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When One of Our Kids Is Taking All Our Bandwidth
FromWhat Fresh Hell: Laughing in the Face of Motherhood | Parenting Tips From Funny Moms
When One of Our Kids Is Taking All Our Bandwidth
FromWhat Fresh Hell: Laughing in the Face of Motherhood | Parenting Tips From Funny Moms
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Length:
51 minutes
Released:
Sep 18, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
There are a lot of reasons that one of our kids might end up getting most of our attention. Some are positive: Sophia is the best 12-year-old pitcher in the state! Some are decidedly negative: another hospital stay. Some bandwidth-hogging choices are freely made; some are obligations. Sometimes focusing on just one of our kids is temporary, and sometimes it's the sort of “new normal” that can radically reshape family dynamics.
In this episode, we talk about the times in our own parenting lives when one of our kids has taken up all (okay, 99%) of our bandwidth, and how to manage our other relationships- including with our partners- during the tough or crazy times.
In our experience, identifying and being honest about what’s taking up the bandwidth is the key to making sure everyone survives it.
Here are links to the research on this topic that we discuss in this episode:
Leigh Anderson for Lifehacker: What to Do If Your Child's Behavior Is Ruining Your Relationship With Your Partner
Carson Crusaders Foundation
Antoinette Deavin, Pete Greasley, Clare Dixon for Pediatrics: Children’s Perspectives on Living With a Sibling With a Chronic Illness
Dean E. Murphy for NYT: Watching Them Watching Me
Lisa Rapaport for Reuters: Healthy kids with sick sibling may hide emotions
Nicole Schwarz for imperfectfamilies.com: When The Siblings of a Difficult Child Feel Ignored
Andrew Sullivan for NYT: How Do You Raise a Prodigy?
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In this episode, we talk about the times in our own parenting lives when one of our kids has taken up all (okay, 99%) of our bandwidth, and how to manage our other relationships- including with our partners- during the tough or crazy times.
In our experience, identifying and being honest about what’s taking up the bandwidth is the key to making sure everyone survives it.
Here are links to the research on this topic that we discuss in this episode:
Leigh Anderson for Lifehacker: What to Do If Your Child's Behavior Is Ruining Your Relationship With Your Partner
Carson Crusaders Foundation
Antoinette Deavin, Pete Greasley, Clare Dixon for Pediatrics: Children’s Perspectives on Living With a Sibling With a Chronic Illness
Dean E. Murphy for NYT: Watching Them Watching Me
Lisa Rapaport for Reuters: Healthy kids with sick sibling may hide emotions
Nicole Schwarz for imperfectfamilies.com: When The Siblings of a Difficult Child Feel Ignored
Andrew Sullivan for NYT: How Do You Raise a Prodigy?
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Released:
Sep 18, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
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