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Fresh Take: Elizabeth Preston on What Animals Have to Teach Us About Parenting
Why does modern parenting feel so difficult? If a chimpanzee knows what to do without reading a hundred parenting books, why doesn't it just come nat…
10 hours ago
Getting Our Kids to Help Around the House
Episode 466
How do you get kids to help out—ever, at all—without default resistance that makes it feel like it's not worth the trouble of your having asked?
Kid…
2 days, 10 hours ago
DEEP DIVE: Dr. Lynn Koegel on the Hidden Brilliance of Autism
This Deep Dive series revisits some of our past episodes about the joys and the challenges that come with raising kids with differences and disabilit…
4 days, 10 hours ago
Fresh Take: Leah Ruppanner on "DRAINED" and What the 'Mental Load' Really Means
Are women really better at all the things we do? Or are we just used to doing more?
Amy talks with sociologist and author Leah Ruppanner, author of …
1 week ago
Emotional Intelligence: Can It Be Taught?
Episode 465
What is emotional intelligence, exactly? Is it the yin to IQ's yang? Is it equally crucial to our success and well-being?
In this episode we talk ab…
1 week, 2 days ago
DEEP DIVE: Kate Swenson of "Finding Cooper's Voice" on Parenting Autism
This Deep Dive series revisits some of our past episodes about the joys and the challenges that come with raising kids with differences and disabilit…
1 week, 4 days ago
Fresh Take: Fortesa Latifi on the Truth About Kids in Influencer Families
What happens when childhood becomes content? Journalist Fortesa Latifi, author of the new book LIKE, FOLLOW, SUBSCRIBE, discusses the rise of influen…
2 weeks ago
Little-Known Parenting Milestones
Episode 464
What are the parenting milestones no one tells you about—but that completely change your daily life? We asked our listeners about the little wins of …
2 weeks, 2 days ago
DEEP DIVE: Meg Zucker on Empowering Kids with Differences and Disabilities
This Deep Dive series is about embracing the joys and acknowledging the challenges that come with raising kids with differences and disabilities.
How…
2 weeks, 4 days ago
Preparing Kids (and Ourselves) to Leave the Nest, with Christina Geist
As kids prepare to leave home for college, many parents experience a crisis of confidence—have we taught them everything they need to know? Have we s…
3 weeks ago