The Bobby Bones Show - FEELING THINGS - New Favorite Book of the Year + A Habit That Could Change Your Kid's Future

Episode Date: August 21, 2026

Amy’s gushing about a book that might be the best read of the year, no spoilers, just pure obsession. Then we dig into some research-backed data on family dinners and why something as simple as eating together regularly can lower kids' aggression, reduce disordered eating, and even boost grades and self-esteem. We also get into a genuinely useful parenting hack for avoiding yes/no questions that invite pushback (and yes, we tested if it works on spouses too), plus Quiet Hours at Sephora, a sensory-friendly shopping option way more people than you'd expect could benefit from. And we share an incredibly moving email from a listener nominating her local teacher, whose classroom was damaged in recent flooding but who's kept showing up for her students anyway. We're kicking off something special with Hasbro over the next several weeks to help honor her and teachers like her. Hasbro is sponsoring Feeling Things for 8 weeks, celebrating back to school by getting families around the table with games again. Even better: they're helping us honor amazing teachers! Know one? Email [e-mail] or call 877-207-2077, they could get featured on the show, plus a $500 Walmart gift card from Hasbro for classroom supplies. Grab your favorite Hasbro games like Hungry Hungry Hippos, Connect 4, Trouble, & more at Walmart.com!   Get some Feeling Things merch by clicking HERE! (FeelingThingsPodcast.com) Sign up for the Feeling Things newsletter HERE! Watch us on Youtube HERE! Find us on TikTok: @radioamy Call and leave a voicemail: 877-207-2077 Email: [e-mail] HOSTS: Amy Brown // RadioAmy.com // @RadioAmy Kat Van Buren // threecordstherapy.com // @KatVanburenSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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When it's spirit where to the chill stuff and the in between, sometimes the best thing you can do is just out. Feeling Things with Amy and Kat. Happy Tuesday. Welcome to Feeling Things. I'm Amy. And I'm Kat. And my feeling of the day is excited times two. Okay. And some gratitude mixed in. Excited, number one. I finished the Calamity Club and it is, I am, I think I'm just going to say it. It's my favorite book of the year so far. It might be better than the Nightingale to me. And that's hard because that was my favorite book of the year.

What? Yeah. It is so. good. It makes me wish that, you know, a long, long time ago, we talked about starting a little bit of a book club and then we never did. And that would be fun and all. But it really makes me wish that we had a feeling things book club. So we could all hop on our feeling things book club zoom together and talk about this book. Can you give me a what is it about? Is it historical? Yeah. I would say. Yeah. It's fiction. And it's historical. It is. You learn things about how it, how it was. When? Like the 60s or so. 50s when now I don't have the exact. I mean,

hmm. You're like when I was like, Winter Garden is my favorite book and I had no idea what war it was about. And you're like, I'm pretty sure it's about the Great Depression. And wait, what war was it? World War II.

What would I do? What would do? Well, that's what I love. I like World War II historical fiction stories. And that's why I loved the Nightingale so much. And that one was going to be hard to beat. Maybe I'll make these neck and neck because I hate not having the nightingale is my favorite

for this year. But this book is so good. The author of it, she also wrote The Help. Oh, is this going to be, do you think this is going to be a movie one day? I sure hope so because the help was a movie. And it was so great. I love this book. Now, if you've been listening to podcast for a while, you know that I like to read a book.

I have the physical copy. And I listen on Audible because of my dyslexia. It's just very helpful for me. I really enjoyed reading this, but let me tell you, one of the voice actors for the audiobook, for the character Meg, the little girl, so cute. I mean, her little accent, I hear it in my head right now, and it's just so cute. They did such a great job, so I highly recommend listening to it. So they had different people, not that wasn't the same person reading and doing voices.

They had two different. I believe it was two different voice actors. If not, that person is way talented. Okay. Well, shoot, I just started a new book. I should have started this one. I started the Alice Network today, which is also about World War II. Oh, well, go ahead and finish that one.

Calamity Club will be here for you. Okay. You're excited at times two? Excited number two is we have a really cool partnership with Hasbro coming up, this episode, and then the next seven after this. So for the next several weeks, we have a fun surprise, and we've got an email that we're going to read in a little bit that I'm just filled with joy and gratitude for this whole thing because there's some giveaways to it.

We're going to be honoring teachers and we're going to put a call to action for those of you listening. Like if you have a teacher in your life, you want to write in about. So I'm very excited for the kickoff of this. We'll call it the Hasbro season here. And so that's, yeah, gratitude and excitement and joy for that. I'm going to share all that. Yeah.

So I keep adding more feelings. What about you? Well, I'm feeling gratitude too for that. And also, I just came off the heels of my baby shower. And we didn't share too much about this, but I had a lot of anxiety about my baby shower. Oh, yeah, she did. And it was happening during our trip to Arizona. I mean, we're at Canyon Ranch.

We're trying to relax. And Kat is stressing out about her baby shower. I'm honestly glad I was there because I feel like I was able to just. matter of fact put a bow on it and be like we're done yeah the day before our trip i think i slept like two hours and you were very you it you not being my family i think helped i agree because you weren't just like saying what i they wanted me to hear kind of thing anyway i had a lot of anxiety about it and one of my anxieties was that it would be boring and it was a couple shower yes well i my thing Baby showers. Part of it is I just had, feel like I just had my wedding season. I just asked a lot of people.

So I felt like I was asking a lot of people. Then the other part was I didn't want people to be like, oh, I have to go to a baby shower, you know, which some people are like that. And so I was like, we're going to have a couple shower. And then I was like, but then the guys are going to think that. So how do we make it fun? And Patrick's like, Catherine, it's just like asking our friends to come hang out with us. You don't overthink that. And we're giving them food. and drinks. I couldn't get it through my head. Guys, it was amazing. It was so fun. It went by so fast. The food was great. The desserts. The best part. Yeah. So good. I still have some at my house. It was so much fun. And the games? The games are really good. I was in charge of the games.

