Over 80% of kids play in a sport at some point in their lives. That is a lot of kids who play sports. So how do you get your kid to try harder? What is the point of putting them into a sport to begin with? These are the questions we aim to answer in this week's episode. Follow us on Instagram @slightlycrunchymomcast If listening on Apple Podcast please rate us, it helps us out! Questions? Comments. Topic ideas! Please feel free to contact us at: slightlycrunchymomcast@gmail.com. We would love to hear from you! Like what you hear? Buy us a beer to support the habit!!! Donate at https://www.buym ..read more

Let us be honest, learning how to be a good friend takes time. It takes time to learn to forgive, how to work through frustrations, and/or when it is time to move on from a friend. So how can we help our kids learn to be good friends? That is the question of this week's episode. Here is to hoping we actually come up with some helpful suggestions, but we guarantee nothing. Follow us on Instagram @slightlycrunchymomcast  If listening on Apple Podcast please rate us, it helps us out!  Questions? Comments. Topic ideas! Please feel free to contact us at: slightlycrunchymomcast@gmail.com ..read more

Your kid is sick and you want to have compassion, you really do, but the compassion just isn't there. In this episode we talk about compassion fatigue and how it can apply to parents as well as those who work in helping fields.  Follow us on Instagram @slightlycrunchymomcast If listening on Apple Podcast please rate us, it helps us out! Questions? Comments. Topic ideas! Please feel free to contact us at: slightlycrunchymomcast@gmail.com. We would love to hear from you! Like what you hear? Buy us a beer to support the habit!!! Donate at https://www.buymeacoffee.com/slightlycrunchy. Donate ..read more

You cannot do it alone!!! Listen here to all you women listeners...you cannot do it alone. In this episode we talk about the benefits of having chores for your children, how to establish them as a part of their routine, and making sure they are age appropriate.  Follow us on Instagram @slightlycrunchymomcast If listening on Apple Podcast please rate us, it helps us out! Questions? Comments. Topic ideas! Please feel free to contact us at: slightlycrunchymomcast@gmail.com. We would love to hear from you! Like what you hear? Buy us a beer to support the habit!!! Donate at https://www.buymeac ..read more

We live in a world where there are constant distractions. Between expectations at work and at home with the kids it is no wonder we feel like we are losing our mind. In this episode we talk about all our personal distractions, there effects on us, and how to decrease them.  Also, we have a winner to our contest!!! Follow us on Instagram @slightlycrunchymomcast If listening on Apple Podcast please rate us, it helps us out! Questions? Comments. Topic ideas! Please feel free to contact us at: slightlycrunchymomcast@gmail.com. We would love to hear from you! Like what you hear? Buy us a beer ..read more

Nobody likes a rude child, adult, or animal. Its amazing the difference between "go get me a drink" and "please, go get me a drink." So how do we do it? How do we raise a polite child? In this episode we explore ways to do it, and openly admit we may be failing but he are living on a hope and a prayer. Also...THIS WEEK IS CONTEST WEEK!!! Share us on an Instagram story or post OR leave a review on Apple podcast and win a $25 gift card and a mug!!! It will help us out big time since this is how people are finding out podcast! Follow us on Instagram @slightlycrunchymomcast   If listenin ..read more

Kids hate school--Sort of. Your kids gets in trouble at school, as a parent do you A) double down and have a consequence at home or do you B) let the school handle it because they are the one with the problem? No surprise but Whitney and Britney handle this question very differently. What do the 'expert' say in this situation and do you agree?  Also, get ready, there is a contest coming next episode. A chance to win a $25 gift card and a mug, who wouldn't want that!!!! Follow us on Instagram @slightlycrunchymomcast  If listening on Apple Podcast please rate us, it helps us out!   ..read more

WE'RE BACK and boy was it a Christmas season. Falling Christmas trees, sickness, and totaled cars. In this episode we recap the past few weeks and talk about things we would have changed from 2022 with regards to parenting. We do this episode after our yearly fast food New Years!!!! Follow us on Instagram @slightlycrunchymomcast If listening on Apple Podcast please rate us, it helps us out! Questions? Comments. Topic ideas! Please feel free to contact us at: slightlycrunchymomcast@gmail.com. We would love to hear from you! Like what you hear? Buy us a beer to support the habit!!! Donate at htt ..read more

Jingle bells, Batman smell, Robin laid an egg.... Oh, hello Christmas time! So much joy and yet so much annoyance. In this week's episode Britney and Whitney talk about the challenges of "keeping up with the Jones," the multiple Christmas parties, and our favorite Christmas memories. This is our last episode in 2022 because we are taking three weeks off to hang with our families. See you on January 9th, 2023!!!  Follow us on Instagram @slightlycrunchymomcast  If listening on Apple Podcast please rate us, it helps us out! Questions? Comments.  Topic ideas! Please feel free to con ..read more

After seeing a girl on Instagram pretend to wash her hands after going to the bathroom, Britney and Whitney decide to share all the little odd things they do, or they experience to determine if they are alone in their actions or experiences. This is a fun episode where Whitney is a bit hungover from a work party and Britney's son has decided to 'act his age.' Follow us on Instagram @slightlycrunchymomcast If listening on Apple Podcast please rate us, it helps us out! Questions? Comments. Topic ideas! Please feel free to contact us at: slightlycrunchymomcast@gmail.com. We would love to hear fro ..read more