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Your Parenting Partner Podcast
by Brandi
Let's get REAL about parenting and kids. Let's talk boundaries, positive discipline (that works), AM and PM, food, homework, the list goes on and on. Let's do this. Let's laugh, vent and talk about all things parenting. Let's get REAL.
Episodes
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Sleep Solutions
We are told that our babies need to get on a schedule. They need to fit into our life and our world. The thing is, that's NOT the way that it's meant to be. Find how you can support and connect with your child AND get everyone better sleep. Will it be on YOUR timeline? NOPE, not always but it…
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Covid Convo With Dr. Andrea Love
I ask ALLLLLLLL of the questions about Covid, masks, vaccines, boosters, kids and Covid, how can we trust big pharma and more and more and more to the fantastic Immunology Consultant, Vital Statistics Consulting and Co-Host, Unbiased Science Podcast, Dr. Andrea Love. We left no stone unturned.…
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Halt The Helicopter
Me and my pal Justin Menda from Rocket Prep, talk all about helicopter parenting and what studies are saying about it (it's not GOOD). Take a listen to hear what it's like to hang with us and hash out child dev stuffs. We talk about how kids brains are developing slower and it's NOT a good thing....
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Andre Wright:Changing Lives 1 Kid At A Time
"Give and Go Athletics provides therapeutic and athletic programs designed to meet the emotional, educational, and physical needs of youth." Basically Andre is our own Philly superhero. He and his biz partner use sports and the arts to connect with kids and show them how far they can go. They do…
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P.A.N.D.A.S.: We Are Covering It ALL
What is P.A.N.D.A.S. or P.A.N.S.? What should you look for? Is your child susceptible? What is the cause? What can help? There is new info and I was lucky enough to talk to Diana Pohlman the founder and executive director of Pandasnetwork.org. This pod is fascinating!!!! FInd their page on FB and...
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Slide Into School
It is almost that time again.You know the one.The time to stick to schedules, time to wake up early, time to get out of the door on time. Ugh. It is BACK TO SCHOOL TIME!!!!! This weeks drinking game: Drink When Brandi Says, "Okey Dokie Artichokie"
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ADHD: The Difference Between Girls And Boys
My buddy and I, Michael McLeod from Grow Now Therapy, chat about the difference between boys and girls when it comes to ADHD or Executive Functioning Developmental Delay. We don't have enough information to address non-binary, gender fluid or trans kids. I would love to delve into that but today...
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Special Instructors: Teaching Your Kid What They Need To Succeed
What happens when two new friends forever get together to talk kids? You HAVE to listen to find out. It is madness and mayhem and LOT'S of fun. My pal Ginna is an SI. What is that you ask? I had NO IDEA (I love learning new things). It's a Special Instructor. How do you know if your kid needs…
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Nerves Or Not?
Is it nerves? Worry? Anxiety? How can you know what your child is feeling? Me and my pal Dr. Shanny Shmuel will break it all down for you. Here is a drinking game OR a workout game. Every time you hear a ding drink or do some push-ups. BOOM. Wanna contact Shanny? Hit up www.phillypsychology.com.
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Amazing ADHD Advice
The amazing, Michael McLeod, from GrowNOW Therapy, took a break from parenting a super (hella cute) newborn to tell us all about what is new in ADHD. It will blow your mind how different the ideas are now and the ways to help your kids are wayyyyy different too. Take a listen and see how you can...
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Transgender Talk
Y’all. Y’ALLLLLL. I HAVE WANTED TO THIS PODCAST FOR A WHILE NOW!!!!! Thanks to my amazing pal I got hooked up with Dane Menkin, he answers all of my (and probably your) questions about the whole transgender process as it refers to kids. There are so many misconceptions about the whole process.…
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Jess LaBarca Art Therapist: Talks Kids And Eating Disorder Prevention And Treatment
Jess helps us take a deeper dive into the whole body battle issue. Last time I talked about by own personal experiences with poor body image. Now I brought on an expert to talk about prevention and treatment. Eating disorders, disordered eating (I learned what that was) and how to prevent and...
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Gut Gabbing With Melissa Bloom
Gut health info, interest, obsession, has been on the rise the past few year. What is it? What does it mean? Why do we care? What does good or bad gut health mean for our kids (A LOT). Poor gut health has been linked to allergies, autism, ADHD, depression, anxiety and SOOOOOO much more. Take a...