Yeah. Yeah. I took Casparo games. Just kidding. Although we do have some here that we'll talk about. But no, I took some games, but you know, what I realized is that my vision is getting so bad. When I printed out, did you see I was really struggling to read? Because I had to read some stuff off a card, and the font was so small. And I'm in front of, I think there was 70 people there. Yeah, there's a lot of people. And because Kat's from Nashville area, so all of your family is here. And Patrick's from here, too.

So there's just a lot of people that want to celebrate baby Zoe, which now we can say the name. Yay. Yay. And I've been holding that in because some episodes I'm like, oh shoot, can we say the name? You almost said it. I think last week. But who cares? Who cares?

Whatever. It's out there. Zoe Elizabeth, which is so cute. Update, guys, I did not name her after me. Right. Because I know that was a thing. Zoe Elizabeth is not your name. Encourage me to do that.

And they thought it was really cute. We did not. And I'm okay with it. I love her name. Yes. It's so precious. I could not see. and I didn't bring my reading glasses

because I'm going to a baby shower. Why would I need you? And then I was like, ah, so I was struggling up there. But I thought the games did go well. They went off without a hitch. What would you say?

They were a hit. They were a hit. People said, which I'm like, people could just say nothing. They could just say, hey, you know, good to see you. But they were like, hey, those were fun games, you know.

So I feel like it was sincere. They did. They did that? Okay. They said. They were like, that was really cute. We like that. So I will say the games we played were mom or dad, which y'all can Google these if you've got a baby shower coming up. Mommy or Daddy. It's called Mommy or Daddy. But I changed it to Mom or Daddy because I felt weird. When I did that one for Caitlin and Bobby's baby shower, it felt weird saying Mommy and Daddy that many times in a row. So I changed it to Mom and Dad. And then I learned from Patrick Kat's husband, he's like, well, you know I still call my dad daddy. And I was like, what? What? What? What? You're a 30-year-old, 30-something-year-old, you're a 33-year-old man. Wait, he might be 34. I don't know how old he. Well, I felt so, I felt so bad because he's like, well, why'd you change it? I still call my dad, daddy. Like I was defending him, I was like, oh, well, it's just more so that I was having to say mommy and daddy a lot, because the game is 15 questions.

And, you know, it just. loved for you to be in front of everybody calling Patrick Daddy. I think that would have been great. I feel like that's what he expects Zoe to do. Daddy. She will call him Daddy until she's an appropriate age to switch to dad. No, no. He's 33. Your husband is 33 and calls his dad Daddy. I know. He knows. It's literally when he calls him, it says Daddy on his phone. Okay. That's what I said. I said, Patrick, tell me this. Like, so you just need to call your dad real quick. What do you, what, let's act this. out and he was like, do, do, do, do, hey, daddy. And I was like, what? Like, just any old, not just like, oh, but it is a little bit of

southern to it, because, like, my cousins from Alabama, they say mama and daddy. Like, that doesn't sound as weird to me. Mama and daddy doesn't sound as weird to me as daddy. You know? Yeah, it's all weird. I think it's weird. This is one of my favorite fun facts to bring up in front of people because he has no shame in it. No. Like, obviously. Anyway, Yeah, my husband does that. Zoe will not be calling, but also it's different when a girl does it. It makes it, this is a little sexist, I guess, but it does feel different if like I, I could not call my dad, daddy. I just almost said, like, it would be different if I call my dad, daddy.

If I said, hey, daddy, I think my dad would be like, who are you talking to? Right. Yeah, I feel like it, I think it's weird for guys or girls. I have a friend that calls her dad daddy, but like also reminds me of righteous gemstones because they call their dad Diddy. Yes. The Southern Mama, Daddy. Yeah. Okay.

Well, let me share the games just so we can at least. Okay. Because I know people are like, I have a baby shower coming up. I want to know what those fun games are that people compliment it. There's no shortcut for saving time. But saving money is simple. Just combine your car and home insurance with Bel Air Direct and save. Get a quote at fellar direct.com.

Okay, mom or dad. Then we did Pass the Present. That was your favorite. My favorite. I love that. Pass the present is so fun and it's a little rhyme. And I'm sure there are multiple iterations, but you can just pick whichever one you like.

And then... And you get to know, like, it's a rhyme that will say, like, who's known the mom the longest? So everybody gets to learn or, like, who has the most kids? Or it's cute and you get to like no fun. Who traveled the farther? Who calls their dad daddy? You should have added that.

I should have added that. I should have. And then the other one wasn't so much a game. It was more of an activity. And we had blank diapers and I got cute sharpies and everybody wrote y'all cute little notes on the diaper. So when you're changing the baby's diaper late night, you've got a little funny note to read from your friends. So there you go. A good job.

Shower games. You're welcome. I was worried about the activities because I didn't want it to be like cheesy and weird. And if you two are worried about that, these are great. Also, I'm having a really hard time not reading the diapers yet. I had to put them up in the closet where I can't reach. Are you to hide them? They want to know what people wrote, but then that ruins the point.

They're really cute. Which, speaking of you becoming a mom, I have a parent tip of the day. I'll take it. And this is something that came up with me recently with my son because he needed a haircut and he was refusing to cut. to cut like he really did not want to cut his hair but schools was starting and I'm like hey dude we need a hair so I pulled up two images and instead of saying do you want a haircut or telling him you're going to get a haircut I screenshot two pictures and said which haircut do you want

and it gave him some control he got to pick so therefore it wasn't a no it gave him an option So don't ask a question that you don't want to know to. Don't ask a yes or no question that you don't want to know to. That's a better way to phrase it. Don't ask a yes or no question that you want to know to. Give options. So some more examples. Baby Zoe one day when she's old enough to get her shoes.

