1 00:00:04,040 --> 00:00:06,439 Speaker 1: It's the Happy Families podcast. 2 00:00:07,000 --> 00:00:10,240 Speaker 2: It's the podcast for the time poor parent who just 3 00:00:10,360 --> 00:00:11,560 Speaker 2: wants answers. Now. 4 00:00:14,040 --> 00:00:16,639 Speaker 1: Hello, this is doctor Justin Coulson. I'm here with my 5 00:00:17,040 --> 00:00:20,480 Speaker 1: wife and mum to our six daughters. Kylie, missus Happy 6 00:00:20,520 --> 00:00:24,799 Speaker 1: Families say Hi, Kylie. Hello, Today it's older better Tomorrow 7 00:00:25,720 --> 00:00:28,480 Speaker 1: You're so good, I'll do better. Tomorrow is the day 8 00:00:28,480 --> 00:00:31,040 Speaker 1: where we analyze the week that was. We try to 9 00:00:31,080 --> 00:00:34,519 Speaker 1: work out how we're going with this parenting business, this 10 00:00:34,600 --> 00:00:38,360 Speaker 1: parenting thing, and see how we can do better moving forward. 11 00:00:38,400 --> 00:00:43,360 Speaker 1: I'm going to go first today, Kylie, because mine's Oh 12 00:00:43,360 --> 00:00:45,760 Speaker 1: it's one of those ones. Yeah, it's one of those. 13 00:00:46,440 --> 00:00:48,000 Speaker 1: I love how you're mocking me already. 14 00:00:48,159 --> 00:00:50,480 Speaker 2: I'm not mocking you, right, just feel the heaviness. 15 00:00:50,520 --> 00:00:52,839 Speaker 1: Well you got stuck into me. I don't know yesterday, 16 00:00:52,880 --> 00:00:54,600 Speaker 1: the day before, maybe it was this morning. I can't remember. 17 00:00:54,640 --> 00:00:57,400 Speaker 1: I get confused on what day. Things happen a lot, 18 00:00:57,520 --> 00:00:59,880 Speaker 1: but one of our kids is just driving me up. 19 00:01:00,240 --> 00:01:02,320 Speaker 1: I'm just gonna say it's our fourteen year old. Fifth 20 00:01:02,360 --> 00:01:05,520 Speaker 1: fourteen year old, seriously, like, how many times do we 21 00:01:05,600 --> 00:01:08,360 Speaker 1: have to go through this fourteen age gap? 22 00:01:08,400 --> 00:01:10,880 Speaker 2: Once more? One after this one? 23 00:01:11,040 --> 00:01:14,560 Speaker 1: But we're still in it with child number five, and 24 00:01:14,800 --> 00:01:17,720 Speaker 1: I've had a remembrance. I've realized this many times. You know, 25 00:01:17,720 --> 00:01:19,800 Speaker 1: when you're looking to buy a new car and you think, oh, 26 00:01:19,800 --> 00:01:21,559 Speaker 1: that's a nice car. I haven't seen those around before, 27 00:01:21,560 --> 00:01:23,600 Speaker 1: and then you start to see them everywhere. It's like 28 00:01:23,680 --> 00:01:26,479 Speaker 1: everyone has bought that car. You think, my goodness, where 29 00:01:26,480 --> 00:01:28,760 Speaker 1: were they all? I've only just discovered them because you've 30 00:01:28,840 --> 00:01:32,600 Speaker 1: really just started looking at it yourself. It's that whole 31 00:01:33,080 --> 00:01:36,000 Speaker 1: you find what you're looking for? Is am I saying 32 00:01:36,040 --> 00:01:37,600 Speaker 1: that the right way? Help me out here? You know, 33 00:01:37,680 --> 00:01:40,039 Speaker 1: when you spot what you spot, you see now you 34 00:01:40,040 --> 00:01:44,000 Speaker 1: find what you're looking for. And the fourteen year old's 35 00:01:44,040 --> 00:01:48,240 Speaker 1: just been annoying me ongoingly to the point where I'm 36 00:01:48,720 --> 00:01:51,880 Speaker 1: almost pre agitated. If I walk into the room and 37 00:01:51,920 --> 00:01:55,760 Speaker 1: I know she's there, I'm already annoyed before she even 38 00:01:55,800 --> 00:01:58,840 Speaker 1: does anything. Does that make sense? Do you ever get 39 00:01:58,840 --> 00:01:59,200 Speaker 1: that with me? 40 00:02:02,960 --> 00:02:06,720 Speaker 2: I remained silent, and so I walked into. 41 00:02:06,560 --> 00:02:08,880 Speaker 1: The room the other day. She hadn't done anything, but 42 00:02:08,919 --> 00:02:11,000 Speaker 1: that was kind of the issue. She hadn't done anything, 43 00:02:11,000 --> 00:02:15,080 Speaker 1: and the room was a mess, and I said, seriously, 44 00:02:14,680 --> 00:02:16,600 Speaker 1: and it's amazing how our brains work. 45 00:02:16,680 --> 00:02:22,960 Speaker 2: They literally look for proof to validate whatever it is 46 00:02:23,000 --> 00:02:23,640 Speaker 2: we're thinking. 