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The Family Lab — 176 episodes

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Top 20 Cleaning Games

2

How Whitney and Molly Teach Kids About Money

3

Financial Education with Lauren Santagate

4

The Family Economy with Richard Eyre

5

Potty Training: Don't Be Afraid

6

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

7

Don't Be the Smelly Kid: Teaching Body Hygiene

8

Archibald Experiments Fall/Winter 2025-26

9

Teaching Kids Self-Reliance

10

Top 5 Christmas Traditions: A Teen Perspective

11

Beyond the Bins: Home Organization Strategy with Jen Martin

12

Zoom Out: Thinking Strategically about Household Systems

13

Emotional Regulation with Emily Hamblin

14

Top 5 Halloween Costumes, with the Dayton Sisters

15

Archibald (and McGavin) Experiments: Summer 2025

16

Top 5 Rollover Meals

17

Archibald Experiments: Back to School Roundup

18

Encore: How Dana Declutters

19

Encore: How Mary Parents Spicy Ones

20

Encore: How Bryce Manages Mom Guilt

21

Encore: How Jessica Jackson Goes from Surviving to Thriving

22

Encore: How She Manages Family Photos

23

Encore: How She Cultivates Talents

24

Encore: How Maria Makes It Fun

25

Encore: How She Travels

26

Encore: How Whitney Experiments, Summer 2020

27

Encore: How Andrea Davis Manages Technology

28

Encore: How Whitney Experiments, Summer 2021

29

Encore: How Whitney Experiments, Summer 2022

30

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

31

Encore: How She Takes Care of Herself Part 2

32

Encore: How She Takes Care of Herself

33

Top 5 Summer Reads for Kids

34

Re-entering the Workforce with Heather Nemelka

35

How Whitney Experiments Spring 2025

36

Designing Your Family Culture with Family Looking Up

37

Teaching Kids to Clean, with Joy Williams

38

Top 5 Family Movies

39

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

40

Making Friends, with Elise Caffee

41

Discovering Your Parenting Superpowers, with Maria Eckersley

42

Top 5 Tech Tools, with Sami Bedell-Mulhern

43

The Family Lab Philosophy

44

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

45

Teaching Kids to "Notice and Do" with Sam Kelly

46

Top 5 Kid Podcasts

47

How Whitney Experiments: Survival Mode (2023-2024)

48

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

49

Connecting with Kids

50

How Mary Wilde Helps Kids (and Parents) Manage Anxiety

51

How Brooke Romney Teaches Manners

52

How She Builds a Village

53

How She Falls Off a Cliff

54

How Whitney Struggles with Screentime

55

How Jessica Jackson Goes from Surviving to Thriving

56

How Hillary Wilkinson Creates Healthy Screen Habits

57

How She Creates a Healthy Tech Culture

58

How Whitney Experiments--Winter 2023

59

How Christina Acosta Builds Friendship and Community

60

How She Spends Time with Friends

61

How She Makes Friends

62

How Katherine Wintsch Works: Slaying Dragons and Prioritizing Impact

63

How Whitney Experiments, Fall 2022

64

How Kathryn Thompson Collects Drops of Awesome

65

107 How Catherine Teaches Kids To Manage Technology

66

106 How Gini Saved Her Relationship with Her Struggling Teen

67

105 How She Connects with Teens

68

104 How Ellen Pioneered In Vitro Fertilization

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103 How Whitney Experiments--Summer 2022

70

102 How Camille Connects with Teens

71

101 How Mary Parents Spicy Ones

72

100 How Whitney Rethinks Motherhood

73

99 Behind the Scenes of Season 4

74

98 How Bryce Manages Mom Guilt

75

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

76

96 How Renee Conquers Mom Guilt

77

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

80

92 How Jen Martin Organizes

81

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

84

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

87

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

88

84 How Whitney Experiments--Winter 2022

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83 How Kelley Navigates Special Needs

90

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

100

72 How She Cultivates Kids' Talents

101

71 How Adrienne Collaborates with Her Great Grandmother

102

70 How Jasmine Cultivates Maddie's Talents

103

69 How She Discovers Kids' Talents

104

68 How Andrea Davis Manages Screen Time

105

67 How Whitney Experiments--Summer 2021

106

66 How She Helps Her Gluten Free Kids

107

65 How Meghann Grieves Her Daughter

108

(Encore) How She Travels with Kids

109

64 How Leslie Graff Pursues Her Passions

110

63 How Nancy Maldonado Pursues Her Passions

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62 How Wendy and Alex Pursue Their Passions

112

61 How She Identifies Her Passions

113

60 How Monica Tanner Prioritizes Marriage, Family, and Work

114

59 Workshop: How You Do Laundry

115

58 How Lubna Jamal Teaches Her Kids About Their Heritage

116

57 How She Transitions to Motherhood: Work

117

56 How Ashley Freehan Works from Home

118

55 How Whitney Experiments: Winter/Spring 2021

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54 How Delphine Brandt Merges French and American Culture

120

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

125

48 How She Thought She Would Mom

126

47 How Chantel Allen Manages Anxiety

127

46 How She Names Her Children

128

45 How Leisle Strategizes

129

44 How She Does Bedtime

130

(Encore) How She Serves Her Community and Beyond

131

43 How Beth Millward Does Christmas

132

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

133

41 How Brooke Romney Learns from Other Moms

134

40 How She Takes Care of Herself Part 2

135

39 How She Takes Care of Herself

136

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

139

35 How She Covid Schools

140

34 How Josie Moms–On a Boat

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33 How She Evolves

142

33 How Whitney Experiments—Summer 2020

143

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

145

30 A Mom's Job

146

29 The Great Reset

147

Meal Planning Workshop

148

28 How She Plans Meals

149

27 Routine Experimentation--The Sequel

150

26 How She Outsources

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25 Your Kid—A Novel Problem

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How She Does Mornings

153

How She Serves Her Community and Beyond

154

How She Celebrates Christmas

155

How She Serves Family and Friends

156

How Donna Mommed—Back In the Day

157

Origin Story

158

How Angela Reads

159

How She Reads

160

The Great Allowance Debate

161

How She Motivates Kids to Work

162

Routine Experimentation

163

How She Teaches Kids to Be Tidy

164

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

165

How She Teaches Kids to Clean

166

An Island of My Own

167

How She Travels

168

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

169

How She Strategizes

170

Mom's Secret Identity

171

Brataphobia

172

How She Teaches Her Kids About Money

173

How She Connects With Her Kids

174

Raising Seabiscuit

175

How She Does Laundry

176

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