Do you want to put your shoes on? Because Zoe might be like, no. So you say, do you want the red shoes or the blue shoes? I mean, this will work on baby Zoe all the way up to your 18-year-old. I mean, my son's 15, and this was not, do you want to get your haircut? It's like, do you want this haircut or this haircut? Yeah, I was thinking I'd just be like, hey, put your shoes on. But this is kinder.

That may not work. She might look at you and say, no. Do you want to brush your teeth? That invites a no. So maybe you have two different toothbrushes and you say dinosaur toothbrush or astronaut one. I feel like you could do that with Patrick. I will say he brushes his teeth. I wasn't implying he doesn't have to brush his teeth.

I know, but he's just that he still said daddy. I was going to say, he brushes his teeth for like five minutes at a time. It really blows my mind. I was just thinking how cute he calls daddy so he needs a dinosaur toothbrush. Because he's a little child. Yeah. Do you want to get in the car seat? That invites a no.

So you say, do you want to hop in like a bunny or climb in like a bear? Do you want to clean up? That invites a no. So you say, pick up. the blocks first or the cars first and then they get to decide do you want to go to bed you might get a no for that but if you say blue blanket or star blanket and then they pick which one they want to go to bed with you know or you want to have game night we've got these Hasbrook games here you want do you want a game night no no no do you want to play hungry hungry hippo or you want to play trouble

i want to play hungry hungry hippos that's the one i would pick too as a kid i always wanted that game. Yeah. So that invites like game night with the family. Sometimes your kids, even though they know it's fun, they want to resist even a family activity like that. I was going to say, who says no to a game? I can't relate to somebody who says no to a game night. Well, some teenagers. But then once they get going, they don't ever regret it. Shannon just wrote, I wonder if this is work on a spouse instead of, do you want to talk about this, which you could invite a no or not right now, you can say, do you want to talk about it now or after dinner? I feel like that would work on a man.

I think that's, yeah. I feel like women would want to talk about it. Unless they might be, what is the, their avoidant? I think it depends. I think stereotypically, yeah, women are the ones that are said that they want to, like, get things done now, but I think those rules switch a lot. But I think that offers, like, I have a choice in this. You're not forcing me talk about this.

I can take my break and take my time and then we can come back after I enjoy my dinner and talk with you about this thing. Whatever that thing may be. But also might work with your trying to get your spouse, your husband out the door into the car. Do you want to close it, hop like a bunny into the car?

Or climb like a bear. I'm going to ask Patrick then to see what happens. It's like, wait. Patrick would be like, I'll hop, daddy. He said whatever my daddy wants me to do. Yeah, that's weird.

Some more that Shannon added that are spouse-related. Can you help me with the dishes? That might give you a no or in a minute so you can try. Do you want to wash or dry? Oh, I would hope if someone asks their spouse if they would help you with the dishes. No. No, I'm good. or do you want to go on a date night that might invite a no

we have questions about your relationship or I'm it could it could be and I'm tired like I feel that way like hey do you want to go out it's like oh I'm tired but it should be like all right no we're going out should we do Italian or sushi I like it so look don't don't ask yes or no questions if you don't want to hear no I like this is for more than just parenting. I really like that and that made me think of this. You might have shared this with me or I could have seen it on social media, but it was this fun little trend that was going around where for a date night, so you didn't have to like spend all this time preparing it, you would like put on cards like options like do we want to go to drinks or dinner or something and you'd pick

a card. Did you tell me this? Yes. Well, because my boyfriend at the time, he did, he gave me two cards for my birthday of what we were going to do to celebrate option one and option two and I got to pick which card. But you didn't know. Well, to be fair, I didn't like blindly draw the card, which that was the social media trend. You would blindly draw it. So that would be a way to just get it done. But I read the options and then I chose because it was both were trips. Like, oh, I'm going to do that blindly. But that's when I ended up going to Charleston and I had never gone. It was in Florida. Is there a place called Amelia Island or something like that sounds like a thing that could be real it looked really cool seemed real it seemed magical like a really cool place to go but getting there like flight wise the

way and and plus I had been wanting to go to Charleston so I chose Charleston but yes there was a similar trend where you just have the cards and the whoever the partner would blindly pick I like that And it would be like Mexican, Italian, name another food group. Is there more? Sushi. Well, I just gave that. But what are American? American, whatever.

And then afterwards it would be like, go get a cocktail or a dessert card. And you would pick one. But here's the other thing. Sometimes I know what I want. So if I picked the go get a cocktail card, I'd be like, oh, I want ice cream. You know? Yeah. So only do this if you're in a really spontaneous mood.

I'm trying to say yes to more things. Like, yes to more things. Activities. I don't know how else to say it. Because I said that and you go, huh? And I'm like, I'm trying to say yes to more things. Like, I'm going to go to a birthday party where I have to get dressed up. That is wild.

That is. So wild. Yes, my friend is having a birthday and it's her 50th. So it's a big deal. And she was going to take a trip. for it but then with everybody's schedules i think it was hard which i thank goodness i was i would have wanted to go but that would have been more difficult to take a weekend get away i thought you're going to say i wouldn't say yes to that no i wanted to go to that but this is a lot easier but i will say the dress-up part that throws me it's like an extra step the way my brain works that's another thing like i don't

have to just pick out clothes to wear and i have to pick out a costume like i'm not costume person What do you mean? Oh, you're supposed to dress up as your... It's like you get dressed every day. Okay, so let me back up. I didn't give you the whole concept of the party. So she's turning 50. So some of her other girlfriends are hosting this iconic party for her because 50 and our friend is iconic.

