Family Rules! The Podcast

Kitchen closed? Apparently the pantry doesn’t have to be open 24-hours a day! Bringing a refreshing straight-talk to every day eating, registered dietician and mother of 3 Miki Eberhardt believes when parents interfere with eating, the more issues you’ll see. She talks Brooke through the specific needs and goals of eating at every age.... (spoiler alert: parents of picky preschoolers, we see you!)

From the board room to the family room! Marriage and family therapist David Kozlowski believes running the family like a business can help children and family members gain opportunities and have purpose. Brooke and David discuss “The Family Business Model,” complete with CEOs, managers, and quarterlies.

It’s the mom movement taking over Instagram! Have you heard of the “no-yell challenge?” Parenting coach Ralphie Jacobs explains how to use this challenge to be a more positive parent. Listen and learn how her favorite quote “water the flowers, not the weeds” can be the parenting game changer your family needs...

Dads rule! The bond of a child and their father is so special and unique. It’s a relationship that best-selling author Jason Wright considers to be one of the most important. He shares with Brooke how losing his father at a young age has inspired him in his own fatherhood...and the one thing women can do to help strengthen the role.

“Every star is different and so is every child.” This popular Primary song lyric is one that Alex and Julie Boye take to heart. He is a singer, songwriter and musician. She is an author and self-proclaimed “mominator,” and together they strive to honor the individual personalities and strengths of their 8 (!) kids. The Boyes share with Brooke how they do it...

Responsibility doesn’t have to be something that’s ambiguous when raising kids. Dr. Tom Golightly, a clinical psychologist who also works with young athletes, knows how to get into the heads of young people to help them perform their very best. Hear how a solid link between choices and consequences can be a helpful teacher, and why it’s important to show our own humanity as a parent.

Work hard, serve hard, play hard (in that order!) is just one of the mantras that Georgia Anderson lives by. And as a relationship and personal coach, Georgia believes family mantras are an important way to motivate yourself as a parent. She shares with Brooke five power phrases that will act as a mini parenting pep talk when the days feel rough.

Among your grocery items, daily tasks, and carpools, is your marriage on your to-do list? Today’s guest says it should be at the top! Dr. Matt Townsend joins Brooke again to ask the important question, “do you put your marriage first?” and to bring his expertise, research, and humor to the topic.

We’ve all done it...that iPad can be a helpful babysitter! But for family tech editor Amy Iverson, there’s a smarter way to parent with technology on your team. She shares with Brooke what’s new and changing on the family tech front, and why “absolutes” don’t work.

It’s not something to do when the to-do list is done - in fact, it should be ON your to-do list! In today’s episode, Brooke talks to family researcher Heather Johnson about the power of play, why we need it, when to get more of it, and how to make the playful moments already happening at home really count.