All Episodes

Episode 15: Get the Balance Right: Helping Your Kid Find What's Actually in Their Control

Episode 14: Part 2/2 What Girls Are Navigating Now

Episode 13, Part 1 of 2: The Water Boys Are Swimming In

Episode 12: The Effort Cliff

Episode 11: Why Middle School Is Both the Best and the Worst

Episode 10: Private Kids, Loud Worries– and the Emotional Cost of Being "Good at School"

Episode 9: The Age-Swing of the Middle Schooler

Episode 8: Letting Go Without Letting Go

Episode 7: Looksmaxxing, Sephora, and the Need to Belong

Episode 6: Why Middle Grade Jokes Don't Land and What Kids Are Actually Doing When They Try

Episode 5: Embarrassment, Correction, and the Trouble with Letting Feelings Decide

Episode 4: When Your Kid Shuts Down

Episode 3: When "No" Becomes a Bigger Problem Than the Thing Itself

Episode 2: When You Take it Personally

Episode 1: From Chaos to Context