All Q & A: From Homeschooling to the Vaccine, to Parenting A-Z! {Ep.109 with Jonah}
A Q&A episode and last week’s giveaway winner announced at the bottom!
Aloha Friends!
For the past few months I have been saving up questions sent in from blog readers and podcast listeners, and this week I finally get to tackle a bunch of them! I wish I could have covered more, but it already got long! 😜 Not sure if I need to do more of these (in shorter segments perhaps!?) or how I can respond better, but I do enjoy these episodes, and my listeners tell me they do, too!
This was especially fun because my son, Jonah, who is home from college – joined me as co-host! Join Jonah and I as we dive into a few questions related to homeschooling, one hot question about the Covid Vaccine (people wanted my Doctor/husband’s opinion!) and then a slew of parenting questions…ranging from disciplining a 9-month old, to tweens and purity, friend influences, and difficult father-son relationships. This one is packed!
NOTES:
Jonah’s Truth for Youth Podcast (he has not been recording new episodes but there are quite a few good ones in there if you haven’t checked it out yet!)
Specifically mentioned — episodes 8 and 9 with Dennis Trittin:
My now- always available Homeschool Resources and Inspiration Mini-Course!
Also: my web page with links to post/podcasts and all I’ve shared online about HOMESCHOOLING here.
Thank you so much to this episode’s sponsor…TheGoodBook.com! I’m such a fan of the books we are sharing this week!! — The Big Questions Series walks kids aged 9-13 through what the Bible says about some of the big questions of life, such as ‘Why does God let bad things happen?’, ‘What happens when we die?’ and ‘How do we know Christianity is really true?’ They’re written by a Christian studies teacher and school chaplain with experience answering the big questions tweens ask. You can learn more at thegoodbook.com.
*I especially loved the author’s video, answering questions about these books.
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Congrats to Kristi and Samantha, and who each win a $20 Amazon Gift Card from my Coffee Date Post last week! (I’ve already emailed the winners.) Thank you all SO MUCH for your awesome comments. I drank a lot of coffee going over all of them, 😂 and enjoyed every bit of it! We’ll have to do it again — much sooner next time!
Thank you so much Monica and Jonah for your courage to speak openly and honestly about your decision regarding the kids vaccinations. This has been such a trying decision for my family and one that is causing my teenage son, who doesn’t want to be vaccinated but also doesn’t want to feel alienated, a lot of anxiety . He has never been so distraught before. I know it probably was not easy for either of you to speak about this subject and you could have avoided the topic altogether but hearing you both speak with confidence and respect was comforting and inspiring. I really appreciated your honest thoughts and willingness to speak them.
Thank you so much, Sandra! I was a little terrified because I have heard of others speaking positively who were ripped apart. 🙂 I’m grateful listeners have been super respectful! (phew!) I am sorry this has caused your son stress — what a bummer we’ve all had to go through any of this. There is not one easy answer, but God is good and no one needs to get overly stressed about it! Big hugs to all of you!