Raising Boys & Girls

Welcome to the Raising Boys and Girls Podcast with Sissy Goff, David Thomas, and Melissa Trevathan. In each episode of this podcast, we’ll share some of what we’re learning in the work we do with kids and families on a daily basis at Daystar Counseling Ministries. Our goal is to help you care for the kids in your life with a little more understanding, a little more practical help, and a whole lot of hope. So pull up a chair and join us on this journey of raising boys and girls. Connect with us at raisingboysandgirls.com.

Episodes

Ep 259: The Ages and Stages of Spiritual Development with Jess Wolstenholm

March 27, 2025 • 41 mins

How many of you are already subscribed to Go Minno for kids? If you’re not—or are—or have anything to do with kids—stop right now and listen to this episode with our dear and wise friend, Jess Wolstenholm! In this episode, Jess discusses the ages and stages of spiritual development—with such grace and practical insight! This is one you’re not going to want to miss—whatever age and stage your kids are in today. AND, you’re also goin...

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Ep 258: A Masterclass in Parenting Teenagers and Helping Kids Discover their God-given Identity with Elisabeth Hasselbeck

March 25, 2025 • 51 mins

It is always a happy day when we get to sit down with our dear friend, Elisabeth Hasselbeck. On today’s podcast, we’re talking about her newest children’s book, God’s Masterpiece and helping kids discover their God-given identity (plus some inside scoop on parenting teens!). Go buy all of the kids in your life a copy of God’s Masterpiece TODAY! It’s the sweetest and so filled with grace and truth, just like Elisabeth! If you enjo...

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Ep 257: Singing Scripture and Developing a Faith Foundation for Young Kids with Randall Goodgame

March 20, 2025 • 32 mins

Have you seen or listened to Slugs and Bugs? We are BIG fans. Sissy’s nephew, Henry, made us listen to Tractor, Tractor almost every day of his toddlerhood. And…Sissy even got to guest star on an episode in Season 2 called Modern Kid. We’re so grateful for this incredible resource from our talented friend, Randall Goodgame, who joins us on the podcast this week! Randall shares so much wisdom on Singing Scripture with Kids and helpi...

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Ep 256: Three Things Every Girl Needs to Know and More with Kari Kampakis

March 18, 2025 • 29 mins

It was such a treat to have our friend Kari Kampakis back on the podcast. We are asked often about devotionals for teenagers…and Kari is one of the voices we trust most in that department. You and your teenage girls will glean so much from this conversation and her new book, Yours, Not Hers: 40 Devotions to Stop Comparisons and Love Your Life. If you enjoyed this episode, check these out! Ep 64: Navigating the Tough Seasons of Mot...

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Ep 255: Sharing Sunshine with Tabitha Brown

March 13, 2025 • 38 mins

We discovered Tabitha Brown on social media during the pandemic and she truly was one of the brightest lights during that time. She has continued to be one of our favorite follows and one of our favorite voices in the world…speaking so much good and hope and bringing so much SUNSHINE! You have got to hop over to Youtube to watch this one, to see us grinning from ear to ear during this conversation. She has a new children’s book our...

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Ep 254: Milestone Ten - Helping Kids Develop their Spiritual Identity with Melissa Trevathan

March 11, 2025 • 30 mins

Today, our dear friend and Senior Director at Daystar, Melissa, talks about the second spiritual milestone (from Are My Kids on Track) called Identity and how deeply important it is in the lives of kids. We have the high and holy calling of echoing the truths that God is speaking into the lives of the kids we love…of helping to remind them not only of who they are, but whose they are. You will love this conversation with Melissa on...

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Ep 253: The Way of Play with Georgie Wisen-Vincent

March 6, 2025 • 40 mins

Have you ever heard of play therapy? It’s based on the idea that play is the language of kids. Well, our friends Georgie Wisen-Vincent and Dr. Tina Payne Bryson have written the book that decodes that language for us all, The Way of Play: Using Little Moments of Big Connection to Raise Calm and Confident Kids! We had the privilege of interviewing Georgie about the new book and can’t wait for you all to listen. She gives such great ...

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Ep 252: Mostly What God Does is Love Us with the Delightful Savannah Guthrie

March 4, 2025 • 39 mins

It was such a gift to sit down with Savannah Guthrie and laugh with and learn from her. She is every bit as delightful and warm and hilarious and kind and deep and wise as you would guess her to be. So much truth and so much hope infused in this podcast and her new wonder of a children’s book, Mostly What God Does is Love You. . . . . . Sign up to receive the monthly newsletter to keep up to date with where David and Sissy are spe...

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Ep 251: How Your Marriage Impacts Your Children with Rebecca St. James and Cubbie Fink

February 27, 2025 • 52 mins

We talk sometimes, in counseling, about how it feels like there is one child in your home who is reflecting outside what the temperature is like outside—kind of like our own, dysfunctional barometer. As much as we wish, in certain seasons, that our marriages didn’t impact our kids, they certainly do. This week, we have Rebecca St. James and her husband Cubbie Fink on the podcast talking about how they have walked the ups and downs ...

