Angel Q—the Kid Safe Browser We’ve Been Waiting For with Josh Thurman
Today’s guest, Josh Thurman, has a pretty remarkable bio—from being a dad to 6 to a Navy Seal, he’s one amazing guy. But one of the things he’s very proud of and we can all be very grateful for, is his involvement as a co-founder in a brand-new company called Angel Q. Angel Q exists to keep kids safer online by using AI as a buffer and guide while kids are online. Unlike other browsers that have no built in safety features, and that are constantly serving up more and more content for kids, Angel Q curates a child’s time online to not just keep them safe from problematic and dangerous content, but also to bring their time online to a natural end after a reasonable amount of time. This episode is full of a lot of really important information for parents to be aware of. From the predatory nature of the tech industry, the growing rates of depression for teen girls, and the ways AI can be used for good to keep our kids safe, even though that felt confusing to me at first. I came away from my first, and now my second, conversation with Josh feeling so incredibly impressed by what Angel Q is doing to protect my kids and yours. And listen to this! Angel Q has given my listeners the incredible opportunity to get an entire year subscription for free! Just use the code : FOUNDERSFREEYEAR This is a limited time offer so take advantage! I can’t stress enough how important this tool could be for your family. Resources mentioned in this episode: Learn more about Angel Q here Sign up for Angel Q here (don’t forget to use the free code!) Learn more about Josh here Find Angel Q on Instagram here The Greta Eskridge Podcast is a part of the Christian Parenting Podcast Network. For more information visit www.ChristianParenting.org
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The Best Potluck Dish, Favorite Books to Grow Your Child’s Faith, 2 Reasons I Home School and more! with Greta Eskridge
It's time for another episode where it’s just me and you chatting about all kinds of things—from my favorite dish to bring to a potluck, the one of the most impactful books I’ve ever read to my kids and all sorts of things in between! This is a fun and insightful episode, albeit kind of random. And I can’t decide if my ability to talk about practically any subject at length is my superpower, or just one of my most annoying traits. If it’s the former, break it to my gently, OK? I hope you’ll get some helpful insight from this episode and be sure to check out the links below as I have included all the things mentioned in the episode. I know you’ll get a lot out of them. Last thing, please remember to order my new book, It’s Time to Talk to Your Kids About Porn, if you haven’t already. Or if you have read it, to leave a rating and review on Amazon. You can do that right here and it is wildly helpful when you do! Resources mentioned in this episode: Find Greta’s favorite stove top espresso maker here Find Greta’s favorite milk frother here Find copies of The Hiding place here (original version) here (young readers) and here (youngest readers) Find Instagram post about visiting Corrie ten Boom’s grave here Find my Home School 101 highlight here Find Greta: Find Greta’s books here, here and here Find Greta on Instagram here The Greta Eskridge Podcast is a part of the Christian Parenting Podcast Network. For more information visit www.ChristianParenting.org
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No, You Don’t Have to be Afraid of the Teen Years with Abbie Halberstadt
Home schooling mom of 10, podcaster, author of 2 beloved books and pickleball champion. One of the things I love about Abbie is that she is vocal about her how much she loves spending time with her teens. Like me, she really enjoys the teen years and has made it a bit of her personal mission to remind the mamas with littles that the goodness doesn’t stop the moment their kids hit puberty. So in this episode Abbie and I talk about all things having teens. We talk about parenting with expectant hope. That means determining that we’ll love our kids through their whole life, not just when they are cute and cuddly babies. We discuss ways to connect with our teens and how that starts by enjoying being with our kids when they are little and then continuing that as they grow. One of the things our kids will face as they grow up, and especially in the teen years is exposure to pornography. Abbie and I talk about how we can prepare our kids for growing up in a porn saturated world and also share with them about God’s good plan for sex. This part of our conversation was really helpful and honestly so powerful. I just know you’ll get a lot from it! And friends, if you are looking for more information on this topic, and still haven’t gotten my new book, It’s Time to Talk to Your Kids About Porn, this is your sign to get the book! It’s time! Get your copy right here. Resources mentioned in this episode: Find the Parenting and Pornography video here Where to find Abbie: Find Abbie’s books here and here Find Abbie’s website here Find Abbie’s podcast here Find Abbie on Instagram here
