All Episodes

271: Prom Night: Do I Trust My Teen—or My Instincts?

270: Should I Let My Kid Make In-App Purchases in Video Games?

BONUS Episode: How Do I Talk With My Teen About Fentanyl?

269: Why Is Basic Hygiene Such a Battle With My Tween?

268: Should I Let My Teen Take Supplements?

267: My Kid Has Been Accepted to College. But Is She Ready to Go?

266: Should I Let My Teen Be Intimate at Home?

265: Screens, Toxic Stress & Staying Connected with Dr. Nadine Burke Harris

264: Best of Ask Lisa: Friendship Breakups & Conflict

263: Is My Teen Too Focused on Her Looks?

262: Tracking Teens: Safety Tool or Trust Breaker?

261: Teen Depression & Suicide in 2026: What’s Different Now? with Dr. Jonathan Singer

260: Is My Son Too Obsessed With His Girlfriend?

259: Why Is My Teen So Snarky?

258: What Do Parents Need to Know About Teens & Fan Fiction?

257: How Do I Guide a Kid Who Only Cares About Becoming an Influencer?

256: How Many Piercings Should a Teen Have?

255: Can Teens Really Study While Scrolling?

254: How to Help Kids Build a Healthy Relationship with Food with Special Guest Dr. Reshma Shah

253: How to Future-Proof Your Kids in 2026

252: ENCORE: Should I Talk with My Teens About My Own Mental Health Challenges?

251: ENCORE: How Do I Parent a Young Adult (and Deal with My Own Parents)?

250: Is It Okay to Push Back on My Kid’s Holiday Wish List?

249: When Teasing Turns Toxic, What’s a Parent to Do?

248: Should Our Tween Dictate Our Post-Divorce Visitation Schedule?

247: ENCORE: Lying, Sneaking, Cheating. What Keeps Kids From Being Honest?

246: My Son is Becoming Sexist. How Do I Stop This?

245: Puberty + Menopause: How Are We Supposed to Cope?!?

244: What If Anxiety Won't Let My Teen Sleep?

243: How Do I Talk with My Teen About Alcohol and Weed?

242: How Do I Get My Kids to Like Each Other?

241: Is My Teen Defining Herself by her "Depression"?

240: Talk to Your Boys: Raising Confident, Caring Young Men

239: AI Companions & Teens: Connection or Concern?

238: Zyns, Vapes & Teens: What Do Parents Need to Know?

237: Homesick at College: What Parents Can Do?

236: Dream School: How Do You Find the Right College for Your Teen?

235: No Phones at School. How Do I Help My Kid Cope?

234: Encore: Confronting Toxic Achievement Culture with Author Jennifer Wallace

233: Encore: Embracing ADHD with Penn and Kim Holderness

232: Encore: Getting into College with Special Guest Rick Clark

231: Encore: How Do I Parent with an Ex Who Doesn’t Share My Values?

230: Encore: Teens & Sleep with Journalist & Author Lisa L. Lewis

229: Encore: The Science of Managing Emotions with Author Ethan Kross

228: Encore: What Should I Do When Other Parents Host Wild Parties?

227: Encore: The Power of Belonging with Special Guest Dr. Alfiee Breland-Noble

226: Encore: What Should I Do With Dicey Information About Other People’s Kids?

225: Encore: Should I Let My Son Spend All His Free Time Playing Video Games?

224: Encore: Lessons from Netflix's "Adolescence"

223: Practical Optimism with Dr. Sue Varma

222: The Summer of Building Independence

221: Encore: What’s the Best Way for My Teen to Handle a Mean “Friend”?

220: How to Stay Connected When Teens Pull Away. Guests: Gordon Neufeld, PhD & Gabor Maté, MD

219: My Kid is a Hypochondriac. What Can I Do?

218: Is it Ever Okay for Me to Yell at My Kids?

217: Embracing ADHD with Penn and Kim Holderness

216: How Do We Get Kids to Stop Fat Shaming?

215: Is It Possible to Talk About Feelings Too Much?

214: Should I Let My Son Spend All His Free Time Playing Video Games?

213: Lessons from Netflix's "Adolescence"

212: ENCORE: Will Social Media Harm My Kid?

211: How Do I Parent with an Ex Who Doesn't Share My Values?

210: Dealing with Disappointing College Admissions. What Helps?

209: The Science of Managing Emotions with Author Ethan Kross

208: What Should I Do When Other Parents Host Wild Parties?

