Where the F Is My Village

About Where the F Is My Village

If you're a parent raising a Tricky Kid, and you know who you are, your home life is likely a dumpster fire. And when it feels like it's only your house that's a dumpster fire, who can you even talk to about it? Where the F is My Village is a podcast for people raising Tricky Kids. If you are looking for your people, you have found them. So come join us, so you can feel supported and also laugh at the craziness that comes with raising these special tricky children.Your Tricky Kid may have a diagnosis like ADHD, Anxiety, Reactive Attachment Disorder, Oppositional Defiance Disorder, Sensory Processing Disorder, a learning disability, or any number of other struggles. These Tricky Kids need vigilant caregivers who advocate for them in school, at the doctor, and everywhere else. Who can these caregivers talk to when life gets to be too much? Who will believe the crazy, and often hilarious, things that happen in their homes? Us.

Publisher

Stefanie Phariss

Category

education · health & fitness · kids & family

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

16 Jan 2023

Latest episode

11 Dec 2023

Latest episodes

43 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   11 Dec 2023

   Raising a Child With Special Needs While Trying to Stay Organized

   Angela O'Brien is a personal organizer and mom of two. Her daughter (20) has Down syndrome and her son is a college senior. Today Angela discusses the stress of deciding what's next for her daughter while also managing her grief that being empty nesters isn't in her near future.Today she also shares how she especially loves working with parents of special needs kids to create a calm and peaceful environment for themselves and their families so that they can focus their own energies on the thi...

2. 

   27 Nov 2023

   Overwhelm from Managing Care

   Whether it's issues with school, friends, mental health, or physical health, the issues don't slow down just because there's already too much on our plates! This week Stefanie discusses the new issues plaguing her kids and how she wants to go back to bed and not deal with it. Unfortunately that's not an option when you're the one in charge of "all the things"! A Podcast for People Raising Tricky Kids

3. 

   13 Nov 2023

   Anxiety and the Irritable Child

   Is your anxious child hard to live with? Do they walk around with a cloud over their heads ignoring the sunshine? Today Stefanie talks about how chronic irritability has a strong association with high levels of anxiety, and how hard it can be to for the whole family. She also discusses tactics she is trying (and mostly failing at) with her kids to attempt to recalibrate their mindset.A Podcast for People Raising Tricky Kids

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Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

28 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

18 ratings

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