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Consistency!!!!!
Want to know what will change your parenting life? CONSISTENCY!!!! I tell you the how, why and more about consistency.
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Starting Small With Family Jobs
When do family jobs (chores) start? How old? How many? What kind? Rewards or no? SOOOOOO MANYYYYY QUESTIONSSSS. Well, I have your answers. Let's do this.
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Night Frights
Welcome to season 2! Let's Do This!! Your kid is getting frightened at night, monsters and all, and is having trouble sleeping (so, of course, so now YOU are TOO– YAWN). Check this out to learn how to deal with nighttime fears!
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Family Meetings Matter
Family meetings are a time to reconnect, to talk about what is and is not working in the family. Wanna hear something that might blow your mind? These meetings are great for your little ones too. Discover the different kinds of meetings and the best ways to hold them.
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Is Failure O.K.?
Is it O.K. for your kids to fail or mess up? In this time of Covid, many kids are learning from home and parents need to be teachers. The thing is, they are not TRAINED to do so and in the end they AND their kids are super stressed when things don't go smoothly. So today we answer the question…
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Should Kids Say Sorry?
One hard and fast rule that we try to impart on kids is to say SORRY but is it THAT important? Should we make kids say, "Sorry"? Let's talk about it.
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Let's Break Some Rules
I even broke my title alliteration rule, haha. While rules are important, some need to be reevaluated. Some are not aging well. Some make no sense. Let's talk about some that need to be broken NOW.
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Stop Sleep Struggles
Sleep, we love it and never get enough of it. Your kid might not love it as much as we do but they NEED it and are not getting enough of it. Learn how many hours you kid should be sleeping, why it's important and how to get those hours.
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Why Your Discipline Is Not Working
I know that you are trying but for some reason you are not getting results. Your kids aren't doing their jobs. They are fighting. They are not listening and you are yelling and feeling like CRAP all of the time. I am here to tell you why your discipline is not working and how you can change that....
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Partnership Parenting
I have been hearing a lot about exhausted moms lately and it made me curious. Why are many moms still bearing the brunt of the mental and emotional labor as well as many household tasks on top of a job? Why don't women speak up? What happens when they do? Is it easier to do it yourself? How do…
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Mental Health Help
In our next segment of school your way we are visited by Shanny Shmuel, Psy.D. to talk about your kids and your mental health in this time. May folks are worried that this time will traumatize their child. That masks will make it hard to learn. That kids will forget how to be social. We will…
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Stop Star Charts
Do sticker charts make things easier in the moment? YEP. Well they benefit you in the long run? NOPE Kids, people need to learn to be motivated by things other than rewards. Great, so how do you get your kids to do ANYTHING. Take a listen and I'll tell ya.
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High Energy Help
We know kids have a LOT of energy but some kids have more than others. Those are the kids who can't stop, they get in trouble, focusing is tough. My amazing OT pal Jenna Szoke joins me to give ideas to support and chillax your high energy kids and help them focus (all ages). Her ideas are so…
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School Your Way. Surviving Virtual Schooling.
Ok, here we are again. Looks like a lot of folks will be online learning or out of the box learning this year. It was so HARD last time, so now what???? I have on Justin Menda of Rocket Prep, www.rocket-prep.com. He is an amazing tutor, academic coach and trainer of tutors. He is one of the very...
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School Your Way
So looks like a bunch of kids will be virtual learning this year. Let's talk about how to make it easier this time and going over some things to start NOW to make September more doable.
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Saving Your Slow To Warm Kids
What does Slow To Warm mean? How can I coach my kid to get in on the fun? Do I have to? Will they be left out forever? Are they shy? Let's tackle these questions and more.
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The Struggle Is Real
It can be hard to watch your kid struggle but it is what is needed to gain confidence and grit. They may cry, get frustrated, get mad but the look on their face when they do it is priceless. We talk little and big kid struggles.
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Summer Safety
Let's chat about a few ways to keep your family safe this SUMMER.
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Teaching The Art Of Pottying
Potty training always sounds so tough and harsh. Let's talk about teaching the art of pottying. TMI ahead. be warned.
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Bye Bye Backtalk
While we want our kids to express their wants, needs and thoughts we DON'T want them throwing attitude at us. Let's talk about how we can say bye, bye to backtalk and hello to productive conversations.
