Talking to an Expert Girl Mom about Raising Boys Today. {Ep. 39 with Kari Kampakis}
Today’s Boy Mom Podcast episode is a super special one. Author, speaker, expert girl-mom (!) and my friend…Kari Kampakis joins us for a really fun and insightful chat about raising BOYS! Kari is thoughtful, wise, a lot of fun, and she has the cutest southern accent ever!
I have found so much wisdom from Kari’s blog posts and books. She and her husband are doing the good, hard work of raising their four girls to be young women of character and faith. In today’s conversation Kari and I talk about:
- What her girls are looking for in a boy.
- What Kari would want a son to know.
- Kari’s girl mom essential! (hint: My boys love this too!)
- What evidence is there in the Kampakis home that four girls live there?
Kari’s books:
Liked: Whose Approval Are You Living For?
10 Ultimate Truths Girls Should Know
Love Her Well: 10 Ways to Find Joy and Connection with Your Teenage Daughter
Some of Kari’s Blog Posts you Don’t Want to Miss:
Today, More than ever, Girls Need Good Guy Friends
Five Things Your Daughter Should Know about Chasing Boys
Fifteen Things I’d Want a Son to Know.
You can find the Boy Mom Podcast on all of the podcast platforms…here are just a few of them:
iTunes (now called Apple Podcasts)
Or you can listen right here! 🙂
A little more about Kari Kampakis…
Kari Kampakis is a blogger, author, speaker, and newspaper columnist from Birmingham, Alabama. Her two books for teen and tween girls, 10 Ultimate Truths Girls Should Know and Liked: Whose Approval Are You Living For, have been used widely across the country by teen youth groups and small groups to empower girls through faith.
Kari’s newest book is for moms of teen girls, and it is called Love Her Well: 10 Ways to Find Joy and Connection with Your Teenage Daughter. It will release August 18, 2020 through W Publishing, an imprint of Thomas Nelson.
Kari’s work has been featured on The Huffington Post, The TODAY Show, EWTN, Proverbs 31, Yahoo! News, The Eric Metaxas Show, Ann Voskamp’s blog, and other national outlets. She and her husband, Harry, have four daughters and a dog named Lola. Learn more by visiting www.kari kampakis.com or finding Kari on social media.
Find Kari’s new book, LOVE HER WELL in all of these places:
• Amazon: https://amzn.to/2EtDBFX
• Barnes and Noble – https://bit.ly/35Jf9wt
• Christianbook.cpm – https://bit.ly/36TLxwo
• Books A Million: https://bit.ly/2PHw5xK
• Website: www.karikampakis.com
• Email: [email protected]
• Facebook: Kari Kampakis, Writer
• Instagram: @karikampakis
• Twitter: @karikampakis
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See you next week with another encouraging episode!
Monica – sooooo loved your interview with Kari. Had a real giggle because as in my mind, Kari sounded like me (why? I have no idea. A South African. LOL!) and so listening to her was hilarious. LOVE her accent.
Boys and Girls joined together in one podcast. GREAT idea! I loved the cross over and hope for a lot more. I think girl moms can give a load of insight to Boy moms and remind us what we need to be telling our boys about girl friendships and respect. Just love it.
Her very last point was what hit home once again. Values. If I look back now, I think I spent way too much time when the kids were young focusing on discipline and doing things right. Yes, there is a place for this. But in a sense I believe instilling the values comes first and from this a fair amount of other things flow.
A gazillion thumbs up to you!
Love Leonora
ps: Love the addition to your household. How is it that she looks so much like one of the Swansons? 😉
Thank you Leonora!! So happy you enjoyed Kari and my talk — I adore her! (and I agree we can learn a lot from one another — all of us! :))
Blessings to you — I always love hearing from you! XO PS YES! Isn’t Peyton adorable? I’m so grateful!