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Applying expert parenting advice in real life: Talking to Teachers and Online Drama
Season 6 Episode 7
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Who doesn't want a simple answer to their problems? In all honesty I often hope to find one, but it's not really feasible when par…
6 hours ago
The Hot Water Bottle Warning Every Parent Needs
Season 6
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Just over a week ago, my daughter was badly burned when her hot water bottle split along the seam. She needed specialist care at t…
2 days, 13 hours ago
School Refusal, EBSA, and Teen Burnout: The Parent's Guide with Dr Naomi Fisher
Season 6 Episode 6
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What’s behind a teenager’s struggle to get to school—and how can parents help without turning every morning into a battle? In this…
1 week ago
Cancel Culture: Helping Your Teen Handle Disagreement and Exclusion
Season 6 Episode 5
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Has your teenager come home upset because their friends have suddenly turned against them? Or have you heard that your child is pa…
2 weeks ago
Are we parents too soft on our teens or too hard on ourselves? Weekend Wonder Room
Season 6
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It’s one thing hearing what experts think, but I’m always left wondering how their advice translates into the real life of a paren…
2 weeks, 3 days ago
Motivating Boys in a World of Gaming, AI & Porn.
Season 6 Episode 4
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If your son seems apathetic, glued to gaming, or strangely unbothered by school, you are not alone, and you are not imagining it. …
3 weeks ago
Stressed About Parenting Your Teen? Reduce Perfectionism
Season 6 Episode 3
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Are you trying so hard to be a good parent that you might be doing too much for your tween or teen, and accidentally making life h…
4 weeks ago
A Better Way for Parents to talk to Teens About Screen Time: Fear Less & Wonder More
Season 6
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We’re living through an age where it can feel like our teenagers’ entire lives are happening behind a screen we can’t see.
Meanwhi…
1 month ago
Banning Social Media Won't Work: How Parents Can Actually Help Teens
Season 6 Episode 2
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Are smartphones and social media really damaging our teenagers’ mental health – or are we looking in the wrong place? In this epis…
1 month ago
Nagging Your Teenager? We Parents Talk Family Routines, in the Wonder Room
Season 6
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As a teenager, I grew up in a home with almost no routines. No one talked about what needed to happen when, and I remember constan…
1 month, 1 week ago