47 00:02:23,960 --> 00:02:26,520 Speaker 1: And lately, something that's really been on my mind is 48 00:02:26,600 --> 00:02:30,120 Speaker 1: just how much I want our daughters to be living 49 00:02:30,160 --> 00:02:34,080 Speaker 1: a life like we had when we were kids, which 50 00:02:34,120 --> 00:02:37,240 Speaker 1: means no screens, lots of time outside, exploring, time with friends, 51 00:02:37,280 --> 00:02:40,080 Speaker 1: lots of freedom, totally different to what the world in 52 00:02:40,120 --> 00:02:43,280 Speaker 1: twenty twenty four has been. And I walked to the 53 00:02:43,360 --> 00:02:45,160 Speaker 1: room and she was on a screen, and she was 54 00:02:45,160 --> 00:02:47,840 Speaker 1: sitting there and it was messy. And the line that 55 00:02:47,880 --> 00:02:49,920 Speaker 1: I've actually used more times than I would like to 56 00:02:49,960 --> 00:02:54,040 Speaker 1: admit is you're just not a participant in life. I 57 00:02:54,080 --> 00:02:56,120 Speaker 1: think I've used that line maybe ten times over the 58 00:02:56,200 --> 00:02:58,799 Speaker 1: last couple of weeks. I looked at her. She met 59 00:02:58,840 --> 00:03:02,960 Speaker 1: my eyes as her eyes started to light up because 60 00:03:03,200 --> 00:03:05,280 Speaker 1: his dad, and he's in my space and maybe I'm 61 00:03:05,320 --> 00:03:06,560 Speaker 1: going to get a hug or maybe we're going to 62 00:03:06,600 --> 00:03:10,640 Speaker 1: have a nice interaction. I growled at her, and my 63 00:03:10,800 --> 00:03:14,120 Speaker 1: eyes went hard, and I said, you are such a 64 00:03:14,240 --> 00:03:17,400 Speaker 1: non participant in life. Look at the mess of the 65 00:03:17,480 --> 00:03:19,440 Speaker 1: room and you're sitting there on your screen, and it's 66 00:03:19,480 --> 00:03:21,560 Speaker 1: whatever time of the morning. It was like it was 67 00:03:21,760 --> 00:03:23,280 Speaker 1: well and truly time to be out of your pajamas 68 00:03:23,320 --> 00:03:25,720 Speaker 1: and getting on with things, and you're not a participant 69 00:03:25,760 --> 00:03:30,000 Speaker 1: in life. And then she said something snarky at me, 70 00:03:30,160 --> 00:03:34,080 Speaker 1: and the light from her eyes disappeared, and I retaliated 71 00:03:34,080 --> 00:03:36,280 Speaker 1: with something snarkier back because I'm the parent and I 72 00:03:36,320 --> 00:03:38,960 Speaker 1: know better and I'm observing this and you're arguing with 73 00:03:38,960 --> 00:03:40,560 Speaker 1: me about something that you don't know anything about. And 74 00:03:41,160 --> 00:03:43,440 Speaker 1: it kind of escalated from there, and it didn't get 75 00:03:43,440 --> 00:03:44,920 Speaker 1: any worse than that, but it was snarky, it was 76 00:03:44,960 --> 00:03:47,240 Speaker 1: backwards and fords and I just thought far out. I've 77 00:03:47,240 --> 00:03:49,320 Speaker 1: got a PhD in psychology, i write pairing books for 78 00:03:49,320 --> 00:03:51,400 Speaker 1: a living, and I've just gone and done this, and 79 00:03:51,440 --> 00:03:53,520 Speaker 1: you're in the room next to us. And as I 80 00:03:53,560 --> 00:03:55,760 Speaker 1: walked out of that room and walked into the office 81 00:03:55,760 --> 00:03:57,560 Speaker 1: so that I could just breathe a little bit and 82 00:03:57,600 --> 00:04:01,000 Speaker 1: distract myself and try to recalibrate, you and missus Happy 83 00:04:01,040 --> 00:04:03,240 Speaker 1: Families walked into the room and you were not Misshappy Families. 