1 00:00:03,480 --> 00:00:07,120 Speaker 1: It's the Happy Families podcast. It's the podcast for the 2 00:00:07,200 --> 00:00:10,440 Speaker 1: time poor parent who just wants answers. Now. 3 00:00:10,760 --> 00:00:13,000 Speaker 2: Today, we're starting the podcast with the story about a pillow. 4 00:00:13,039 --> 00:00:14,920 Speaker 2: I promise we're not trying to put you to sleep. 5 00:00:16,880 --> 00:00:19,040 Speaker 3: Well, I promise that I won't tell any dad jokes 6 00:00:19,079 --> 00:00:22,720 Speaker 3: in relation to pillows. The girls were mortified that you 7 00:00:22,760 --> 00:00:23,800 Speaker 3: told that joke last week. 8 00:00:24,000 --> 00:00:25,880 Speaker 2: It was such a good joke. It was such a 9 00:00:25,880 --> 00:00:28,680 Speaker 2: good joke. I'm doctor Justin Corsner here with my wife. 10 00:00:28,680 --> 00:00:31,960 Speaker 2: I am under our six kids. Kylie. Today, I'll do better 11 00:00:32,080 --> 00:00:34,400 Speaker 2: tomorrow and we sort of talk about what's worked and 12 00:00:34,400 --> 00:00:35,960 Speaker 2: what hasn't worked so that we can be more intentional 13 00:00:36,000 --> 00:00:37,559 Speaker 2: in our parenting and help you to be more intentional 14 00:00:37,600 --> 00:00:40,600 Speaker 2: in your parenting as you try to be better tomorrow. So, Kylie, 15 00:00:40,640 --> 00:00:42,280 Speaker 2: what's the deal with the pillow and why do we 16 00:00:42,320 --> 00:00:43,560 Speaker 2: need to talk about it today? 17 00:00:44,280 --> 00:00:47,480 Speaker 3: Well, we had a long weekend, yes, a few weekends ago, 18 00:00:47,760 --> 00:00:52,800 Speaker 3: and you may have shared last week that you were 19 00:00:52,800 --> 00:00:55,040 Speaker 3: in Brisbane and you gave me a phone call because 20 00:00:55,080 --> 00:00:56,080 Speaker 3: you'd forgotten your shoes. 21 00:00:56,080 --> 00:00:58,160 Speaker 2: You got my shoes, yes, and wanted you to drive 22 00:00:58,160 --> 00:01:00,400 Speaker 2: from the Sunshine Coast to Brisbane, which is an hour 23 00:01:00,400 --> 00:01:02,120 Speaker 2: and twenty an hour and thirty depending on the time 24 00:01:02,120 --> 00:01:04,039 Speaker 2: of day, so that you could bring me my shoes. 25 00:01:04,080 --> 00:01:06,440 Speaker 2: You to buy some. I said, what do you think 26 00:01:06,480 --> 00:01:08,160 Speaker 2: I am made of money? I just need my shoes 27 00:01:09,160 --> 00:01:12,080 Speaker 2: much more politely than that. And then you, you very 28 00:01:12,120 --> 00:01:14,640 Speaker 2: kindly did the drive I did. I mean I met 29 00:01:14,640 --> 00:01:16,920 Speaker 2: you halfway. We met somewhere around I don't know that 30 00:01:17,319 --> 00:01:20,640 Speaker 2: great big Costco Muhammouth. But I got my shoes in 31 00:01:20,680 --> 00:01:23,600 Speaker 2: time for my presentation that night. What a wonderful wife. 32 00:01:24,440 --> 00:01:27,399 Speaker 3: Well, long weekend comes and I am now stuck in 33 00:01:27,440 --> 00:01:31,440 Speaker 3: Bunderberg with a whole bunch of young women from our 34 00:01:31,560 --> 00:01:34,280 Speaker 3: church for the weekend. And I get there it was 35 00:01:34,319 --> 00:01:38,920 Speaker 3: a girls camp and realize that I've packed everything, like everything, 36 00:01:39,000 --> 00:01:40,640 Speaker 3: I had everything. 