Before the Kids Wake Up
by Before the Kids Wake Up
Claude and Renee get together before their kids wake up and enjoy a cup of coffee or a cocktail (depending on the time of day). They discuss the joys and perils of parenting a hyperactive child and a moody teenager while navigating the trials of being a middle-class interracial family in today's complicated society.
Episodes
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Surviving A Natural Disaster And Avoiding a Divorce
We are back after a long involuntary hiatus! In this episode, we discuss our experience in the aftermath of Hurricane Milton and how couples can struggle to keep it together during AND after a natural disaster.
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Surviving A Natural Disaster And Avoiding a Divorce
We are back after a long involuntary hiatus! In this episode, we discuss our experience in the aftermath of Hurricane Milton and how couples can struggle to keep it together during a natural disaster.
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Family Vacations: Are they too Much? Video
In this week's episode, we discuss our most recent family vacation aboard a Caribbean cruise line. And we give advice to a couple who struggles to communicate during volatile moments while traveling.
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Family Vacations: Are They Too Much?
In this week's episode, we discuss our most recent family vacation aboard a Caribbean cruise line. And we give advice to a couple who struggles to communicate during volatile moments while traveling.
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How Does It Look For Your Partner to Show They Appreciate You?
Often people want to feel appreciated in their relationships. We ask our partners to tell us how they feel about us but sometimes that's not enough. In this episode we discuss how you can better express how your partner can SHOW you they appreciate you. Plus Taylor Swift wins the Super Bowl and…
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Making Holiday Magic for Mom & Dad: Before the Kids Wake Up 2.0 Episode 6
In this episode, we discuss our Christmas woes and why it sucks to be parents during the holidays and have the responsibility of creating "the holiday magic" for your kids. Also, we give advice to a TikTok personality who thinks her in-laws should be responsible for watching her kids while she...
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Relationships Take Time: Love Life Reality Check
In this episode of Before The Kids Wake Up, we're talking about the "realities" of TV dating shows and how love takes time to develop a foundation worth building upon. We all know that there's nothing like a good reality TV dating show to top off a relaxing night in, but is it just mindless...
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Anniversary Part 2, Mom Bods and More...
It's our anniversary again, and in this episode, we discuss 8 years of marriage, Kiki Palmer's sexy outfit as a mom, how individuals in a relationship represent each other, and the expectations we have for one another. Plus we give advice to an adult daughter who is the emotional support for her...
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Escaping the Fairy Tale Illusion: Live Your Life Unhappily Ever
In this episode, we're talking about relationships. How they're not a fairytale, and how we need to escape the "fairy tale" illusion that we're always happy in our relationships. We start the episode off by talking about how we need to be honest with ourselves, and how that often leads to more...
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Putting on Your Mask First and Natural Consequences
In this episode, Claude and Renee discuss the importance of "putting on your mask first" when it comes to parenting and relationships; how you can only help others when you have first taken care of yourself. Also, natural consequences are anything that happens naturally, with no adult…
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FTK!: Before The Kids Wake Up 2.0 Episode 1
We're back! It's been a long time but we decided to bring B4TK back! In our first episode of B4TK 2.0, we discuss couples therapy, how we have learned and are still learning to communicate with one another, and why it's okay to say sometimes say "fudge" them kids! Plus we answer your questions...
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FTK!: Before The Kids Wake Up 2.0 Episode 1
We're back! It's been a long time but we decided to bring B4TK back! In our first episode of B4TK 2.0, we discuss couples therapy, how we have learned and are still learning to communicate with one another, and why it's okay to say sometimes say "fudge" them kids! Plus we answer your questions...
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The Gift of Psychological Flexibility
In this episode, Claude and Renee discuss the impending holiday season, gift-giving, and what makes a happy family! Remember to Like Subscribe and Follow us on all of our socials!!!! @B4thekidswakeup on IG @beforethekidswakeup on all other socials
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Teach A Child To Fish
In this week'ss episode of Before the Kids Wake Up, Claude and Renee discuss the difficulties of raising a teenager who would rather focus on video games and social media than learning to grow and develop skills that will be useful in adulthood. Remember to Like, Subscribe & Follow the Vision...
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Waging War on Wages
In this week's episode, Claude and Renee discuss their children's post-secondary education and have an in-depth conversation about traditional and vocation education. They also weigh in on the hot topic of working wages in America.
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Political Afiliation
In this week's episode, Renee and Claude discuss how they have handled their teenager's difference in political opinion and also talk about how the election has affected them and how we can strive to heal the divisions caused by differing beliefs.
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All Inclusive
In this week’s episode, Claude and Renee discuss diversity and inclusion. What it means, how we should foster it and why its so important in todays complicated society.
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Halloween Quarantine
This week Claude and Renee talk about Halloweens past, present, and future and what they plan on doing this year amid a Covid-19 pandemic.
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50 First Questions
Renee and Claude are back after taking a short break to handle a family loss. This week they keep things light and play the B4TKWU scaled-down version of LifeHack.com's 100 Questions to Ask Your Partner on Date Night game!
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Blended
In this week's episode, Claude and Renee discuss blended families and share some lessons learned over the last 8 years that have helped them manage their blended family.
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Married With Friends
In this week's episode, Claude and Renee change things up and sit down in the evening over a few cocktails and discuss matters of friendship, shrinking circles, what happens to friend groups when couples in relationships split, and more.
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Ready?... Set... Fight!
In this week's episode, Claude and Renee discuss arguments and fighting in relationships. They also provide their experiences with disagreements and tips about how to not let a little tiff turn into a full-on smackdown!
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Growing Apart to Grow Together
In this week's episode, Claude and Renee discuss time apart from one another and explain how self-growth has made them grow more as a couple. Remember new episodes will be dropping on Mondays from now on. So be on the lookout for Before the Kids Wakeup to get your week started off right!
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Battling the Culture War
Claude and Renee discuss the overwhelmingly volatile racial climate going on right now and try to break down the perceived "culture war" that is the apparent cause of so much division in the country.
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Financial Faux Pas
Claude and Renee discuss money matters, the financial faux pas of relationships, how finances affect marriage and couples, and how they have overcome some financial hurdles in their relationship, in this week's episode.
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Behind Closed Doors
Claude and Renee have an in-depth discussion about behind closed door racism, and BLM and share their intimate feelings about racism and the family ties that bind them.
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Anxious About Anxiety
In this episode, Claude and Renee talk about anxiety, how it has affected their relationship, and what they have done to manage their individual anxieties, amid raising children, working, and being an active family.
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The Will to Manage It All
Claude and Renee discuss their week, creating a will and preparing for the unforeseen, their different parenting styles, and how they manage to keep it all together amid constant battles with work, volunteering, raising kids, and finding time for each other.
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Covid - 19 Monotony
Claude and Renee discuss how their family dynamic has changed since the global pandemic and how relationships, daily routines, and society will change as a whole when things do finally get back to "normal".
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Claude's Vasectomy
Claude and Renee discuss his recent vasectomy, the kids going back to school during Covid-19, Tik Tok, who Renee cares about the most, the kids or the dogs, and more on this week's episode.
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5 Year Anniversary
Renee and Claude sit together and look back at 5 years of marriage in their first ever episode of Before the Kids Wake Up.
About this show
Claude and Renee get together before their kids wake up and enjoy a cup of coffee or a cocktail (depending on the time of day). They discuss the joys and perils of parenting a hyperactive child and a moody teenager while navigating the trials of being a middle-class interracial family in today's complicated society.
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