84 00:04:03,320 --> 00:04:05,720 Speaker 1: You gave it to me. Do you have any idea 85 00:04:05,720 --> 00:04:07,280 Speaker 1: what you say to these girls? Do you know what's 86 00:04:07,320 --> 00:04:09,560 Speaker 1: coming out of your mouth? Have you listened to how? 87 00:04:09,880 --> 00:04:12,400 Speaker 1: And you gave me the whole correction and direction versus connection, 88 00:04:12,520 --> 00:04:14,720 Speaker 1: the bucket spill, you know, the whole thing. 89 00:04:15,240 --> 00:04:17,320 Speaker 2: Where I might have asked you how your bucket was looking. 90 00:04:17,520 --> 00:04:20,200 Speaker 1: Yeah, there's a relationship that you have and it's a bucket, 91 00:04:20,279 --> 00:04:21,960 Speaker 1: and the water in the bucket is the connection, and 92 00:04:21,960 --> 00:04:23,599 Speaker 1: the air in the bucket is the correction and direction. 93 00:04:24,120 --> 00:04:26,040 Speaker 1: And you quite quickly pointed out to me that there 94 00:04:26,080 --> 00:04:28,320 Speaker 1: was no water in my relationship bucket with our fort 95 00:04:28,360 --> 00:04:31,039 Speaker 1: and year old daughter, whole heap of hot air. Yeah, 96 00:04:31,040 --> 00:04:32,920 Speaker 1: and what's the point of carrying a bucket full of air? 97 00:04:32,920 --> 00:04:35,920 Speaker 1: Whether it's no point, I believe you just gave me 98 00:04:35,960 --> 00:04:39,000 Speaker 1: the doctor j business. So my older beddit tomorrow? Is 99 00:04:39,040 --> 00:04:43,880 Speaker 1: this what you're looking for? You find? And for whatever reason, 100 00:04:44,040 --> 00:04:46,320 Speaker 1: over the last week or so, I've had it in 101 00:04:46,320 --> 00:04:50,279 Speaker 1: my mind that this kid is not actively participating in life, 102 00:04:50,360 --> 00:04:55,000 Speaker 1: and therefore any any sceric of evidence that supports me 103 00:04:55,120 --> 00:04:59,000 Speaker 1: I feel obliged to point out to her, to highlight 104 00:04:59,160 --> 00:05:03,320 Speaker 1: for her, to demonstrate her inadequacies and incompetencies around it, 105 00:05:03,600 --> 00:05:05,799 Speaker 1: as if that's going to motivate her, as if making 106 00:05:05,800 --> 00:05:07,680 Speaker 1: her feel worse about things is going to make her 107 00:05:07,720 --> 00:05:10,600 Speaker 1: feel better about life or move her into a better space. 108 00:05:11,480 --> 00:05:16,800 Speaker 2: The two most damaging words in any relationship. Always and never. 109 00:05:17,320 --> 00:05:20,280 Speaker 1: So you should never say never always. Is that what 110 00:05:20,360 --> 00:05:23,240 Speaker 1: he's saying when we're looking. 111 00:05:22,960 --> 00:05:26,279 Speaker 2: For proof, it's you always do this, well, you never 112 00:05:26,960 --> 00:05:29,919 Speaker 2: do that, and the damage that it does to a 113 00:05:29,960 --> 00:05:35,719 Speaker 2: relationship because you're always looking for proof to prove your point. 114 00:05:36,400 --> 00:05:38,359 Speaker 1: Well, but I didn't say you always or never. I 115 00:05:38,400 --> 00:05:43,160 Speaker 1: just said you're not participant in life. Not helpful, not helpful. 