We have a big topic to tackle today and we are devoted to the whole episode about your burning questions on raising teenagers. One of the big things about this topic is that we want to respect our children's privacy. We aren’t thinking about how this may affect them today, we are considering the rimifacions of how it will affect them years down the road. Jesse and I know that we can’t be perfect and that mistakes will be made, from past experiences and in the future. Trust and truth are the basic foundation we have built with our kids and it ...
We have a big topic to tackle today and we are devoted to the whole episode about your burning questions on raising teenagers. One of the big things about this topic is that we want to respect our children's privacy. We aren’t thinking about how this may affect them today, we are considering the rimifacions of how it will affect them years down the road.
Jesse and I know that we can’t be perfect and that mistakes will be made, from past experiences and in the future. Trust and truth are the basic foundation we have built with our kids and it is something that we keep on building in our relationship with them. Everything we try to do now is to help make sure they know how to be independent adults.
This talk is filled with our experience and how we raise our children. Some of the answers and situations may not fit your style and that is okay. We can all be different but still listen and take away what works best for your family. We would love to hear from you, how you handle some of this scenario, or if you have a question we didn’t get to answer.
In This Episode
[00:34] - Welcome to another episode of The Crystal Paine Show.
[00:55] - I was inspired by this topic from a follower on Instagram.
[03:15] - In this episode Jesse and I are going to tackle the questions we received from my instagram poll.
[04:01] - How do you decide when to push your kids versus letting them fail?
[05:24] - letting our kids fail in small ways in a safe space, to prevent larger failures in the future.
[07:22] - As much as possible, we try to say yes and we try to keep our no’s to a minimum.
[10:48] - There is a fine line between helping and enabling. You don’t stand in the way of lessons that need to be learned.
[11:57] - At what age did they get a first job for real money, and how to help them do that?
[14:23] - Encourage them as soon as they are able too, just a gentle nudging.
[17:04] - They have just a lot of little, personal responsibilities.
[17:45] - Today’s sponsor is CodeSpark Academy
[19:49] - There were a lot of questions about technology and social media, see show notes for previous podcast episodes.
[20:47] - How do you talk to your kids about the birds and the bees?
[23:40] - We talk about being honest.
[25:00] - Prepping them for the possibility that it is going to happen and giving them the tools on how to respond in an uncomfortable/awkward situation.
[25:46] - how to deal with teens who don’t want to share with their dad? And I think it could also be with their mom.
[26:45] - One of the best things that we did years ago was asking our kids flat out, “what do we do that makes you feel loved? And what do we do that makes you feel unloved?”.
[28:22] - Parents, pay attention to how much time we are correcting and how much time we are connecting.
[31:10] - Just be in their world and just let them see that you care about them.
[34:10]- Being truthful with them about our struggles, and asking for their forgiveness.
Links & Resources
Crystal Paine
Books
Love Center Parenting by Crystal Paine
Social Media
Crystal Paine on Instagram
Crystal Paine on Twitter
Crystal Paine on Goodreads
Money Saving Mom
Money Saving Mom on Facebook
Money Saving Mom Deal Seekers Facebook group
crystal@moneysavingmom.com
An Interview with Kathrynne
Our Rules for Kids and Phones, episode 95
Sponsor
Codespark Academy