37 00:01:40,280 --> 00:01:43,559 Speaker 2: Except your except for my pillow. And you rang me and. 38 00:01:43,520 --> 00:01:48,120 Speaker 3: So might have run you. Yes, we rendezvous somewhere so 39 00:01:48,120 --> 00:01:49,080 Speaker 3: you could bring me my pillow. 40 00:01:49,280 --> 00:01:52,200 Speaker 2: Three and a half hours, three and a half hours. 41 00:01:52,280 --> 00:01:53,520 Speaker 3: Just ask how much do you love me? 42 00:01:53,800 --> 00:01:55,640 Speaker 2: I love you so much, But that you did not 43 00:01:55,720 --> 00:01:58,760 Speaker 2: bring me my pl No, I didn't. I didn't because 44 00:01:58,760 --> 00:02:00,440 Speaker 2: you've got other stuff. You can use it up. You 45 00:02:00,480 --> 00:02:01,320 Speaker 2: can use your backpack. 46 00:02:01,400 --> 00:02:03,600 Speaker 3: It was the worst sleep I've ever had. 47 00:02:03,760 --> 00:02:04,400 Speaker 2: I'm so sorry. 48 00:02:04,480 --> 00:02:04,960 Speaker 3: No you're not. 49 00:02:05,040 --> 00:02:10,920 Speaker 2: No, I'm not so Now that I've been sufficiently humbled 50 00:02:11,280 --> 00:02:13,959 Speaker 2: today's podcast, I'll do better tomorrow. I'm going to share 51 00:02:14,040 --> 00:02:17,280 Speaker 2: something that happened just the other night in our kitchen 52 00:02:17,720 --> 00:02:20,360 Speaker 2: while the dishes were being done, because I had a 53 00:02:20,400 --> 00:02:23,160 Speaker 2: massive win. And just before we play this, I need 54 00:02:23,200 --> 00:02:25,119 Speaker 2: to highlight that you might want to block your ears 55 00:02:25,160 --> 00:02:26,799 Speaker 2: at now and then because it's pretty hard to hear. 56 00:02:31,200 --> 00:02:39,280 Speaker 2: Oh my goodness, what do you think, Emily? Do you 57 00:02:39,280 --> 00:02:41,560 Speaker 2: think that they should keep it up or echo professionally? 58 00:02:42,440 --> 00:02:46,360 Speaker 2: Can you see them on stage? So that's the first clip, 59 00:02:46,440 --> 00:02:49,200 Speaker 2: and I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry to be giving 60 00:02:49,240 --> 00:02:53,359 Speaker 2: you this glimpse. Here's the second one. Once you watch 61 00:02:53,440 --> 00:02:55,919 Speaker 2: actually say you're in a low. 62 00:02:55,880 --> 00:03:05,360 Speaker 1: Place, it says sound that was hit ninety decibels, hearing 63 00:03:05,520 --> 00:03:10,839 Speaker 1: loss repeated the time generally to permanent damage, considering using 64 00:03:10,960 --> 00:03:14,720 Speaker 1: here in the Texonal movie too area. 65 00:03:14,800 --> 00:03:16,640 Speaker 3: So I was trying to work out how you were 66 00:03:16,680 --> 00:03:19,720 Speaker 3: claiming this as a win. Yeah, I heard your harmonizing 67 00:03:19,800 --> 00:03:20,079 Speaker 3: in there. 68 00:03:20,280 --> 00:03:22,680 Speaker 2: No, that wasn't me. If it was off key harmonizing, 69 00:03:22,760 --> 00:03:26,959 Speaker 2: definitely wasn't me at all. I was terrible. You were there, Yeah, 70 00:03:27,200 --> 00:03:27,840 Speaker 2: I kind of was. 71 00:03:28,440 --> 00:03:28,600 Speaker 3: So. 72 00:03:28,760 --> 00:03:31,920 Speaker 2: The reason I wanted to share that is because the girls, well, well, 73 00:03:32,000 --> 00:03:34,560 Speaker 2: number one, they were singing so loud that Annie's watch 74 00:03:34,600 --> 00:03:37,160 Speaker 2: went off and said you've gone over ninety decibels. You 75 00:03:37,200 --> 00:03:42,040 Speaker 2: need to turn it down, which I just laugh. But secondly, 76 00:03:42,800 --> 00:03:44,880 Speaker 2: the kids began to complain when I asked them to 77 00:03:44,880 --> 00:03:47,440 Speaker 2: help in the kitchen, and then I started singing a 78 00:03:47,440 --> 00:03:50,520 Speaker 2: Disney song and then I stopped and they kept it going. 