116 00:05:43,360 --> 00:05:45,359 Speaker 2: After I had a conversation with you, I might have 117 00:05:45,400 --> 00:05:47,159 Speaker 2: had a conversation without fourteen year old. 118 00:05:47,200 --> 00:05:48,120 Speaker 1: Oh, I don't know about this. 119 00:05:48,640 --> 00:05:51,560 Speaker 2: And she said, he always does this and he never 120 00:05:51,600 --> 00:05:55,320 Speaker 2: does that. Ah, And I just said to her, I said, well, 121 00:05:55,360 --> 00:05:57,920 Speaker 2: I've sat there and I've spoken to dad and I've 122 00:05:58,040 --> 00:06:00,680 Speaker 2: told him what needs to happen to make things better. 123 00:06:01,200 --> 00:06:03,920 Speaker 2: I said, but it goes both ways. I said, you're 124 00:06:03,960 --> 00:06:05,800 Speaker 2: giving me a big long list of all the things 125 00:06:05,880 --> 00:06:08,120 Speaker 2: he does wrong, but I think you're missing all of 126 00:06:08,160 --> 00:06:10,800 Speaker 2: the good things that exist in your relationship. She went 127 00:06:10,880 --> 00:06:13,880 Speaker 2: really quiet, And I think it's just it's really important 128 00:06:13,880 --> 00:06:17,799 Speaker 2: for us. Whether it's a parent child relationship, or partnered 129 00:06:17,800 --> 00:06:21,440 Speaker 2: a relationship, or even just a friendship, we can always 130 00:06:21,520 --> 00:06:24,880 Speaker 2: find something to grumble about. But we miss the richness 131 00:06:24,880 --> 00:06:26,599 Speaker 2: of relationships if that's all we see. 132 00:06:26,760 --> 00:06:28,520 Speaker 1: Yeah, as you were saying that, I remember my favorite 133 00:06:28,520 --> 00:06:30,120 Speaker 1: story of all time when it comes to parenting, and 134 00:06:30,160 --> 00:06:32,000 Speaker 1: it's not a parenting story at all. It's the one 135 00:06:32,040 --> 00:06:34,479 Speaker 1: about the young man who hears about the gold rush 136 00:06:34,600 --> 00:06:37,240 Speaker 1: and races out, gets his pans, sits down by the 137 00:06:37,320 --> 00:06:40,320 Speaker 1: river and starts panning for gold. And all he finds 138 00:06:40,360 --> 00:06:42,000 Speaker 1: is these rocks every now and again or cracker rock 139 00:06:42,040 --> 00:06:44,040 Speaker 1: open and see some gold flexing them. But he's certainly 140 00:06:44,040 --> 00:06:46,560 Speaker 1: not getting the nuggets that he's hearing about everyone else finding. 141 00:06:47,720 --> 00:06:50,960 Speaker 1: As he's packing up and getting ready to go home, destitute, despondent, 142 00:06:51,080 --> 00:06:53,240 Speaker 1: and looking like he's going to have to move back 143 00:06:53,240 --> 00:06:55,039 Speaker 1: in with the parents while he tries to re establish 144 00:06:55,160 --> 00:06:58,839 Speaker 1: himself in life, a wealthy prospector walks past and points 145 00:06:58,839 --> 00:07:01,320 Speaker 1: out the pile of rocks, comments on how big it is, 146 00:07:02,040 --> 00:07:04,000 Speaker 1: and when the young man scoffs and says, I came 147 00:07:04,000 --> 00:07:06,640 Speaker 1: here looking for gold and there is none, the prospector 148 00:07:06,640 --> 00:07:09,160 Speaker 1: picks up one of those rocks, cracks it open, and 149 00:07:09,240 --> 00:07:11,880 Speaker 1: points to the gold flex. The young man says, I 150 00:07:11,920 --> 00:07:14,720 Speaker 1: don't want gold flex, I want nuggets like you've got 151 00:07:14,760 --> 00:07:17,240 Speaker 1: in your pouch. And the prospect is wearing a pouch 152 00:07:17,880 --> 00:07:21,520 Speaker 1: bulging with gold on his waist. And the prospector opens 153 00:07:21,560 --> 00:07:22,920 Speaker 1: the top of the pouch and the young man looks 154 00:07:22,960 --> 00:07:25,920 Speaker 1: in only to see to discover that there are no 155 00:07:26,000 --> 00:07:28,600 Speaker 1: nuggets in there. It's just thousands and thousands of tiny 156 00:07:28,640 --> 00:07:33,160 Speaker 1: flecks of gold. The prospector says to the young man, son, 157 00:07:33,280 --> 00:07:35,520 Speaker 1: it's the steady accumulation of these flecks of gold that 158 00:07:35,560 --> 00:07:39,000 Speaker 1: has made me wealthy. In family life, it is dirty, 159 00:07:39,040 --> 00:07:41,360 Speaker 1: and it's rocky, and it's messy, and our fourteen year 160 00:07:41,360 --> 00:07:43,960 Speaker 1: olds have attitude, and sometimes they don't participate in life enough. 