207: What's the Best Way for My Teen to Handle a Mean "Friend"?

206: How Can We Roll Back Our Kids' Technology Use?

205: The New Edition of Untangled by Dr. Lisa Damour

204: How Do I Help My Kid Develop a Work Ethic?

203: How Do I Get My Teen to Give Up Weed?

202: My Son's Friends Are Sending Him Inappropriate GIFs. How Do I Help?

201: 2025: The Year of Intentional Living

200: ENCORE:The Five Principles of Parenting with Dr. Aliza Pressman

199: ENCORE: How Should I Deal with My Angry, Disrespectful Son?

198: Is it Okay for My Kid to Gossip with Her Friends Online?

197: The Power of Belonging with Special Guest Dr. Alfiee Breland-Noble

196: Is My Kid Really Sick? Or Just Avoiding School?

195: ENCORE: How Do I Raise a Compassionate Child? With Dr. Traci Baxley

194: How Do I Help My Daughter Get Past an Ugly Rumor?

193: Should I Talk with My Teens About My Own Mental Health Challenges?

192: Raising Resilient Kids in Uncertain Times with Tovah Klein, PhD

191: Should I Let My Kid Use Swear Words?

190: How Can I Help My Depressed Teen?

189: How Do I Support My Unathletic Son in our Sports-Obsessed Town?

188: Should I Talk with My Teen About Masturbation?

187: Getting Into College with Special Guest Rick Clark

186: Can I Get My Entitled Teen to Change?

185: How Should My Son Deal with Trash-Talking Friends?

184: How Do I Support a Teen Who Hates Her Body?

183: Back to School with U.S. Secretary of Education Dr. Miguel Cardona

182: Untangling All Things Digital for Parents

181: Encore: How Do I Help My Disorganized High School Kid?

180: Encore: Never Enough: Confronting Toxic Achievement Culture (with author Jennifer Wallace)

179: Encore: Teens and Sleep, with Journalist & Author Lisa L. Lewis

178: Encore: My Son and his Friends Use Slurs. Can I Stop This?

177: Encore: My Teen Is into Sports Betting. Help!

176: Encore: My Child is Turning Into a Teenager. How Do I Handle It?

175: Encore: Should I Track My Teen’s Location?

174: The Making of "Inside Out 2"

173: S.U.N.: Lisa's Three Keys to a Happy Summer

172: Encore: Should I Kick My Kid Off TikTok?

171: Should I Snoop on My Teen?

170: How Should I Deal with My Angry, Disrespectful Son?

169: How Do We Move Our Family Without Damaging Our Kids?

168: Teens and Sleep, with Journalist & Author Lisa L. Lewis

167: Weed's Legal. How Do I Talk With My Teen About It?

166: My Kid Is Being Bullied. What Should I Do?

165: How Do I Support my Heartbroken Son?

164: Why Is My Kid Hooked on Luxury Skin Care?

163: Encore: My Kid Looked at Porn. What Should I Do?

162: How Do I Talk with My Teen about Fentanyl?

161: How Do I Get my Teens to Want to Spend Time with Me?

160: Can I Require my Teen to Be on Birth Control?

159: Should I Worry That My Teen Is So Introverted?

158: Practical Optimism with Dr. Sue Varma

157: My Kid Has Diagnosed Herself on TikTok. What Should I Do?

156: Is There a Gentle Way to Drop a Friend?

155: Should I Be Worried that My Son Is Obsessed with Weightlifting?

154: The 5 Principles of Parenting: with Dr. Aliza Pressman

153: Encore: How Do We Help Kids Through Divorce?

152: Will Social Media Harm My Kid?

151: How Do I Find Balance in 2024?

150: Encore: How Do I Get My Son to Stop Picking On His Little Sister?

149: Encore: Should I Bribe My Kid?

148: What Should I Do With Dicey Information About Other People’s Kids?

147: Girls Are Harassing My Son. What Should I Do?

146: What's the Best Way to Help a Kid with ADHD?

145: Encore: My Kids Lose it When They Make Sports Mistakes. How Can I Help?

144: How Much Should I Share About My Kids?

143: How Do I Raise A Compassionate Child? With Dr. Traci Baxley

142: Should My Teen Be In Cars with New Drivers?

141: How Do Stop Riding My Kid's Emotional Roller Coaster?

140: Can I Talk My Teen Out of a Toxic Romance?

