Parenting Tips, Resources and Strategies for Moms and Dads of Children, & Teenagers: Impactful Parenting

007: Money Talk With Amber Schoenrock

Money Talk With Amber Schoenrock gives EXCELLENT advice on

• how to teach your kids about money management
• warning for your child's early spending habits
• how to save financially for your child's future
• and so much MORE!

Contact Amber Schoenrock for a FREE consultation to help you and your family at 303-548-9066

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Kids are expensive!  Pre-baby we are warned about this, but nothing prepares you.  To make matters worse, children get more expensive with age!   In the beginning, parents complain about the expense of diapers and formula.  Little do these new parents know that it is only the beginning!  School-aged children in Colorado often need a whole new wardrobe EVERY SEASON of EVERY YEAR!  Don’t even get me started on how teenagers will eat you out of house and home! They also “need” a smartphone or want a car…. I feel overwhelmed by just writing this!  Not to mention, COLLEGE! Ugh.  It is looming over parents’ heads like a grey cloud!  AHHHHH!   

We want the best for our children, but the financial responsibility to provide for them can be over overwhelming.  In addition to our financial awareness, we should also be teaching our school-aged children about money management.  Yep, that is up to YOU.  Many schools teach how to count money, but money management education comes best with practice and experience.   That means that the best “money smarts” comes from home.  At 18, your child will be old enough to apply for a credit card.  If you don’t teach money management before you send them off to college, you could be setting them up for failure and significant debt.   As parents, we are trying to grow independent, responsible adults!  Yet, money management teachings often get forgotten.  In my opinion, you can’t start your child too early in these lessons.   The more practice your child has, the more comfortable they will be with money, and the more likely you are setting them up for success!   Imagine your child graduating from college with thousands of dollars in student loan debt AND credit card debt.   Yikes!  Unless you want them to live at home and eat your meatloaf for many more years to come, it is best to teach these skills now. 

This week on the Bigger Impact, I interview financial advisor Amber Schoenrock.  Amber has taught hundreds of people fundamental financial concepts and has actively worked with families to start their journey towards financial freedom.  In the Bigger Impact, I ask Amber to describe the biggest money mistakes people make when going into college and leaving home.  I also ask her for tips that parents can use to teach money management. And lastly, I ask Amber what parents can do to set their kids up for college financially (even on a small budget).  

009: 2020 Was A Freaking Mess!

2020 Was A Freaking Mess!  This is my personal letter to Santa telling him how I wasn't the most impactful parent this year.  This honest and heartfelt letter to "the big man" will make you nod your head in agreement.  2020 wasn't all bad but it definitely was challenging.  I encourage Santa NOT to blame the kids for their behaviors because it wasn't their fault. 2020 was a freaking mess!

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Transcript:

Dear Santa,

I have been a bad mom this year, but I tried my best.   I am hoping that effort counts for something, so I can still make the Good-List.  The pandemic took me entirely out of my comfort zone and routine.  When things shut down in March, I was completely caught off guard.   Sure, I was a little nervous about an invisible virus spreading over the world, but I did my best to hide my fears from the kids.   I think I did a good job of this, but when schools shut down, prom was canceled, and I couldn’t take the kids to the playground anymore- things went downhill.  I tried to keep spirits up in the home, but it was difficult when the kids had a birthday, and I couldn’t throw them a party like I usually do.   Thank God for Amazon; otherwise, there wouldn’t have been any gifts either.   I spent a lot of nights holding my crying and frustrated children.  I didn’t know what to say to them, though. I couldn’t make the circumstances go away.   All I could do was rock them in my arms and tell them that we were all in this together.  

We tried to stay in touch with family and friends by zoom, but that too got old quickly.  I admit, board games, making cookies, and crafts only entertained us for a few months.  After that, the house became a cage of aggressive howler monkeys.  The yelling, the restlessness, the boredom… mounted until kids were hanging off the walls.   I admit that I let them watch too much TV and play too many video games. Don’t hold that against my kids, Santa.  It was my fault.  I ran out of things to do at home, and all my creativity went out the window.  I think Karen across the street has my creativity now.  She seems to come up with the most engaging games for her kids to play in the yard.  Perhaps Karen has my sanity too.  I lost that around August when I thought school would start up again but found out that school was going remote for the first semester.   I try to be a good teacher to my kids, I promise, but I am faking the answers most days.  Apparently, I am NOT smarter than a fifth-grader, after all. Still, I watch the reruns after the kid’s bedtime anyway, hoping it can help! 

