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Raising Boys & Girls
Raising Boys & Girls
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Welcome to the Raising Boys and Girls Podcast with Sissy Goff, David Thomas, and Melissa Trevathan. In each episode of this podcast,... more

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Episodes

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

How many of you are already subscribed to Go Minno for kids? If you’re not—or are—or have anything to do... more

27 Mar 2025 · 41 minutes
Ep 258: A Masterclass in Parenting Teenagers and Helping Kids Discover their God-given Identity with Elisabeth Hasselbeck

It is always a happy day when we get to sit down with our dear friend, Elisabeth Hasselbeck. On today’s... more

25 Mar 2025 · 51 minutes
Ep 257: Singing Scripture and Developing a Faith Foundation for Young Kids with Randall Goodgame

Have you seen or listened to Slugs and Bugs? We are BIG fans. Sissy’s nephew, Henry, made us listen to... more

20 Mar 2025 · 32 minutes
Ep 256: Three Things Every Girl Needs to Know and More with Kari Kampakis

It was such a treat to have our friend Kari Kampakis back on the podcast. We are asked often about... more

18 Mar 2025 · 29 minutes
Ep 255: Sharing Sunshine with Tabitha Brown

We discovered Tabitha Brown on social media during the pandemic and she truly was one of the brightest lights during... more

13 Mar 2025 · 38 minutes
Ep 254: Milestone Ten - Helping Kids Develop their Spiritual Identity with Melissa Trevathan

Today, our dear friend and Senior Director at Daystar, Melissa, talks about the second spiritual milestone (from Are My Kids... more

11 Mar 2025 · 30 minutes
Ep 253: The Way of Play with Georgie Wisen-Vincent

Have you ever heard of play therapy? It’s based on the idea that play is the language of kids. Well,... more

06 Mar 2025 · 40 minutes
Ep 252: Mostly What God Does is Love Us with the Delightful Savannah Guthrie

It was such a gift to sit down with Savannah Guthrie and laugh with and learn from her. She is... more

04 Mar 2025 · 39 minutes
Ep 251: How Your Marriage Impacts Your Children with Rebecca St. James and Cubbie Fink

We talk sometimes, in counseling, about how it feels like there is one child in your home who is reflecting... more

27 Feb 2025 · 52 minutes
Ep 250: Navigating Our Teens Dating :: Introducing The Paula Faris Show

Teens and dating is a tough one! But, we can’t think of anyone better to tackle the tough topics…as she’s... more

25 Feb 2025 · 1 hour, 6 minutes
Ep 249: Supporting Your Kids’ Spiritual Development with Amy Fenton

Amy Fenton is a mom of three amazing kids, an Orange Specialist (an amazing organization that equips and supports churches... more

20 Feb 2025 · 40 minutes
Ep 248: Milestone Nine - Foundation

We are so excited to be moving into the spiritual milestones in our Are My Kids on Track Series. In... more

18 Feb 2025 · 29 minutes
Ep 247: The Power of Moms and Pursuing Justice as a Family with Jemar Tisby

Jemar Tisby has been a 6th grade teacher, middle school principal, now college professor, historian, author, activist, and all around... more

13 Feb 2025 · 33 minutes
Ep 246: Freeing Your Children from your Own Trauma with Melanie Shankle

Melanie Shankle, who one of your favorites and undoubtedly one of ours, is back on the podcast this week, talking... more

11 Feb 2025 · 31 minutes
Ep 245: Helping Kids do the Important Work of Racial Reconciliation with Esau McCaulley

Esau McCauley is a professor of New Testament and Public Theology at Wheaton College, as well as the bestselling author... more

06 Feb 2025 · 44 minutes
Ep 244: Navigating the Loss of a Child and Miscarriage as a Family with Annie F. Downs & Tatum Green

It is a topic more of us need to be talking about, in our own lives. And it’s certainly a... more

04 Feb 2025 · 1 hour, 4 minutes
Ep 243: Practical Ways to Build Boundaries at Home with Emma Pasquale and Sherman Bucher

Boundaries are hard at home. Some kids don’t respect them. Some kids have lots of them. It can be tough... more

30 Jan 2025 · 47 minutes
Ep 242: Helping Kids Develop Sexual Integrity with Jim Burns and Erin Mashaw

Sexual Integrity…sounds like a hard concept to grasp and an even harder concept to teach the kids we love. But... more

28 Jan 2025 · 43 minutes
Ep 241: Milestone Eight - Boundaries

Where do your kids struggle, in regard to boundaries? Your sons? Daughters? When we wrote Are My Kids on Track,... more

