In this episode of the Nacho Kids Podcast, Lori & David Sims, founders of Nacho Kids, interview Deanna Keach, co-founder of Merged Family Initiative. Deanna has been blending for 21 years! She has three stepdaughters and one biological daughter. In this episode, we discuss: The Five Love Languages Common courtesy House rules and consequences Transition times for the stepkids Stepping ...
You Nacho to lessen the stress and anxiety, not just in you but those around you. If you are stressed and anxious, others around you will feel that. It’s not a pleasant environment. You Nacho to save your sanity. You do this by realizing the things you have absolutely no control over. Whether it be the lack of parenting by ...
The many levels of stepfamilies – Nacho Grandparents Of course, when you get married to someone with kids, most the time their mother and father or mother and stepfather or stepmother and father (you get the picture) are involved in some fashion. This dynamic, just as all others in blended families, can vary significantly by the age of the ...
Nacho Kids method – almost better than Krispy Kreme Doughnuts! Some do as I did when I first heard “they are not your kids”. They think it’s a bad thing. It’s not a bad thing, it is actually almost better than Krispy Kreme HOT & NOW doughnuts, but not quite. Great, now I’m craving those. UGH! Have you tried their ...
Many people have a very huge misconception of The NachoKids method. The method is not saying to be mean, disrespectful, insensitive, etc. to your step kids. It’s just the opposite. It’s to help you learn a different approach or a different concept to disengaging. It’s to help you not bug your husband with everything the kids do that annoy you. ...
I bet you thought this post was going to be money related. No, it’s going to be the bank of life Many moons ago, I had the pleasure of working briefly at a car dealership as a PR Rep. I went through a training course on lots of stuff but one of them was “the life bank”. Apparently when salesmen ...
I can’t have anything! Why can’t I have anything?!?!? Oh goodness, I sound like my mom! I am a middle child. I have a sister 5 years older and one 5 years younger. Growing up we learned if we wanted something for ourselves to either claim it or hide it. Of course, hiding it was the best option. Even my ...
Throughout our journey, we quickly discovered my expectations were a lot higher for children than these children previously had. Here we go with the “When I was growing up” story… I had responsibilities from the ripe age of birth it seems. I was a latch key kid and each day I was to come home from school, do my ...