79 00:03:50,840 --> 00:03:53,880 Speaker 2: There was about eight a cappella songs. Then the sterea 80 00:03:53,960 --> 00:03:57,840 Speaker 2: got cranked up and they they sang and laughed and 81 00:03:57,960 --> 00:04:01,760 Speaker 2: had so much fun for taken at least, well, it 82 00:04:01,760 --> 00:04:03,720 Speaker 2: took twice as long because they were making so much 83 00:04:03,760 --> 00:04:04,880 Speaker 2: noise and having so much fun. 84 00:04:05,040 --> 00:04:08,880 Speaker 3: My sister actually showed up halfway through this process and 85 00:04:08,920 --> 00:04:12,000 Speaker 3: she looked at me and she said, what is going on? 86 00:04:12,160 --> 00:04:14,960 Speaker 3: She said, I feel like the dynamics have shifted since 87 00:04:15,000 --> 00:04:15,680 Speaker 3: Ella's left. 88 00:04:15,800 --> 00:04:17,480 Speaker 2: Yeah, and what was going on is we were doing 89 00:04:17,520 --> 00:04:20,520 Speaker 2: the dishes. That was pretty much it, and that's my 90 00:04:20,520 --> 00:04:23,159 Speaker 2: alder about it tomorrow. It's really that simple, the fact 91 00:04:23,160 --> 00:04:27,280 Speaker 2: that you don't have to make chores horrible when you're involved. 92 00:04:27,560 --> 00:04:30,960 Speaker 2: When you're finding things that can bring delight and joy. 93 00:04:31,520 --> 00:04:34,680 Speaker 2: Even doing the dishes can be great. And it's just 94 00:04:34,960 --> 00:04:36,920 Speaker 2: it just felt so good, Kylie. It felt so good 95 00:04:36,960 --> 00:04:38,800 Speaker 2: to be in the kitchen screaming with the kids as 96 00:04:38,839 --> 00:04:40,040 Speaker 2: we sang Disney songs. 97 00:04:40,320 --> 00:04:42,119 Speaker 3: I've actually watched you do this a couple of times. 98 00:04:42,120 --> 00:04:45,040 Speaker 3: We were doing a car trip recently and the kids 99 00:04:45,040 --> 00:04:46,920 Speaker 3: were getting a little bit antsy in the back seat, 100 00:04:47,400 --> 00:04:50,600 Speaker 3: and you just threw when as part of your conversation 101 00:04:51,120 --> 00:04:53,640 Speaker 3: the words from one of their favorite Disney songs. Yes, 102 00:04:54,040 --> 00:04:57,159 Speaker 3: and looked at me with a massive grin as they 103 00:04:57,279 --> 00:05:00,560 Speaker 3: took over and literally broke out into songs. Changed the 104 00:05:00,600 --> 00:05:02,960 Speaker 3: dynamics of the car ride instantly. 105 00:05:03,160 --> 00:05:05,880 Speaker 2: Yes, fun and music. If you want to do better tomorrow, 106 00:05:05,960 --> 00:05:13,280 Speaker 2: they're too central and absolutely necessary ingredients, Kylie. What's your 107 00:05:13,360 --> 00:05:14,240 Speaker 2: I'll do better tomorrow? 108 00:05:15,160 --> 00:05:15,400 Speaker 1: Well? 109 00:05:15,560 --> 00:05:20,200 Speaker 3: Day one of homeschool for term two was an absolute shocker. 