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076: How to rock your parent-teacher conference
Parent-Teacher conferences are about to be underway in many places, so I thought it might be helpful to give you some resources to make these as prod…
7 years, 7 months ago
075: Should we Go Ahead and Heap Rewards On Our Kid?
Episode 75
A couple of months ago, an article by journalist Melinda Wenner Moyer – whose work I normally greatly respect – started making the rounds on Facebook…
7 years, 8 months ago
074: Attachment: What it is, what it’s not, how to do it, and how to stop stressing about it
Is attachment the same as bonding? Can I have a healthy attachment with my baby if I don’t breastfeed? Do I have to babywear to develop an attachm…
7 years, 8 months ago
073: What to do when your child refuses to go to school
We’re a couple of weeks into the new school year by now and I hope that for most of you the morning drop-offs have gotten a bit easier than they were…
7 years, 9 months ago
072: Is the 30 Million Word Gap Real: Part II
This episode revisits the concept of the 30 Million Word Gap concept, which we first covered in an interview with Dr. Doug Sperry a few weeks back. …
7 years, 9 months ago
071: How your child can benefit from intergenerational relationships
We recently did an episode on the impact of intergenerational trauma, which was about how the ways we were parented, and even the ways our parents we…
7 years, 9 months ago
070: Why isn’t my child grateful?
“I spent the whole morning painting and doing origami and felting projects with my daughter – and not only did she not say “thank you,” but she refus…
7 years, 10 months ago
069: Reducing the impact of intergenerational trauma
Episode 69
Do you ever snap at your child over tiny things, and wonder where that intense anger comes from? You're not alone - and there's actually a scientific…
7 years, 10 months ago
068: Do I HAVE to pretend play with my child?
Pretty regularly I see posts in online parenting groups saying “My child loves to pretend, and they always want me to participate. I dare not tell a…
7 years, 11 months ago
067: Does the Marshmallow Test tell us anything useful?
The Marshmallow Test is one of the most famous experiments in Psychology: Dr. Walter Mischel and his colleagues presented a preschooler with a marshm…
7 years, 11 months ago