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Grab your glass and pull up a chair. It's time for your favorite girls' night in.

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Welcome to Pouring in Parenting. We're your besties, Sil and Einish.

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We're here to laugh through the chaos. Hello, Poors. Let's start the show. Hey, hey, hey. Welcome back to another episode of Pouring in Parenting. It's your girl Einish and Sil. And we have a really fun-filled episode for you all today. We're going to be discussing some hot topics. We have a recap of episode one of Bridgerton. And we are going to be deep diving into some parenting advice. Before we get started, of course, we have to discuss our pores of the day. So what did you pour today?

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Well, today I poured into my mug some hot tea. I've been slightly under the weather. So I have a turic ginger tea.

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What about you? Well, I like to live on the edge and make sure that our listeners know that someone's pouring something heavy into their cups. Jeez. So it's not Pinot today. It is not Pinot today. I poured a whiskey Moscow mule. Typically it's with vaca. So if you are a whiskey indulger, try a mule. They are tasty. Okay. So cheers. Hey, cheers. We are going to jump into hot topics. And Phil, we have our first hot topic for the day.

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I do st let's dive in to our first hot topic. 50 cent. This guy. The king of petty, the king of being a troll. But I'm here for it. From the Ja Rule saga to the Diddy Diddler trials to now being a landlord who's trying to evict Jim Jones. It's like I can't even keep up. And then now he's in a like social media war with um King. T.I. Sun. T.I. Sun. Allegedly. I mean, I'm assuming he did because he's 50. Posted a really awful picture of Tiny, T.I.'s wife, King's mother, and King didn't like it. And he like went off and he's like threatening to beat up 50 Cent, which sounds funny to me. But I mean, I get it. That's your mom. It's just been like a lot in 50 Cent World. I saw the video of Jim Jones um in some type of apartment complex or something. And he's going nuts. At first I didn't even know who it was. I thought he was an intruder, the way he was banging his own door down. Um, or trying to, at least, because I it looks like he failed. But then 50 posted a video and then a picture of him and this man. Um, and it says, Sam is my partner, who I'm assuming Sam is the guy with him in the picture. Um, so it says, Sam is my partner, I own the joint. Now you're gonna fix every door you kick, or I'm gonna kick your ass, Jimmy. By Monday, you're destroying my property. And he tagged him. I was like, oh my gosh, like 50 is literally everywhere. Like now he's your freaking landlord. Like it's just, it's a nut. Who is he gonna go after next? And I really think he's gonna go after Jay-Z next because of the whole Epstein files and all that. He posted, he does have a picture of him looking real crazy, like who was this guy? Um Predator. Predator, yes. It's like, yeah, you know what? I would like you to go after Jay-Z. I want that documentary next. I don't like how he did Tiny. I thought that was rude. It was such a horrible picture. Did you see it? I did see it. It was bad. It was so, so bad. But side note. So when 50 Cent first came out, I was a G-unit girl. My shirts were G unit, my purse was G unit, everything was freaking G unit. I right, I know.

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Were you a wangster or not?

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I was all of it. I was everything. I was a P I M P. I was being asked the 21 questions, all of it. But on another side note, not that long ago, I won a radio contest because of 50 Cent. The question asked, who would you take with you to a spa? And I responded, I would take 50 Cent with me because it was like right at the height of the Diddy documentary. And I just have, I still have so many questions about what went down. So I would take him to the spa with me because I would get all of the tea. It'd be so great. Now, do you think he would really give me tea?

SPEAKER_01 5:02

I'm sorry, I don't want to cut you off.

SPEAKER_02 5:03

Yes, I know I'm a nobody basically compared to him, but he just seems like the type who would just tell you. Like he just wants to tell stories.

SPEAKER_01 5:12

He's a romantic, though, apparently. I believe all the romantic. I know, but I just I feel like his energy would be trying to like romanticize you as opposed to like giving you tea. Oh. You're like, no, I want the tea.

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Yeah, as a journalist. Yes. Okay. Yes, let's just have a good time. We'll be girlfriends. Give me the tea.

