Episode 064: Moving and Renovating

0:30 Moving and renting realities

• KWu moves
• Allison’s home renovations
• Preparation before the kids

4:30 Toys

• Ethical parenting of getting rid of toys
• Hiding and cleaning out old toys from the kids (out of sight out of mind)

10:05 Establishing new house rules

• Setting realistic expectations on new floors, new rooms, new finishes
• Furniture socks
• Furniture caster cups
• Respect and Take Care of Things
• Learning to get along book series

18:35 Caution police in new house

• Acceptance is key
• Roommates with no impulse control.. your kids. ;)

22:40 Genius and fail moments

• KWu’s kids got into some old and slimy carrots meant for the compost.. But at least they’re eating vegetables!
• Allison’s son gets shut down from her parenting synchronicity with her husband.

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KWu
Allison

Facebook Rabbit Holes for Parents + Kid Toys

• Subculture for wooden toys
• The Nugget couch
• Parents become hyper focused on specific products
• Careful what your Google
• How to choose your Facebook groups
• The Social Dilemma
• Social media groups are "bad"/addicting, but also useful..
• Geo-fencing - creating fairer ways for international purchases
• The lottery
• Lucie's List
• Pandemic toys for the New Year
• More pressure for parents
• Moms targeted mostly in the Facebook Groups
• Marketing kids toys with trigger language: “Investment piece”

Parents: You are doing a GREAT job.

Genius / Fails

KWu tries to rotate out toys and clothes for her son, but things aren’t going well.
Allison smoothly close out virtual Ruby conf while managing multiple interruptions from her kids

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Please follow us @parentdrivendev on Twitter or email us at panel@parentdrivendevelopment.com.

Our website is at ParentDrivenDevelopment.com.

KWu
Allison