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046: How to potty train a child
When should I start potty training? What books should I read? Can I do it in a day (or a week)? Do I need stickers (for rewards)? Does it have to…
8 years, 9 months ago
045: How parenting affects child development
Isn’t it kind of a “well, duh?” that parenting affects child development? But do we know how? We know it’s not good to have really big fights in fr…
8 years, 10 months ago
044: How to introduce your child to music (even if you can’t play or sing)
I can’t play any instruments (unless the recorder counts?). I certainly can’t sing. But my daughter really enjoys music, and there are a whole host…
8 years, 10 months ago
043: How to talk with children about death
The topic of today’s episode comes courtesy of my good friend Sarah, who fortunately hasn’t yet had any reason to use this knowledge, but asked me to…
8 years, 11 months ago
042: How to teach a child to use manners
I actually hadn’t realized what a can of worms I was opening when I started the research for today’s episode, which is on the topic of manners and po…
8 years, 11 months ago
041: Siblings: Why do they fight, and what can we do about it?
Hot on the heels of our last episode on whether only children really are as bad as their reputation, this week’s episode is for the 80% of families (…
8 years, 11 months ago
040: Only children: Are they as bad as advertised?
Today’s episode comes to us as a result of a listener named Sylvia who wrote to me saying she and her partner don’t want another child but are worrie…
9 years ago
039: What to do when your toddler says "No, I don’t wanna…!"
It’s no secret that I do some episodes of the podcast altruistically for you, dear listeners, because I’m not facing the situation that I’m studying …
9 years ago
038: The Opposite of Spoiled
We’re concluding our mini-mini series today on chores – and on paying children to do chores, which leads us to larger conversations about money. If y…
9 years, 1 month ago
037: Generation Me
This episode is on a topic that I find fascinating – the cultural issues that underlie our parenting. I actually think this issue is so important tha…
9 years, 1 month ago