139: This Is So Awkward: Modern Puberty Explained with Dr. Cara Natterson and Vanessa Bennett

138: Should Our Teen Stay Home Alone When We Leave Town?

137: How Do I Parent a Teen with a Chronic Health Condition?

136: Should I Allow My Tween To Wear Crop Tops?

135: How Do I Combat My Kid's Perfectionism?

134: My Son and His Friends Use Slurs. Can I Stop This?

133: A Conversation with U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy

132: Never Enough: Confronting Toxic Achievement Culture (with author Jennifer Wallace)

131: Encore: How Do I Help My Disorganized High School Kid?

130: Encore: Should I Kick my Kid Off TikTok?

129: Encore: My Kid Was Dumped by Her Friends. How Can I Help?

128: Encore: Should I Track my Teen's Location?

127: Encore: How Much Gaming is Too Much?

126: Encore: Raising an Athlete? Advice from an Olympic Mom

125: Encore: How Do We Talk to Kids About Justice? Special Guest Preet Bharara

124: Encore: How and When Do I Give My Kid a Phone?

123: Here's To Summer!

122: How Much Structure Should Kids Have in the Summer?

121: Encore: Should I Bribe My Kid?

120: My Teen Is Into Sports Betting. Help!

119: How Do I Get My Son to Stop Picking on His Little Sister?

118: My Daughter Is Cutting Herself. What Should I Do?

117: My College-Bound Kid Is "Soiling the Nest." Help!

116: Should I Kick My Kid Off TikTok?

115: How Do I Parent a Young Adult (and Deal with my Own Parents)? Guest: Laurence Steinberg, PhD

114: Should My Kid Take a Gap Year?

113: How Do I Help My Kid Deal with Unfairness?

112: How Much Gaming is Too Much?

111: What Kind of Therapy is Right for My Kid?

110: What Is Real Self-Care for Parents? Special Guest and Author: Pooja Lakshmin, MD

109: Encore: Why Are Our Kids So Mean To Us?

108: How Do I Help My Disorganized High School Kid?

107: Lisa's New Book! The Emotional Lives of Teenagers

106: Should I Give the Sex Talk if I Think I'm Already Too Late?

105: My Kid Complains Constantly. How Do I Get Him to Stop?

104: How Do I Support My LGBTQ+ Daughter?

103: How Do I Talk My Teen Out of Vaping?

102: Encore: My Son Messed Up. Can I Keep Him from Being Canceled?

101: How Do I Get My Teen Sons to Talk to Me?

100: How Can Parents Find Joy and Energy in the New Year?

99: Encore: How Do I Keep My Kids Grounded in a Materialistic World?

98: My Friends' Kids Are Excluding My Kid. What Should I Do?

97: Should I Track My Teen's Location?

96: How Do I Raise Financially Responsible Kids? Special Guest Bobbi Rebell

95: Encore: Happy Holidays? Dealing with Difficult Relatives

94: My Clingy Teen Hates Going to School. How Do I Help?

93: Should I Monitor My Kid’s Grades Online?

92: I’m Not Ready for My Kid to Be in Love. Help!

91: My Kid Hates Being A Late Bloomer. How Can I Help?

90: Should My Kid Play Violent Video Games?

89: How Do I Get My Teen To Take Charge of Her Life?

88: How Do I Get My Son to Give Up Pot?

87: Do I Really Have to Send My Tween to Sleepovers?

86: How Do I Pay For College Without Going Broke? Special Guest: Author Ron Lieber

85: My Kids Lose it When They Make Sports Mistakes. How Can I Help?

84: How Do I Encourage My Tween to Drop a Bad Friendship?

83: How Do I Get My Teen to Take School Seriously?

The Danger Zone on Insta

Summer Instagram Lives!

82: How Should Kids Spend Summer 2022?

81: Why Is Our Kid Being So Mean to Us?

80: Should I Push My Child Out of the Nest?

79: What Do Parents Need to Know about Suicide?

78: My Daughter’s Nude Selfie Got Out. What Do We Do Now?

77 Encore: I Hate Nagging My Kids. What Else Works?

76: How and When Do I Tell My Kids Their Grandma is Dying?

75: How Do I Help My Teen Deal With College Rejections?

74: My Son Messed Up. Can I Keep Him from Being Canceled?

73: I Saw My Daughter’s Shocking Texts. Should I Confront Her?

72: How Do We Talk to Kids About Justice? Advice from Preet Bharara

71: My Kid Was Dumped by Her Friends. How Can I Help?

