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037: Generation Me
Episode 37
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, 2 months ago
036: The impact of divorce on a child’s development (Part 1)
Episode 36
This is the second of a short series of episodes on issues related to divorce. The first was our “All Joy and No Fun” episode, where we talked about…
9 years, 3 months ago
035: Parenting: All joy and no fun?
Episode 35
Today’s episode is about a book I read way before I started the podcast, called All Joy and No Fun (Affiliate link) by Jennifer Senior. I actually go…
9 years, 3 months ago
034: How do I get my child to do chores?
Episode 34
We have a pretty cool mini-mini-series launching today. I’ve been seeing a lot of those “chores your child could be doing” articles showing up in my …
9 years, 3 months ago
033: Does your child ever throw tantrums? (Part 2)
Episode 33
Well this took a bit longer than I’d planned… WAY BACK in episode 11 I did Part 1 of a two-part series on tantrums, and was expecting to release the…
9 years, 3 months ago
032: Free to learn
Episode 32
Professor Peter Gray was primarily interested in the motivations and emotions of animals before his son Scott started struggling in school, at which …
9 years, 4 months ago
031: Parenting beyond pink and blue
Episode 31
Today I join forces with Malaika Dower of the How to Get Away with Parenting podcast to interview Dr. Christia Brown, who is a Professor of Developme…
9 years, 4 months ago
030: On Education (And on Betsy DeVos)
Episode 30
I’ve thought about doing this episode for a while but I sat on it for a few weeks because it’s still in motion. But now Betsy DeVos is confirmed as …
9 years, 4 months ago
029: Why we shouldn’t ban war play
Episode 29
This episode comes to us by way of a suggestion from my friend Jess, who told me she had joined an outing with some children in her three-year-old so…
9 years, 4 months ago
028: How do children form social groups?
Episode 28
This episode is part of a series on understanding the intersection of race, privilege, and parenting. Click here to view all the items in this serie…
9 years, 4 months ago