110 00:05:21,440 --> 00:05:25,960 Speaker 3: We sat down and Emily needed to do a recount 111 00:05:26,000 --> 00:05:30,080 Speaker 3: on a small five minute animated video. She literally had 112 00:05:30,080 --> 00:05:33,880 Speaker 3: to recount and retell the story in her own words. Well, 113 00:05:33,920 --> 00:05:37,440 Speaker 3: she has decided, for whatever reason, she hates writing, and 114 00:05:37,480 --> 00:05:41,160 Speaker 3: so we had a four hour standout. 115 00:05:42,000 --> 00:05:43,400 Speaker 2: So you can't get away with that. At school, you 116 00:05:43,440 --> 00:05:45,440 Speaker 2: can't say no the teacher for four hours, but when 117 00:05:45,440 --> 00:05:46,159 Speaker 2: it's your mum. 118 00:05:46,640 --> 00:05:52,680 Speaker 3: Every time I tried to, she just lost it. So 119 00:05:52,800 --> 00:05:55,240 Speaker 3: I finally just gave up trying and I just got 120 00:05:55,240 --> 00:05:57,800 Speaker 3: on with my day. And each time we'd interact, I'd 121 00:05:57,800 --> 00:05:59,600 Speaker 3: just say, Emily, just let me know when you're ready, 122 00:06:00,560 --> 00:06:02,920 Speaker 3: and she'd have another big kind of meltdown about it, 123 00:06:03,320 --> 00:06:05,720 Speaker 3: until finally she got up and she decided she was 124 00:06:05,720 --> 00:06:08,039 Speaker 3: going to get it done, and she actually did a really, 125 00:06:08,040 --> 00:06:12,000 Speaker 3: really good job. But what I noticed was, obviously it 126 00:06:12,080 --> 00:06:15,080 Speaker 3: totally changed the dynamics of our school day, and I 127 00:06:15,200 --> 00:06:17,800 Speaker 3: realized that this is, obviously, for whatever reason, it's a 128 00:06:17,800 --> 00:06:18,880 Speaker 3: real sticking point for her. 129 00:06:19,320 --> 00:06:21,040 Speaker 2: Just before you go on with that, I remember when 130 00:06:21,200 --> 00:06:23,640 Speaker 2: our kids were at a school in Brisbane when we 131 00:06:23,640 --> 00:06:26,599 Speaker 2: were living down there, and this particular school had a 132 00:06:26,640 --> 00:06:29,279 Speaker 2: policy where all the kids in grade four and grade 133 00:06:29,320 --> 00:06:31,800 Speaker 2: five and grade six they did this thing where they 134 00:06:31,880 --> 00:06:33,480 Speaker 2: just had to I can't really what it was called. 135 00:06:33,480 --> 00:06:35,560 Speaker 2: It was like writing on demand or something like that, 136 00:06:35,800 --> 00:06:37,840 Speaker 2: and the kids were literally expected every single day to 137 00:06:37,880 --> 00:06:40,440 Speaker 2: pick up a pan, pick up a pencil and write 138 00:06:40,520 --> 00:06:44,159 Speaker 2: for ten or fifteen minutes NonStop about anything at all. 139 00:06:44,440 --> 00:06:46,880 Speaker 2: They had absolute carte blanche. They could go in any 140 00:06:46,920 --> 00:06:50,080 Speaker 2: direction they wanted to. And I remember our kids complaining 141 00:06:50,080 --> 00:06:54,760 Speaker 2: about it. They just hated writing, hated sitting there hunched 142 00:06:54,760 --> 00:06:57,159 Speaker 2: over a notebook trying to write stuff, especially when they 143 00:06:57,200 --> 00:06:59,040 Speaker 2: weren't even given a topic. It just felt like it 144 00:06:59,080 --> 00:07:01,400 Speaker 2: was too big. I didn't know what to write about. 145 00:07:01,600 --> 00:07:04,240 Speaker 2: So it's not an even though we're homeschooling, it's not 146 00:07:04,279 --> 00:07:07,360 Speaker 2: an uncommon challenge for kids to not want to write. 