161 00:07:44,080 --> 00:07:46,440 Speaker 1: And the more you pointed out, the more of it 162 00:07:46,480 --> 00:07:48,200 Speaker 1: you'll see, and the more of it will come up 163 00:07:48,240 --> 00:07:52,080 Speaker 1: in your life. But what I discovered after you had 164 00:07:52,120 --> 00:07:54,960 Speaker 1: that stern talking to with me is that that kid's 165 00:07:54,960 --> 00:07:57,880 Speaker 1: actually a real delight. And I spent some time with her, 166 00:07:58,240 --> 00:08:01,480 Speaker 1: and it was so much fun. We laughed and we played, 167 00:08:01,520 --> 00:08:04,480 Speaker 1: and we hugged and we wrestled and we talked, and 168 00:08:05,320 --> 00:08:07,440 Speaker 1: I just saw those gold flecks. In fact, I reckon 169 00:08:07,480 --> 00:08:09,920 Speaker 1: there was a nugget or two floating down that river 170 00:08:10,040 --> 00:08:13,320 Speaker 1: of the relationship of our life, and it felt really good. 171 00:08:13,880 --> 00:08:16,560 Speaker 1: So my older bed tomorrow is really simple. Whatever you 172 00:08:16,640 --> 00:08:18,200 Speaker 1: look for is what you'll find. Oh that's what I 173 00:08:18,240 --> 00:08:19,640 Speaker 1: was trying to say at the start. Whatever you look 174 00:08:19,680 --> 00:08:22,760 Speaker 1: for is what you'll find. And as you look for 175 00:08:22,960 --> 00:08:26,840 Speaker 1: the gold flex, you'll find that the river of your 176 00:08:26,880 --> 00:08:31,360 Speaker 1: relationship with your children is literally teeming with them. That's 177 00:08:31,360 --> 00:08:33,320 Speaker 1: my older bed tomorrow. This is happy family. How's that 178 00:08:33,360 --> 00:08:41,200 Speaker 1: for inspiration? What's yours? 179 00:08:41,920 --> 00:08:44,679 Speaker 2: So a couple of weeks ago, you and I attended 180 00:08:45,120 --> 00:08:48,440 Speaker 2: the charity event for Fathers of All. 181 00:08:48,320 --> 00:08:50,080 Speaker 1: Girls, Fathers of Girls, That's. 182 00:08:50,040 --> 00:08:55,240 Speaker 2: Right, and I shared the speech that I gave on 183 00:08:55,280 --> 00:08:56,480 Speaker 2: the podcast. 184 00:08:56,000 --> 00:08:58,360 Speaker 1: Yeah, and we got some gorgeous feedback. I shared it 185 00:08:58,400 --> 00:09:00,840 Speaker 1: on Facebook, like people are literally saying, I listened to 186 00:09:00,880 --> 00:09:03,320 Speaker 1: that episode and cried in my car. I needed a 187 00:09:03,360 --> 00:09:05,880 Speaker 1: content warning or a tissue warning or something. I nearly 188 00:09:05,920 --> 00:09:07,560 Speaker 1: had a crash. 189 00:09:07,600 --> 00:09:09,840 Speaker 2: But the most important thing that came out of that 190 00:09:09,960 --> 00:09:13,240 Speaker 2: process was just this acknowledgment that our kids are desperate 191 00:09:13,280 --> 00:09:15,679 Speaker 2: for time with us. And so over the last few 192 00:09:15,720 --> 00:09:18,600 Speaker 2: weeks since that, I've been really trying hard. And the 193 00:09:18,679 --> 00:09:22,160 Speaker 2: challenge I have, as lots of parents have, is the 194 00:09:22,160 --> 00:09:24,079 Speaker 2: more children you have, the harder it is to split 195 00:09:24,120 --> 00:09:26,760 Speaker 2: yourself between each of them. We've got a married daughter 196 00:09:26,800 --> 00:09:29,280 Speaker 2: who's desperate for my time, and then we've got a 197 00:09:29,320 --> 00:09:31,880 Speaker 2: child who's overseas who rings us