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Raising Boys and Girls Podcast: Thanksgiving Show Notes

The Raising Boys & Girls podcast is back with bonus episodes to help you finish 2020 strong! Join Sissy Goff and David Thomas this week as they share ways to help you ward off entitlement in your kids and create a spirit of gratitude within your family.

Grab links, stats, and quotes you want to remember in the show notes below.

Connect with Sissy, David, and Melissa at raisingboysandgirls.com

Connect with Minno at podcast.gominno.com

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Sissy’s favorite Thanksgiving food: Chocolate Meringue Pie (this isn’t her family recipe, but it’ll do!)

David’s favorite Thanksgiving food: Cornbread Stuffing

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What gets in the way of gratitude:

Entitlement

Some of the most entitled kids have the most well-meaning parents. It’s important to help kids see the world as bigger than they are.

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Anxiety

Gratitude and anxiety cannot co-exist. Gratitude shuts down anxiety.

Nothing is ever so bad in your life that you can’t give. – Melissa Trevathan

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Lack of Awareness

Gratitude is a response to what you see, hear, and feel.

Often we are moving so fast we don’t stop to see and hear and feel what is going on around us.

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How gratitude changes your brain and body:

Gratitude stimulates the hypothalamus (which regulates stress) and the ventral tegmental (which produces motivation and pleasure). The practice of gratitude can reset the brain.

Gratitude is a practice, not a feeling. Treat it like exercise. It’s good for your body and your brain.

If you want to have loving thoughts, do loving things. – Anne Lamott

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An Experiment in Gratitude: The Science of Happiness | Soulpancake

Thank you notes are not just good manners. – David Thomas

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3 Intentional Practices to Put the Wisdom in Today’s Episode to Work in Your Family:

1. Find ways to give and find shared purpose as a family.
2. Create a gratitude photo album (physical or digital).
3. Make it a practice to stop and listen.

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Grounding Techniques: coping strategies that involve the senses.

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Use this grounding technique as a coping strategy to help your child calm down and connect with the moment:

5, 4, 3, 2, 1: Stop and share . . . 

5 things you see

4 things you hear

3 things you feel

2 things you smell

1 thing you touch

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