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Ep 250: Navigating Our Teens Dating :: Introducing The Paula Faris Show

February 25, 2025 • 66 mins

Teens and dating is a tough one! But, we can’t think of anyone better to tackle the tough topics…as she’s made a career out of it. We are so grateful for this conversation with our dear friend Paula Faris and the wisdom and honesty and real-ness she brings to the conversation, as she does each and every conversation. We hope this will be a helpful—and fun—listen. The Paula Faris Show More episodes you may enjoy: Ep 176: Parentin...

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Ep 249: Supporting Your Kids’ Spiritual Development with Amy Fenton

February 20, 2025 • 40 mins

Amy Fenton is a mom of three amazing kids, an Orange Specialist (an amazing organization that equips and supports churches in their ministry to families), the Executive Director for Orange VBS and a dear friend of both of ours. She has been helping churches and helping kids’ grow and deepen their faith for decades. And we are thrilled to have her back on the podcast this week to continue the conversation on Supporting Your Kids’ Sp...

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Ep 248: Milestone Nine - Foundation

February 18, 2025 • 29 mins

We are so excited to be moving into the spiritual milestones in our Are My Kids on Track Series. In this episode, we get to interview Melissa Trevathan, whom you know from past season of the Raising Boys and Girls podcast and from being our Daystar Counseling Founder and Senior Director. She’s also our resident Bible teacher at Hopetown and the best Bible teacher we know for kids. We are so grateful for Melissa’s wisdom and insight...

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Ep 247: The Power of Moms and Pursuing Justice as a Family with Jemar Tisby

February 13, 2025 • 33 mins

Jemar Tisby has been a 6th grade teacher, middle school principal, now college professor, historian, author, activist, and all around great guy. We were delighted to sit down and learn from the history he has taught and the legacy he has lived for today’s podcast. We have a feeling you will have the same experience: you’ll laugh, cry, learn more about all of the things that bring us together way more than divide us, and hear his he...

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Ep 246: Freeing Your Children from your Own Trauma with Melanie Shankle

February 11, 2025 • 31 mins

Melanie Shankle, who one of your favorites and undoubtedly one of ours, is back on the podcast this week, talking about her amazing new book, Here Be Dragons: Treading the Deep Waters of Motherhood, Mean Girls, and Generational Trauma. You’re going to want to listen to this episode, buy the book, follow along with all she’s doing and especially with The Big Boo Cast! Melanie is wise and hilarious and you will know immediately why s...

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Ep 245: Helping Kids do the Important Work of Racial Reconciliation with Esau McCaulley

February 6, 2025 • 44 mins

Esau McCauley is a professor of New Testament and Public Theology at Wheaton College, as well as the bestselling author of seven books. In this week’s episode, we’re talking about his newest book, How Far to the Promised Land, in which he shares his own story of hope and his family’s legacy. We also dive into his two fantastic children’s books: Andy Johnson and the March for Justice and Josey Johnson’s Hair and the Holy Spirit. Thr...

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Ep 244: Navigating the Loss of a Child and Miscarriage as a Family with Annie F. Downs & Tatum Green

February 4, 2025 • 64 mins

It is a topic more of us need to be talking about, in our own lives. And it’s certainly a topic we need to be helping the kids we love navigate. We were deeply honored to have Annie F. Downs and her remarkable sister, Tatum Green, share their story of loss on this week’s episode. If you’ve suffered loss, we believe this episode will be one that brings you comfort and hope. If you haven’t, it will equip you to walk alongside the peo...

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Ep 243: Practical Ways to Build Boundaries at Home with Emma Pasquale and Sherman Bucher

January 30, 2025 • 47 mins

Boundaries are hard at home. Some kids don’t respect them. Some kids have lots of them. It can be tough to know how to help build healthy boundaries at home. This week, our dear friends and wise co-workers at Daystar, Sherman Bucher and Emma Pasquale are talking about just that. Grab a pen and paper because you’re going to want to take notes on this one! Grab a copy of Are My Kids on Track? to follow along with us through the seas...

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Ep 242: Helping Kids Develop Sexual Integrity with Jim Burns and Erin Mashaw

January 28, 2025 • 43 mins

Sexual Integrity…sounds like a hard concept to grasp and an even harder concept to teach the kids we love. But our new friend Jim Burns and our long-time friend, Erin Mashaw, have written a book to help us do just that! We’re so excited about this book and about our conversation with Jim and Erin that brings such grace, hope and wisdom to the topic. We can’t wait for you to listen in on this one. A Student's Guide to Sexual Integ...

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Ep 241: Milestone Eight - Boundaries

January 23, 2025 • 29 mins

Where do your kids struggle, in regard to boundaries? Your sons? Daughters? When we wrote Are My Kids on Track, one of the things we talked about was how boys struggle in respecting boundaries, whereas girls struggle in setting them. Has that been your experience? What have you found that has helped? In this week’s episode, we talk about both…teaching the kids we love to set and respect boundaries. Grab a copy of Are My Kids on T...

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Ep 240: Adoption, Fostering and Healing from Trauma with Tori Hope Petersen

January 21, 2025 • 37 mins

We had the privilege to sit with Tori Hope Petersen recently and hear, not only her powerful story, but the difference she is making in the world for children. We talked foster care, adoption, resilience, and healing from trauma...both for kids and for ourselves. And, of course, we talked about her new wonder of a book, Breaking the Patterns that Break You. We can’t wait for you to listen to this wise and hope-filled episode from o...

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