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Let's Rethink Birthday Parties
Episode 224
Have we utterly lost the script when it comes to kids' birthday parties? Or are the backyard tents and petting zoos and themed catering lots of fun, …
4 years, 9 months ago
Ask Margaret - My Kid Doesn't Want to Spend Time With Friends
As parents, the thing we want most is for our children to be happy. When we see one of our kids spending a lot of time alone, and struggling with fri…
4 years, 9 months ago
BEST OF: Husband Crimes- Can This Marriage Be Saved?
It's a "Best Of" episode– and one of our all-time funniest. We asked our listeners to tell us their spouse/partner's most unacceptable- and also extr…
4 years, 9 months ago
Rule Breaker Or Rule Follower: Which Are You?
Episode 223
Are you a rule breaker or a rule follower? Are you married to your opposite? We're both rule followers, and when one builds a life with someone who s…
4 years, 9 months ago
Ask Amy- Is My Kid *Trying* To Be This Difficult?
Sometimes it seems like our kids are actually out to make our relationships with them worse. This week's question comes from our Facebook group:
I thi…
4 years, 9 months ago
Fresh Take: Christina Hillsberg on How Being a Spy Prepared Her For Parenting
Christina Hillsberg is a former spy who worked at the CIA for more than twenty years before transitioning to the private sector. Her new book is LICE…
4 years, 9 months ago
The Best Mom Lies Ever
Episode 222
Some people say parents should never lie to their kids. We are not those people.
We asked our listeners to tell us all the lies that totally worked fo…
4 years, 9 months ago
Ask Margaret - Handling Tough School Drop-Offs
When school drop-off is tough it can ruin the whole day. The feeling of walking away and leaving a sobbing kiddo at pre-school is just plain awful, b…
4 years, 10 months ago
Fresh Take: Annie Murphy Paul on The Extended Mind
“Use your head.” That’s what we tell ourselves when facing a tricky problem or a difficult project. But a growing body of research indicates that we’…
4 years, 10 months ago
Competition: How Much Is Good For Our Kids?
Episode 221
Does competition have benefits? What level of competition is healthy for our kids? Many of us agree that the stereotypical dad yelling through the fe…
4 years, 10 months ago