Balance: 4-H/FFA Mom, Athlete Mom, Cattle Producer
Parenting is hard; raising children that want to participate in competitive athletics alongside 4-H & FFA is even harder. Emily Hartzell-Rogers and Patrick Wall discuss raising competitive athletes, including nutrition and physical fitness coupled with spending ample time on livestock projects. As a mom, Emily discusses embracing the chaos that’s required to get children to all the events they want to attend, plus raising cattle with all the requirements of a farm.
Transcript
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In this episode:
00:00:00 Intro
00:01:30 Background
00:08:22 Balance
00:09:29 External pressures
00:14:13 High school decisions
00:17:55 Navigating coaches
00:26:43 setting limitations
00:29:58 Nutrition
00:34:41 The chaos
00:38:52 Advice for younger self
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