23 Jan 2025 · 29 minutes
Ep 240: Adoption, Fostering and Healing from Trauma with Tori Hope Petersen

We had the privilege to sit with Tori Hope Petersen recently and hear, not only her powerful story, but the... more

21 Jan 2025 · 37 minutes
Ep 239: Understanding the Social Dynamics of Teenagers with Rosalind Wiseman

Do you have a teenager living in your house? Or an almost teenager? This was one of our favorite conversations... more

16 Jan 2025 · 53 minutes
Ep 238: Helping Kids Learn How to Say I’m Sorry with Blair McFadden and Tommy Hart

This week we’ve got two more wise and wonderful staff members from Daystar...Blair Baird and Tommy Hart. Blair and Tommy... more

14 Jan 2025 · 47 minutes
Ep 237: 1000 Hours Outside with Ginny Yurich

So many of you all know and adore her already—like we do. But, if you haven’t yet encountered Ginny Yurich... more

09 Jan 2025 · 56 minutes
Ep 236: Milestone Seven - Ownership

Ownership is foundational to healthy relationships…being able to own our part in conflict or even in disagreements. In this episode... more

07 Jan 2025 · 28 minutes
Ep 235: Moving Closer to God as a Family with Jeannie Cunnion

Jeannie Cunnion is a wise and dear friend of ours, who has written another fabulous book, this one called Closer... more

02 Jan 2025 · 43 minutes
Ep 234: A Family Reset for the New Year

Happy New Year’s Eve, friends! We love an opportunity to reset around here, and New Year’s gives us one both... more

31 Dec 2024 · 14 minutes
Ep 233: The Christmas Eve Episode

Merry Christmas Eve, friends! We know there is a LOT going into these next few days. And so we wanted... more

24 Dec 2024 · 14 minutes
Ep 232: How Parents Can Support Young Adults with Mary Spencer Veazey

The twenties are a notoriously tough time of loneliness and confusion about relationships, job choices and LIFE! Our friend and... more

19 Dec 2024 · 23 minutes
Ep. 231: Understanding Your Child's Brain and Best Practices for Neurodivergent Kids with Dr. Lauren King

Dr. Lauren King is a brilliant psychologist who started Southeast Psyc in Nashville, an organization we refer to often. You’ll... more

17 Dec 2024 · 33 minutes
Ep. 230: Practical Ways to Help Kids Develop Reciprocity Including Littles with Allye Gray & Aaron Weber

This week, we’ve got two more of our favorite co-workers and friends (one who happens to be one of Sissy’s... more

10 Dec 2024 · 1 hour, 7 minutes
Ep 229: How Pets Help Kids and Process Loss with Dr. David Edwards

One of our favorite comments—whether in counseling or on the road is when we meet folks who tell us that... more

05 Dec 2024 · 42 minutes
Ep 228: Milestone Six - Reciprocity

This week on the podcast, we’re talking about reciprocity, which simply means the back and forth of conversation—or even relationship.... more

03 Dec 2024 · 24 minutes
Ep 227: Creating Connection with Adoptive Kids with Emma Soechting and David Denton

We have the privilege of walking alongside so many adoptive families at Daystar. Two of our dear friends and fellow... more

26 Nov 2024 · 54 minutes
Ep 226: Reimagining Family Life with Disability with Amy Julia Becker

We have been waiting for this conversation for so long. We have multiple friends who have told us how much... more

21 Nov 2024 · 36 minutes
Ep 225: Building Awareness in Kids with Rachel Pritchett and Richie Presley

Who better to talk about helping kids build the social milestone of awareness than a therapist who has been caring... more

19 Nov 2024 · 33 minutes
Episode 224: Healthy Kids, Happy Kids with Dr. Elisa Song

Dr. Elisa Song is a Stanford, NYU, UCSF-trained pediatrician, and one of the foremost pioneers and trusted medicine experts in... more

14 Nov 2024 · 51 minutes
Episode 223: Milestone Five - Awareness

In these post-covid, technology-ridden times, we believe it’s never been more important to talk about the social milestones, with the... more

12 Nov 2024 · 37 minutes
Episode 222: Hope for Election Day

How are you feeling today? It seems to be one filled with lots of anxiety and trepidation, for lots of... more

05 Nov 2024 · 12 minutes
Episode 221: Parenting with Confidence with Allye Gray and Blair West

We are thrilled to introduce you to two more of our amazing co-workers at Daystar Counseling who also happen to... more

29 Oct 2024 · 59 minutes
Episode 220: Parenting in the Toxic Achievement Culture with Jennifer B. Wallace

Jennifer Breheny Wallace is an award-winning journalist and author of the instant New York Times bestselling book Never Enough: When... more

