Podcast Episodes
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Season 5 Episode 4
Caffeine might be the most socially acceptable addictive substance on earth. For starters, it’s sold in coffee shops on nearly every city corner. It’s also available in gummies and sprays. Kids have …
Published on 8 hours ago
Big Kids, Bigger Feelings
Season 5 Episode 3
Parenting gets easier right? HA. As our kids get older our expectations grow right along with them, sometimes outpacing their abilities. We need reminding that they are works in progress, with develo…
Published on 1 week ago
Getting Boys to Open Up
Season 5 Episode 2
The world (wrongly) assumes that teenage boys want to be left behind their closed bedroom doors until emerging years later. In fact, tween and teen boys want connection, meaning, and care; they might…
Published on 2 weeks ago
R-E-S-P-E-C-T and teens
Season 5 Episode 1
Individuation is an important theme threaded through the tween and teen years: the formation of independent identity ultimately allows a kid to stand on their own in adulthood. But getting there can …
Published on 3 weeks ago
Protecting the Joy in Youth Sports
Season 4 Episode 144
The benefits to kids of playing sports are super clear. But the picture has gotten more complicated with the pay-to-play takeover of youth sports and the increasingly intense pressure on kids (and th…
Published on 3 weeks, 4 days ago
Back to School Battles
Season 4 Episode 143
Moving from summer mode into school gear is a tricky transition for everyone – kids and adults. Predictable battles arise over tech use, clothing choices, and summer reading (for starters… we could g…
Published on 4 weeks ago
Social Media and the Law
Season 4 Episode 142
Tech, social media, and the law intersect in ever-evolving and highly confusing ways. Rules vary from state-to-state, without any consistent age gate. This leaves minors – and the adults who care abo…
Published on 1 month ago
Normalizing Conversations About Difficult Topics
Season 4 Episode 141
Most of us would prefer to avoid conversations about big, hard topics with the kids in our lives. But we also know how critical it is for us to talk to them about uncomfortable things like sexual ass…
Published on 1 month ago
Stretch Marks, Keloids, and Ingrown Hairs!
Season 3 Episode 140
The skin erupts with surprises across the tween and teen years… and it’s not all acne! Stretchmarks happen when bodies grow out or up quickly. Keloids are 3-D scars. Ingrown hairs aren’t permanent li…
Published on 1 month, 1 week ago
When Kids Leave the Nest
Season 4 Episode 139
It’s simultaneously wonderful and worrying to launch a kid. The most common denominator question is a version of this: Are they going to be ok when they leave us? We hope – and wonder – if we’ve taug…
Published on 1 month, 1 week ago