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Yeah.

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Okay.

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So yeah, so if 50 ever hears this, I would take you to the spa with me. To get the tea. First, yes, first some real hot piping tea.

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Perfect. Well, that is definitely some a hot topic, if I've ever heard a hot topic. And 50 stays in the limelight as far as social media goes. He keeps himself relevant. He knows exactly what to say to get under people's skin. Jim Jones, his reputation is so like rough and hardcore, but they're both from New York. Embarrassing. You're living in his, you know, apartment.

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And apparently, I mean, the reason he's locked out is because he hasn't paid his rent. It's tough. Like, that's embarrassing.

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That is embarrassing. 50. Doing what he does, trolling. Moving on to our next hot topic, we're going to talk about Britney Spears. A little while ago, Brittany Spears sold her rights to her music. And it was a shock amongst everyone. But little did a lot of America know is that a lot of legendary and modern artists sold their music catalogs and they're publishing master recordings for lots of money. There are different reasons that these artists are doing that. We're going to touch base on why an artist would do that because people were shocked and disgusted by the amount of money that she received. They all felt that she should have received more money. And just to name a few artists that sold their music catalogs, Bruce Springsteen,$500 million. Bob Dylan,$400 million. Justin Bieber,$200 million. Sting has also joined that club and he sold his catalog for$250 million amongst many and many of other artists. Some of the reasons that these artists sell their catalogs, it allows the artist to secure a large and immediate lump sum of money, black and white. Makes a lot of sense. These artists, they're used to a level of living. So they're selling it for the immediate lump sum, trading on certain future royalty streams for instant liquid. They're looking for financial security or a capital to fund new projects. It's often a strategic move to capitalize on a high market valuation. And it reduces the administration burdens and it manages different plannings for them in their future. So for Britney Spears to do this, and we all know Britney Spears' struggle with her parents and all of the things that she dealt with. So for her to make this move, a lot of people, again, they were upset for the amount that she sold it for, but they're all still rooting for her.

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It was valued at approximately$200 million, which for being Britney Spears, I think is a little low for her. I think she could have probably got more. It says that it includes her ownership share of her music catalog, which comprises her artists' royalties and publishing stakes. Okay.

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So she falls into the category with some of the celebrities that I mentioned, more so like in the Justin Bieber space. It's it's giving these older celebrities or artists that have been in the game, obviously got a higher lump sum in comparison to the Justin Bieber's and Britney Spears now, because Justin Bieber is quoted to have received about 200 million for his, and that was not too long ago. So I agree that was a lowball number. Even for Justin Bieber, that seems like a lowball number. Two very popular artists, and Britney Spears is older. For her to receive the same amount seems kind of, you know, not right.

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But yeah, I agree. I mean, regardless, though, I mean, I'll be happy with a million dollars. Hello. So 200 of those.

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Right. And they have a different lifestyle, right? So they're all living different lifestyles. And we don't know the reasonings for any of these artists for selling their rights to their catalogs. But Britney Spears is the latest one to sell her catalog to a record label. Right.

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You know what? Let me add to that really quick. You and I talked about this earlier, is that a while ago she had mentioned that she was done with music. So it makes sense what I'm reading now is that she is basically just closing this chapter of her life and cutting ties from the music industry. And that is why she sold her catalog. I'm sure one of the many.