Santa, I’m letting my kids sleep in my room and eat ice cream a little too often.  Again, not their fault!  I feel bad that I won’t let them see their friends, all their extracurriculars are canceled, and I can’t even give them an end date to look forward to.  Honestly, there doesn’t seem to be an end in sight, and it makes me just as anxious.  I secretly love waking up in the middle of the night and watching them breathe.  They are so peaceful.  All the ice cream cones and candy is just a way of overcompensating for feeling like a mean-mom during the day.  I never wanted to be the “No” mom, but it does seem like “no” is the only word I say anymore.  

To make matters worse, I am dying for some ME time. I know my kids need me, but I am exhausted.  Don’t worry- I couldn’t find a babysitter to work during COVID anyway, and even if I did- where would I go?  What would I do?  Everything is shut down anyway.   It’s better to stay where I am needed and just try to sneak in a bath after bedtime to decompress. 

I guess what I am trying to say is that my kids have been good this year, Santa.  It isn’t their fault that they were irritable and frustrated.  So much was taken away from them, and we were completely thrown out of our routine.   Don’t blame them for hanging from the chandelier and acting like Monkeys.  The sugar cookies and stir-crazy quarantine made them do it.   The kids did the best they could.  I was even so impressed with how little they complained about wearing masks and sanitizing their hands a million times a day.   I think I had a more challenging time keeping my mask on my nose than they did.

Actually, my kids made me so proud.   They taught me how to be more resilient.   When something was taken away from them like a playdate, a school dance, or a sporting event- they cried for a few days but kept moving forward.   Of course, they needed to let out their sadness, but more importantly, it was how they chose to ignore what was taken away and instead focus on what they had.   We may have played more video games than we should have, but we also hugged more this year than we have in a long time.  I’d be lying if I said that I am grateful for 2020, but I would also be lying if I said the whole year was terrible.   My kids deserve great recognition and gifts this year for sure.  Don’t put them on the naughty list, even though from the outside it may not have looked like a year full of stellar behavior.  Considering the circumstances, they were very good.   They were just doing their best, and so was I.  

Maybe you will be coming down the chimney this year, or perhaps you won’t.   I understand if you have to socially distance yourself from us too.  But even if we don’t see you in-person this year, I still wanted you to know that although I might be on the naughty list this year, my kids were fantastic. I hope you understand that 2020 just needs a DO-OVER button with a better instruction manual.  I hope you know.

Sincerely,

This Impactful Parent  

053: Nobody knows what they are doing

Nobody knows what they are doing! This podcast is about the struggles of parenthood that EVERY parent has. Parenthood is difficult for all.

It is Question and Answer Thursday and today's question was: A Personal Story of Parental Struggles

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046: I Don’t Feel Good When They Go Over There

I Don't Feel Good When They Go Over There

I Don't Feel Good When They Go Over There. How to handle letting your child go places that you don't feel comfortable allowing.  Listen.

It is Question and Answer Thursday and today's question was: How do I allow my child to go over to a "place" or "be with a person" that I don't feel comfortable with.  I am worried about my child and their safety!

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006: Help For Your Dyslexic Child

Help For Your Dyslexic Child gives tips and websites useful for dyslexic kids.  With the onset of online schooling and school at home, these resources can help your child be more successful!