So you come dressed up as your favorite icon. Oh, this is a costume party. Yes. You made it sound like we're going to a nice place and I have to wear a dress. Oh, I thought I said costume or dress up. I think you said dress up and I just assumed like you had to wear real clothes. Okay, let me back up and clarify that I have to normally get dressed and that is difficult. Like getting dressed to go to dinner in itself is a process that I don't particularly enjoy.

But now it's a costume. So it's like I have to put thought into it. But my friend Jackie has this Shanaya Twain costume that she's worn. and it's perfect. And so she texted me. She has pretty much everything I would need. I just had to order these leopard pants on Amazon. And bam,

I have my costume. And I'm saying yes. Because part of me wanted to just text her on the side and be like, hey, can we go celebrate your birthday, just us too somewhere? Because I'm not close with a lot of her other friends that are hosting it, which is fine.

But then they're all couples. So now I'm at these people's house, these husbands and wives all dressed up. Yeah, except for me and birthday girl. Okay. we're the single ones. Well, that probably feels good for the birthday girl to have another. Yeah, but those are all her.

She's used to being around them. Yeah. Anyway, I think just the way my brain is, I don't like that extra step, so I'd rather just avoid it. And now I'm also excited that I'm going all in. Jackie came in clutch with letting me borrow her Shania twain outfit. That gives my brain a break of having to come up with all these different pieces to put together a look and then picking which icon will problem solved.

because it's Chenaya Twain. It's her leopard moment where she's got the leopard hood and she even has the red wig and everything. So you're wearing a wig. So I'm going all out and I'm saying yes. But you know, your brain does it ever get over? You're a sevens. You love a good time, but you have a brain like mine sort of where do you get over stimulated

and you just want to throw in the towel and you'd rather be like, hey, can we just go get coffee to celebrate your birthday? Yes. What have I done for every birthday that you've known me? Yeah. Yeah. I just wear sweatpants and invite people over to play games. That's true.

You are that. I just had this thought, though, this is where my brain would go if I was going to this party. I would need to know what costumes other people are wearing because it gives like legally blonde. She shows up in the bunny costume and then like everybody's wearing normal clothes. No, they're all dressed up. They're all going all out.

Think like Dolly. Brittany Spears like hit me baby one more time or Britney Spears toxic. big. If you didn't have this costume already ready, is there another icon you would have picked? Well, I asked on the Bobby Bone Show, I asked for ideas and Bobby gave me some. Shania was one of them. Dolly was one of them. Deli Woods from Legally Blonde. Not the bunny, but maybe her with the little Chihuahua. Yeah. Or the bunny costume. Bobby said Martha Stewart, like with her jail outfit on. What is that like cookies? But Martha's not, I don't, yeah. She's not icon to me, but it's not. a lot of people. That would actually be so funny. To wear a jail costume. Yes. With cookies.

He said Amelia Earhart. And I was like, wait, I can't be single. Maybe there's going to be, what if there's one other single guy there and I show up as Amelia Earhart with my little. That's why you want to wear the buddy costume. Oh, yeah. Oh, Sandy from Greece, like in the all black. You would look so cute in that outfit too. But no, no, no, you're Shania. You need to be Shania. You're going to be so cute. Thank you. The leggings are going to be perfect. And the rest of wig. So iconic. Well, speaking of my brain and how it works and getting over-stimulated, I was at Sephora this last weekend. I went to get some new makeup, which is a task in itself trying to figure out which colors and what. I just needed like a few things to freshen up my look,

I guess. And I walk in there and the smell is so strong and the music and the people and it's so busy. The person working told me they have neurodivergent hours now. Did they tell you that because you were like, I'm over-sumulated? It just like came up and then I googled it when I got home. No, I didn't walk in. I'm like, I'm oversimulated. I can't be here. It was just something that they've just added and they're rolling out to all their stores nationwide. So then I googled it more when I got home. And it's the first hour that the store is open on like Tuesdays and Saturdays. Or you need to check your location like where you are but if the smells and the sound and the busyness there bothers you because if you ever had to go to sephora and you totally avoid it because you just can't go in

and part of it is there's too many options for me too right so can they like close down some of the areas we're only selling this brand right now right that would be a good idea they like um block it off so you can't even see it because i agree it can't get i thought when i heard something about like quiet hours at Sephora, I thought they were doing this because, you know, Sephora has become a place for tweens to hang out. Oh, I mean, yeah. It's been like, taken over by...

I don't even know how some of these people, kids afford their stuff from Sephora. I can't barely afford makeup there. So, and like, there, I don't know if it's still what they are doing, but a couple years ago, like, 12 to like 15 year olds were obsessed with skincare. And so they were all going to Sephora and buying all these expensive of skincare stuff. So when I first heard this,

I thought they were like, it was like adult swim. It was like they're banning the tweens from. But then how could you really do that? Okay. No. It says quiet hours. This is the definition on their website.

Dedicated shopping hours designed for people with ADHD, autism, sensory sensitivities, anxiety, PTSD, and anyone who finds traditional retail environments overwhelming. The stores lower the music, dim bright screens where possible, pause loud product demonstrations, strong ambient fragrances

and triggers are minimized, and beauty advisors give shoppers extra space to browse peacefully and less help is requested. It just creates a calmer atmosphere. That last one gives us space. Nobody's asking us if we need help is what I'm hearing. I think it's really nice when they ask,

but they can really be on their A game. And when you get asked like five times, I'm like, I'm good. And then when I do it, do need someone, I'm like, oh shoot, I can't find anybody. Literally. Shoot. Sometimes you just want to like play around in there and just, you know, that's self-soothing is to like test different.

