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202: How to Heal from Adverse Childhood Experiences with Dr. Nadine Burke Harris and Jackie Thu-Huong Wong
Episode 202
My mom died when I was 10, and for a while people in our small village would look at my sister and me as if we were 'special' in some weird way. By t…
2 years, 4 months ago
201: How to create a culture of consent in our families
Episode 201
When Carys was about three, I forced a dropper of antibiotics into her mouth to just get her to take it, so she would start to feel better. We were b…
2 years, 5 months ago
200: Ask Alvin Anything (Part 1!)
Episode 200
When I saw that our 200th episode was coming up, I knew I wanted to do something special to celebrate. Listeners called in with questions for me for …
2 years, 5 months ago
199: Digging Deeper into Parenting Beyond Power with Rachel Disney
Episode 199
Listener Rachel also reached out with some questions, and due to my book tour schedule it took us a little longer to get a call on the calendar, but …
2 years, 6 months ago
198: The connection between your ideas about childhood and politics with Dr. Toby Rollo
Episode 198
A couple of years ago I was watching a session of the Alliance for Self-Directed Education's online conference by unschooling advocate Idzie Desmerai…
2 years, 6 months ago
197: What to do about reward and punishment systems at school with Denise Suarez
Episode 197
This is the first in a series of 'back to basics' episodes here on the show, where we'll look at the everyday challenges you're facing as a parent. (…
2 years, 7 months ago
196: How to do right by your child – and everyone else’s with Elizabeth Cripps
Do you worry about the state of the Earth? Climate change perhaps above all else, but also resource extraction, air pollution, and the injustice tha…
2 years, 7 months ago
195: Raising Good Humans Every Day with Hunter Clarke-Fields
Hunter Clarke-Fields is back with us again! She's the author of Raising Good Humans, and now the new book Raising Good Humans Every Day (affiliate l…
2 years, 8 months ago
194: Regulating for the kids...and for your marriage
Do you ever feel triggered by your partner's behavior? (No? Just me? 😬) Many parents who join the Taming Your Triggers workshop sign up for h…
2 years, 8 months ago
You don't have to believe everything you think
In this short episode, I'm going to teach you a real, legit, bona fide magic trick. And unlike most magic tricks which rely on sleight of hand to…
2 years, 8 months ago