Free PDF with show notes and more tips for helping your dyslexic child at https://theimpactfulparent.com/schoolathome

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Help For Your Dyslexic Child: 
1. https://learningally.org/  ($12/month  Audiobooks)-  Learning Ally provides kids with thousands of audible books and even a few popular textbooks!  Depending on the book, it will highlight sentences for the child and allows the kid to learn through listening comprehension.  This is a game-changer for children who need to read novels for English class.  
2. https://snapandread.com/  ($3.99/month reads computer text)-  If you have a child that has all their new homework or curriculum given to them online or on a computer screen, then Snap and Read might be an excellent fit for you.   This website reads aloud any words that might appear on your computer screen!  
3. https://www.shmoop.com/  (FREE Gives chapter summaries for popular books, test prep, math drills, & essay writing help.)  Shmoop is free and provides math drills for extra help with math practice, helps your child write better essays with writing guides, and I love that this website gives practical main idea summaries of popular books. Unlike Cliff Notes, these summaries provide main points without giving away too much information.  My dyslexic child reads the outline of a chapter from Shmoop, and then audio listens to the chapter afterward.  The summaries provide him with enough structure to look for main points but don’t give away all the details. In other words, he still has to read the book, but Schmoop gives him enough information to help him focus on the main ideas.   Schmoop improves his reading comprehension but does not do all the work for him.
4. https://ttsreader.com/  (Free- highlights text, reads aloud, and converts speech to MP3 format)-  TTSReader Text to Speech Reader reads files aloud and saves them as MP3 files. How does my son use it?  He uses this website to aid in editing his OWN writing.   He takes an essay or paragraph he has written for school and pastes it to the site.  The website then reads his work aloud back to him while highlighting the text.  This allows my son to hear his writing aloud, and he can listen for grammatical errors or weird sentence structures.  He then can edit his writing with more accuracy.
5. Livescribe.com (Prices Vary- $100 Notetaking help)  Livescribe is best for older children or even college students.   These are special smartpens that can record voice while you write, or take recorded notes and accurately transcribe the information.   This technology is impressive and you have to check out the website to understand. Livescribe takes notetaking to a whole new level.

Ask your teacher for:  
• Extra time to do the work
• Video chats where directions are verbalized rather than read
• Oral testing or video testing on things that need to be assessed 
• Copies of the teacher’s notes
• A reduced workload or modified assignments
• As the teacher to honor content quality over spelling/grammar
• Hands-on learning if possible, like projects instead of worksheets
• Can your child record answers orally and submit assignments in MP3 format or video?
• Ask for examples of correct and completed work as examples of what the teacher wants and expects.
There are also things that you can do at home to help make your child more successful.   These things include:
• Post your child’s daily schedule.  Dyslexic children do better with a visual plan.  Don’t just tell them what needs to be done.  SHOW them visually.
• Give your child a ruler and have them read with it.  This aids in reading a lot!
• Use large-print text or enlarge their homework.  The smaller the print, the harder it will be to read.
• Help them organize their work
• Arrange the work from easiest to hardest.  Do the “easy” things first!
• Help them read instructions, so they know what is expected.
• Break up large assignments into smaller steps.  
• Eliminate distractions in the area where they are expected to focus on school work.  For example, no bed, no tv, no iPod, lousy lighting, lousy noise level, etc.)
Your child wants to be successful!  Most dyslexic children want to learn and want to show off their unique academic talents!  With the right resources, your child can do that!  School at home doesn’t have to be a set-back or another frustration.  You and your child can do this!

014: My Child’s Friend Is Autistic

My Child's Friend Is Autistic 

On occasion, I will meet someone new and know I am a better person NOW because that person came into my life.   

That is how I felt after I met Becca Lory Hector. Becca was diagnosed with autism as an adult and has been a prominent autism activist ever since. 

I invited her onto The Impactful Parent because I wanted to address the elephant in the room- WHAT DO I DO WHEN MY CHILD’S FRIEND IS AUTISTIC?  

If you don’t have an autistic family member, most parents don’t know much about autism. What is it? What does it look like? How are autistic people different? These are common questions, and yet very few people ask these questions aloud. So I decided to take the lead and ask what most parents need to know, What do I do when my child’s friend is autistic?   

Watch this fantastic interview where Becca talks to me candidly about autism. We discuss:

• Where does autism come from?
• How should I treat an autistic child that comes into my home?
• What should I look out for?
• What can I do to make an autistic child comfortable in my home?
• Are there any unique things I need to think about if a playdate turns into a sleepover?
• What does it mean when I hear “the spectrum”?
• Why is talking to autistic adults important too?

This interview LEFT ME FEELING LIKE A BETTER PERSON. Becca did MORE than talk to me about autism. Becca taught me valuable tips that I need to be successful in interacting with the autistic population. I am so grateful for Becca, and I hope you will be too! 