24 Oct 2024 · 35 minutes
Episode 219: Milestone Four - Resourcefulness

In Raising Worry-Free Girls, Sissy defines anxiety as an overestimation of the problem and an underestimation of themselves. The same... more

22 Oct 2024 · 33 minutes
Episode 218: Using Politics to Strengthen Your Family Connection with Michael and Melissa Wear

Y’all—this one is a PLEASE LISTEN episode. We have been really excited about this episode coming out at this time... more

15 Oct 2024 · 54 minutes
Episode 217: Cooking with Kids and the Difference Food Can Make with Danielle Walker

How many of you have read one of Danielle Walker's fabulous cookbooks? Her newest is called Make It Easy, but... more

10 Oct 2024 · 35 minutes
Episode 216: Practicing Empathy as a Family with Shannon Flynn and Sherman Bucher

This week, we’ve got another amazing episode with some of our Daystar therapists. Have you listened to these yet? We... more

08 Oct 2024 · 58 minutes
Episode 215: Milestone Three - Empathy

We’re so grateful to be talking about empathy on the podcast this week. We believe the muscle of empathy is... more

01 Oct 2024 · 31 minutes
Episode 214: Incorporating Faith as a Family and Building Strong Sibling Relationships with CAIN

We were so blessed (see what we did there?!) to have our new friends Madison Johnson and Logan Cain from... more

26 Sep 2024 · 52 minutes
Episode 213: The Blessing of a Skinned Knee with Dr. Wendy Mogel

Okay, you all, this will go down in history as one of our VERY FAVORITE episodes of all time! We... more

24 Sep 2024 · 49 minutes
Introducing Pardon the Mess with Courtney DeFeo

We are coming to you on a Friday to do a fun little feed swap with a podcast that we... more

20 Sep 2024 · 47 minutes
Episode 212: Introducing Instagram New Teen Accounts with Naomi Gleit

We were thrilled to be invited to the big announcement from Meta this week introducing their Instagram Teen Accounts! We... more

19 Sep 2024 · 19 minutes
Episode 211: Helping Kids with Perspective Taking with Amy Jacobs

How are your kids doing on taking another’s perspective? In this important conversation, our dear friend and coworker, Amy Jacobs,... more

17 Sep 2024 · 41 minutes
Episode 210: Moving From Pain to Purpose as a Family with Davey Blackburn

Nothing is Wasted. It’s the name of his podcast, and also his powerful and inspiring book. Davey Blackburn has lived... more

12 Sep 2024 · 45 minutes
Episode 209 - Milestone Two: How to have an Emotional Perspective

Y’all, we really believe this episode is a MUST LISTEN. On a 1 to 10 scale when it comes to... more

10 Sep 2024 · 37 minutes
Episode 208: Parenting with Heart with Dr. Chip Dodd

Dr. Chip Dodd has been working in the field of recovery and redemption for over 30 years. He has taught... more

03 Sep 2024 · 57 minutes
Episode 207: Strengthening the Mother/Daughter Connection with Sandra Stanley and Allie Stanley Cooney

One of our favorite interviews we’ve ever done was with the wonderful and insightful Sandra and Andy Stanley. THIS WEEK,... more

29 Aug 2024 · 41 minutes
Episode 206: Practical Tools for Building an Emotional Vocabulary with Jenny Tang and Kenneth Littleton

In this season of the podcast, we are THRILLED to introduce you to, not only some of our favorite people,... more

27 Aug 2024 · 46 minutes
Episode 205: Are My Kids on Track - Milestone One: Emotional Vocabulary

When you were growing up, did your parents pass a feelings chart around the dinner table? Or did you have... more

20 Aug 2024 · 42 minutes
Episode 204: Are My Kids on Track Season Begins: An Introduction to the Milestones

We are SO EXCITED to be starting a new season of the podcast with Are My Kids on Track?! We’ve... more

13 Aug 2024 · 23 minutes
Are My Kids on Track Season 2.0

Y’all! We are over the moon about this season of the podcast! So many things have changed in the past few... more

09 Aug 2024 · 2 minutes
Episode 203: Rest, Body Image, and All Good Things with Jess Connolly

We have long admired the difference Jess Connolly makes in this world and so enjoyed recently getting to meet and... more

08 Aug 2024 · 41 minutes
Episode 202: Parenting through Loss and Finding Joy with Levi and Jennie Lusko

What a gift it was to sit down with our friends Levi Lusko and Jennie Lusko. These two are real,... more

06 Aug 2024 · 54 minutes
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One of our favorite interviews we’ve ever done was with the wonderful and insightful Sandra and Andy Stanley. THIS WEEK, we got... more