Wire Talk with Karen Stubbs is a weekly podcast that equips moms with practical, biblical advice on everything from toddler discipline to teenage dating, and beyond! Karen draws on 30+ years of parenting experience to encourage moms with answers to their real life questions each week in Q&A style episodes.
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Somehow summer slipped by and we're once again fast-approaching a new school year. The new school year brings a fresh start, but it can also bring some nervous feelings too (both for child and mom!). How do you work through it? Karen discusses on today's podcast.
Read MoreMoms are superhuman, but we're still human. We make mistakes, feel guilty and compare ourselves to others. But it's okay. And it certainly doesn't mean that we aren't great moms (because we are!). At some point in your journey of motherhood, you're going to feel like you aren't a good mom. But it's a lie. We hope today's episode encourages and equips you!
Read MoreA truth all moms know all too well: Children cry. From temper tantrums to emotional outbursts, parents are bound to experience their kid’s tears and wonder how to respond when the waterworks start (and what to do to make it stop.) This week, Karen addresses how to get your child to stop crying.
Read MoreBeing a mom changes your life's priorities. While your little ones bring you more joy and love than you have ever imagined, they also bring a big set of needs that have you focusing on them, and not on yourself. You're a wonderful mom and you're doing a great job, it's okay (and necessary) to find ways to focus on yourself.
Read MoreIt's hard enough being a mom when it's just about your kids. But what about when other moms, school, and social media make you feel like you're not enough?
Read MoreBeing a mom is one of the most rewarding things about life. There's nothing like it. But before you were a mom, you were a woman with passions and hobbies and goals. Sometimes, we lose touch of that when we have our kids. How do we get that back?
Read MoreOn today's episode of Wire Talk, we're sharing a topic that we've never touched on before: loss of a pregnancy or child. This is a tough topic, but it's so important. Even if you've never walked down this road with your own pregnancy, you probably have a dear friend who has. Karen has invited her sister, Ricki, to join the conversation and they talk about everything from grieving a miscarriage, how to support and love on your friends in that season, infertility and even losing a child after they've been born.
Read MoreSummer is a great season. But as a mom, summer can become overwhelming when you add up the loss of structure school provided.
Read MoreOn today's episode of Wire Talk, we have a very special guest, Sandra Stanley. Sandra is joining us to talk about a topic close to her heart: fostering.
Read MoreWe talk about pretty much everything related to motherhood on this podcast—but there's something that you, our sweet listeners, have asked us more than anything. What are the personality colors?
Read MoreEvery mom loses their cool sometime. We snap at our kids and then we feel the guilt set in almost immediately. How do we show our kids, through action, how to own up to our mess ups and apologize to them? Karen gives her advice on today's episode.
Read MoreDo you feel like everything from dinner time to sibling interaction is a fight with your little ones? I know you feel alone, but you are far from it. Every mom goes through these seasons. On today's episode Karen is diving into stubborn kids, dinner time, discipline and even sibling bickering.
Read MoreSummer will be here before we know it. For many moms, it means the addition of babysitters, your kids helping around the house more, and finding ways to keep them from turning into couch potatoes during those long summer days. If summer is on your mind, this episode is for you!
Read MoreAs moms, we love our kids and love how much they love us. But it's also important to teach them to be independent.
Read MoreSpring has become busier for moms than the holidays. There's sports teams, the end of school, graduation and preparing for summer. How do you do it all?
Read MoreEvery mom wants to instill the right values in their child, but how do you achieve that when culture often goes against what you're teaching?
Read MoreFrom dating to college applications and prom—teenagers face an entirely different set of life decisions and situations.
Read MoreFrom potty training and picking the right schools to babysitters.
Read MoreThe 5 most frequently asked questions about the woman behind Birds on a Wire.
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