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Fresh Take: Minna Dubin on Mom Rage
After Minna Dubin's New York Times essay on mom rage went viral, she received hundreds of messages from other parents, thanking her for daring to exp…
3 years, 1 month ago
Best of: Sick Day Hacks
Episode 330
One day out of school? Fine, here’s the remote. But by day four of a low-grade temp— just enough to keep the kid home— most parents get rather desper…
3 years, 1 month ago
Fresh Take: Devorah Heitner on Growing Up in Public
How do we help our kids navigate the possibility of going viral online for one little mistake? Devorah Heitner, author of the new book Growing Up in …
3 years, 1 month ago
Back-to-School Back-to-Ones
Episode 329
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3 years, 1 month ago
Ask Margaret: How Do You Get Your Kids to Part with Their Toys?
How do we get rid of the giant dollhouse or racecar track that our kid insists they ALWAYS play with? (Even though they don't.) Here's how to clean h…
3 years, 1 month ago
Ask Amy: My Child Is Not Nice to Her Grandparents
How do we teach our children that it's not okay to say mean things about family members, especially in front of them?
Diana emailed us to say:
"My 5-ye…
3 years, 1 month ago
Fresh Take: Dr. Emily Edlynn on Autonomy-Supportive Parenting
How do we reconcile the desire to give our kids independence with the desire to protect them from the world? Dr. Emily Edlynn, author of the new book…
3 years, 1 month ago
I've Got a Mom for That
Episode 328
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3 years, 2 months ago
Ask Margaret: Should I Quit the School's Group Chat?
"I am part of a WhatsApp chat with other parents in my child's nursery. It's not set up by the nursery, nor does it seem to have all of the parents i…
3 years, 2 months ago
BEST OF: Debbie Reber on Parenting Kids Who Are Differently Wired
“It's becoming increasingly clear that different ways of being are more 'normal' than most people realize, and that is truer with each passing year,"…
3 years, 2 months ago