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Happy Kids Podcast – Better Living Institute
Happy Kids Podcast – Better Living Institute
20 episodes
9 months ago
In this light and often zany podcast, we share our good times with our grandkids! Parents and grandparents alike will enjoy the tips and tricks of creating happiness in planned activities that are simple and fun! Our podcast is guaranteed to bring smiles and laughter all-around to you and your family. Tune-in and learn something new, then share your ideas with us and we’ll give you a plug on a future show. All of our kids’ happiness grows by leaps-and-bounds when grownups provide activities that bring joy to life. The bonus is that these fun activities are neither elaborate nor expensive!
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In this light and often zany podcast, we share our good times with our grandkids! Parents and grandparents alike will enjoy the tips and tricks of creating happiness in planned activities that are simple and fun! Our podcast is guaranteed to bring smiles and laughter all-around to you and your family. Tune-in and learn something new, then share your ideas with us and we’ll give you a plug on a future show. All of our kids’ happiness grows by leaps-and-bounds when grownups provide activities that bring joy to life. The bonus is that these fun activities are neither elaborate nor expensive!
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Happy Kids Podcast – Better Living Institute
Making A Vision Board With Kids!
Vision boards aren’t just for grownups! The positive gains that grownups get from making and then viewing their own vision board each day can be had by kids, too. In fact, kids can build life-long visualization habits by learning to … Continue reading →
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10 years ago
22 minutes 1 second

Happy Kids Podcast – Better Living Institute
12 Steps to Competence!
Kids need lots of opportunities to find their strengths and learn to take safe risks. You also need to guide them in their decision making but, ultimately, let them resolve many things on their own. This is the way to … Continue reading →
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10 years ago
23 minutes 3 seconds

Happy Kids Podcast – Better Living Institute
Funny Bone Books!
Kids not only do humorous things, but they are great humor barometers. When something strikes their funny bone, they will laugh and laugh without any reserve. They like to giggle and repeat silly phrases and exaggerate them over and over. … Continue reading →
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10 years ago
16 minutes 3 seconds

Happy Kids Podcast – Better Living Institute
Create A Baking Play Day!
If you want to see smiles and hear laughter in your house, have a baking play day with your kids and grandkids! The happy memories will last-and-last, especially if you take lots of pictures with your smart phone—and a video … Continue reading →
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10 years ago
21 minutes 3 seconds

Happy Kids Podcast – Better Living Institute
Teaching Kids to Meditate
Children are born to copy our behavior. If were stressed-out, out-of-control, impatient, short-tempered, sarcastic—we’re teaching our kids to be the same. But if we’re loving, supportive, praising, patient, calming, harmonious—we’re teaching our kids to be that. Which kind of adult … Continue reading →
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10 years ago
23 minutes 18 seconds

Happy Kids Podcast – Better Living Institute
Making a Collage from Nature
All kids love to collect things when they’re outside. Pretty stones (and even plain ones), dead leaves, sticks, robin’s blue egg shells, sea shells, driftwood; the list is endless. It’s usually a matter of what catches their eye in the … Continue reading →
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10 years ago
16 minutes 12 seconds

Happy Kids Podcast – Better Living Institute
We’re Going On a Treasure Hunt!
Kids love to play games and to win. Treasure hunts allow them the opportunity to win, either as individuals, or in a group. You can have a treasure hunt right at home, in your yard, or just about anywhere. And … Continue reading →
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10 years ago
23 minutes 25 seconds

Happy Kids Podcast – Better Living Institute
Kids Love Puppets!
Puppets are enjoyed the world over by kids of all ages, especially since the fuzzy, stuffed-animal hand puppets are being sold. There are hundreds of different designs, sizes, and colors available. Most big-box department stores have them at a very … Continue reading →
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10 years ago
22 minutes 6 seconds

Happy Kids Podcast – Better Living Institute
Kids Are Happy Rippin’ and Rompin’
It doesn’t really matter how kids move, as long as they move! It’s much easier to get them movin’ and rippin’ and rompin’ if they’re encouraged to do fun activities. All it takes is a little research, a little planning, … Continue reading →
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10 years ago
22 minutes 15 seconds

