133: Popular Questions and Season Wrap
Mary Ruth tackles common questions parents have about spiritual life as she wraps up this season.
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Parenting Smarts
Parenting Smarts! We need them, and sometimes we feel them. Our host, MaryRuth Hackett, is a mom of four with a doctorate in educational psychology, specializing in child development. Parent...
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20 of 100 episodes131: Prayer Changes Everything
Shannon Wendt joins Mary Ruth to share how prayer changed everything in her family life as well as encourages us to pray even when it's mess...
130: Parenting Different Ages - Part 2
Nell O'Leary joins Mary Ruth for an authentic conversation about the realities of family life and offers perspective on how to navigate it.
129: Parenting Different Ages - Part 1
Emily Jaminet joins Mary Ruth to share tips and experience for parenting kids of different ages.
128: Forgiveness
Fr. Ignatius Mazanowski joins Mary Ruth to talk about forgiveness - how to live it, to teach it to children and to cultivate it in family li...
127: Temperaments and Connection
Rose Sweet joins Mary Ruth to help us understand the four temperaments and how they affect family dynamics.
126: Fostering Connection
Meagan Martinez joins Mary Ruth to share how to connect deeply with our kids at any age.
125: Recap of first half
Mary Ruth reflects on the first half of the season with a recap of the episodes on connection.
124: Connecting Through Community
Jennifer Ellis joins Mary Ruth for a conversation on the importance of belonging and how to build community.
123: Connecting through Movement
Shalini Blubaugh joins MaryRuth to discuss the benefits of movement for spiritual, physical and mental well being.
122: Connecting Through Service
Service pulls us outside of ourselves and helps us connect. Melissa Mazzella DeLaney shares her incredible story and the importance of servi...
121: Connecting Through Art
MaryRuth sits down with Bishop Dolan to talk about his love for art. Together they explore how art connects us to God and to each other.
120: Connecting Through Nature
Abigail Poole joins MaryRuth to explore how nature helps us connect to God and to each other.
119: Welcome to Season Eight
MaryRuth welcomes listeners to a new season of Parenting Smarts with a look at what's ahead.
118: Discernment
Stephanie Burke joins MaryRuth to talk about how to help children understand the spiritual world in age-appropriate ways.
117: Faith
MaryRuth dives into the virtue of faith and ways to nurture it in ourselves and in our families.
116: Patience
MaryRuth is joined by Jennifer Ellis to reflect on patience, what they have learned and how to practice it in family life.
115: Wisdom
How can we choose our words, listen to the Lord and discern well? Fr. Will Schmid joins MaryRuth to discuss how to allow wisdom to permeate...
114: Courage
Gail Davis, MaryRuth's mom, joins the program to help us learn how to cultivate courage in ourselves and our families.
113: Kindness
Olivia Spears joins MaryRuth to explore how to cultivate kindness in our families.
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