Balancing Schedules, International Day of Charity, Homeschooling, Back to School Bullying, Yard Sales, Mini Book Club, Stay at Home Wives

Balancing Schedules, International Day of Charity, Homeschooling, Back to School Bullying, Yard Sales, Mini Book Club, Stay at Home Wives

The Lisa Show - Season 1, Episode 251

  • Sep 5, 2019 6:00 am
  • 1:42:29 mins
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Balancing Schedules (0:00:00) On a typical day, you go to about 12 different stores, drop one kid off at dance lessons, pick up another from soccer, clean up spills, vacuum, and maybe do some laundry if you’re lucky. At the end of the day, you’re exhausted, your kids are exhausted, and you begin to wonder if it’s even worth all the trouble. How in the world can you balance your crazy family schedule? Lisa Canning is a parenting, lifestyle and interior design expert who helps moms design their lives around what matters most. As a mother of seven with another nearly here, she has some great suggestions on how to balance a family schedule. International Day of Charity (0:17:11) In 2012, the United Nations declared September 5 to be the International Day of Charity. So we’re celebrating by getting answers to the burning questions you have about finding the right cause to support. Did you know that in 2018 Americans donated more than $427 billionto US charities in 2018? That’s a lot of money. But how do we know all of that money is really going where we think it is? How can we find trustworthy charities to donate to? That’s where companies like GiveWell come in. GiveWell does extensive research to decide which charities will do the most with each dollar donated. Joining us is Ben Bateman, GiveWell’s Head of Growth. Homeschooling (0:34:04) When you think back on your education, what drove your desire to learn? Was it natural curiosity and passion, or the fear of getting bad grades? There’s a growing group of parents choosing to homeschool their kids in order to bring out the “natural learner” in all children by letting them learn at their own pace. Ainsley Arment is one of these parents, and she’s the author of "Call of the Wild and Free," where she shares about her decision to homeschool her kids, what homeschooling is really like, and how we can raise our kids wild and free. She joins us on the show to tell us more. Back to School Bullying (0:50:22) For some children, this time of year is something to dread, a