Eyres On The Road

The Eyres preach values based parenting every week on the show, but what are these values and how do you teach them to the children in your life? Today Richard and Linda share the story of their first book "Teaching Your Children Values". It explains a way to pick 12 important values and focus an entire month on each one. For online resources on the values that Richard and Linda chose you can visit ValuesParenting.com

On the heels of their big family reunion the Eyres' minds are on the members of your family you don't normally think about. These can be distant cousins, grandparents, or others that you spend your time with and love. Many call them an extended family, but the Eyres just call them Family.

Making decisions now can help make life, and parenting, easier in the future. Richard and Linda talk about teaching children what kind of choices they can make in advanced and what the benefits are to looking ahead so they're ready to face whatever may come.

Raising kids is hard especially with social media and this sense of entitlement children get now a days. Richard and Linda give tips on how to combat this sense of entitlement and raise kids to value hard work.  Here's a link to learn more about Family Economy

The top ten parenting tips have many functions in the family, today the Eyres share a good way to get the whole family on the same page. Business and companies have mission statements that keep them focused so why can't your family!

Richard and Linda discuss how important fathers and grandfathers are, and how dads are getting more involved in the home. They address five myths about fathers, including the myth that dads are dispensable! Here's a link to the article, Five Myths About Fathers and Family And the link to Richard's book, Being a Proactive Grandfather: How to Make a Difference

Today the Eyres discuss ways to organize your social media to help you be a better parent. Here is a quick overview of how to get your accounts to show you family related posts first: In Instagram: First make a list of family members you are following and of helpful Instagram parenting sources.  We suggest FamilyIsFound and RichardLindaEyre. Then, on each one: 1\. Go to their profile 2\. In the top right, tap ••• 3\. Tap Turn on Post Notifications or Turn on Story Notifications In Facebook: First make a list of family members you are following and of helpful Instagram parenting sources.  We suggest My Family and RichardLindaEyre. Then, on each one: 1\. Go to their profile 2\. Tap the following button 3\. Select See First to have their posts appear at the top of your news feed In Twitter: First make a list of family members you are following and of helpful Instagram parenting sources.  We suggest FamilyIsFound and RichardEyre. Then, on each one: Allow Twitter notifications on your device in your devi

Richard and Linda give hope to and admire the parents of young children. They give their advise on disciplining children in a way that is easier then having a daily power struggle and using a stream of empty threats.

Richard talks about mommy dates and daddy dates. He talks about the importance of having a regular schedule for these dates, to help kids look forward to the dates. Linda Joins for the second portion and brings up the idea of grandma dates and grandpa dates.

The Eyres top ten parenting tips don't come in any particular order, and today they explore tip #7, The Ancestor Story Book--a way of giving your children identity and resilience by teaching them more about the lives and stories of their grandparents and great grandparents. The Eyres will be at the City Creek Deseret Book on 5/12/18 for a book signing.

Richard and Linda are amazing on the radio, but did you know they are bestselling authors too? They have just finished their books on grandparenting, one for the grandfathers and another for grandmothers. As we prepare for Mother's Day, the Eyres talk about how to include the grandmothers and how to be proactive as a grandparent. If you're on the road this week and would like to meet Richard and Linda, they have book signings in Utah. May 5 they will be at Deseret Book at 1110 E Fort Union Blvd in Midvale, UT. May 12 is at 45 W S Temple. Also for more fun Mother's AND Grandmother's Day ideas you can visit Linda's blog at grandmotheringbook.com

Richard and Linda are taking a break from their Top Ten Tip countdown to update you on some recent life events; first and foremost being the birth of a new grandchild. They are on the road from London today to talk about life and babies. Special guest on today's show is the new mother herself, and for those with a keen ear, the new baby as well. You can follow along with Charity's family at drippingwithpassion.blogspot.com Also the top ten parenting stories will resume soon. Keep tuning in!

If you want to establish memories and connections with your children, a great way to do it is with family traditions. Long after they leave the nest, they will still remember the kinds of activities you did over and over and over again. Today Richard and Linda share some of their family traditions and why traditions are a top ten parenting idea.

Last week Richard and Linda embarked on listing their favorite parenting ideas they have implemented over the years. Today they share the Five Facet Review. It is a great reminder to be active in your children's lives and aware of how they are doing. You can better understand how they are doing when viewing it through five frames; physical, mental, emotional, social, and spiritual.

The Eyres have been in the parenting business for some time now and they've learned a few things along the way. Over the next ten weeks Richard and Linda are going to share their best ten ideas for proactive parenting. This week features maybe their most popular idea among their kids; The Repenting Bench. It's more than time out or a place to go when you're fighting. It is a place to come together as family.

They Eyres are on different roads this week. Linda checks in from London where they are expecting their 30th grandchild! Meanwhile back home Richard holds down the fort and continues the new baby theme with some thoughts on young families in the young generation.

What does it mean to be a prioritizer? Richard and Linda play some word association with this made up word and others, to get a grasp on how people link family to their values. Distractions can get in the way of where we rank our family in our priorities, and the Eyres have some solutions to help reduce those; as well as giving encouragement to feel rewarded in your family duties.

So often, a generational gap can hinder the connection between teenagers and their grandparents. The Eyres preach extended family unity, and they practice it too! Today Richard and Linda tell the story of a recent trip they took with a group of their young grandchildren. It was a great experience for the kids to take responsibility and also learn from their elders.

Every week Richard and Linda share tips and tricks for keeping a healthy marriage and family, but how did they stumble upon this unique life? Today they tell their story through the years. The practices of parenting might have changed a little, but the values are still the same. Remember, life is long, enjoy it!

As traveling family coaches, Richard and Linda get some questions more than others, and they usually revolve around technology. Today the Eyres focus on smartphones and social media. There are plenty of benefits like keeping in contact with loved ones that are far away, but also some disadvantages too. For more insight on some of the negative effects of social media, you can visit the article from The Atlantic that Richard mentions at the following link: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/09/has-the-smartphone-destroyed-a-generation/534198/ Also, with all this social media talk, remember that the Eyres are on Facebook and Instagram too!