Topic Suggestions For Family From The Heart

[Cliff Ravenscraft]

Hey Folks,

Family From The Heart has always been about Stephanie and I sharing what is going on in the lives of our family.  Sometimes the things in our lives are more exciting than others.

Personally, there are some weeks that I've come into the studio and simply have no clue what we're going to talk about.  There are times that I'm simply amazing by just how well the discussion flowed and am so glad that we had that off the cuff conversation.  At other times, I question, to myself, whether or not there was enough Entertainment, Education, Encouragement, or Inspiration to make it a worthwhile episode to be released.

I'm opening this thread to see if I can get help from you on what topics you would like to see us cover in future episodes of Family From The Heart.

I'm hoping that this thread can be an ongoing thread that continues on for months.  Feel free to simply pop in a question.  Feel free to link to an article that is related to family issues.  This is an opportunity for you to help us with ideas of things you would like us to discuss in Family From The Heart in the future.






Please do me this huge favor. Please DO NOT INCLUDE what you "don't like" or what you would like hear "Less Of' here in this thread.  I'm all for constructive feedback.  And if you have that type of feedback, please consider sending that to me privately at feedback@gspn.tv.

Many thanks in advance!

Cliff

[Dan Ottey]

Here are some topics I'd like to hear about.

1)  Do you pray together as husband and wife (without the kids, and not meal time)?  How often?  What topics? FFTH 099
2) What was your vacations pictures?  FFTH 099 - http://gspn.tv/vacationphotos
3)  Where would you most like to vacation in the future?
4)  What are Stephanie's favorite non-GSPN podcasts (if she listens to any)?  See your follow up post below

Might think of some others, but these were on the top of my head.

[Dan Ottey]

4)  What are Stephanie's favorite non-GSPN podcasts (if she listens to any)?

Guess I just got my answer from FFTH #94 - "I don't listen to podcasts."

[WayneHenderson]

Cliff, perhaps you and Stephanie could discuss "Stress", and any coping skills that you two have learned over the years.
 

[Ed Davis]

I know you've touched on this in the past, but now your kids are older and your views may have changed or situations changed.......but how do you instill self- confidence in your kids?  How do you deal with social problems they encounter at school?

Chores that kids can do and what age is relavent.

Dividing time between grandparents with the grandkids.  What do you allow the grandparents to get away with compared to your parenting? FFTH 120

How to stimulate conversations between husband and wife after getting kids to bed and everyone is tired, ie laying on the couches watching tv does not constitute quality couple time.

Hope this helps

[MaryJ]

Just thought of one:

What is your favorite cheap date?  FFTH 101

For instance, my husband and I like to take walks or sit on the porch during a thunderstorm and talk.  

In the winter, it used to be making popcorn and watching a basketball game together, but we haven't done that much since Lost started.  

[cdm115]

How about encouraging your children to follow their own passions.     FFTH Episode 103

I see a lot of parents pushing their kids to things that interest them, not what interests the kids.  Thinking back, my interests are pretty different from my sisters, but ended up getting to pushed to do a lot of the same things my sisters did as kids (hazard of being the youngest).  I feel like I've spent quite a few years having to re-find myself and learning my own interests.  

[Jeremiah Panhorst]

Here is an important topic.

At what age should you allow your daughter to go on a date with a boy alone?  FFTH 110

I have two daughters, and my oldest is going to turn 15 this year, and she is really into boys. She likes this boy who is 16, and he wanted to take her to the movies. I was total against this idea, and I told her she was to young to be with a boy alone. This makes me wonder when is the right age? Is it 15, 16, 17, 18 or never?  FFTH 120

Jeremiah

[kellybean]

Hey Cliff and Steph,

Just listened to episode 101, and I really do like FFTH! So here are 2 topics I'd like to hear about:

1. I'm not sure if you've talked about this before on FFTH, but I'd really like to hear about how Cliff proposed and your wedding day.  FFTH110

2. I recently moved in with my boyfriend (actually we moved all the way to South Korea together) and sometimes if can be a little hard, especially since we work at the same place as well. I was wondering how you both dealt with this adjustment when you started living together.

thanks! love the show!
Kelly

[SpontaneousPlanaholic]

Here's a question for Cliff & Stephanie:

What are your favorite characteristics about each member of your family? I love to hear how different children are, and what makes each of them special and unique!

[MaryJ]

It's no secret that your children are very technology minded, but I'm wondering what limits, if any you have set for them.  My daughter limits her daughters to 1.5 hours of "screen time" and this includes TV, playing educational games on the computer or on my iPhone.    I realize that your children are older, (my granddaughter will be 3 in July) but just wondered what your thoughts are on this since you as a couple are so pro technology.

We sort of covered a bit of this in FFTH 108