147 00:07:07,600 --> 00:07:10,120 Speaker 3: I had some of her school books available to me 148 00:07:10,240 --> 00:07:13,240 Speaker 3: to flick through while she was having the smeltdown, and 149 00:07:13,280 --> 00:07:15,240 Speaker 3: she kept telling me that she couldn't write and it 150 00:07:15,280 --> 00:07:18,040 Speaker 3: was too hard. And I just pulled up last year's 151 00:07:18,080 --> 00:07:21,680 Speaker 3: writing book, like her language book, and I started reading her. 152 00:07:21,720 --> 00:07:25,400 Speaker 3: Her own words were just exacerbated her mood. She got 153 00:07:25,440 --> 00:07:27,840 Speaker 3: so angry that I was kind of like throwing her 154 00:07:27,840 --> 00:07:30,640 Speaker 3: words back in her face. But finally we got through it, 155 00:07:30,680 --> 00:07:32,720 Speaker 3: and like I said, she did a great job. But 156 00:07:32,840 --> 00:07:35,200 Speaker 3: moving forward, I wanted to find a better way for 157 00:07:35,320 --> 00:07:38,640 Speaker 3: us to interact with writing because it has been just 158 00:07:38,920 --> 00:07:43,680 Speaker 3: so challenging. And you actually shared that remembering of the 159 00:07:43,760 --> 00:07:46,559 Speaker 3: kids doing the daily writing and as a young girl, 160 00:07:46,680 --> 00:07:49,520 Speaker 3: I kept a journal from the time I was about six, 161 00:07:50,400 --> 00:07:52,960 Speaker 3: and I still have that journal. So I actually pulled 162 00:07:52,960 --> 00:07:55,960 Speaker 3: it out the next day and I said, em, I 163 00:07:56,000 --> 00:07:58,240 Speaker 3: said if you ever thought about writing in a journal? 164 00:07:58,240 --> 00:08:00,920 Speaker 3: And she was like no. I said, well, I found 165 00:08:00,920 --> 00:08:03,760 Speaker 3: my journal from when I was six, and I said, 166 00:08:03,760 --> 00:08:06,160 Speaker 3: can I read you what I wrote? There was very 167 00:08:06,200 --> 00:08:11,000 Speaker 3: little detail to it. It was a really short entry, 168 00:08:11,480 --> 00:08:13,680 Speaker 3: and I only wrote a handful of times that year, 169 00:08:13,720 --> 00:08:15,360 Speaker 3: and then a handful of times the next year, and 170 00:08:15,400 --> 00:08:17,560 Speaker 3: a handful of times the following year. But as I 171 00:08:17,600 --> 00:08:20,040 Speaker 3: started reading, she started connecting with the things that I 172 00:08:20,080 --> 00:08:21,960 Speaker 3: was sharing, and she was like, well, that's really cool, 173 00:08:22,080 --> 00:08:24,640 Speaker 3: or I didn't know that was your grandma's name, or 174 00:08:24,760 --> 00:08:27,480 Speaker 3: just little things. And I said to her, how do 175 00:08:27,560 --> 00:08:29,280 Speaker 3: you feel about writing a journal? Would you like to 176 00:08:29,280 --> 00:08:31,560 Speaker 3: do that instead of doing the other things that we've 177 00:08:31,560 --> 00:08:34,160 Speaker 3: been doing in school, And she said yeah. So we 178 00:08:34,240 --> 00:08:36,640 Speaker 3: went on a hunt for a notebook in the house 179 00:08:36,679 --> 00:08:39,480 Speaker 3: because the girls all seemed to collect them and not 180 00:08:39,640 --> 00:08:42,320 Speaker 3: use them. And she sat down and she wrote her 181 00:08:42,320 --> 00:08:45,480 Speaker 3: first recount of her day, and it was just