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Banish Bossy
We want our kids to be confident and assertive and strong but then there is BOSSY and there is a fine line. Bossy is NOT being a BOSS. BOSSY is being UNKIND.
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I Asked For A Bike Not A Baby
Your vision of family might be a bunch, or a few, or 2 kids running around laughing, playing, going to the park, vacations, lovely breakfasts, holidays. Ahhhh. Your child's idea of family is, um, well... EXACTLY HOW IT IS NOW!!!!!! While a new baby is often a gift, a welcome or much desired...
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The Body Battle
I get very real and raw and emotional. I almost deleted it because I didn't keep it together all the way through. This topic is SO close to my heart. Podcast: How to help your kids see their body in a positive way. So much of society tells us that our value is in our weight. How do we NOT pass…
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Emotional Education
OK, went a little long on this one but oh welllll. This week we talk about emotions. We are all feeling lots of them and we want our kids to be free to express them but what happens when it is volcanic and aggressive? How do you teach your kids to express their emotions in productive ways? Take a...
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Distance Learning Dilemmas
So I have been talking to lots of teachers and parents and I am gonna squish it all together to help come up with ways to get through the rest of school. Do Distance Learning or not but let's keep those brains a workin'.
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Practice Makes Perfect
We talked about Stuck last week and this week it is Practice. This is another no yell, no fight way to teach your kids how to take care of their responsibilities. You will love this.
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The Superbness Of Stuck
What is STUCK? Well, STUCK is the best discipline technique you will ever use. No yelling and fighting but gets the job done and everyone feels better. NO JOKE. I use it all of the time and it's a fan fave. Listen and see why.
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Sibling S#!T
Siblings have enough trouble getting along and now they are together 24/7. How can you survive this time and time going forward? I got you.
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Boundary Breakdown
It can be hard to set boundaries but now that we are all home together forever it is more important then ever. You need to work. The kids have school. You all need to save a shred of sanity.
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My Kid Is MASTURBATING!!!!
So your kid “found” themselves. Maybe they’re learning the art of pottying and all of a sudden there is (cough, cough) access. Maybe they’ve always known it was there but now it seems to be found a LOT! So here it is. Kids masturbate. Yep, yep they do. Giggle along with me, it IS kinda funny and...
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Coronapocalypse
We are in week one of lockdownish here in Philly and other parts of the country so figured we should continue talking about Coronapocalypse and what to do with the kids home. Should you have schedules or not? How do YOU work? We will talk about boundaries. We got this guys, we WILL get through…
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Corona Convos
Let's talk about how to talk about the Coronavirus with your little, middle and big kids. Also, how to deal with being home with them and what NOT to do. Oh, and listen to me butcher a Lizzo song. Who doesn't wanna hear THAT? Oh, I do say "dumbass" so if you listen with your kids, beware.
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This Meanness Mess
I am so over meanness. I can't believe that we still have kids leaving other kids out, making other kids feel horrible. It blows my mind and what really gets me is that there are some grown-ups who don't do anything about it. They don't think it could be THEIR kid or they don't think it's a big...
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What The Heck Is A Parenting Partner?
Ok, straight up, what IS a Parenting Partner?? Tune in to get the scoop on what a Parenting Partner is and does and what one (MEEEEE) can bring to your life and fam. Learn the ins and outs and why you need one.
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Change Your Life With Checklists!
It can be tough to get your kids to stay on track, do their jobs and well, chip in without bribes, yelling and negotiations. Let’s end that right here and now! Magic? Mayyybeee
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What's Wrong With Weird?
I find it so weird that there are so many memes about being yourself and being you and be weird but when it comes down to our kids we want them to be, well normal. I mean we DON'T but we DO. Will others make fun of them if they are different? Will they not have friends? What will the teachers...
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I'M BORED (says the kid with 1000 toys)
Look, it is NOT your job to find your kids fun. No one found OUR fun when we were kids. We got bored, we did something about it. We went outside, made up a game, played with siblings, we figured it out. It’s time we do the same for our kids. To give them a gift that they need. A puzzle to solve....
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Let's get REAL about parenting and kids. Let's talk boundaries, positive discipline (that works), AM and PM, food, homework, the list goes on and on. Let's do this. Let's laugh, vent and talk about all things parenting. Let's get REAL.
HOSTED BY
Brandi
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