SPEAKER_01 10:16

That makes sense. She's had she had a residency in Las Vegas. I seen her at that residency, and they make a lot of money. A lot of celebrities. Usher had a residency in Las Vegas. All these celebrities share, and they make a lot of money during that residency. So I'm hoping that, especially for Brittany Spears' sake in this time, that she made that decision to detach herself from the music and industry as a whole and just bask in the millions of dollars that she already has, and then just add it to that and receive that lump sum. Yeah. Enjoy all the money that she worked really hard for. Absolutely. Being how our name is pouring in parenting, it's a little trippy that we haven't had an episode where we focus our energy on parenting and the different styles of parenting. Today, that is our goal. We are going to be focusing on one in particular. And this particular style is called the Seven C's of Parenting. This thought process comes from a gentleman by the name of Dr. Kenneth Ginsberg. And it's pretty much a roadmap for raising kids who can handle the world without breaking. It's cut and dry. There's really no gray area. He breaks it down. The seven C's that we'll be discussing today will be competence, confidence, connection, character, contribution, coping, and control. All right. Sounds good. Competence. The ability to handle situations effectively developed by focusing on strengths and allowing individuals to learn from mistakes. These are the tools that this doctor is suggesting that we instill in our kids. Competence. Making sure that our kids are able to effectively involve themselves in situations in a stressless space to manage their emotions. If there's a mistake that happened, you acknowledge that the mistake happened, but you can handle that the mistake happened as well. One of the kids is in sports, for instance. For instance, we practice all week and he does something that we didn't practice. And we always ask our son, hey, what are you not going to do today? What are you going to do today? He talks about this, the positives, and then he'll talk about the negatives. And so if a negative occurs in the game, we first highlight how do you feel about what you did today? And he'll discuss that. And then we, you know, we talk about that. We'll allow him to tell us how he did during the sporting event. And then we'll follow up with a question and saying, Were there any mistakes that you felt like you made? And he'll inform us, yes, I said I wasn't going to do this and I did that. Okay, well, why did that happen? So we'll we talk it out with our son and he lets us know. We won't tell him if there were any mistakes. Again, the first instinct is, Did you have fun? Was it a good time out there? And it's yes, yes, yes. But now it's gotten to the point that where he'll be like, Yes, it was fun, but I also realized that I made a mistake. So now he's understanding and taking that in, and that competence is kicking in, and he's understanding that, okay, I did make some mistakes, but I'm learning from that because we did have an open discussion before the game, and I said I wasn't going to do it, and I did it. Okay, still you have the second C of the seven. Yeah.

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So my C is confidence, firm belief in one's own abilities, which stems from demonstrated competence and is reinforced by trusted relationships. So uh with my kids, uh particularly my son. Uh one, I think he was just born with confidence. There was a struggle at the beginning, but something happened in that NICU because he thinks he is the pro at everything. So me is that it's more trying to humble him a lot of times because he is very confident in himself. And I like that. I like that he's confident, but at the same time, it's like we we need to bring in that confidence at this point because he doesn't think he makes mistakes. And it's like, no, no, no. And so for me, we do have to point out some mistakes sometimes because his confidence level sometimes is like through the roof. So we gotta bring him back down. So you know, I don't tell him like, oh, you suck, or you know, whatever, but okay, you did this really well. Like whenever he's playing a sport or whenever he's reading, that is his struggle area, it's reading. So in that part, he has less confidence. But I'll always start off with the strength like, hey, you tried I saw that you were trying. That's what counts is that you try. You sounded this out correctly, but we this is like how you should sound out the entire word. I I want to build him up before I start to correct him. That way, there's still some of that confidence in there, but really just trying to explain to him how the mistake, but still showing him that he's got this, you're there, and just that motivation all the time. And it's reinforced by trusted relationships, the relationship he has with me. And he knows that mom's gonna tell him the truth. I don't always tell him what he wants to hear or say anything with his dad through us. So we're able to allow him to bring that confidence out while also demonstrating confidence and having him learn from his mistakes.

