Growing Nimble Families

Growing Nimble Families


Latest Episodes

Developing your family meal ritual
September 09, 2016

      Part two of creating a family meal ritual that lasts for families. Listen to part one Now we’re at the table and beginning to eat. Listen in to hear ideas on how to create your family meal ritual full of memories and connection that grows with yo...

How to prepare for the school year as a parent
August 19, 2016

    New choices to make with the new school year for everyone. What will happen in your family this year? It’s really easy to just fall into a routine with back to school but our family is different each and every year.

Start your family meal ritual
June 10, 2016

  Families should gather together over a meal. Yeah yeah yeah! We’ve heard that before. Tried it before and it didn’t really work out. This week we we focus less on the why and more on the how we create a meal ritual so that family times run smoothly.

Progress as a better measure for children
May 31, 2016

    We only know what we know. This episode is a little different, perhaps in mindset as different education systems are shared. But the theme is simple parenting. We want all our children to make progress and achieve.

When they make mistakes and fail-practical ways to help parents and children learn how to navigate this undertalked about topic during childhood
May 16, 2016

  Do you get stuck in the loop of nag, complain, wait, nag, complain and wait? We know that learning from our mistakes and failures makes us a better person but it is so so hard to see our children heading for a fall or when failure is just visible.

Developing habits, Goal setting, Unity and cooperation Character Conversation Audio
May 02, 2016

Character Conversation Cards are available in two formats: task cards (pdf) and an audio file. The audio file is a downloadable .mp3 file of the 25 conversation task cards read with a special effect to signal when to stop the audio to answer questions....

Simple Summer Traditions for Families
April 29, 2016

    Summer is coming! What memories do you have of childhood? Often they are around summer. If you want to create lasting memories why not try some simple family traditions. Every season is a good opportunity to have special traditions just for that se...

Three things we don’t rotate in our parenting but maybe we should
April 15, 2016

    There are so many things that we are juggling with parenting. If this is you then this episode might be just what you’re looking for because if we’re so busy trying to keep all the plates spinning we may not realize that we don’t actually need all ...

Why losing sleep is a big deal for kids
March 25, 2016

  Who doesn’t love sleep? When I cut my sleep time I know what will happen and often we assume the same thing will happen to our children. We’ll just be a little blurry and we just have to get through it! Brain science is telling us differently now.

Solving Screen time woes and suggestions
March 18, 2016

    Screens are a magnet in some homes and not in others. Lisa Weiner from Handmade Parenting in this episode talks about what types of things children can be doing if they are not on screens. We look at other screen time woes in this interview and pee...