Podcast Episodes
Back to Search10: How Do I Parent When I Feel Like I’m Drowning?
Season 1 Episode 10
Parents are faced with new pressures under Covid-19, and many of us are barely holding it together. When does having personal struggles translate into bad parenting? While it's important to be honest…
Published on 5 years, 1 month ago
9: What to Do When Kids Don’t Listen: Advice for Threenagers to Teenagers
Season 1 Episode 9
What really works when kids just won’t listen? Dr. Lisa explains there are two different mental states that parents should toggle between — warm parent and robot parent. She explains how cultivating …
Published on 5 years, 1 month ago
8: Apathetic, Cranky, Frustrated: Dealing with Kids' Distress About School
Season 1 Episode 8
What should parents do when their kids are fed up and unhappy about school? Psychologists are witnessing the rise of emotional distress in children as they try to manage their disrupted academic year…
Published on 5 years, 1 month ago
7: When Is Anxiety a Disorder? When Does Sadness Become Depression?
Season 1 Episode 7
Anxiety often serves as a normal and useful warning system - an emotional alarm that rings when something isn't right. Lisa discusses the difference between healthy and unhealthy anxiety, and explain…
Published on 5 years, 1 month ago
6: Will the Pandemic Disrupt My Kid’s Social Development?
Season 1 Episode 6
When should parents hit the panic button over their child’s social development? A mom writes in about her shy, introverted teen, wondering if her daughter has enough contact with friends. What key mi…
Published on 5 years, 2 months ago
5: Toolbox for Terrible Times: Managing Helplessness and Hopelessness
Season 1 Episode 5
How do we get through the pandemic without losing our minds? Lisa offers parents four distinct tools to help ourselves and our children through these challenging times. The specific tools are "feelin…
Published on 5 years, 2 months ago
4: Helping Kids Eat Well and Stay Active Under Covid-19
Season 1 Episode 4
How do we encourage our kids to be active when they want to couch surf? Lisa tackles a listener’s question about a tween who has become sedentary during the pandemic. As much of the U.S. is getting b…
Published on 5 years, 2 months ago
3: How to Deal with Conflict While Stuck at Home
Season 1 Episode 3
Conflict is unavoidable. Having a strategy can help. Divorce rates have increased in some countries under lockdown from Covid-19. When can a relationship not be repaired? How do we teach our kids to …
Published on 5 years, 2 months ago
2: Back to School During Coronavirus
Season 1 Episode 2
Uncertainty surrounds this school year amid all the Covid-19 news. Dr. Lisa talks about what families need most as they juggle working from home and school. How do you respond when everything seems o…
Published on 5 years, 2 months ago
1: Parenting During a Pandemic
Season 1 Episode 1
How can you tell when your child is not coping well during this Covid-19 pandemic? Dr. Lisa breaks down what to watch for in a child’s behavior. How much screen time is bad for a child’s brain? She a…
Published on 5 years, 2 months ago