The Family Podcast Network

The Family Podcast Network


Latest Episodes

Episode 360 FPN Loving Kids in the Middle of Their Mess
May 20, 2015

Join us as we discuss: What does it really mean to love our kid?  How love isn't really a feeling at all, but what we do with both our positive and negative feelings. Some simple steps to stop you from burning your bridges with your kids.

Episode 115 RFGP How to Parent Unfairly
May 15, 2015

Join us as we discuss: Our tongue in cheek show on the "unfair" advantages we give our kids.  How we really do support giving our kids unfair advantages in all aspects of life to help them be as successful as they wish.

Episode 359 FPN MSW: Power and Control
May 13, 2015

Join us as we discuss: - The concepts of using power and control and how you are probably using them without even knowing.  - An article of a Georgian mom who called the cops to issue a faux-arrest of her 11 year old kid for talking back.  -

Episode 358 FPN Teaching Right and Wrong: Ethics/Morals
May 06, 2015

Join us as we discuss: - How to teach kids right and wrong and how obedience has NOTHING to do with it. - How most of us are stuck teaching kids a lot about ethics, and not much on morals.   - How to evaluate our parenting so we can move our ethics ...

Episode 114 To Reach Them, You Gotta Teach Them: Quit Using Punishment
May 01, 2015

Join us as we discuss: - Working with the meltdown...but not through punishment. - A wonderful article on teaching our kids to act better, rather than forcing them to. -   -   - SHOW NOTES - Why Punishments Don't Work

Episode 357 FPN Baltimore Riots: Parenting Lessons
April 29, 2015

Join us as we discuss: - What the Baltimore riots can teach us about parenting. - No, I am not going to rip a new one in the parents of these folks.   - How the riots cover some of the foundations to humanity and thus lead to good parenting foundati...

Episode 113 RFGP Say This, Not That
April 24, 2015

Join us as we discuss: - Great article at Lifehack.com on 10 things we have got to stop saying to our kids.   - How we are not suggesting you say only negative things to your kid. - What are good things to say to our kids? -   - SHOW NOTES -

Episode 356 FPN Media Sucks Wednesday: Respect and Learning
April 22, 2015

Join us as we discuss: - The reason why parents are disrespectful to their kids and not even realize it.  - How we must learn to show even kids respect. - How teaching kids by giving information is not good. -   - SHOW NOTES -

Episode 112 RFGP Next Gen Footloose: Teaching Modesty
April 17, 2015

Join us as we discuss: The concept of modesty and how it's probably not what you think.   How to instill the concept of modesty in our children without creating shame. No, we don't necessarily recommend a burkah.   SHOW NOTES The Ugly Side of Modes

Episode 364 FPN Minecraft: Why We Love It
April 15, 2015

Join us as we discuss: Minecraft.  What is it and does Trey recommend it: YES!   The benefits of letting your kids play Minecraft and my stark admonition to avoid it as parents...for it sucks you in.  Why it's personally one of my favorite games my