Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchAsk Amy- Why Does My Kid Always Want To Pretend He's the Bad Guy?
This week Amy answers a question from Danielle on FB:
Does anyone else have a kid that always wants to play the “mean” guy? My almost 3 year old son …
5 years, 11 months ago
Ditching What Doesn't Matter (With Guest "The Lazy Genius")
Episode 169
Momming is hard. Whether we’re stressed perfectionists or hot messes, our homes and relationships get happier when we do what matters, skip what does…
5 years, 11 months ago
Ask Margaret - How Can I Get My Kid to Be Interested in More Activities?
This week Margaret advises a listener who is worried that her 8-year-old does not seem to have a wide enough range of interests. Is there anything sh…
5 years, 11 months ago
Our Family Had Covid! Here's How It Went For Us (Bonus Episode)
In our back-to-school episode Amy dropped some news: her immediate family had Covid-19 back in March.
Thankfully, Amy's family had "mild" or "moderate…
6 years ago
Should I Send My Kids Back To School?
Episode 168
Our kids’ schools have sent plans. And revised plans. And codicils to the plans. Now it’s time to make our own decisions: if the choice is available …
6 years ago
Ask Amy - My Kid Is a Know-It-All!
Amy takes a question from a listener who wants to encourage her know-it-all daughter to speak up while discouraging her constantly correcting everyon…
6 years ago
Asking For What We Want, And Teaching Our Daughters To Do The Same (with guest Marisa Porges)
Episode 167
From board rooms to town halls to IEP meetings to doctor's offices, there are places where women speaking up for what they want or need are either ig…
6 years ago
Ask Margaret - Is There Any Way to Get My Kid to Stop Throwing Stuff?
Margaret answers a question from a mom who is pretty freaked out by her 20-month-old's habit of throwing stuff when he's angry.
If you have a question…
6 years ago
Advice We Totally Hate
Episode 166
As soon as you become a mother unsolicited advice-givers are everywhere, telling you to “sleep when the baby sleeps.” Or “it gets easier.” Or “enjoy …
6 years ago
Ask Amy - How Can a New Mom Make Friends Right Now?
Each week Amy or Margaret answers one listener's most pressing question.
This week Amy answers the question, "How can an introvert make new friends es…
6 years ago