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I love that. The next C is connection, developing close ties within family, school, and community, which provides a security net that allows individuals to stand on their own. So, with this connection for us in our household is just being involved and engaging with him. We are giving him the confidence to feel comfortable to go out in the world without us and connect with other people. I've stated before that we move a lot. I'm a product of an environment of moving a lot as well. So I had to learn how to connect with people from jump. I wasn't taught how to connect with people. It was just, I don't want to say natural, but as a seven-year-old, I had to do what I had to do. And one thing that I can say that my parents did with my siblings and myself was make sure that we were involved in the community. We were very active in sports. My husband and I still have that into our household. The kids are actively out and about. And with our oldest son having to deal with the burden of moving and switching schools as often as his head had to do, we've also made sure to place them into different sporting. I have been his coach and I have been placed in different situations. I've placed myself, I should say, in different situations to just to make sure that my son will be able to connect and just develop the the essential necessities that he'll need as he grows to become a man when it comes to connecting with people and the community. So all the cities and states that we've moved to, we literally throw ourselves into each and every community. And I'm really grateful for the fact that all the communities that we have engulfed ourselves in, they've embraced us. So it's actually been pretty, it's been a pretty easy transition to do all the moves that we've done. And my son is making it even that much easier because he's been able to just put the competence and the confidence and connect all of that together to make sure that he's instilling that and just and giving that energy out to the other little kids that he's that he's meeting. And so making sure that you have that you can instill that connection into your kids.

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Yeah.

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And just to add to that, your son, he just has this very inviting smile. I think that definitely helps a lot. I I could picture his little face right now. So I think just he has like a very positive vibe about him. Um and like who wouldn't be attracted to that?

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Oh, thank you.

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Okay, that's enough one brain. So for our next C, we have character, possessing a strong set of morals, values, and integrity, which helps in caring for others and making good choices. My son is at a weird stage right now. He's eight, and he learns a lot of things in school. There has been times where, like, you know, he'll lie or he'll, you know, he'll make something up, or he'll joke. He doesn't always make the best choices. And what's what we say? Like, I never tell him he's a bad boy. And like he told me one time, he's like, Oh, I'm just such a bad boy. Like, no, you're not. You just didn't make a good decision. But the way that we tried to build his character is by trying to teach him those morals, those lessons, and to have integrity. Um, and and it's hard at his age, he doesn't understand that this phase right now, it's a very selfish phase. It's, you know, what I want right now. And still trying to set a good example for him between my husband and I, and the way he sees that we're also raising our daughter, his younger sister, tell him she looks up to you. You have to make good choices because she's gonna see you. And if you make good choices, we're gonna, you know, hopefully she's gonna make the good choices. And then on top of that, um, we have been going to church. He goes to the children's ministry and he learns there to try to uh incorporate that into our everyday routines so that you know he doesn't just hear it at church, but he sees it in his own life. That that's how we try to build his character, like just trying to be a good example for him. Um, I think helps. I used to read him books, but he likes me just making up stories. So it was a time where he didn't make a really good choice that day. So just off the top of my head, I made up, I made up a story I had to do with his choice that day. And he was just like, oh wow. Putting a a lesson in that story that you can relate to. Yes. I mean, yeah, you gotta do it one way or another. With that being said, let's go ahead and take a quick break from our seven C's and go into our sing to me game. If you're new to our show, uh I ask Ainaish a question related to music lyrics, and she is to respond by singing the correct lyric back. We'll take turns vice versa. Anish, I'm gonna have you fill in the blank. Yes. In 21 questions, 50 Cent asks, if you fell off blank, would you still love me?

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If I fell off, if I fell off.

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That's the word. Oh my gosh. All right. So if I fell off tomorrow, would you still love me? Oh my gosh.

SPEAKER_01 21:08

I definitely would.

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If I didn't smell so good, would you still hug me?

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I couldn't even think of where to start. Off tomorrow. Okay, all right, all right. You get me every time, you get me every time. All right, let's see what you got. In Destiny's child song, Soldier, who does little Wayne blend with? Who does he blend with? Yes. In Destiny's Child song, Soldier, who does little Wayne blend with? The army. I don't know.

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I think he's I'm blending with the R. Is that it? It is it. I'm blending with Judah Jancer. I could hear I I could blend it with the camera. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Oh my gosh, that was hard.

SPEAKER_01 21:50

It wasn't. You got it. Hey. Wait. All right. Go ahead.

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I saw your face, I was like. Sh I'm either super close, like she's waiting for the next word. Blend it with the army.

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Alright.

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Alright, let's see. In all about me, how does Maya want you to hold her?

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Wait, don't even know music? I hear the chorus. I know the chorus.

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This is alright. So what you want to do, do, do, do?

