Category: raising kids

• Podcast 2:5 – Why Blended families fail

  

  When we first got married we believed that love would conquer all. Blending families would be as simple as moving all of our stuff into a house and making it a home. Successfully blending families is hard work and takes some careful planning. we learned some invaluable lessons over the years. In this episode find…

  darrenpulsipher

  February 6, 2020

  blended families, blending families, divorce, large family, lds family, raising kids, sibling rivarlry, Uncategorized

• Podcast 1:31 – Surviving Middle School Kids in a Blended Family

  Find out how Darren & Paige handle Middle Schoolers that are going through “The Change” from perfect little kids to tweenies and teenagers with raging hormones and attitudes as they try and learn to become adults. Throw a blended family and two sets of parents and problems become even more difficult to manage. Browser does…

  darrenpulsipher

  September 25, 2019

  blended family, cell phone, discipline, divorce, internet, limits, middle school, raising kids, social media, teenagers, Uncategorized

• Podcast 1:23 – Divorce Dog, Disneyland, and Skydiving

  

  Right after a divorce is hard for everyone. You and your kids will be going through all ranges of emotion. You have a tendency to act based on those emotions of fear, guilt, sadness, and anger. Many times, this leads to uncharacteristically doing things you would not normally do. Like, getting a dog even though…

  darrenpulsipher

  August 1, 2019

  chores, discipline, disneyland dad, overindulgence, raising kids, rules, skydiving, spoiling kids, stepdad, stepmom, Uncategorized