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So whether you're a solo travel veteran or you're too nervous to book your first trip, I hope you listen to Solita on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you're you get your podcasts. I know we were talking about, like, game nights and how to get a yes or no. What about family dinners or how to not get a no with your wanting to play a game night? But what about family dinners? Because I feel like I, as a mom, have been slacking on that big time. And I need to be more of, like, it's not an option to my kids.

Like, not, hey, do y'all want to have a family dinner tonight? It's going to say, I'm going to say, do you all want to meet around the table at 6 or 630? And then I'll get a yes because I know that family dinners are so important. So I was curious because I know you have a whole thing about family dinners to share with us. But I didn't know what it was like for you growing up and what you planned to do with baby Zoe. I don't feel like dinner was an option for us growing up. I think it was dinners on the table come down and eat or dinner's about to be ready come set the table. Right, but you sat around the dinner.

I mean, my kids eat. Don't get me wrong. No, no. But it's almost sitting together. Yeah, well, we didn't have, yes, we did that. But there was no option around it. It was, I think, because we just always did that. But then that changed.

Once we all got into high school, we had activities and stuff, then it was a lot of, I made dinner, it's on the stove, get it when you want it. Because we were all gone at different times. But I was thinking like the yes or no thing. It could be, hey, I'm planning family dinners for this week. Do you want pasta or taco bowls on Wednesday? Bam. I want that's how you get it done. Now my daughter's moving into her own apartment, so I'm going to have to say,

do you want to come over for dinner, Tuesday or Wednesday? Yes. Yeah. And then she's going to have to pick a day to come over. Also, she's going to want to come over because it's free food. Like what? Yes. Oh, yeah, true, true.

And it's you and you're so lovely to be around. And she's going to want to send time it. Totally, yeah. But did you have family? Was it normal? No, not at all. No, I don't know if what. I don't have a lot of memories.

I've told you this before about when my dad was at home. I just, I don't. I can't recall a single family meal around the table. Now, when my dad was remarried, I remember going to his house, but I, like, didn't live there. So maybe it was more of, like, an event. But I remember us sitting around at his house and having dinners a lot, like, on a Sunday. He'd be like, hey, we're going to grill come by and, like, your sister's coming. Yeah.

I remember one in particular. My brother came and he brought his girlfriend and my brother's girlfriend was older than my stepmom. That's how young my stepmom was. Okay, I was going to say, was that how old? No. She was more my brother's age,

but my stepmom was so much younger than my dad that that's one I remember. I have to have very specific details from the family dinner, like that tidbit to where I have a memory. But we, I mean, my dad left when I was nine. So I'm trying, like, then my mom went back to,

work and she was working full time and she worked for Taco Bell like the corporate office. So we ate a lot of Taco Bell because she had this card. It was a laminated card with her face on it and we got 50% off. That's sweet. So you could like have a whole family meal for like $2. Yeah. And the family that my sister actually ended up marrying this family who my mom worked like my mom went to work for them because my mom didn't have a job.

My dad left. And then that was my mom's best. friend's husband who owned those and he needed a new administrative assistant and so my mom went and filled that role and she worked there for like 20, 25 years. Oh, wow. I mean, that was her job. So leading through. And they also owned like golden chick like a chicken fried place. So we ate a lot of golden chick. We ate a lot of Taco Bell. Is that nostalgic to you? Yes, golden chick would be. Oh my gosh. She went there every Sunday after church and we got that for free. Oh, better. So, uh, Like the people that worked for the company did, and then like our pastor, there was certain

people, like you just had to say your name and they wrote it down on the list. So they were very generous. And then, I'm trying to think we would always do those McDonald's. Back then, McDonald's would have, if you buy two quarter pounders with cheese, you got a free, you got a free VHS tape. And my mom and I would love to collect the VHS tapes. Like you'd get dirty route and scounders. like the movies. Like a whole movie. A whole movie. A whole movie. A whole VHS tape.

Wow. But that, I do remember that's how we got dirty rotten scoundals. And I like, I like that movie. But my mom and I would go and try to collect the movie. So we got a lot, we had a lot of fast food. We got a lot of McDonald's, a lot of Taco Bell. And then my dad was in the restaurant business. So I ate a lot of Mr. Yattis and a lot of shortstop.

I did not have family meals. We, we, we, we, we, we, did a lot of drive-through. Like, that's all. I'm really racking my brain trying to think if I can ever remember. Like, there's not your favorite meal that your mom cooked? Well, yeah, this chicken casserole thing.

My mom was an excellent cook. Both of my parents were. But she would cook more for, like, if we're having guests over, or there's potluck at the church. Okay. And she'd make that casserole. And the casserole was, um, chef's kiss. So good.

Oh. You'd probably hate it because it has. has a lot of mayonnaise in it. I don't like a cassero. To answer your question simply, no, I don't think I had family meals around the table. Which is sad. Yeah, well, I'm going to, you turned out okay. So there's that.

But there is something I came across called the family table vaccine. Okay. And it says that making the family table a priority from an early age, can serve as a vaccine against many of the harms that come to children from a hurried lifestyle. And these statistics come from the American College of Pediatricians, their website. So we have a legit source here. This is kind of shocking to me because family dinners feels like not the biggest deal in the world, especially now in our society.

I feel like we are very hurried. So it's shocking to me that family dinners make such a difference. what I have taken from this is I think it's the just being with family and being seen and cared for versus like it has to specifically it's because you ate dinner with your family because there was some kind of routine or something or you were together which again we did family dinners until a certain age and then we didn't well that's because of your schedules which that makes sense but you still had we had a lot of Sonic I'll tell I'll I'll admit that I can't I don't have to like make me feel a bell, though, but we didn't have a discount card.