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Are you gonna get that? That's kinda well, hold her in the middle of the night. I don't know. Like, what's that? I don't know. I can't even think of how the chorus goes. Or me how the verse goes. That's sure. That's it. That's it. That's all I got.

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Just hold me like a man should do.

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I would not. I would not have gotten that.

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Just hold me like a man should do.

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That's embarrassing. All right. 112 song. It's no one. Oh, okay. I was a very big fan of 112. Very, very okay. A 112 song, it's over. It's a shame they don't do what anymore.

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It's a shame we gotta go through this. We wait. Gotta go. Oh, okay. We don't even talk. Girl, we don't even kiss a never what if the we be breaking.

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Five minutes later, but all right. I'm gonna guess I'm not gonna roll it. Alright, that's fine. You win. You win again. I feel like my brain just gives up. My brain just can't handle the pressure. It's all good. And this is building character and competence. There you go. Competence. And we're connecting. And we are connecting. So we are four C's down. We discuss competence, competence, connection, and character. We have three more C's that we will be touching base on before we push forward. Please make sure if you are not already following us on our social media platforms: Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, YouTube, we are out there. Please find us. Please give us a follow. Please send us a message and let us know that you're listening. Let us know that you're out there. We are seeing a lot of different cities and states that are supporting us and we really appreciate your support. So for those that are listening on this episode today and any future episodes, thank you so much for supporting this little small idea that Sil came up with a few months ago and we brought it to life. So thank you, thank you, thank you. Thank you. Contribution is the next C out of the seven C's. Understanding the importance of serving others and contributing to the world, which fosters a sense of purpose and self-worth. I love that contribution is on this list. Making sure that your kids are giving individuals and just having that, and don't have to be that person to give to everybody. There's enough people on the planet that we hope that the that energy to give is spread amongst all of us. But with children in particular, their instinct is mind, mind, mine, mine, mine. And they don't want to share. They don't want to know this is mine. I'm going to take that from you. I want it, give it to me. So being in a parent and an adult who has obviously gone through that phase and stage in life, and hopefully, I hope that you've overcome that stage of not wanting to share, that you can instill that into your child and contributing into society. Our son had to also be in the NICU and we had access to the Ronald McDonald Foundation. OMG. There are so many foundations out there that they ask you when you check out of what you know wherever you're at to donate, to donate, to donate. I like to know where my money's going. So if I'm not familiar with the foundation, it's hard for me to let go of my 50 cents. Not gonna lie. Judge me if you want. I don't care. You don't count my pockets, count your own. But the Ronald McDonald Foundation, which I'm familiar with, I'm not sure if you're familiar with, you know, all of our kids like McDonald's. Oh my gosh. I will always give money to the Ronald McDonald Foundation. They, I mean, they they had uh like living availability. I mean, it was limited, but free food for parents that were in connection with the hospital, if their kids were in the NICU, and they just had so many different benefits. And the donations that were coming from just the people going to McDonald's or, you know, wherever they have their donation buckets up at, it was contributing to just that. And it helped my husband and I tremendously because we weren't even living in the city that I birthed our son in. And we had to really make a lot of sacrifices to commute back and forth to see our son in the NICU. The accommodations that they gave, it was amazing. So with us having that thought in us, we make sure that we're instilling just giving to our kids and understanding the importance, taking care of your fellow partner. If one brother falls, hey, go help your brother up. You've seen that he fell, ask if he's okay. If someone's on the court and our son's playing basketball, hey, no, go help him up. Put your hand out and help your that person up. So making sure that you're extending that hand out as an adult and instilling that into your child, it makes a whole difference. It instills self-worth and purpose. You know, one of your purposes of being here on the planet, just giving out that contribution to society.