This is an interview you don’t want to miss!  

041: My Child Is Too Young To Wear Makeup!

My Child Is Too Young For Makeup!  

It is Question and Answer Thursday and today's question was: My 10-year-old child wants to wear makeup and I think she is too young.  She keeps asking me over and over again, but I just don't feel comfortable letting her put on makeup!  What should I do?  Am I being too strict? 

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004: How To Build Resilient Kids

How To Build Resilient Kids:  3 Tips for making kids resilient.  

Videos mentioned in the podcast: https://youtu.be/FhAEYFMzld4 and https://youtu.be/I1EIfRmZ2eY 

Free PDF 20 Ways To Cope:  https://theimpactfulparent.com/20waystocope

FREE 30 Day Challenge To Connect With Your Child:  https://theimpactfulparent.com/connection

 

Transcript: 

Ever think to yourself, “Toughen Up, Kid!” 

Many of us grew up in a different time where parents did not caudle their children and were forced to be independent, entertain ourselves, and figure things out on our own.   Perhaps you were released into the front yard to play with neighborhood kids and were just expected to be home before supper. 

This type of upbringing seemed to make us more resilient than the kids of today. The next generations of kids have car seats, helmets, and even cell phones that track where they are every minute of the day.   Gone are the days of your mom slamming the brakes too hard, and her arm was the only thing catching you from hitting the windshield.  

You are not alone if you think that kids are too “soft” nowadays.  But why?  Surely the helmet they wear when they ride their bikes cannot be to blame for this generation’s lack of resiliency. 

Ok, Ok, Yes, parents are much more protective today than in the past.   Safety is a priority, and shouldn’t that be a good thing?

So then, how do we create a balance between keeping our kids safe and making our kids resilient?  In my opinion, resiliency is built over time by focusing on the 3 Cs:  Coping, Competence, and Connection.

Coping:  Children who learn to cope effectively with stress are better prepared to overcome life’s challenges.  Without coping skills, kids have meltdowns, and everything is a disaster.  When you were a child, you may have learned your coping skills on your own.  If you were thrown into learning how to cope independently, you might have also felt unsupported.

So, what can we do to help our children learn to cope if we do not want to throw them into the world to figure things out independently?  Here are a few of my suggestions.

• Create a family environment where talking, sharing, and listening to each other is the norm. You want to create a safe place for your child to run to when things get tricky for them. When your child is in trouble and facing a difficult situation, you do not want your child to think, “oh no! My parents are going to kill me.”  Instead, you want your child’s first thought to be, “I need help. I need to talk to mom or dad.” 
• You can teach your child coping strategies that are proven to work. I am giving you a free PDF today called 20 Ways to Cope to help you with this. Go to https://theimpactfulparent.com/20waystocope to get this free download.   On this fantastic PDF, I have compiled more than 20 coping skills your child can try.  Remember, coping skills are a personal thing.  What works for one person does not necessarily work for another.   You may calm yourself down by taking deep breathes and listening to music, but that does not mean your coping techniques will work with your child.   Let them experiment with what works for them. 
• You can role model self-care and coping yourself. Those young eyes are always watching and learning from YOU.  If you cannot cope with your anger, frustration, or worry- then your child will not learn how to do it either.   Walking the walk and talking the talk is the best form of teaching your child resiliency.

Competency:  Competence is the ability to handle situations effectively. Competency is developed over time.   Children cannot become competent without first creating a set of skills that allows them to trust their judgments, abilities, and choices.  Competency is developed when they can trust themselves and begin to feel confident.  As parents, we can encourage our kids to develop competence by:

• Help your child focus on their strengths. Guide your child to use their strengthens to their advantage as much as possible.  Show them that they can use strengthens to compensate for weaknesses. 
• Let your child make mistakes. Too often, parents do not let their kids fail or get hurt.   You love your child sooo much.  I get it!  Why would you allow them to fall, fail, mess up, or make a wrong choice?  Yet, protecting your child from the world can be a huge disservice.   How will they learn to deal with adversity if they have none?  Mistakes are an opportunity for learning and growth.   So, I encourage you to allow your child to experience appropriate emotional pain levels, frustration, anger, and sadness.   Validate feelings, and instead of eliminating the source of the pain for them- be there to help your child work through it.  Support your child in problem-solving. Allow them to talk to you about their feelings and how to guide them to come to possible solutions.   This is where learning magic happens.

