative pursuits. In this week’s show we kick off a new semi-regular series where we do just that. We’re calling it The More-Than-Mom Hour!

LINKS MENTIONED:

Thirteen Moons by Charles Frazier
The Nest by Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney
Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow
The Gift of Failure: How the Best Parents Learn to Let Go So Their Children Can Succeed by Jessica Lahey
The Importance of Being Little: What Preschoolers Really Need from Grownups by Erika Christakis
Dopamine by BØRNS (the band Meagan went to see)
Spring Awakening (Original Broadway Cast Recording)
NPR Politics Podcast
The Girl Next Door Podcast
#AmWriting with Jess & KJ
Magic Lessons podcast and Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert
Target shorts! We’re pretty sure we both have these (left, below), and Sarah has some similar to these(right, below). Meagan was excited about the 4″ length options this season too.
Fabletics tops and Victoria’s Secret lace bralets, similar to those pictured below

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0:00.0	Okay, Sarah, I know we both want to raise caring and kind kids, but it's not always easy to identify ways to help them engage with the world generously.
0:09.0	That's why we love our new sponsor, Give As We Grow.
0:12.0	Give as We Grow is a first of its kind, free educational mobile app for children,
0:16.5	ages 8 to 11 that teaches kids to tap into their unique talents and interests to help others
0:21.5	be a fun, service-focused mini-game quests.
0:24.4	Megan, this is such a cool way to help build meaning into your kids screen time.
0:28.6	Of hundreds of thousands of educational apps for kids, fewer than 1% focus on generosity. The Give As We Grow
0:35.0	app provides an opportunity for kids to learn empathy and cultivate giving
0:38.9	behaviors in a safe positive and self-led environment.
0:42.6	The Game Giving Journal and Resource Library for families of kids ages 3 to 18 help families create
0:48.2	pathways from the virtual world to service in the real world.
0:51.6	And there's no cost. Give As We Grow is available free with no in-app purchases.
0:56.0	Ready to spark a new movement and generosity? Find and download Give As We Grow for free in the
1:01.5	App Store for Android and iOS.
1:04.0	And for resources for the whole family,
1:05.8	visit give as we grow.org.
1:08.3	Hi, I'm Sarah. I'm a mom of three kids ages two, five, and seven, and I live in Southern California.
1:20.0	And I'm Megan. I am the mom of five kids ages six through 17, and I live in Michigan.
1:26.6	This is the mom hour part of the Life Listened Network.
1:31.5	Hey everyone and welcome to episode 66 of the mom hour. I am Sarah Powers and I'm here with
1:37.4	Megan Francis as always and we've got a fun show on for you today. We are going to be sharing some of the things that are making
1:45.2	us happy and keeping us inspired that do not have to do with motherhood and
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