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The Family Lab — 178 episodes

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Patchwork Parenting: Learning from Motherhood Mentors

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Motherhood: A Hero's Journey

3

Top 20 Cleaning Games

4

How Whitney and Molly Teach Kids About Money

5

Financial Education with Lauren Santagate

6

The Family Economy with Richard Eyre

7

Potty Training: Don't Be Afraid

8

How to Get Your Kids To Brush Their Teeth: Oral Hygiene Skills

9

Don't Be the Smelly Kid: Teaching Body Hygiene

10

Archibald Experiments Fall/Winter 2025-26

11

Teaching Kids Self-Reliance

12

Top 5 Christmas Traditions: A Teen Perspective

13

Beyond the Bins: Home Organization Strategy with Jen Martin

14

Zoom Out: Thinking Strategically about Household Systems

15

Emotional Regulation with Emily Hamblin

16

Top 5 Halloween Costumes, with the Dayton Sisters

17

Archibald (and McGavin) Experiments: Summer 2025

18

Top 5 Rollover Meals

19

Archibald Experiments: Back to School Roundup

20

Encore: How Dana Declutters

21

Encore: How Mary Parents Spicy Ones

22

Encore: How Bryce Manages Mom Guilt

23

Encore: How Jessica Jackson Goes from Surviving to Thriving

24

Encore: How She Manages Family Photos

25

Encore: How She Cultivates Talents

26

Encore: How Maria Makes It Fun

27

Encore: How She Travels

28

Encore: How Whitney Experiments, Summer 2020

29

Encore: How Andrea Davis Manages Technology

30

Encore: How Whitney Experiments, Summer 2021

31

Encore: How Whitney Experiments, Summer 2022

32

Encore: How Donna (Whitney's Grandma) Mommed Back in the Day

33

Encore: How She Takes Care of Herself Part 2

34

Encore: How She Takes Care of Herself

35

Top 5 Summer Reads for Kids

36

Re-entering the Workforce with Heather Nemelka

37

How Whitney Experiments Spring 2025

38

Designing Your Family Culture with Family Looking Up

39

Teaching Kids to Clean, with Joy Williams

40

Top 5 Family Movies

41

Book Club: The Art of Gathering Part 3 (Chapters 4-8)

42

Making Friends, with Elise Caffee

43

Discovering Your Parenting Superpowers, with Maria Eckersley

44

Top 5 Tech Tools, with Sami Bedell-Mulhern

45

The Family Lab Philosophy

46

Book Club: The Art of Gathering Part 2 (Chapters 2-4)

47

Teaching Kids to "Notice and Do" with Sam Kelly

48

Top 5 Kid Podcasts

49

How Whitney Experiments: Survival Mode (2023-2024)

50

Book Club: The Art of Gathering by Priya Parker (Part 1: Intro-Chapter 1)

51

Connecting with Kids

52

How Mary Wilde Helps Kids (and Parents) Manage Anxiety

53

How Brooke Romney Teaches Manners

54

How She Builds a Village

55

How She Falls Off a Cliff

56

How Whitney Struggles with Screentime

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How Jessica Jackson Goes from Surviving to Thriving

58

How Hillary Wilkinson Creates Healthy Screen Habits

59

How She Creates a Healthy Tech Culture

60

How Whitney Experiments--Winter 2023

61

How Christina Acosta Builds Friendship and Community

62

How She Spends Time with Friends

63

How She Makes Friends

64

How Katherine Wintsch Works: Slaying Dragons and Prioritizing Impact

65

How Whitney Experiments, Fall 2022

66

How Kathryn Thompson Collects Drops of Awesome

67

107 How Catherine Teaches Kids To Manage Technology

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106 How Gini Saved Her Relationship with Her Struggling Teen

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105 How She Connects with Teens

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104 How Ellen Pioneered In Vitro Fertilization

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103 How Whitney Experiments--Summer 2022

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102 How Camille Connects with Teens

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101 How Mary Parents Spicy Ones

74

100 How Whitney Rethinks Motherhood

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99 Behind the Scenes of Season 4

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98 How Bryce Manages Mom Guilt

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97 How Devan and Alexis Support Each Other (and Other Moms)

78

96 How Renee Conquers Mom Guilt

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95 How Whitney Experiments--Spring 2022

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94 How She Supports Other Moms