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Filtering the Noise in a Loud World with Aubrey McGowan
Friends! Have you gotten my new book It’s Time to Talk to Your Kids About Porn yet? If not, listen to today’s guest give a review of the book at the end of the podcast and be inspired to get your copy right here today! I met today’s guest, Aubrey McGowan, at a home school mom conference called Wild and Free! What a fun way to meet this guy. Aubrey and his wife Jen are tremendous musicians, and they have performed at many of the Wild and Free conferences I have been a part of. Aubrey is also creative in other ways: he’s a passionate communicator and a gifted writer. In today’s episode we are talking about Aubrey’s new book, Filter the Noise: how to Hear God’s Voice in a Culture of Chaos. We have so much noise in our life--the noise of the physical world, the noise of the digital world and the inner noise—those voices in our head that so often tell us things that aren’t true. Aubrey asks the question: what does Christ say to this? While the world tells us we always need more, Christ tells us He is enough. Aubrey shares with us the practice he outlines in the book that can help us filter the noise we don’t want or need in this life. But Aubrey reminds us: “The power is in Jesus, not in the practice” This practice is a way to point people to Jesus Friends, this is a longer than usual episode, but when Aubrey gets fired up he brings the wisdom and the fire and I don’t want to stop him! So sit down, grab a cup of coffee and be inspired by what Aubrey shares here. Let’s go! Resources from this episode: Quote from Gordon Hempton: "We have an epidemic of extinction of quiet places in our world." Pray Psalm 23 every morning Find the book God’s Smuggler here Quote by Corrie ten Boom “If the devil can’t make you sin he’ll make you busy” Where to find Aubrey: Find Aubrey’s book here Find Aubrey’s website here Find Aubrey on Instagram here Find Aubrey’s Family Field Guide ministry here Find Aubrey’s men’s ministry Whetstone here Listen to Aubrey and Jen’s music here The Greta Eskridge Podcast is a part of the Christian Parenting Podcast Network. For more information visit www.ChristianParenting.org
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Raising Out of the Box Kids with Sally Clarkson
Oh friends, this episode is a dream come true! The incredible and dear, the epic, the lovely, the legend, the truly wonderful Sally Clarkson is on my show! I “met” Sally when I was 19 years old, through one of the books she wrote about homeschooling. I was babysitting a homeschooling family and found one of Sally’s books on their bookshelf. After the kids went to bed, I began to read and I’ve been the biggest Sally fan ever since. Unbelievably, Sally has become a real-life friend. And today she joined me on my podcast. It is just beyond what I could have imagined all those years ago. In this episode Sally shares that she is wild at heart! She likes to shake things up , have adventures and live outside the box. We talked about how God made us out of the box women and mothers and that He made our children that way too. And Sally reminds us that letting our children be out of the box is such a gift to them! We also talked about feeling alone in mothering kids who are different and finding the freedom to let our kids be themselves rather than worry about what other people think about us or them. Sally reminds us that life isn’t about being the perfect mom, but getting to know the perfect God and living in His perfect plan for your life. Sally is just amazing and you’ll love hearing from her in this episode. Find Sally: Find her book Different here Find her book Uniquely You here Find her book Well Lived here Find Sally’s website here Find Sally on Instagram here Find Sally’s podcast here The Greta Eskridge Podcast is a part of the Christian Parenting Podcast Network. For more information visit www.ChristianParenting.org
We’re living in a time filled with distraction and disconnection from the things that matter most. Things like faith, family, friendship, and childhood innocence feel harder and harder to hold onto.But I believe a joyful, connected life is possible with Jesus’s help because he offers us life to the full!It’s time to open our eyes to the wonder God has put all around us, so join me each week on The Greta Eskridge Podcast as some of my favorite friends and I explore ways to create connection in our families and chase joy through both the peaks and valleys of parenting and life.The Greta Eskridge Podcast is a part of the Christian Parenting Podcast Network. For more information, visit www.ChristianParenting.org
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