Connection:  Connection is the glue that holds humans together.  Everyone, especially children, needs a sense of connection with someone else.  Children with healthy relationships with family, friends, and school are more likely to have a definite sense of security that produces strong values.  Connections also prevent children from seeking destructive behaviors.  A bond is powerful.   It provides a sense of belonging and security.   You probably already know the importance of having a strong connection with your child. Still, many parents do not know HOW to make authentic connections with their children- especially their teenagers.   Here are my tips:

• Schedule a time and date in your calendar to do something one-on-one with your child. Yep, write it in your schedule, and do not just say you’ll do it this weekend.   Being intentional with your time and making it a priority in your schedule by actually writing it in and reserving the block of time will increase your chances of follow-through.  Then when the time comes to spend time with your kid one-on-one, turn off your phone, and do something that YOUR CHILD wants to do.  Let your child decide how they want to spend time with you.
• Eliminate expectations. We expect so much from our kids, and expectations are the death of connection.   We expect our kids to be a certain way, like what we like, achieve specific goals, and when they do not live up to those expectations- they feel like failures, and the connection is lost.  I have a whole other video on connection at this link: https://youtu.be/FhAEYFMzld4 and https://youtu.be/I1EIfRmZ2eY .  Both videos are quick and impactful!  Watch today!
• Allow your child to express all types of emotions without consequence. Do not suppress their unpleasant feelings because they make you feel uncomfortable or think that their feelings are exaggerated or silly.  Give your child space to get those feelings out so they can move past them.
• Do not ignore conflict and face it head-on. Ignoring conflict leads to resentment.  It would be best if you talked through the disagreement to get it resolved.   This process may feel uncomfortable, and it may peak at an all-time-high of frustration, but the only way to the other side of a conflict is through it.   You will be role modeling coping skills, listening, and conflict resolution along the way!  By facing conflict and not running away from it, you will be role modeling, teaching, and walking through the resiliency skills, you are trying to develop in your child.
• To start you on your way to make a connection with your child, I encourage you to sign up for one of my FREE 30-Day challenges. These challenges help you start a new conversation with your child and break away from the boring questions you may ask your child every day, like, Do you have any homework or how was your day?  Start creating a connection with your child one question at a time.

Coping, Competency, and Connection are the pillars of developing resiliency in your child.  There is no need to throw your child into the world without the skills they need to navigate diversity.  Remember that resilient children do not grow overnight.  Resiliency is learned. It is practiced. And it happens over time when children are faced with challenges, learn to cope, feel competent in their environment, and have created a connection with you to feel secure- just in case they need you. 

 

013: Ridding Parent Shame and Guilt with Lois Hollis

Ridding Parent Shame and Guilt with Lois Hollis is about giving yourself grace and seeing shame/guilt from a different perspective.  Lois is a Shame/Guilt Educator.  In this episode, she gives tips for releasing the parent-guilt we all feel from time to time.  

To help you in your journey to live authentically and make a conscious effort to do things you love each day, I have included a FREE PDF called Life Beyond Children.  This PDF gives you 12 tips for doing something good for yourself each day and lift your spirits over time.  Get it at https://theimpactfulparent.com/lifebeyondchildren

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015: Emotional Suffocation

Q & A LIVE!  What happens to you if you can't express your emotions? Today's question and answer Thursday talks about the long term effects of EMOTIONAL SUFFOCATION and a few tips to get you started with feeling better.

 

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Emotional Suffocation Tips and Main Points:

• 2 types, self-inflicted and external
• gets worse over time
• long term effects can damage future relationships
• May even cause health problems over time if emotional suffocation doesn't get better.
• express emotions through writing if possible
• express emotions through art

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This episode was broadcasted live on YouTube, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Instagram.  Submissions for Q&A Thursday can be either emailed to The Impactful Parent directly or direct messaged through any of these social media platforms.  Submissions can be anonymous and are never mentioned in the Live Recording to respect the privacy of The Impactful Parent audience.