Episode 2: The Back to School Groove + Routine
welcome to Season 3!
Engaging, challenging, and empowering parents in raising well-rounded children through combining educational research to everyday life.
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on today’s episode…
With my co-host, Josh Cagle, here are some of the things you’ll learn in episode 2:
Ways to prioritize what’s on your plate
Voicing the need for help (uh-humm, it’s not a sign of weakness— all fingers pointing at me…)
Bringing the kids along to pitch in with chores
Sleep divorce statistics (have you heard of it??)
and a few other areas that could make the fighting more constant during the transition into the back to school groove!
insights
Back to school groove
Choose your battles wisely
Prioritizing what’s on our plate
Voicing the need for help. It’s not a sign of weakness
Assigning chores to kids
Prioritizing Bedtime/sleep:
A survey conducted by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine of 2005 adults ranging 18-65+... Sleep Divorce
Ages 35-54: 46% sleep in another room on occasion
Ages 35-54: 34% sleep in another room consistently
What kind of fighter are you?
What overwhelms you?
Are you structured? Planner?
Respect one another
Understanding each other’s strengths and weaknesses
Communicating your needs– busy week at work; tough week with kids
