Reaching Roots For Parents

About Reaching Roots For Parents

“Reaching Roots” is a podcast for parents that provides ideas and insights to improve the lives of your children and family. On this show, we talk to parenting experts, leaders, and people who inspire us through solutions and education to help you and your children learn and grow. Reaching Roots is a metaphor for continuing to grow and reach further.

Publisher

WishSlate

Category

kids & family

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

16 Nov 2020

Latest episode

29 Nov 2021

Latest episodes

50 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   29 Nov 2021

   Importance of Connecting Kids to Our Family History

   In a time where we currently save every memory and picture online, what’s often missing is the voice of our grandparents and great-grandparents. Stories that helped younger generations understand where they come from and gave them tools for the future have been lost to live-streaming and comment sections. Yet, those lessons can provide valuable insight into ourselves and how to overcome some of our biggest struggles. Jill Phillips grew up in a London that no longer exists, London in the early 1960’s. The stories of her parents and relatives who struggled to overcome the trauma of WWII touched her deeply. Motivated by the stories, Jill recaptured that unique time to pass on to the younger generation through her lively and hilarious book, Lamlash Street. In this episode, Jill talks to us about how today’s families can connect younger generations and kids to their family’s history, preserve family stories in writing and the surprising and enlightening lessons that come with understanding her own past family strife. Visit https://wishslate.com/podcasts for Episode Transcript & Links to Resources (https://www.wishslate.com/podcasts)

2. 

   29 Nov 2021

   Empower Kids to be Creative Without Screens

   In today’s world full of screens, parents have to work hard to set boundaries and to enforce them. Screens are everywhere and most times, children binge on video games, Netflix, or YouTube or some form of social media. These technologies also forcing our kids into more mature content sooner, given the difficult of controlling some of this. Drew is the marketing director of at Tonies, a company that created a brightly colored, screen-free smart speaker for kids, the Toniebox. They married technology together with physical kid’s toys or figurines that they call ‘Tonies’. Whether it be a Lion King toy or a Cars toy, they have lots of these Tonies that kids can play with and place on top of a magnet, to open up a whole new world of story-telling adventures and imagination. Tonies originally launched in Germany in 2016 and is currently one of the fastest growing toy brands in Europe. They have launched recently in North America and have already sold over 1.7m Tonieboxes. In this episode, Drew talks to us about - Why removing the screen is critical to the creative development process and how we can use the power of storytelling to empower children to be creators, authors, and performers. He also talks about how purely instruction-based toys prevent our kids from developing their creativity. Visit https://wishslate.com/podcasts for Episode Transcript & Links to Resources (https://www.wishslate.com/podcasts)

3. 

   9 Nov 2021

   Teaching Kids About Sex and Their Bodies

   Most Parents feel awkward or unprepared to have a conversation about sex and relationships with their children. Mandi says "What you think you should be telling your kids about sex, is not what you should tell them." Research tells us that kids and teens who have regular conversations with their parents and caregivers about sex and their bodies are less likely to take risks with their sexual health, and more likely to be safe, have healthy relationships and have higher self-confidence with their bodies. So how do you start this conversation with your kids? Mandi Nutall is the author of The Birthday Suit Books, which teach parents how, when, and what to say as they approach talking to their children about anatomy, sex, fertilization, pregnancy, and safety. She encourages open and honest communication, so our children feel safer coming to us with personal questions. Mandi makes it simple and empowers parents to then empower their children to respect and love their bodies. Her mission is to help amend generations of shame and embarrassment about our body—our greatest gift—into one of admiration and respect. She says “We have one shot to teach our kids to respect their body, and we can't leave that up to the world—it's our job and divine responsibility.” Mandi, is a former high school health teacher, a collegiate volleyball player, a photographer, and a mother of 5. Through a life of struggle, surviving cancer, miscarriages, and helping her 2-year-old daughter fight cancer, Mandi believes in miracles and in the limitless potential within families to do good and raise knowledgeable children. In this episode, Mandi tells us why most teenage kids are clueless about their bodies and sex, and how we can prepare them better. Visit https://wishslate.com/podcasts for Episode Transcript & Links to Resources (https://www.wishslate.com/podcasts)

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