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Well, I love that. That was great. Yes. And you never know when you're gonna need of someone or like a foundation like that. And so to be a recipient of that and then now paying it forward is beautiful. Moving on to the next C is coping. Developing a repertoire of positive adaptive strategies to manage stress, which prevents reliance on dangerous, quick fix behaviors. With coping, my son, he is very high energy. And there's times where he does have a hard time managing his stress, you know, whether it's just telling him no to something or you know, whatever the case is. Sometimes I'd have to tell him it's okay to be upset, right? It is okay to be sad, it's okay to feel what you're feeling, right? But you need to stop and take a breath, chill out for a bit, right? And then think about what your next step is because there's gonna be consequences, whether it's positive or negative, right? There's gonna be consequences to what you do. So I see him doing that. Sometimes you all see him stop and take a breath, or you could just tell he's thinking, like, wait a minute, if I do this, this is gonna happen. If I do that, that's gonna happen. But I do try to to give out my positive feedback and energy when it comes to coping with things. It's okay to feel your feelings. I don't care that you're a boy. If you want to cry, don't cry. I mean, he's eight. Um, I don't want him to hold things in because that's when those quick fix behaviors start to kick in because you're just holding in so much that you just go to the first thing you find that you think is gonna make you feel better for just a second. Uh so even it's you know what, just go lay on your bed for a little bit. Just color, go drink some water, something to just forget about what it is that's stressing you out at that moment and try to give him a clear head. My daughter, she's on another level. I don't know if it's a girl thing or what, but she has already learned to come to her room. So whenever she's upset at us, she just turns around and comes to her room. And that's how she manages her stress. One time I caught her standing in her room looking at her window, and I was looking at her like, what are you doing? But that's how she copes. I didn't teach her that at all. But for her to even find her own way to deal with her stress, I think that's so awesome. And I just let her until she feels better, and she comes out on her own and she's fine. So, some, like my son, have to be taught, but others they find their ways. And as long as you as a parent can witness what they're doing and that it's safe, just let it be. And it's an award that you that these children can find ways to manage their stress because there's so many who don't know where to even start to manage their stresses. At any age, there's so much going on that they they don't know how to handle things. But teaching them now will help them for you know the stress that comes along as they grow older.

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There's a lot of stress that's to come as they grow older. They think it's bad now. Having those coping mechanisms, having those mechanisms instilled in us in a young age, developing as we grow older is definitely a bonus. That's a plus. If that's something that we can instill in our kids, bonus. Just to make them better people living in society. The last C out of the seven C'silience is control. Control. Understanding that actions and decisions have consequences, enabling individuals to feel in control of their lives and choices. Being able to control your emotions is so big. There are so many different scenarios of people, and just because of their lifestyles, being able to approach and understanding that if you create a moment, someone's going to react to that, depending on the situation. But understanding that there will be a reaction to your actions. And sometimes the decision that you make will have consequences, especially if it's a bad decision. Instilling that in into our kids while they're young and developing them at two, at one, hey, no, you don't touch that. That's not okay. Don't do that. Don't hit mommy. There's a consequence for that. You don't pour the cereal on the floor. Because kids are gonna try you. That's what they're doing. They're not like, oh, how far can I go? Like, how deep is the pool? Before I realize, like, oh, that's too far. And so being able to instill all of these seeds that we've just touched base on is literally coming down to control. Will your your child have control over their actions because their actions ultimately is going to decipher the decision that the next person makes towards them. We're not saying to do anything crazy. And quite frankly, with the seven C's that we're discussing, if you have your own way of parenting, do you? This is a topic that we're discussing, we found interesting, and we're just bringing it to the table. Understanding your child and being present and aware of the different developmental stages that they're going through. And even if you need to look at these C's to see where you're at to make sure that you're in a good headspace. Like you're trying to get the control, let me calm down and get confident as a parent to proceed with dealing with my child. We touch base as best as we can with the seven C's of resilience. And again, the seven C's was developed by a pediatrician by the name of Dr. Kenneth Ginsberg. And he decided to relate the components to make it design to help children and adults build capacity to overcome adversity, manage stress, and to thrive. And that's all we want you all to do as well. As parents, is to thrive and push forward. We're here to support you and to uplift you all. The last topic that we will be discussing today is what you all have been waiting for if you have made it this far, is Bridgerton. Season four has dropped. Sean Deland has entered the chat of Netflix, and she has released another installment of Bridgerton. We are fans. Our last episode, we recapped all of the previous installments of Bridgerton, and we are going to briefly touch base on episode one. For the next several episodes of pouring and parenting, we'll be ending our episodes with highlights of Bridgerton and our thoughts on where the next episode will go. Jumping into episode one of Bridgerton, season four, The Waltz. In true Bridgerton style, no more than five minutes into the episode, our good boy Benedict Bridgerton was awakened by his mother in what appeared to be a good old-fashioned threesome. Am I familiar with that? And your business. Which sets the tone for season four. Let's talk about good old Lady Whistledown. Miss Whistledown has been getting down since last season. And if you've seen last season, Whistledown got so much that she got pregnant. Lady Whistledown has a little little whistledown. And they introduce a new baby who's the cutest little chunky ginger-haired baby. He's so ginger. Like, where did they find this baby? He's so cute. Whistledown was getting down. A lot of people were getting down. Sisters, friends of the sisters were all getting down. Was that a surprise to you that people were getting down?