So my, my, my, my, my dad has diabetes. So he's not like, Catherine, let's go to Taco Bo. So there was like certain places that he can get something that at a fast food place and Taco Bell wasn't one of them. But like I've eaten plenty of Taco Bell. Hey, all this. It just isn't nostalgic to me as it is to you. Okay.

So shocking facts about family dinners. Children whose family. had positive family meal experiences at age six were less likely to demonstrate physical aggression, oppositional behavior, non-aggressive delinquency, delinquency,

which I feel like that's just not like hitting in, obviously. Right. I think, yeah, I think I dabbled a non-aggressive delinquency. Okay, well, maybe the family dinners did affect you. I mean, I think you were right. I turned out.

Okay, but I think my teen years were a little rough. Were you a little defiant from your... Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. Remember we called your friend and you had the party at your dad's house. Yeah, but I mean, some of that's normal teenage behavior. That's because of the family dinners. Okay.

Yes, we had my friend Scott on the podcast once, and he was confirming the party. You were a wild child that I threw at my dad's house. But because my parents were divorced, I could do that. If my dad was out of town, I'd throw a party at his house, but then I was I was living with my mom, so I had to make curfew at my mom's house. And so I was like, hey, party. I didn't even say party's over. I was like, hey, guys, y'all can stay here.

I got to go. I have curfew at my mom's house. And then that's when Scott got arrested. That is crazy. If you missed that episode, you can go back and listen to it, but I don't know which one it was. I was going to say, I can't help you. You'll have to listen to all of them. Go back and listen to every single episode.

Yeah. Another stat about family dinners, children 9 to 14, who have regular family dinners are 35% less likely to engage in disorder. eating. That one does not shock me. As long as you are practicing, you know, healthy, cohesive eating patterns. It's not like we have to have vegetables and grilled chicken every night. You're having a variety of foods. Yeah. Or your parents are making comments about how much you're eating or how little you're eating. Yeah. Teens who do family dinners less than three times a week are two times more likely to drink, two and a half times more likely to smoke weed, and four times

more likely to use tobacco. See? I did all that. Not bad. Not in a bad, bad way. You just like are, this is what is shocking. It's not like, oh my gosh, I can't believe you did that. That's so bad because it is somewhat makes sense that that's what teenagers do.

They experiment. It is not who you are today at all. So if I didn't know you, if you haven't told, I do know you, if you didn't tell me this stuff and somebody asked like, what do you think Amy was like in high school, I would be like, she followed every rule and she never got in trouble and she did not do the things that could get her in trouble. And you're shaking your head, like, I can't relate to that. No. I mean, I wish that was who I was. I wish that my parents were alive so we could call them right now. And I'd be like, how would you describe me as a child?

And my mom and I as a teenager, we had the worst relationship. Like the worst. It's one of my biggest life regrets is how poorly I treated my mom as a teenager. Once I graduated college, our relationship started to evolve and there was repair. And she was one of my best friends from my mid-20s until she passed away when I was 33. So I had, thank goodness, more than a handful of years of being super duper close to her. but I had so much anger as a child, probably stemming from my dad leaving.

But the crazy thing was my anchor was really with my dad, but I took it out on my mom because she's who I lived with. And then I was scared to upset or be oppositional or defiant towards my dad because then what if he leaves me again? So of course he got like all the good parts of me, but also he didn't really give me rules, which is why I was able to have parties at his house. I just think he didn't know how to parent.

Like I think he wanted to love. that he didn't know how to he was just say passive parenting just sort of okay it's just easier passive parenting

oh my gosh that would be so easy well it's not you may have to deal with some the consequences of that but it sort of takes you off the hook if you just want to be

uninvolved and disengaged so shout out to my dad he didn't know any better he was doing the best that he could with the tools that he had And then my mom, poor thing, she just got, I mean, I was, when I tell you, Kat, like, you might be shocked by, you know, alcohol or the six weeks that I smoke cigarettes. But I'm most shocked by how poorly I treated my mom.

Like, to me today, that's what I'm most ashamed of. But I also have compassion for where I was coming from. I was also going to say it is somewhat normal as a teenager did not treat your parents. Like I, when I think about me in high school, I was not nice to my mom either. And I didn't have, I had other reasons probably that that showed up, but I didn't have, I'm taking it out in this parent so than this parent. So. Was your nickname in high school or college little Jesus?

Which, which I forget. Listen, I was bad sometimes. Okay. It was college. College, yeah. I was I followed all of the rules I can count on my hands how many times when I went to college I fully planned to not drink until I was 21 that didn't happen that way because I was like oh I feels like to make friends you have to like do the stuff I have a lot of things I would go back and

tell my younger self about all of that but I got really into young life in in high school and so when I went to college that was my goal was like I want to be a young life leader and I want to do this and I want to find a church and I want a Bible study and then my church my school didn't have young life so oh really yeah my niece is really into young life and did it all through college and now she's working a camp even the summer now that she's graduated but she had the Malibu camp no she was in Canada I think that is that Malibu camp I thought Malibu camp is in Canada okay then yes she was I'm sorry I could be wrong I just assume that was California but I don't know I could be wrong I just remember always a

That's the camp. I volunteered every summer at the camps and that's the camp you would apply for. And if you got that one, it's like something that's special about you. Well, she's definitely special. Like I'm not, if that's the case, I'm not shocked that she got picked because she's just like. Yeah. The best at all things and she's so great. And also, I went to young life.

