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The Family Lab: Experiments in Parenting and Home Management — 183 episodes · page 1 of 2
Mastering Survival Mode (and Learning to Thrive)
Mini-Lab: To-Do-Lists
Archibald and Smiley Experiments: Summer 2026
Bonus Episode: Ring That Barbershop Chord (podcast competition entry)
How We Run the Archibald Home: Now with an App!
Patchwork Parenting: Learning from Motherhood Mentors
Motherhood: A Hero's Journey
Top 20 Cleaning Games
How Whitney and Molly Teach Kids About Money
Financial Education with Lauren Santagate
The Family Economy with Richard Eyre
Potty Training: Don't Be Afraid
How to Get Your Kids To Brush Their Teeth: Oral Hygiene Skills
Don't Be the Smelly Kid: Teaching Body Hygiene
Archibald Experiments Fall/Winter 2025-26
Teaching Kids Self-Reliance
Top 5 Christmas Traditions: A Teen Perspective
Beyond the Bins: Home Organization Strategy with Jen Martin
Zoom Out: Thinking Strategically about Household Systems
Emotional Regulation with Emily Hamblin
Top 5 Halloween Costumes, with the Dayton Sisters
Archibald (and McGavin) Experiments: Summer 2025
Top 5 Rollover Meals
Archibald Experiments: Back to School Roundup
Encore: How Dana Declutters
Encore: How Mary Parents Spicy Ones
Encore: How Bryce Manages Mom Guilt
Encore: How Jessica Jackson Goes from Surviving to Thriving
Encore: How She Manages Family Photos
Encore: How She Cultivates Talents
Encore: How Maria Makes It Fun
Encore: How She Travels
Encore: How Whitney Experiments, Summer 2020
Encore: How Andrea Davis Manages Technology
Encore: How Whitney Experiments, Summer 2021
Encore: How Whitney Experiments, Summer 2022
Encore: How Donna (Whitney's Grandma) Mommed Back in the Day
Encore: How She Takes Care of Herself Part 2
Encore: How She Takes Care of Herself
Top 5 Summer Reads for Kids
Re-entering the Workforce with Heather Nemelka
How Whitney Experiments Spring 2025
Designing Your Family Culture with Family Looking Up
Teaching Kids to Clean, with Joy Williams
Top 5 Family Movies
Book Club: The Art of Gathering Part 3 (Chapters 4-8)
Making Friends, with Elise Caffee
Discovering Your Parenting Superpowers, with Maria Eckersley
Top 5 Tech Tools, with Sami Bedell-Mulhern
The Family Lab Philosophy
Book Club: The Art of Gathering Part 2 (Chapters 2-4)
Teaching Kids to "Notice and Do" with Sam Kelly
Top 5 Kid Podcasts
How Whitney Experiments: Survival Mode (2023-2024)
Book Club: The Art of Gathering by Priya Parker (Part 1: Intro-Chapter 1)
Connecting with Kids
How Mary Wilde Helps Kids (and Parents) Manage Anxiety
How Brooke Romney Teaches Manners
How She Builds a Village
How She Falls Off a Cliff
How Whitney Struggles with Screentime
How Jessica Jackson Goes from Surviving to Thriving
How Hillary Wilkinson Creates Healthy Screen Habits
How She Creates a Healthy Tech Culture
How Whitney Experiments--Winter 2023
How Christina Acosta Builds Friendship and Community
How She Spends Time with Friends
How She Makes Friends
How Katherine Wintsch Works: Slaying Dragons and Prioritizing Impact
How Whitney Experiments: Fall 2022
How Kathryn Thompson Collects Drops of Awesome
How Catherine Teaches Kids To Manage Technology
How Gini Saved Her Relationship with Her Struggling Teen
How She Connects with Teens
How Ellen Pioneered In Vitro Fertilization
How Whitney Experiments--Summer 2022
How Camille Connects with Teens
How Mary Parents Spicy Ones
How Whitney Rethinks Motherhood
Behind the Scenes of Season 4
How Bryce Manages Mom Guilt
How Devan and Alexis Support Each Other (and Other Moms)
How Renee Conquers Mom Guilt
How Whitney Experiments--Spring 2022
How She Supports Other Moms
How She Dismantles the Mommy Wars
How Jen Martin Organizes
How Dana Declutters
How She Manages Stuff
How Monica Deals with Guilt and Shame
How She Deals With Mom Guilt
How She Feels Mom Guilt
How She Celebrates Birthdays
How Anna Lisa Heals Herself (and Other Moms) After Childbirth
How Whitney Experiments--Winter 2022
How Kelley Navigates Special Needs
Workshop: How She Shares Family Work, Part 2
Workshop: How She Shares Family Work, Part 1
How She Teaches Kids About Their Family History
How She Writes Her Family's Story