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Helping Our Kids Feel Seen
Episode 481
What happens when one child’s needs take up most of a family’s attention? Even when parents are doing their best, it can be easy for another child to…
1 day, 14 hours ago
DEEP DIVE: When School Projects Become Parents' Projects (and How to Push Back)
This "Deep Dive" series revisits a few of our past episodes on back-to-school challenges such as the morning rush, school projects which require lots…
3 days, 18 hours ago
Fresh Take: Michael McLeod on ADHD and Executive Function
Kids (and adults) with ADHD don't actually have a deficit of attention. Today, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder is more properly understood a…
6 days, 18 hours ago
People Must Be Pretending to Enjoy This
Episode 480
Are you certain that people are only pretending to enjoy cilantro? Or mah jongg? We asked our listeners to tell us the things they're convinced no on…
1 week, 1 day ago
DEEP DIVE: Back-to-School Back-to-Ones
This "Deep Dive" series revisits a few of our past episodes on back-to-school challenges such as the morning rush, school projects which require lots…
1 week, 3 days ago
Fresh Take: Kristen McNeely on Helping Kids Overcome Anxiety and School Refusal
Childhood anxiety is on the rise. Parents are often unsure how to respond, and in their well-intentioned efforts to reassure their kids, can sometime…
1 week, 6 days ago
Everything You've Always Wanted to Ask A Pediatrician, with Dr. Mary Martin
Episode 479
All too often, we leave our kids' pediatric appointments only to remember what we really wanted to ask when we're on the drive home. Fear not: Dr. M…
2 weeks, 1 day ago
DEEP DIVE: Emily Cherkin on Tech-Intentional Parenting
This month, our "Deep Dive" is into some of our past episodes about screen time: the effects it has on our kids, how tech companies engineer their de…
2 weeks, 3 days ago
Fresh Take: Dan Heath on Fulfilling Careers, Better Decision Making, and What Kids Remember Most About Childhood
What does it really take to build a fulfilling life—and how do we help our kids do the same? Bestselling author and host of the podcast "What It's Li…
2 weeks, 6 days ago
How Can Siblings Be Such Total Opposites?
Episode 478
If you've ever looked at your very different children and wondered how they could possibly share the same DNA, same parents, and same upbringing, you…
3 weeks, 1 day ago