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Radical Parenting Podcast

by Tony Shawcross

The Radical Parenting Podcast presents resources, books, and parenting approaches aimed at honoring and supporting your children’s autonomy, self-love, and confidence. In parenting, there are no ends, there are only means. With that in mind, Radical Parenting is about considering the long-term impact of each moment on our children’s development. This podcast is for parents who wish to honor their child as a complete, autonomous being from day one and who have the humility to get out of the way of their children’s discovery and development. Radical Parenting begins with absolute Acceptance. From there, we focus on understanding and connection. Understanding and connecting with our children, and supporting their understanding and connection with the people and world around them.

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Episodes

  1. (S2,E14) Raising Rebels with Dayna Martin

    Relevant Links: https://daynamartin.com/

  2. (S2,E13) Baby Knows Best with Deborah Carlisle Solomon

    Relevant Links: deborahcarlislesolomon.com

  3. (S2,E12) Music Education with Nadine Levitt

    Relevant Links: https://www.instagram.com/mrswurrly/?hl=en https://www.wurrlyedu.com/ https://www.mymamasays.com/

  4. (S2,E10) Interview With Peter Gray

    Free to Learn by Peter Gray Sudbury Valley School LetGrow.org Alliance for Self Directed Education Tipping Points Press - source for Peter Gray’s four collections of essays Suniya Luthar - vulnerability and resilience among youth under high achievement pressure Free Range Kids

  5. (S2,E8) It's OK Not to Share and other Renegade Rules

    Heathershumaker.com List of 29 Renegade Rules School for Young Children in Colombus, OH The SYC Approach podcast

  6. (S2,E7) The Florida Project

    Relevant Links: https://www.freerangekids.com/

  7. (S2,E6) Social Justice With Little Ones

    Relevant Links: https://littlejusticeleaders.com/faq/

  8. (S2,E5) Strange Situation: A Mother’s Journey into the Science of Attachment

    Relevant Links: Strange Situation by Bethany Saltman Ainsworth Maternal Sensitivity Scales Skinner Box

  9. (S2,E4) Positive Parenting Workshop

    Relevant Links: Carol Dweck on “Fixed vs Growth Mindset” https://fs.blog/carol-dweck-mindset/ https://www.positiveparentingsolutions.com/

  10. (S2,E2) Unschooling: Free To Learn and Summerhill

    Summerhill by A.S. Neill Free to Learn by Peter Gray Sudbury Valley School LetGrow.org Alliance for Self Directed Education Tipping Points Press - Peter Gray’s four collections of essays Education Research Reading Room podcast with Peter Gray

  11. (S2,E1) 8 Concepts of Bowen Theory

    Kara and Tony review "The Eight Concepts of Bowen Theory", a useful model for navigating and nurturing family and relationships. The book addresses the emotional unit of a family, with tools for understanding differentiation of self, triangles, cutoff, family projection, multigenerational...

  12. (S1,E13) Helping Children Heal from Stress and Trauma

    Kara and Tony review the Aware Parenting workshop: “Helping Children Heal From Stress and Trauma” from Developmental Psychologist, Aletha Solter

  13. (S1,E12) Mr. Rogers

    Tony and Kara talk about their mutual love and admiration for Fred Rogers and the impact his work with Mr Rogers’ Neighborhood has had on countless children.

  14. (S1,E11) Listen: Five Simple Tools to Meet Your Everyday Parenting Challenges

    Excerpt: When you listen to your child’s upset, her feelings will become intense, last awhile, and then evaporate. Her topsy-turvy limbic system heals fastest when it has her full concentration, and yours, on these feelings. Then, feelings ejected and connection made, it rights itself.

  15. (S1,E10) The Yes Brain

    Tony and Kara discuss The Yes Brain: How to Cultivate Courage, Curiosity, and Resilience in Your Child, by Dan Siegel and Tina Payne Bryson.

  16. (S1,E9) The Explosive Child with Laura Turley

    Tony Shawcross and Laura Turley discuss "The Explosive Child", Ross Greene PhD's "New Approach for Understanding and Parenting Easily Frustrated, Chronically Inflexible Children." Radical Honesty trainer and mother of a non-neurotypical child, Laura Turley shares the impact of implementing the...

