This time of year brings lots of opportunities for public parenting, large family gatherings, and potentially stressful situations, so we’re focusing this episode on dealing with criticism. Whether it’s in-law tension, the “back in MY day” comments from relatives, or your own inner critic (isn’t she the worst?), we offer our own stories and tips for taking it all in stride.
Links we mentioned (or should have!) in Episode 26
- What’s your parenting Achilles’ heel? (Meagan for The Happiest Home)
- Zen Parenting Radio’s most recent podcast episode, How To Handle Criticism, and Meagan’s interview with Todd and Cathy Adams on The Home Hour
- Handling the grandparents’ unsolicited parenting advice (NY Times Motherlode)
- 4 tactics for handling parenting criticism from the in-laws (SheKnows)
- Dealing with parenting criticism (SimpleKids.net)
- 7 tips for handling criticism (Gretchen Rubin)
As promised, here are step-by-step instructions on leaving a rating or review in iTunes. We hope you’ll do it and help us continue to grow and improve the show!
How to leave an iTunes rating or review (on an iPhone)
- Open the Podcasts app
- Choose “Search” from the bottom row of icons and enter “The Mom Hour” into the search field
- Select The Mom Hour under Podcasts (not under Podcast Episodes)
- Underneath the header information, choose “Reviews” (the middle of three screen options)
- Click “Write a Review” in the center of the screen. You’ll then have the option to rate us on a 5-star scale, and write a review if you choose (you can rate without writing, if you’d prefer)
How to leave an iTunes rating or review (on a computer/browser)
- Visit bit.ly/themomhour
- Click “View in iTunes” underneath our logo (accept the pop-up asking if you want to launch iTunes)
- In iTunes, click “Ratings & Reviews” under the main title
- To rate the show, select a number of stars between 1 and 5 next to the words “Click to rate” under the Customer Ratings headline
- To write a review, click “Write a Review” under the Customer Reviews heading
TECHNICAL NOTE: Recording this episode was a comedy of errors! From barking dogs to power outages to rescheduled recording sessions, we couldn’t seem to catch a break. We’ve done our very best with the final edited file, but you’ll probably notice a few “oopses”. Thank you for letting us be imperfect with you so that we can still share this important conversation!
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