And I'm just clarified. Well, young life. I will say what I really liked about young life. I don't know what it's like now. I can't speak to it because I haven't been involved since I was. 20 years old, but what I liked about Young Life in high school is they would, not target, that doesn't sound like a good word, but like they outreach more to the people that you wouldn't necessarily find that church. So, well, I was a church-going person, so you would find, it's not like I wasn't,

they were like, she smoked cigarettes. We got to get her to Young Life. But like I did like that about when you went to Young Life Club, they were people that might be like, high. at club but it was okay for them to be there and like where else would they hear about Jesus right right and I so I really related to that however I wasn't that person either neither was I by the way at a young life meeting like I was out like I don't want to paint the picture which in case anybody's first time listener like I wasn't my smoking stint was very short-lived and I wasn't ever at school doing thing like I would this is more maybe on the weekends for and I remember my friend Andrea's mom she caught me smoking and she was so mad, rightfully so.

And my friend Andrew and I still talk about it to the stage. She'll be like, she'll tell her mom. She's like, mom, and that was Amy's like four, I did it for four or five weeks, but I don't even know why and not even like a lot. But I don't know what I was going through at that particular moment or why I made this declaration because it's almost like I made a declaration. And Andrea said she remembers me saying it. I just said like, I'm a smoker now.

Oh, I remember you saying that. And they were menthols. And my grandparents smoked. Like I couldn't imagine. I don't want to. I don't know why I thought for those five weeks, thank goodness it was short-lived because I was like, oh, this is for the birds. This is not fun at all.

And that's what you needed in a moment. I thought for those five weeks, I was cool apparently. But I am so, so thankful. Yeah. I didn't get addicted during that time because that's the thing with my grandma. Like she smoked a lot. But when she started smoking, everybody smoked.

So for them they didn't know the harms. And she was already hooked by then. And there was no stopping her. Because trust me, if I would hide her cigarettes when I was a little kid because I didn't want her smoking. Yeah. She would get so angry.

But she, because she wanted her cigarettes. So my grandparents smoked. And my older brother, David, apparently, when he was old enough to understand things, said to my grandparents, like, I'm afraid you're going to die. Will you stop smoking? and they did.

But it took their, that was their first grandkid. So it took my brother saying that to them. That probably broke their hearts. Because my mom also said that my grandparents were very different grandparents than they were parents. And so that they probably were like softened. But I'm like, yeah, I mean, I would get that, like my little baby grandkid being like,

I'm afraid you're going to die. That would break my heart. Dang. I have one more thing to say. Yes. I know. We kind of derailed from the games or family dinners. So this actually, I like this stat because it's not just about the kids, it's about mom and dads. It said mom and dads who do frequent family meals end up being less depressed, report less depressive symptoms, have a lower stress index and have greater self-esteem.

So it doesn't just help your kids. It helps you as a parent. And I'd imagine as a, if you're married, like it helps you as a. couple too to feel more connected. There's no shortcut for saving time, but saving money is simple. Just combine your car and home insurance with Bel Air Direct and save. Get a quote at bellair direct.com. When I was 14 years old, I was kidnapped and held captive for nine months. I survived, and I've spent my life exploring how other people survive what should have

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I mean, I feel like a family table vaccine for family dinner night and also even family. game night could be a family game night vaccine i feel like i'm going to be the kind of parent who's like yeah friday nights are for families we're playing all of these games you can invite one friend so i can be a cool mom zoe and your other soon-to-be children we don't know their names are going to be so well-rounded and adjusted and they're not going to have there's no non-aggressive delinquency and they're not going to be something else that our kids have to go through though like maybe people aren't smoking cigarettes as much because we know too much now, although people still do it. But there will be other stuff that I'm dealing with.

Yeah. Like maybe they're going to bring home like, yeah, vapes, all that. Oh, yeah. Vaping is so terrible. Oh, yeah. Terrible. Yeah. And you're right.

A lot of kids are doing it because my daughter said there's a lot of people that she knows that are doing it. She's tried it. I saw it on her bucket list. Whenever I opened up her lunchbox and I was cleaning it out and I, there was a piece of paper folded up so I wasn't snooping but I had to clean out a lunchbox you happened upon it I happened upon it I was like well what's this piece of paper and it said bucket list and had all these things and try vaping was on there try try yeah and I know she continued to do it but that's that's how you know

it's a thing yeah because it was on her list yeah and I got to see other things on there I got to see what was scratched off or what was checked and what wasn't that's hard it's parenting fun times I don't want to say, so do you want me to read your bucket list to you or yes or no? Because I found it. I already did it. It took me about a year and then I told her that I found it. Oh, so you? I didn't address it right away.

Should I have? It was her thing. It was private. I will say one time in high school my mom found, I don't know why she was going through my closet. Because, again, I was a good kid. There was no reason to be looking for anything. She found a pack of cigarettes in one of my purses. She didn't address it with me.

I came home and my sister was like, hey, mom found this and she wanted me to ask you what the deal is. And I was like, those are not mine. I think I had taken them from a friend. Oh, probably. If I was your friend, you'd be, you were like me stealing them from my grandma so that way she would stop smoking. But I then got really nervous though because I was like, is she going to believe me? like is my mom going to believe at me?

Does she think that I'm doing this? But I think it was pretty easy for to believe. She probably like, there are no way these belong to little Jesus. I was like, Catherine smoking. She tried something. She's like, yay.

Well, I love that. Thank you for sharing the stats with us. The family table vaccine or we're going to insert Family Game Night vaccine. We did get a cool email that gave us an idea to highlight incredible teachers, and this does have to do with Hasbro and the games.

So I'm going to read the email that we got, and then after we'll share what we're going to be doing over the next several weeks. Hey, Amy and Kat, I'd love to tell you about Mrs. Gonzalez from Batesville School in Evaldi. Mrs. Gonzalez is the kind of teacher who quietly gives everything she has to her students. Like so many great teachers, she spent her own money over the years to make her classroom feel warm, welcoming and special because she believes kids learn best when they feel safe, seen, and loved. After the recent flooding in Yuvaldi, much of her classroom was damaged, including supplies, activities, and games she used with her students, many of which she had purchased herself.