  17. (S1,E8) Parent Priorities with Tom Dyson

    Tony discusses the priorities and choices we make as parents with Tom Dyson, an undeniably radical parent, who recovered from divorce, depression, and a mid-life crisis by taking his family on a multi-year, round-the-globe trip that culminated in couchsurfing across over 30 homes in the US during...

  18. (S1,E7) Fear-Based Parenting

    Tony and Kara discuss the significant and surprising impact our expectations and fears have on our children. Beginning with a 2015 Invisibilia podcast about a blind man who found that the expectations of his parents helped him develop the ability to see without his eyes, the discussion moves to...

  19. (S1,E6) Self Reliance: Ralph Waldo Emerson

    Tony and Kara discuss one of Tony’s favorite essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson and its implications for parenting, waxing philosophical about the intuitive wisdom in each of our beings, our capacity for self-direction and independent perception, and the ever changing nature of honesty and truth.

  20. (S1,E5) Etain O'Kane

    Tony Shawcross talks with Belfast therapist and mother Etain O'Kane, the voice of the Radical Parenting audiobook. Etain discusses the importance of healing your own wounds as a parent and the steps that enable you to parent consciously. Etain focuses on developing a relationship with your child...

  21. (S1,E4) Children's Books

    Tony and Kara review children's books that support (or inhibit) a "radical parenting" approach, based in trust and respect for the child. Beginning with books that help practice emotional literacy and empathy, this podcast reviews over two dozen children's books, including: Amos & Boris (and…

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  22. (S1,E3) Unconditional Parenting -Alfie Kohn

    Tony and Kara discuss the book Unconditional Parenting by Alfie Kohn, whose previous work includes "Punished by Rewards: The Trouble with Gold Stars, Incentive Plans, A's, Praise, and Other Bribes". Though Unconditional Parenting was Kohn's 10th book, it was his first focused entirely on…

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  23. (S1,E2) Elevating Child Care -Janet Lansbury

    Tony and Kara discuss the book Elevating Childcare by Janet Lansbury, Respectful Parenting icon. So much of Janet’s work aligns with Radical Honesty, and this particular book focuses on infancy and the early years of parenting with messages such as: The gift of allowing our children to fully...

  24. (S1,E1) Radical Parenting Podcast: How to Talk so Kids Will Listen

    We look at the communication tools presented in this renown book through a Radical Parenting lens. Empathizing with our children, describing rather than evaluating, sidestepping power struggles, finding alternatives to punishment, and more. A highly useful book for parents on the front lines,...

  25. (S0,E1) Radical Parenting Podcast: Introduction 1

    Tony Shawcross and Kara Poorbaugh discuss their history with Radical Honesty and Radical Parenting, and the design and vision for the upcoming season 1 of the Radical Parenting Podcast.

  26. (S0,E2) Radical Parenting Podcast: Introduction 2

    Tony Shawcross and Kara Poorbaugh discuss parenting resources, books, and philosophies to be explored in Season 1 of the Radical Parenting Podcast, including works by Janet Lansbury, Alfie Kohn, Daniel Siegel, and Tina Payne Bryson, among others.

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

The Radical Parenting Podcast presents resources, books, and parenting approaches aimed at honoring and supporting your children’s autonomy, self-love, and confidence.

In parenting, there are no ends, there are only means. With that in mind, Radical Parenting is about considering the long-term impact of each moment on our children’s development. This podcast is for parents who wish to honor their child as a complete, autonomous being from day one and who have the humility to get out of the way of their children’s discovery and development.

Radical Parenting begins with absolute Acceptance. From there, we focus on understanding and connection. Understanding and connecting with our children, and supporting their understanding and connection with the people and world around them.

HOSTED BY

Tony Shawcross

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The Radical Parenting Podcast presents resources, books, and parenting approaches aimed at honoring and supporting your children’s autonomy, self-love, and confidence. In parenting, there are no ends, there are only means. With that in mind, Radical Parenting is about considering the long-term...

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