70: Do I Tell My Daughter She’s Beautiful?

69 Encore: Lying, Sneaking, Cheating. What Keeps Kids from Being Honest?

68: How Should Step-Parents Fit In?

67: Should My Teen Go to a Sleepover with Her Boyfriend?

66: Should I Bribe My Kid?

65: My Depressed Teen Refuses Therapy. How Do I Help?

64: Encore: How Do I Build My Kids' Confidence and Self-Esteem?

63: Raising an Athlete? Advice from an Olympic Mom.

62: How Do I Boost Mental Health in 2022?

61: Encore: My Kid Looked at Porn. What Should I Do?

60: How Do We Help Kids Through Divorce?

59: My Daughter Is the Mean Girl. What Do I Do?

58: Does My Child Have OCD?

57: Happy Holidays? Dealing with Difficult Relatives.

56: Encore: My Child is Turning Into a Teenager. How Do I Handle It?

55: How Do I Keep My Kids Grounded in a Materialistic World?

54: How and When Do I Give My Kid a Phone?

53: Should I Comment on My Child’s Weight?

52: What Do Parents Need to Know About Edibles?

Welcome to Ask Lisa!

51: I Hate Nagging My Kids. What Else Works?

50: How Do I Build My Kid’s Confidence and Self-Esteem?

49: Should My Teen Socialize With Unvaccinated Friends?

48: How Often Should I Be in Touch with My College Freshman?

47: Should Teens Be Allowed to Drink at Home?

46: How Do You Help a Kid Who Shuts You Out?

45: I Don't Like My Kid's Friends. What Do I Do?

44: Seriously?! How Do I Face Back-to-School 2021?

43: What Should My Kids Do This Summer?

42: How Do I Talk to My Child About Racism? With Special Guest: Emmanuel Acho

41: How Do I Help My Kid Find Friends Again?

40: My Kid’s Room Is a Hot Mess. What Should I Do?

39: How Do I Get My Kids to Stop Fighting?

38: How Do I Teach My Kids About Consent?

37: How Do I Know If My Child Has an Eating Disorder?

36: Helping Kids Manage Grief and Loss

35: Sexy Social Media. Where Should Parents Draw the Line?

34: How to Raise an Adult

33: Encore Podcast: Toolbox for Terrible Times

32: Lying, Sneaking, Cheating. What Keeps Kids From Being Honest?

31: My Kid Looked at Porn. What Should I Do?

30: My Kids & I Have Hit a Wall. How Do We Keep Going?

29: How Do I Get My Kid Into Mindfulness?

28: Bored, Sad, & Smoking Weed: How Do We Talk to Kids About Drug Use?

27: What Do I Do When Friends and Family Don't Share Our Covid Rules?

26: My Child is Turning Into a Teenager. How Do I Handle It?

25: How Do I Get My Smelly Teen to Shower?

24: My Daughter Is Questioning Her Gender. What Do I Do?

23: I Can’t Make Sense of America. What Do I Tell My Kids?

22: My Kid Hates Remote Learning. What Do I Do?

21: How Do I Hit the Reset Button for 2021?

20: Kids & Covid: Pediatrician & Covid-19 Expert Dr. Cara Natterson Answers Your Questions

19: How Will the Pandemic Affect my Child Long-term?

18: Can Online Socializing Go Too Far?

17: How Do I Get My Kid To Open Up?

16: How Do You Handle Holidays in a Pandemic?

15: How Has the Pandemic Changed College Admissions?

14: Dads & Daughters, Mothers & Sons: How Does Gender Shape Parenting?

13: How Do I Motivate My Kid to Do Homework?

12: What Can Kids Learn from a Tense Election?

11: Where's the Line Between Being Healthy and Having an Eating Disorder?

10: How Do I Parent When I Feel Like I’m Drowning?

9: What to Do When Kids Don’t Listen: Advice for Threenagers to Teenagers

8: Apathetic, Cranky, Frustrated: Dealing with Kids' Distress About School

7: When Is Anxiety a Disorder? When Does Sadness Become Depression?

6: Will the Pandemic Disrupt My Kid’s Social Development?

5: Toolbox for Terrible Times: Managing Helplessness and Hopelessness

4: Helping Kids Eat Well and Stay Active Under Covid-19

3: How to Deal with Conflict While Stuck at Home

2: Back to School During Coronavirus

1: Parenting During a Pandemic