Amy Lou Out Loud

About Amy Lou Out Loud

Amy Lou Out Loud is where current events meet common sense. Hosted by Amy Wade, the podcast explores American history, politics, faith, family, parenting, culture, the Constitution, the Founding Fathers, and the stories behind today’s headlines. From George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and Benjamin Franklin to free speech, religious liberty, women’s sports, parenting, motherhood, and the cultural debates shaping America today, Amy takes a deeper look at the subjects Americans are already talking about. Some episodes dig into American history and the principles behind our Constitution. Others tackle current events, family and parenting, faith, freedom, and the questions that don’t always fit into a three-minute social media video. No lectures. No pretending to have all the answers. Just thoughtful conversations, honest questions, a little common sense, and one ordinary American willing to say what she’s thinking out loud. Keep asking questions. Keep seeking answers. And keep speaking the truth… out loud.

Publisher

Amy Wade

Category

news

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

23 Jul 2026

Latest episode

11 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

21 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   11 Oct 2026

   Parenting Teenagers: When Your Job Starts to Change

   Parenting teenagers is a whole different ballgame. The rules may still matter, but the goal starts changing. At some point, we have to stop managing every detail of our kids’ lives and start teaching them how to manage their own. In this episode, I’m talking about the shift from raising kids to preparing adults. We’re getting into responsibility, school, chores, freedom, trust, driving, friendships, dating, faith, consequences, letting them fail, knowing when to step in, and figuring out how to stay close while still giving them room to grow. Because the goal is not to raise kids who need us forever. It is to raise capable adults who know they can always come home. This is Part One of my parenting teenagers series, and next we’ll tackle college, careers, jobs, money, and actually launching them into adulthood.

2. 

   24 Sept 2026

   Parenting Middle Schoolers: Peer Pressure, Bullying, Phones, Hormones & Emotional Development

   Episode 20 of Amy Lou Out Loud is all about parenting middle schoolers through one of the biggest seasons of change. We’re talking 6th through 8th grade, when friendships get more complicated, emotions get bigger, peer pressure gets louder, hormones kick in, and kids start asking for more independence while still needing a whole lot of guidance. In this episode, I’m covering emotional development, changing friendships, bullying versus normal conflict, peer pressure, puberty, hormones, phones, social media, internet safety, consequences, responsibility, communication, and how to give kids more freedom without completely letting go. Middle school can be messy, awkward, emotional, and exhausting, but these years are also incredibly important. This is the stage where we start helping kids build judgment, character, confidence, and the ability to make good decisions when we are not standing right beside them.

3. 

   18 Sept 2026

   How to Raise Responsible Kids: Parenting Tips for 3rd Through 5th Grade

   How do you keep building responsibility as your child starts asking for more freedom and independence? In this third installment of my parenting series on Amy Lou Out Loud, we’re talking practical parenting tips for kids in third through fifth grade and how responsibility begins to change as children grow. We’ll talk about natural consequences, discipline, chores, homework, honesty, money, problem-solving, friendships, peer pressure, and the growing desire for independence. We’ll also talk about something parents sometimes forget: we have to grow with our kids, too. Sometimes the answer is no. Sometimes it’s yes. And sometimes it’s, “Let me think about it.” As kids begin pushing for more freedom, we’ll look at how parents can set reasonable boundaries, recognize when a child may be ready for the next step, and teach responsibility without constantly rescuing them from mistakes. Because the goal isn’t just getting a fourth grader to remember the homework folder. It’s helping raise a future adult who can make good decisions, handle consequences, resist peer pressure, and develop self-discipline. We’re not pushing them to grow up too fast. We’re giving them the tools to grow up well.

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Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

11 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

9 ratings

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