it 182 00:08:45,559 --> 00:08:48,400 Speaker 3: was such a delight. It was an absolute delight to 183 00:08:48,440 --> 00:08:50,839 Speaker 3: read and she had a ball writing it. 184 00:08:51,360 --> 00:08:51,480 Speaker 1: Well. 185 00:08:51,520 --> 00:08:54,240 Speaker 3: The other day we had an experience and she decided 186 00:08:54,240 --> 00:08:55,960 Speaker 3: she wanted to write about it in her journal, and 187 00:08:56,000 --> 00:08:58,320 Speaker 3: I rang her to ask her if I could share it, 188 00:08:58,920 --> 00:09:01,199 Speaker 3: because she read it to you, you when you were 189 00:09:01,200 --> 00:09:05,479 Speaker 3: coming back from Adelaide, and what was your impression? 190 00:09:05,960 --> 00:09:09,600 Speaker 2: It cracked me up. I loved it. I just genuinely 191 00:09:09,960 --> 00:09:13,000 Speaker 2: loved it. I loved hearing her little voice and she 192 00:09:13,040 --> 00:09:14,559 Speaker 2: read with so much expression. 193 00:09:15,320 --> 00:09:17,520 Speaker 3: So I wish she was here so she could actually 194 00:09:17,559 --> 00:09:19,720 Speaker 3: share it because it was so hilarious. I'm not even 195 00:09:19,800 --> 00:09:22,120 Speaker 3: going to clearly do it justice, but this is what 196 00:09:22,160 --> 00:09:25,280 Speaker 3: she wrote. Tuesday is the day I made more cool 197 00:09:25,400 --> 00:09:28,040 Speaker 3: dragon puppets. I also did a dot painting, and I 198 00:09:28,080 --> 00:09:32,679 Speaker 3: learned about how Aboriginals used the land. Mum was drawing 199 00:09:32,720 --> 00:09:36,360 Speaker 3: her gorilla baby and I saw it and I said, girl, 200 00:09:36,840 --> 00:09:40,920 Speaker 3: that's amazing. It just needs a more tongue. Lady. That's 201 00:09:40,920 --> 00:09:43,880 Speaker 3: as she said it to me, didn't she? And she 202 00:09:43,960 --> 00:09:46,040 Speaker 3: goes on to say, after that, I went swimming against 203 00:09:46,080 --> 00:09:51,160 Speaker 3: my wheel and I did in brackets deep breath but 204 00:09:51,200 --> 00:09:54,240 Speaker 3: iFly breaststroke, freestyle dives, and when I finished, my mum 205 00:09:54,280 --> 00:09:56,400 Speaker 3: brought me a lollly snake for me, and going home, 206 00:09:56,440 --> 00:09:59,920 Speaker 3: I was on my mum's phone or reading Dragonslayer, then dinner, 207 00:10:00,120 --> 00:10:02,880 Speaker 3: bed and sleep, and that was her recount of the day, 208 00:10:03,480 --> 00:10:05,599 Speaker 3: and I just I wanted to share that because it 209 00:10:05,720 --> 00:10:07,040 Speaker 3: was a couple of things that came out of it. 210 00:10:07,240 --> 00:10:09,839 Speaker 3: We share the same art teacher and I had been 211 00:10:09,880 --> 00:10:14,120 Speaker 3: working on this piece and she had asked me so gently, Mom, 212 00:10:14,160 --> 00:10:16,760 Speaker 3: have you finished this? And I said, well, I said, 213 00:10:16,800 --> 00:10:18,679 Speaker 3: I think it still needs some more work, but I 214 00:10:18,760 --> 00:10:20,640 Speaker 3: just don't know how to do it. And that's when 215 00:10:20,640 --> 00:10:22,760 Speaker 3: she said to me, you just need to work on 216 00:10:22,800 --> 00:10:26,199 Speaker 3: your tone. Meant I didn't have enough depth in my picture, 217 00:10:26,400 --> 00:10:28,800 Speaker 3: like enough color, And I said, I don't know how 218 00:10:28,800 --> 00:10:31,360 Speaker 3: to get there, Emily, And here's my ten year old 219 00:10:31,480 --> 00:10:33,400 Speaker 3: telling me. She said, when I get to that point, 220 00:10:33,720 --> 00:10:35,640 Speaker 3: she said, my teacher tells me I just need to 221 00:10:35,640 --> 00:10:39,040 Speaker 3: push harder with my pencil. So I went to art 222 00:10:39,040 --> 00:10:41,520 Speaker 3: class that night and I sat with her teacher. We 223 00:10:41,600 --> 00:10:44,160 Speaker 3: share and I said, Betty, this is the conversation I 224 00:10:44,200 --> 00:10:46,720 Speaker 3: had with Emily. And she cracked up and she said, 225 00:10:46,800 --> 00:10:48,120 Speaker 3: I'm sorry to say it, but. 226 00:10:48,120 --> 00:10:49,400 Speaker 2: She's right push hard. 227 00:10:52,040 --> 00:10:55,240 Speaker 3: So I was able to sit down and have time 228 00:10:55,440 --> 00:10:57,640 Speaker 3: to finish it. But the reason I was sharing this 229 00:10:57,800 --> 00:11:02,160 Speaker 3: was just because by thinking outside the box, Emily and 230 00:11:02,160 --> 00:11:06,640 Speaker 3: I have created an opportunity for her to write in 231 00:11:06,679 --> 00:11:09,520 Speaker 3: a way that feels comfortable and natural to her. And 232 00:11:09,559 --> 00:11:13,800 Speaker 3: it's really encouraging her to be creative and expressive in 233 00:11:13,840 --> 00:11:17,520 Speaker 3: the way she shares her experiences. And it's made such 234 00:11:17,559 --> 00:11:21,000 Speaker 3: a difference because we missed a week, and when I 235 00:11:21,120 --> 00:11:23,600 Speaker 3: asked her if she just wanted to write a week's 236 00:11:23,800 --> 00:11:26,680 Speaker 3: recount in one entry, she said, no, I need to 237 00:11:26,679 --> 00:11:28,760 Speaker 3: write for every day. So we've gone from this kid 238 00:11:28,800 --> 00:11:30,680 Speaker 3: who didn't want to write at all to now doing 239 00:11:30,760 --> 00:11:34,160 Speaker 3: four entries because she didn't want to miss a day. 240 00:11:34,280 --> 00:11:35,880 Speaker 2: You know what you've inspired me to do is pull 241 00:11:35,920 --> 00:11:38,760 Speaker 2: out my diaries, my journals from when I was a kid, 242 00:11:38,840 --> 00:11:41,720 Speaker 2: and start reading those to the kids. I mean, they 243 00:11:41,760 --> 00:11:44,240 Speaker 2: might not be interested, but I am. I think it'd 244 00:11:44,240 --> 00:11:45,600 Speaker 2: be interesting to see what I write. And based on 245 00:11:45,600 --> 00:11:47,400 Speaker 2: what Emily wrote about her week, I reckon in twenty 246 00:11:47,520 --> 00:11:49,320 Speaker 2: or thirty years, she'll look back on what she's written 247 00:11:49,679 --> 00:11:51,920 Speaker 2: and be so glad that she's taken the time to 248 00:11:51,960 --> 00:11:54,960 Speaker 2: write it. What a wonderful gift. The Happy Family's podcast 249 00:11:55,040 --> 00:11:57,400 Speaker 2: is produced by Justin Roland from Bridge Media. Craig Bruce 250 00:11:57,480 --> 00:11:59,960 Speaker 2: is our executive producer. If you'd like more information about 251 00:12:00,080 --> 00:12:03,559 Speaker 2: making your family happier, please visit happyfamilies dot com dot au. 252 00:12:04,000 --> 00:12:07,640 Speaker 2: Have a wonderful weekend and hopefully this helps you to 253 00:12:07,720 --> 00:12:08,559 Speaker 2: do better tomorrow