052: Taking Breaks

September 2nd, 2020 · 32 mins 12 secs

About this Episode

Parent Driven Development

Episode 052: Taking Breaks

02:16 Taking breaks as a parent, how have you been coping?

  • Is everyone taking breaks?
  • Chris breaks with home projects
  • Allison opts for a few full days off, rather than breaking during her day
  • KWu dives into Downton Abbey

07:32 Productive breaks

  • Increasing your home ROI
  • Decreasing internet time during “breaks”
  • Home improvements

09:15 A break crisis!

  • Dinner Time chaos
  • How syncing self care time with business trips is no longer an option
  • Making an intention plan for a stay-cation

15:35 Planning for fun

18:43 Choosing not to make the adult decision

  • Binging on a novel late at night
  • Sometimes choosing the wrong thing is the right decision

23:25 Genius / Fail moments

  • Chris shares his parents-only “secret food” with the kids #genius
  • Allison spooks her kids by hiding from them after they don’t want to go along with their normal bedtime routine and it was a major success #genius
  • KWu says yes in the moment but wasn’t actually prepared for her son to join her in the kitchen.. #fail

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Panel

Chris Sexton
Allison McMillan
KWu

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