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  • Greatest Games for Gatherings with Brent Beck - Grandpa Beck Games (Episode #176)

    Greatest Games for Gatherings with Brent Beck - Grandpa Beck Games (Episode #176)
    2023/10/24

    Show Notes:

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    Brent Beck is a husband and father to 5 children, and grandpa to 19 grandchildren with one more on the way. He was an airline pilot for 33 years. About 20 years ago or so the airlines were having a hard time, had an idea to make a little extra money for retirement. He played a lot of classic games with his brothers growing up. That inspired him to take an old card game, give it an upgrade with some custom designs, and start selling it.

    He decided to launch 2 games at once to start: Grandpa Beck’s Golf (which has recently been made over into Gnoming Around) and Cover Your Assets.

    Toil & Troublez is the first game that didn’t come from Grandpa Beck’s family. It was a game from Europe that had done really well, that Grandpa Beck got permission to retheme with his artist April Stott. The illustrations are beautiful. Engaging, interesting but not heavy, easy to learn, something you want to play again and again.

    Why is playing games as a family so important?

    Games teach you to win well and lose well.

    Games give us a chance to take time to interact, and get away from technology for awhile

    Games are a good way to get to know people, learn more about people, and see them in instense situations

    Our favorite grandpa beck game: Skull King

    Where you can find Grandpa Beck Games:

    Website: grandpabecksgames.com

    Facebook - GrandpaBeckGames

    Instagram- @GrandpaBeckGames
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  • Keeping Kids Safe on Cell Phones (Episode #172) with Bill Brady CEO @Troomi Wireless

    Keeping Kids Safe on Cell Phones (Episode #172) with Bill Brady CEO @Troomi Wireless
    2023/02/27
    Show Notes:A little about our guest:Bill Brady and wife, Heidi, have 5 kids, and they have been married for 21 years. One thing they agreed up on early in their marriage, was they didn’t want family life to center on technology. They wanted real life experiences for themselves and their children.What Bill has to say:There is a full spectrum of cell phones for kids: Iphone 14 pro is like the Wild Wild West option, then you go to the other end that is so locked down it’s not practical or kids grow out of them really quickly. Troomi is the middle ground. Safe and practical, but will grow with your child, and super easy for parents.Troomi comes with a kids safe operating system that you can tailor as a parent, where you can give them what they need but not more.What age is best for kids to get a cell phone? That needs to be decided on a family by family basis. For example - if family is divorced, a mom often wants her kid to have a phone at his dad’s house so she can stay in direct touch with him.Our oldest daughter babysitting is what brought the need for our first child to have a cell phone. She needed a way to communicate. More and more schools are expecting kids to have a device in the classroom to complete and submit assignments. The cell phone age for kids seems to be coming down.Personal take- delay as long as makes sense. We don’t want technology to be the default - not the go to of what to do during downtime. We want kids to be fun, productive, creative people on their own with face to face relationships. The Troomi Operating System gives parents ability to schedule when kids can do certain things at certain times on their phones. When different features are available, the phone polices itself. It also helps kids get into good habits.There’s a few different plans. The first one is for easing into the phone: talk and text only. Once they are showing confidence in showing appropriate etiquette, and understanding what are inappropriate things to say and send, they can move onto picture texting and group texts.As needs evolve, introduce apps that you can use for school, church or healthy hobbies. Sit down with your child and have a discussion about what they really need. There is no app store on the phone, instead they have curated a suite of apps that Troomi has vetted for safety for parents to choose for the phone in the parent portal. None of the apps available have backdoor access to predators or pornography.It’s essential that parents take the time to have the discussions. It’s easy to assume kids are figuring it out on their own, or maybe parents just get caught up in life and don’t make the time to talk about it. One of the goals in Troomi, is to take the tension and stress out of the parent/child relationship with kids. As your kids get older, have an open respectful conversation with them. Listen to them. What do they need for school? Are there hobbies, interests, and creative pursuits that could be helped? Explain your own family boundaries. So many problems start with social media. Troomi doesn’t have any social media apps. Don’t just say no, but have ongoing respectful conversations about why. This is true with any parenting principle: be the parent that has the why conversation. Kids are smart. Talk about the why, and not just this is the rule and it’s black and white and we’re not going to talk about it. Have the why conversation first.Some apps that are in the Kids Smart Library: apps for education: canvas, google classroom, skyward, etc. Spirituality: for different faiths and backgrounds. Apps for streaming music. Apps for healthy hobbies. In the parent portal you can pick what apps they have on their phones. The dangers of cell phones: predators, pornography. But sadly, it seems it’s the little things that really add up and seem to be even bigger problems: stress, anxiety, depression, detachment, loneliness, leading to suicide.Troomi’s goal is helping kids have a safe environment to have healthy relationships with technology. The name “Troomi” comes from kids connecting with their real potential their true selves “true me”.Tips for keeping kids safe on other technology: have filters, use parental controls wherever possible. Don’t give up, don’t stop trying. Don’t ever think that it’s just someone else’s kids that are going to get into trouble. Be vigilant. Have open, trusted, non shameful and constructive conversations. Make sure your kids know what to do when they come across destructive content.Get $50 off a Troomi phone with this code: HAPPYWhere can you find More about Troomi?Website: www.troomi.comInstagram: @TroomiWirelessPROMO CODE for $50 OFF a Troomi phone: HAPPYHelping of Happiness Cell phone email courseParenting cell phone use can be super overwhelming. I am a mom of 7 kids, and this has been quite the challenge for us. I learned a lot of good and bad things with my older 3 kids, and have made some changes for my younger kids. ...
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  • 3 Benefits of Writing Daily & How to Stick to Every Goal (Episode #171) with Meredith Rotz

    3 Benefits of Writing Daily & How to Stick to Every Goal (Episode #171) with Meredith Rotz
    2023/01/06

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    Meredith Rotz is a wife and mother to 5 children and lives in Texas. A couple years ago she was trying to decide what the next chapter of her life should look like. All of her kids were in school, and she was ready to find her career. She went to a local community college and took a career placement test. She didn’t feel settled by the results, but on her way home from the test, she was listening to a podcast by a life coach. She realized life coaching was her calling!

    She talked it over with her husband, and jumped into life coaching school. Meredith has a bachelor’s degree in English Literature, had lots of experience in editing, and has paired that with what she has learned in life coach certification to help coach others how to write and publish books.

    Meredith takes her clients through the full process of writing a book. She starts with writing, and then moves on to organizing, coaches them through the process, edits their work and helps them get in touch with publishers.

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    5 Money Lessons All Kids Need to Know with Jonathan & Meredith Rotz - listen Here!

    Marriage & Money - click here to listen!!

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    Website: meredithrotzcoaching.com

    Instagram: @meredithrotzcoaching - Head to IG for her new 30 Day Writing Course!!!

    Facebook: MeredithRotzCoaching

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