at all kinds of 198 00:09:31,920 --> 00:09:35,079 Speaker 2: crazy hours because she's desperate for our time. And then 199 00:09:35,200 --> 00:09:38,200 Speaker 2: we've got another daughter who's you know, working and trying 200 00:09:38,200 --> 00:09:40,040 Speaker 2: to kind of sort things out, and she's desperate for 201 00:09:40,080 --> 00:09:41,640 Speaker 2: our time. And then I've got these three little girls 202 00:09:41,640 --> 00:09:43,840 Speaker 2: who are at home who are desperate for my time. 203 00:09:44,080 --> 00:09:46,240 Speaker 2: And it's really hard sometimes to juggle at. 204 00:09:46,120 --> 00:09:48,319 Speaker 1: Home and you've forgot one you you're. 205 00:09:48,120 --> 00:09:51,560 Speaker 2: Desperate for my time, and it's really hard sometimes to 206 00:09:51,640 --> 00:09:55,720 Speaker 2: juggle it. But having shared those thoughts with all of 207 00:09:55,760 --> 00:09:59,359 Speaker 2: those men a few weeks back, it really just reiterated 208 00:09:59,400 --> 00:10:02,320 Speaker 2: to me that's how important it is for us to 209 00:10:02,360 --> 00:10:05,280 Speaker 2: make the effort to be intentional about that time. And 210 00:10:05,320 --> 00:10:08,240 Speaker 2: so over the last few weeks, I've really been intentional 211 00:10:08,240 --> 00:10:11,840 Speaker 2: about making time to go and spend with our children, 212 00:10:12,360 --> 00:10:14,320 Speaker 2: just to walk along the beach, go get an ice 213 00:10:14,360 --> 00:10:16,360 Speaker 2: cream cone, a swim in the pool when it's pouring 214 00:10:16,400 --> 00:10:20,480 Speaker 2: with rain. Just spending some one on one time with 215 00:10:20,559 --> 00:10:24,440 Speaker 2: each of our children makes such a difference to the 216 00:10:24,480 --> 00:10:28,000 Speaker 2: way they see the world. I honestly think it alters 217 00:10:28,040 --> 00:10:31,640 Speaker 2: the way they see their world when we make an 218 00:10:31,640 --> 00:10:32,800 Speaker 2: effort to spend time with them. 219 00:10:32,920 --> 00:10:34,760 Speaker 1: Yeah, kids spell love t IM. 220 00:10:36,040 --> 00:10:36,400 Speaker 2: That's me. 221 00:10:36,679 --> 00:10:39,840 Speaker 1: That's it really simple. It's a regular reminder that we 222 00:10:39,880 --> 00:10:42,200 Speaker 1: share on the podcast, and yet it's one of those 223 00:10:42,240 --> 00:10:44,560 Speaker 1: things that you kind of can't hear it enough because 224 00:10:44,559 --> 00:10:47,520 Speaker 1: we get so caught up with so much other stuff, 225 00:10:47,679 --> 00:10:48,280 Speaker 1: especially at the. 226 00:10:48,320 --> 00:10:49,720 Speaker 2: End of the I mean, we're coming to the end 227 00:10:49,720 --> 00:10:54,720 Speaker 2: of the year. This is Crazyville time. Everybody feels more 228 00:10:54,760 --> 00:10:58,320 Speaker 2: stretched than ever and our kids can literally be forgotten 229 00:10:58,320 --> 00:11:00,439 Speaker 2: in the process because it's just so much. Yeah. 230 00:11:00,480 --> 00:11:02,959 Speaker 1: Well there's some inspiration. Kids fell love t I m E. 231 00:11:03,559 --> 00:11:07,160 Speaker 1: And you find what you're looking for. Hopefully that will 232 00:11:07,160 --> 00:11:09,360 Speaker 1: help you to have a better weekend with your kids. 233 00:11:09,600 --> 00:11:11,880 Speaker 1: Hope that you can do better tomorrow. The Happy Families 234 00:11:11,880 --> 00:11:15,160 Speaker 1: podcast is produced by Justin ruland from Bridge Media. More 235 00:11:15,160 --> 00:11:18,280 Speaker 1: information about making your family happier is available on our 236 00:11:18,320 --> 00:11:21,560 Speaker 1: social media pages, but especially at Happy families dot com, 237 00:11:21,600 --> 00:11:22,000 Speaker 1: dot a U