Erica Ponders

Why You Need Novelty! Expand Your Time With Adventure

Ginger Hubbard's biblical parenting podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/parenting-with-ginger-hubbard/id1550626556 Pastor Josh Smith's sermon on the hindrance of pride: https://pabc.org/resources/sermons/the-hindrance-of-pride/ Many quotes from Until The Streetlights Come On by Ginny Yurich, MEd Focus On The Family’s new podcast, “Practice Makes Parent: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/practice-makes-parent/id1718491944

Adults Need Play Too!

Today I’m discussing my personal belief that adults need “play” just like kids. So play with your kids, not just for them, but for you too!

Is College Becoming Obsolete? Raising Kids In an Uncertain Future & Job Market

Books mentioned in this podcast episode: Until The Streetlights Come On by Ginny Yurich, M. Ed Generative Artificial Intelligence by Jerry Kaplan, M. Ed There's No Such Thing As Bas Weather by lind McGurck

Should We Be Vegetarians? Did Jesus Eat Meat?

Here's the got questions.org article answering if jesus ate meat: https://www.gotquestions.org/clean-unclean-animals.html Here a link to learn more about Chelsea Blackbird, who I mentioned at the beginning if you are interested: https://www.thechristiannutritionist.com/about-1

Do We Need Fiction & Stories? Part 2

Do we really need Fiction? What are the benefits to fictional stories especially in younger kids? Here is the link to the article I referenced today by Lydia Martin: https://blog.friendscentral.org/experts-agree-kids-need-fiction-to-succeed-in-school-and-life