Even while navigating the challenges facing her own home and community, she's continued showing up for her students and helping others however she can. Evaldi has experienced more heartbreak than most communities should ever have to endure, yet teachers like Mrs. Gonzalez continue to be a source of hope and stability for their students. She has a beautiful example of resilience, kindness, and selflessness. I can't think of anyone more deserving to be recognized and celebrated. Mrs. Gonzalez is truly one of the good ones,

and I was wondering if there was a way you could help us honor her. Please keep the Yuvaldi community in your prayers as they prepare for the new school year, Melissa. So, what has transpired? from this, which thank you for sending this note, Melissa. But so, and not only did we figure out a way to help you honor Mrs. Gonzalez, but we're going to do something cool over the next several weeks, which it's eight total this week being one of them. So seven more weeks after this, to be exact.

Thanks to our friends at Hasbro, Mrs. Gonzalez is receiving a $500 Walmart gift card to help replace her classroom games and other much-needed supplies. And then because community matters, Hasbro is also donating an additional $500 Walmart gift card to Batesville School so that other teachers can stock up on games and classroom essentials to help create moments of joy and connection and community for their students. Which is so cool. Do you see why my feeling of the day was excited?

Yeah. So thank you, Melissa, for this email. Shout out to Mrs. Gonzalez. And shout out to Walmart and Hasborough. Because now we have this whole idea flowing. And so this is a call to action now for those of you that are listening. If you know a teacher that you would like to write in about an honor that could use a little love from Walmart and Hasborough, we're going to be doing a giveaway on each episode and reading, you know, the voicemail. You can send a voicemail or an email.

Hey, they're at feeling thingspodcast.com or you can call us 877207-2077 and leave a voicemail. And then over the next seven weeks, we'll be highlighting somebody and thanks to Hazra and Walmart, giving away gift cards to help support these teachers in their classrooms. You know, Stevenson just went back to school a week before last. I feel like getting him ready for school. It was like, okay, we've got to make sure. you've got, where's your backpack, your pencils, he needs this certain type of calculator because he's starting high school and just getting him prepared for all of that sort of thing. Those are parts of the classroom. Those are like necessary things. You don't think about all the other things that teachers want to supply in their classroom that give kids just a break. What I think back about school and what helped us be present is it's not always all about the math and the math.

the English and the science. It's about creating space and environments where we can learn. And that is playing games a lot of times. And as a kid playing like trouble or hungry, hungry hippos or Connect 4 was so helpful to get me like in the zone almost. And I think about like the beginning of school too. And even as like a therapist when I'm working with a kid or somebody who doesn't know me very well as maybe a little more timid to get them to open up or be ready for something a game is like the perfect way to start that and I think about new school year new friends maybe new student at a new school and then them being able to get around a table and play a game with somebody it breaks the ice and they might just make a new friend that then they're like I feel comfortable in this classroom

I can learn now so yeah I'm glad to have this reminder for myself because like I said getting Stevenson Ready. I was so focused on these very school-related type of supplies. And so whether you're a parent, a teacher, a grandparent, you can check out Hasbro games. Keep that in mind at Walmart or Walmart.com. Or we'll put a link in our bio as well. And so maybe that's something you can supply for a teacher or maybe having your home as a break for when your kids come home from school. They might need a fun little game break. Yeah. While you're cooking dinner for the family table vaccine, your kids are at the table playing a game getting warmed up for the family time. Game vaccines. So many vaccines. I love that. So this is going to be so fun. So that was our first

one. We kicked that off. Thank you, Melissa. And thank you, Hasbro and Walmart. And thank you, Kat. Thank you. I was waiting for you to thank me as well. on this. That's pretty good. I like the stats. Now I got to figure out how to have a family dinner. And now I need to figure out also, too, while you all are emailing us, if you've got a book recommendation, I need, since I finished Calamity Club.

The Alice Network. Yeah, but you haven't even, you can't even recommend that yet because you don't know. It was recommended to me. Okay. By somebody you know, my friend Taylor. Oh, I like her recs. And her dad read it and loved it. I feel like.

What's it? What do you? It's the Alice network. It's about World War II. Okay. Okay. I think. Okay.

Maybe that will be my next one. But also send Amy some wrecks because she doesn't trust me. I do. I do trust you. I gave you Theo of Golden and you couldn't even finish it. Well, you took it back. Well, I needed the Theo of Golden Book for a carousel post I was making about book reviews because I put up a question box on Instagram to see how people would want my book reviews for

the year so far. Like, would they want it in a reel and me talking about each one or just a carousel and, like, slide and slide and swipe and swipe? Swipe and see. And they, there was overwhelming votes for carousel. So that's why I needed a book bag. But I can give it back to you now because I took a picture. Well, I'm in the middle of reading like three books. So I will get back with you. I'll circle back. Okay. Well, y'all can, again, nominate or submit. How are we phrasing this? I guess you're high. Like, yeah. Nominate feels weird. I think it's more of just like if you have a teacher, you would like to highlight and then we'll see how many we get to. And then maybe, who knows, of the next seven weeks, this could go well and then we do more later. I don't know.

But just please submit your people, your teachers. Hey, they're at feeling things podcast.com. That's also in the show notes. If you know, you're driving right now. And then 877207-207. So book recommendations and highlight teachers. Is that out? Yeah.

And any questions you may have for us just in general. Yeah. For couch talks and stuff like that. If you need life advice. We might be able to help. Maybe, maybe not. But we hope wherever you are, you have the day. You need to have.

Bye. Bye. I survived nine months in captivity. And I've spent my life exploring how other people survive what should have destroyed them. I'm Elizabeth Smart, and these are the Survivor Files. Every week, I'm with survivors who live through the unthinkable, abducted, stalked, controlled, and nearly silenced.

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