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93 How She Dismantles the Mommy Wars

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92 How Jen Martin Organizes

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91 How Dana Declutters

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90 How She Manages Stuff

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89 How Monica Deals with Guilt and Shame

86

88 How She Deals With Mom Guilt

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87 How She Feels Mom Guilt

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86 How She Celebrates Birthdays

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85 How Anna Lisa Heals Herself (and Other Moms) After Childbirth

90

84 How Whitney Experiments--Winter 2022

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83 How Kelley Navigates Special Needs

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82 Workshop: How She Shares Family Work, Part 2

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81 Workshop: How She Shares Family Work, Part 1

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80 How She Teaches Kids About Their Family History

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79 How She Writes Her Family's Story

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78 How She Uses Photos and Videos to Tell Her Family's Story

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77 How She Manages Family Photos

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76 How Janet Gathers Family and Friends

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75 What She Calls Herself

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74 How Maria Makes It Fun

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73 How Vanessa Tells Her Family Story

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72 How She Cultivates Kids' Talents

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71 How Adrienne Collaborates with Her Great Grandmother

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70 How Jasmine Cultivates Maddie's Talents

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69 How She Discovers Kids' Talents

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68 How Andrea Davis Manages Screen Time

107

67 How Whitney Experiments--Summer 2021

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66 How She Helps Her Gluten Free Kids

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65 How Meghann Grieves Her Daughter

110

(Encore) How She Travels with Kids

111

64 How Leslie Graff Pursues Her Passions

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63 How Nancy Maldonado Pursues Her Passions

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62 How Wendy and Alex Pursue Their Passions

114

61 How She Identifies Her Passions

115

60 How Monica Tanner Prioritizes Marriage, Family, and Work

116

59 Workshop: How You Do Laundry

117

58 How Lubna Jamal Teaches Her Kids About Their Heritage

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57 How She Transitions to Motherhood: Work

119

56 How Ashley Freehan Works from Home

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55 How Whitney Experiments: Winter/Spring 2021

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54 How Delphine Brandt Merges French and American Culture

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53 How She Transitions to Motherhood: Identity

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52 How Kathleen (Suddenly!) Transitioned to Motherhood

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51 How She Transitions to Motherhood: Surprise!

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50 How Emily Transitioned to Motherhood--As a Teenager

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49 How Maria Kemp Teaches Her Kids to Work--On a Ranch

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48 How She Thought She Would Mom

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47 How Chantel Allen Manages Anxiety

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46 How She Names Her Children

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45 How Leisle Strategizes

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44 How She Does Bedtime

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(Encore) How She Serves Her Community and Beyond

133

43 How Beth Millward Does Christmas

134

42 How She Plays With Her Kids (And How She Doesn't)

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41 How Brooke Romney Learns from Other Moms

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40 How She Takes Care of Herself Part 2

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39 How She Takes Care of Herself

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38 How She Finds Time Alone

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37 How Whitney Experiments—Fall 2020

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36 How Emily Teaches Kids to Work

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35 How She Covid Schools

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34 How Josie Moms–On a Boat

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33 How She Evolves

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33 How Whitney Experiments—Summer 2020

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32 How She Takes the Fight Out of Food Part 2

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31 How She Takes the Fight Out of Food, Part 1

147

30 A Mom's Job

148

29 The Great Reset

149

Meal Planning Workshop

150

28 How She Plans Meals

151

27 Routine Experimentation--The Sequel

152

26 How She Outsources

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25 Your Kid—A Novel Problem

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How She Does Mornings

155

How She Serves Her Community and Beyond

156

How She Celebrates Christmas

157

How She Serves Family and Friends

158

How Donna Mommed—Back In the Day

159

Origin Story

160

How Angela Reads

161

How She Reads

162

The Great Allowance Debate

163

How She Motivates Kids to Work

164

Routine Experimentation

165

How She Teaches Kids to Be Tidy

166

Things To Love About Being a Mother--In Every Stage

167

How She Teaches Kids to Clean

168

An Island of My Own

169

How She Travels

170

I'm Turning Into My Mother (At Least I Hope So)

171

How She Strategizes

172

Mom's Secret Identity

173

Brataphobia

174

How She Teaches Her Kids About Money

175

How She Connects With Her Kids

176

Raising Seabiscuit

177

How She Does Laundry

178

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