Happy Kids Podcast – Better Living Institute
Happy Kids Have Healthy Self-Esteem
What is healthy self-esteem? It can be defined as feeling capable while also feeling loved. Self-esteem is similar to self-worth—how much a person values himself or herself. This can change from day-to-day and from year-to-year, but, overall, self-esteem tends to … Continue reading →
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10 years ago
15 minutes 40 seconds

Happy Kids Podcast – Better Living Institute
Happy Parents Have Happier Kids
Laughter is contagious, and now research shows that happiness is too—especially in your family. Happy parents have happier kids than the norm. What’s more: parents at the other extreme—negative, depressed, unhappy—often have children that act out, and have other behavior … Continue reading →
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10 years ago
16 minutes 45 seconds

Happy Kids Podcast – Better Living Institute
Dance Helps Kids Succeed!
Practically all kids love to dance. It’s the earliest form of self-expression and creativity. Dance comes long before verbal expression and helps all humans—young and old alike—to find success in many areas of life, and especially in growing up. Listen … Continue reading →
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10 years ago
20 minutes 28 seconds

Happy Kids Podcast – Better Living Institute
Kids Like Being Helpers
Kids are natural-born helpers. They want to contribute to their family and they “love” to be called “helpers.” However—most of all—they like to be asked, not told. So, instead of saying, “Go get that,” or “Pick that up,” say, “Would … Continue reading →
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10 years ago
24 minutes 20 seconds

Happy Kids Podcast – Better Living Institute
Magic Makes Kids Happy
Why do kids love magic so much? One reason is that magic can suspend their belief in their rational world. Instantly, magic can transport them to a “Magic World” where the impossible is suddenly possible. Kids also have very vivid … Continue reading →
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10 years ago
27 minutes 46 seconds

Happy Kids Podcast – Better Living Institute
Unstructured Play Helps Kids Feel Happy
Unstructured play can occur nearly anywhere. All it takes is kids, imagination, and some patience from the grownups. Kids at play are happiest when inventing their own games and re-inventing rules for old games. Free form play is a big … Continue reading →
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10 years ago

Happy Kids Podcast – Better Living Institute
Music Tames the Savage Child
Kira and Bill Van Ittersum believe that kids and music go together like hot dogs and buns. When the Van Ittersum grandkids start acting up and acting out, Grandma and Papa steer them toward their favorite tunes; because they know … Continue reading →
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10 years ago

Happy Kids Podcast – Better Living Institute
Fun With Tents
You can test this out, and you’re encouraged to do so, but Kira and Bill Van Ittersum think playing in tents is one of those really simple pleasures in life. They believe that nearly every child could and would enjoy … Continue reading →
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10 years ago

Happy Kids Podcast – Better Living Institute
Music to Our Ears
“What’s that noise?” Wee ones come marching with instruments in hand—through the hallway, around the living room, into the dining room, on to the kitchen, around the island. Stomp! Stomp! Stomp to the beat! And, oh what a loud beat … Continue reading →
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10 years ago

Happy Kids Podcast – Better Living Institute
Our Grandkid’s Christmas Tree
Listen in as Kira and Bill Van Ittersum talk about the “joy of allowing” as they explain how the project of decorating their Christmas tree truly became child’s play. Kids can do amazing things—as they demonstrated while sharing in this … Continue reading →
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10 years ago

Happy Kids Podcast – Better Living Institute
An Introduction to the Happy Kids Podcast
In this light and often zany podcast, Kira and Bill Van Ittersum are having fun! They’re sharing the experience of happiness however it is landing on them at the moment and encouraging you to do the same. All of our … Continue reading →
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10 years ago

Happy Kids Podcast – Better Living Institute
In this light and often zany podcast, we share our good times with our grandkids! Parents and grandparents alike will enjoy the tips and tricks of creating happiness in planned activities that are simple and fun! Our podcast is guaranteed to bring smiles and laughter all-around to you and your family. Tune-in and learn something new, then share your ideas with us and we’ll give you a plug on a future show. All of our kids’ happiness grows by leaps-and-bounds when grownups provide activities that bring joy to life. The bonus is that these fun activities are neither elaborate nor expensive!