*Listener Discretion Advised* This episode contains adult themes such as depression, suicide, self-harm, sex, and others. We suggest listening to this show with headphones or when your littles are not around.

On today’s episode of Embracing Your Season, Paige welcomes Jennifer Barnes, a licensed K-6 educator with over 14 years of experience in the field who is currently the Director of Programming with The Respect Team. Jennifer and Paige dive into a powerful conversation about the work Jennifer and her team are doing in schools, equipping kids and teens with essential life skills. They focus on teaching practical tools like setting boundaries, understanding consent, healthy communication, and respect for self and others. This is a must-listen for parents of children at any stage, as Jennifer and Paige highlight how modeling kindness, honoring boundaries, and being a safe space for your child to learn these lessons are vital, not just during childhood but well into adulthood.

Takeaways:

1. Using everyday scenarios in our homes to help equip our kids to navigate hard circumstances:
   1. i.e., talking about kindness, how do we navigate giving consent? How do we help set our boundaries and make sure people are respecting them?
   2. Ask your kids in daily life - Was that kind? How would you have done that? How can you share this boundary with your sibling, friend, etc.?
2. Model boundary behaviors with our kids
   1. What we speak over our kids, what we enforce or let them get away with is teaching them their worth and value in our home. This also informs the relationships they will have outside the home!
3. Be educated about the policies that are being implemented at your child’s school
   1. Figure out what the teacher “standards: are coming into the classroom from the school board at the state and federal levels - this is our responsibility as parents!

Paige Clingenpeel

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