Today's podcast is especially for all you parents who regularly say to their kids some variant of: "Do you think money grows on trees?" (And there are a lot of us! ) Our kids know that money buys things they want (and they probably don't think it grows on trees), but do they know the power of saving money, [...]
In this week’s Ground Control Parenting with Carol Sutton Lewis podcast episode, we tackle tech questions that many parents are asking these days: how do we help our children manage and balance their ongoing tech use when they still seem to need their devices now more than ever? How can we find out more about these videos and apps [...]
I’ve been thinking about how parents raising kids of differing ages can learn from each other. Often more experienced parents are in the position to offer wise advice and encouragement to parents who are newly entering the village, but I believe this exchange can go both ways. I’ve certainly seen a lot raising three children to adulthood, but [...]
I can’t wait for you to hear the next #GCP Podcast episode, which is out TODAY! In this episode I talk with Elizabeth Alexander–– President of the Mellon Foundation, poet, author, educator, a true Renaissance Woman–– about how to talk with our kids about money and philanthropy, the parenting lessons she received from her parents and her late husband and [...]
We had such a great conversation with Dr. Janice Johnson Dias in this week's podcast, talking about helping our children develop a core of confidence, what we need to resolve in ourselves to be joyful parents, and so much more, that we decided to continue the conversation today on Instagram Live! In today's conversation Janice and I returned to [...]
It’s easy to get caught up in the day-to-day details of parenting (and there are SO many details these days!) and lose sight of some of the important “big-picture” parenting issues, like: How are we teaching our kids our values, our morals? What specific steps and actions can we take to help our children develop a core of confidence [...]
Are your children getting enough ART in their lives? As we deal with the challenges of making sure they get all their schoolwork done these days, making sure they experience art may not be at the top of your list. But my latest podcast episode tells you why art is a valuable part of your children's development. Studies show [...]
In this week's episode, My Adoption Journey, author, journalist and broadcaster Caroline Clarke discusses her accidental discovery of and reunion with her birth mother–Cookie Cole, daughter of Nat King Cole–and its impact on her existing and newly expanded family. Caroline tells this story in her memoir Postcards from Cookie, and in our conversation she reveals additional details not captured in the [...]
I end each post about the podcast by asking you to please rate and review on Apple Podcasts once you’ve listened. And several of you have asked for more detailed directions on exactly how to rate and review. (Good question, on some devices it is not so simple.) So here are step-by-step illustrated instructions on how to rate and review [...]
In this week's podcast episode, Making the Best of It with Nancy Redd, best-selling author and on-air host Nancy Redd talks about the values that stem from her Southern roots and shares some of the unexpected silver linings which have emerged from months of quarantining with her husband and their 9 & 6 year olds. You'll hear how she [...]