SPEAKER_02 35:21

No. No, it wouldn't be Bridgeton if there was a lot of lust and just getting down.

SPEAKER_01 35:28

We all know that Benedict is gender fluid. How do you feel the season will go?

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I think that because his mom is trying to get him married, there's gonna be a lot of pushback. So he's gonna wild out before his mom really just pulls the reins in. So we'll probably be seeing a lot of just wild orgies out of Benedict this season before he settles down. I disagree. Okay.

SPEAKER_01 35:57

Uh I don't think that he'll be able to get up. I think that he's going to try to wow out and go to his sex parties, but I do not think that Benedict will be able to finish the job, if you will. I don't think that he's going to pursue other he's gonna try, but I don't think he's going to fully engage in activities that he's been engaging in because he's enamored by this new woman by Sophie. Yes, by Sophie.

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Sophie is the masked woman at the masquerade ball that Violet Bridgerton throws. In comes Sophie by herself, no chaperone. And she has the mask, she blends right in. And it seemed like she was there just to see what they're all about. But in the midst of that, of all that, Benedict stumbles upon her and asks her to the balcony after Sophie was being courted by some creeper. But they go out and she's I don't know how to dance. And he was just looking at her like, you don't know how to dance. He was very bewildered by her because she was just so different. And she genuinely did not know who he was. And I think that threw him back even more because he's so used to being chased by these thirsty debutants who are looking for marriage. He feels like you just want to be married. They don't see you, they just see a title, they just see I'm a Bridgerton. But Sophie was like, Who are you? Then he taught us all how to dance the waltz with the one, two, three, four. One, two, three, four. The only thing I feel up until this point, Bridgerton has been original. And I don't know if I'm a fan of the Cinderella story. It's gonna be like X-ray to Cinderella story, but Cinderella nonetheless. I'm hoping I like it, but we'll see.

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Yes, it's definitely giving Cinderella immediately. I'm pretty sure all of the viewers who watched episode one definitely noticed that pun. I was waiting for her to drop her shoe. She dropped a glove instead. Okay, are we gonna do a glove match? Sophie works as a maid for other debutantes that actually were invited to that seasonal party. And she showed up, she got there, and she had to leave before a certain time. So I'm wondering if he disclosed that he's a hoe. Right. There were so many other gems in episode one of Bridgerton. Watch Bridgerton. Hang tight with us because every week for the next eight weeks, give or take, we will be discussing Bridgerton and just having fun with it, giving our take on the series. It's a fun series, it's a nice little getaway when your husband's asleep or awake, watch it with him. It's a steamy series if you haven't watched it. But make sure the kids are asleep. Definitely make sure the kids are asleep. Ladies and gentlemen, that's a wrap on episode 16. From the seven C's of parenting to the 50 Cent and the chaos that he's bringing to social media and whatever that silver glove meant in the Bridgetton ballroom. We've covered a lot of ground this episode. Thank you so much for hanging out with us.

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