Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchDealing with Feelings: A Conversation With Dr. Marc Brackett - Revisit
Episode 31
Many of us grew up hearing, “Don’t cry, you’re fine” or “Stop overreacting!” Now, we want to raise our kids differently… but how? In this audience fa…
7 hours ago
Your Teenager Still Wants to Help You, They're Just Waiting to Be Asked
Episode 30
Michaeleen Doucleff is a science journalist. Which only partly explains why, a few years ago, she packed up her four-year-old and moved in with a May…
1 week ago
Who Are You When You're Not Someone's Mom?
Episode 29
Gretchen Rubin has done this twice: watched one daughter leave for college, and now she's doing it again with her younger one, no sibling left behind…
2 weeks ago
Gloria Steinem's Message to Parents: Raise Your Sons Like Your Daughters
Episode 28
Gloria Steinem died this month at 92. Just a few weeks before she did, she sat down at home with Dr. Becky and repeated something she’s been saying f…
3 weeks ago
Your Kid Doesn't Need Fixing. They Need Witnessing.
Episode 27
Somewhere around 12 or 13, most kids make a quiet decision about themselves: that they're likable, or too much, that they belong, or that they're bet…
4 weeks ago
Play First, Ask Later: A Play Therapist on Getting Tweens to Actually Cooperate
Episode 26
Somewhere around 11, your kid stops playing “the floor is lava” with you. A lot of parents quietly stop trying to connect that way and never start ag…
1 month ago
The New Puberty
Episode 25
Puberty is starting earlier—and for many parents, it’s arriving before they or their kids feel ready. In this episode, Dr. Becky sits down with Dr. S…
1 month, 1 week ago
Dr. Sheryl's College Drop-off Confessional
Episode 24
Two days before her daughter and oldest child leaves for college, Dr. Sheryl hits record and doesn't clean it up: the grief and the relief showing up…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
When Your Kid Says "I'm Ugly," Here's What to Actually Say
Episode 23
Somewhere around 9 or 10, your kid starts watching their own body: how it looks, how it compares, whether it's keeping up. And most of us freeze, bec…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Your Kid Isn't Lazy. Their Brain Is Wired for Momentum. | Dr. Alex Reed on ADHD in the Teen Years
Episode 22
Middle school strips away the training wheels. Elementary school's one teacher becomes six. The hand-holding disappears. For a kid with ADHD, that's …
2 months ago