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Each episode is about 25 minutes long, offers insights, relatable experiences, expert guidance, and above all, great stories, well told, from the diverse team of parent educators at Muskoka Family Focus [https://muskokafamilyfocus.ca/].
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On the Ground Parenting is a resource for parents, grandparents, and caregivers across all stages of family life. Sandy, Sam, and Kelly bring unique perspectives on navigating neurodiversity, grassroots family care, and seasoned grandmotherly wisdom in this nonjudgmental conversation.
Each episode is about 25 minutes long, offers insights, relatable experiences, expert guidance, and above all, great stories, well told, from the diverse team of parent educators at Muskoka Family Focus [https://muskokafamilyfocus.ca/].
Subscribe for a new podcast every Wednesday! Have a question, suggestion, or want to tax-deductibly sponsor an episode of On The Ground Parenting? Send us a message here 👇https://linktr.ee/onthegroundparenting
A Call for Support:
This show serves as a special platform for the Muskoka Family Focus Parent Ed team to request support, either with a one-time donation [https://www.canadahelps.org/en/charities/muskoka-family-focus-and-childrens-place/] or by signing up for our Patreon [https://patreon.com/OnTheGroundParenting] at @OnTheGroundParenting [https://patreon.com/OnTheGroundParenting].
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Holiday Pressure Cooker: Rest, Practical Gifts, and Releasing the Laws of Tradition
On The Ground Parenting
23 minutes
1 month ago
Holiday Pressure Cooker: Rest, Practical Gifts, and Releasing the Laws of Tradition
Welcome to Episode 18 of On the Ground Parenting! Hosts Sandy, Sam, and Kelly kick off the holiday season discussion by tackling the mounting pressure and commercialism surrounding Christmas and other seasonal celebrations.
The hosts explore where holiday pressure comes from: often self-imposed or rooted in a parent's own childhood experience. and offer strategies for letting go of traditions that don't serve the family. Sam shares the shift in her neurodivergent family to focusing on rest and giving practical gifts, like her son's thrilling new electric toothbrush and water flosser, which are now a running joke. Kelly introduces her family's tradition of celebrating the Winter Solstice with a simple meal and candlelight, a tradition her adult children prioritize over Christmas gifts.
The conversation centers on reducing parental anxiety by establishing new, meaningful traditions and sharing the workload. The key is to be flexible and adaptable, asking: "Is it rest that we need right now?" and involving children (even teenagers) in deciding what elements of the holiday are important and who is responsible for which tasks.
On The Ground Parenting
On the Ground Parenting is a resource for parents, grandparents, and caregivers across all stages of family life. Sandy, Sam, and Kelly bring unique perspectives on navigating neurodiversity, grassroots family care, and seasoned grandmotherly wisdom in this nonjudgmental conversation.
Each episode is about 25 minutes long, offers insights, relatable experiences, expert guidance, and above all, great stories, well told, from the diverse team of parent educators at Muskoka Family Focus [https://muskokafamilyfocus.ca/].
Subscribe for a new podcast every Wednesday! Have a question, suggestion, or want to tax-deductibly sponsor an episode of On The Ground Parenting? Send us a message here 👇https://linktr.ee/onthegroundparenting
A Call for Support:
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