As parents, we can get so caught up in school/grades, sports, and so on, that we forget to teach our kids the basics. The life skills they need before launching into the world!

In this episode, we talk with Amy Carney, author of Parent on Purpose and 100 Questions for Mom Journal. She creates content and products to help parents raise their children with more joy and purpose. She has 19-year-old triplet sons (launched to 3 different colleges/states), an 18-year-old daughter who is a senior (Yep- had 4 kids in 18 months), and adopted their youngest out of the foster care system in 2016. In addition to that, she’s fostering another 9-year-old son now to adopt this summer!

Amy tells us all about her “A-ha!” moment when it became very apparent that their family needed to stop, rewind, and focus on life skills more with their kids and how that involved a cross-country trek in an RV! We discuss what life skills are the most important for kids to learn before they leave the house (and cursive is not on that list), as well as what are some tips on how parents can be more intentional every day in their parenting.

In this episode of the No Guilt Mom podcast you’ll learn:

Why Amy’s family decided to sell everything and travel across the country in an RV
What life skills are the most important for kids to learn before they leave the house
Tips on how parents can be more intentional every day in their parenting

Resources We Shared In This Episode:

Not So Bummer Summer – Wish your kids would do something productive this summer? Get the system that helps your kids choose ONE summer goal and guides them step-by-step to make it happen!

Parent on Purpose: A Courageous Approach to Raising Children in a Complicated World by Amy Carney

Parent on Purpose

The Addiction Inoculation by Jessica Lahey

No Guilt Mom Podcast Ep 60 Guarding Kids Against Addiction with Jessica Lahey

Kid90 documentary– An intimate look at young Hollywood starlets growing up in the 1990s, using hundreds of hours of footage captured by Soleil Moon Frye.

Download the podcast transcript HERE

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