All Episodes

265: Einstein Never Used Flash Cards: How Kids Learn Best

264: Who Really Decided Your Child Needs ADHD Medication?

263: What’s Really Behind Your Child’s End-of-Day Meltdowns

262: How Limits Show Up in Your Child’s Body

261: Why Your Kids Fight (It’s Not What You Think)

260: How the World’s Toxic Systems Live Inside Our Parenting

Episode Summary 09: Is Your Child’s Diagnosis Reliable? The DSM Explained

259: Understanding Why Your Child Hits (And What Actually Helps)

RE-RELEASE: Parental Burnout: Is Your Exhaustion Affecting Your Children?

Episode Summary 08: What Is Collaborative Parenting? Real Parent Story

Episode Summary 07: Is Your Child’s Behavior Really a Disorder? A Psychiatrist Explains

258: YPM 2025 Year in Review + What’s Coming in 2026

Episode Summary 06: When Holiday Gift Boundaries Don’t Work (What Does?)

Episode Summary 05: How to Enforce Boundaries When Someone Doesn’t Respect Them

257: I Don't Enjoy Playing With My Kid: Why It Happens & What To Do

256: Managing Anger as a Parent: The Two Types of Anger You Need to Know

255: Why Do I Keep Snapping? Parenting Rage When Your Childhood ‘Wasn’t That Bad

Episode Summary 04: Reparenting Yourself: Break Your Family’s Trauma Cycle

Episode Summary 03: How to Stop Yelling as a Parent: Emotional Regulation Techniques That Work

254: What is FAFO Parenting? The 9 Most Important Things Parents Should Know

253: How to Do Homeschooling: A Former Teacher Explores Unschooling

252: From ‘Be the Best’ Anxiety to Trusting Your Child’s Natural Learning

251: Why Your 8-12 Year Old Should Start a Business (And How to Support Them Without Taking Over!)

Episode Summary 02: The Anxious Generation: What Parents Need to Know

250: The Anxious Generation Review (Part 4): Should we ban cell phones at home?

249: The Anxious Generation Review (Part 3): Should we ban cell phones in school?

248: The Anxious Generation Review (Part 2): Does Social Media Actually Cause Kids’ Depression and Anxiety?

247: The Anxious Generation Review (Part 1): Is There Really a Mental Health Crisis in the U.S.?

246: My Parenting Feels Off Track: Reparenting Helps You Find Your Way Back

RE-RELEASE: Finding Your Parenting Village: How Community Support Changes Everything at Home

245: Does praise help or hurt your child? What research actually shows

RE-RELEASE: How to get your child to listen to you

244: Gentle parenting doesn’t have to mean permissive parenting

243: Parent Conflict Over Discipline: How to Get on the Same Page

242: The secret to having feedback conversations your family will actually hear

240: How to prepare your kids for the real world

239: First year for your newborn baby: The 7 ideas that really matter

238: Feeling exhausted and overwhelmed? Tools to help you cope

237: 8 reasons your child won’t tell you what’s wrong – and how to help

236: How to heal the anger in your relationship with your spouse

235: Children’s threats: What they mean and how to respond

234: The problem with Time Outs: Why they fail, and what to do Instead

233: Time Outs: Helpful or harmful? Here’s what the research says

232: 10 game-changing parenting hacks – straight from master dog trainers

231: How to support baby’s development after a Wonder Week

230: Do all babies have Wonder Weeks? Here’s what the research says

229: Raising kids in divisive times: Where do we go after the 2024 election?

228: Parenting Through Menopause – Discover Your Wise Power!

227: Where emotions come from (and why it matters) Part 2

226: Where emotions come from (and why it matters) Part 1

225: How to stop shaming your child

224: How to heal your Mom Rage

Q&A#6: Am I damaging my child?

223: What, Why, and How to Parent Beyond Power

222: How to cultivate Menstrual Cycle Awareness with The Red School

221: How to advocate for the schools our children deserve with Allyson Criner Brown & Cassie Gardener Manjikian

220: Nutritious movement for your child – and you!

219: The skills your child will need in the age of AI

Episode Summary 01: Building a better relationship with screen time

218: What children learn from video games

217: How to end the video game struggles

216: Am I in Perimenopause? with Dr. Louise Newson

215: Why will no-one play with me?

214: Ask Alvin Anything: Part 2

213: How to stop using power over your child (and still get things done)

212: How to make the sustainable change you want to see in your family

211: How to raise a child who doesn’t experience shame

210: The power of learning in community

209: How to get on the same page as your parenting partner

208: Three reasons why setting limits is hard (and what to do about each of them)

207: How to not be a permissive parent

206: How to find yourself as a parent

205: How patriarchy hurts us…all of us

204: How to create more time by taking care of yourself

203: How to move toward anti-racism with Kerry Cavers

Q&A#5: What really matters in parenting? Part 1

202: How to Heal from Adverse Childhood Experiences with Dr. Nadine Burke Harris and Jackie Thu-Huong Wong

201: How to create a culture of consent in our families

200: Ask Alvin Anything (Part 1!)

199: Digging Deeper into Parenting Beyond Power with Rachel Disney

198: The connection between your ideas about childhood and politics with Dr. Toby Rollo

197: What to do about reward and punishment systems at school with Denise Suarez

196: How to do right by your child – and everyone else’s with Dr. Elizabeth Cripps

195: Raising Good Humans Every Day with Hunter Clarke-Fields

194: Regulating for the kids…and for your marriage

193: You don’t have to believe everything you think

192: What to do with the myth of Polyvagal Theory

191: Parenting Beyond Power launch celebration

190: How to use the tools in Parenting Beyond Power

189: Childhood Unlimited with Virginia Mendez

Q&A#4: Is it safe to delay math learning?

188: How to learn way beyond ‘doing well in school’

187: What to do when my child says: “I’m booored!”?

Q&A #3: Why do you have to go to work?

186: How to meet your needs with Mara Glatzel

185: How can we raise resilient children?

184: How to get on the same page as your co-parent

183: What I wish I’d known about parenting

182: How to get frustrating behavior to stop

181: Why ‘giving choices’ doesn’t work – and what to do instead

180: How to get your children to stop fighting

Q&A #2: How do we help children who are ‘falling behind’ without using milestones?

179: I Never Thought of It That Way with Mónica Guzmán and Lulu

178: How to heal your inner critic

177: Three ways to be a good parent, even on bad days

176: How to begin healing shame with A.J. Bond

Q&A #1: Should I let my child hit me, or a pillow?

175: I’ll be me; can you be you?

174: Support for Neurodivergent Parents with Dr. Rahimeh Andalibian & Sara Goodrich

173: Why we shouldn’t read the “Your X-Year-Old Child” books any more

172: You Are Not A Sh*tty Parent with Carla Naumburg

171: How Good People Can Create A More Just Future with Dr. Dolly Chugh

170: How to stop procrastinating with Dr. Fuschia Sirois

169: How to take care of yourself first with Liann Jensen

168: Feeling Triggered by Current Events

167: Healing and Helping with Mutual Aid with Dean Spade

166: Learning to trust your child – and yourself

165: How grit helps (and how it doesn’t)

164: Supporting Neurodivergent Children with Dr. Hanna Bertilsdotter-Rosqvist

163: Should children vote? with Dr. John Wall

162: Supporting children through grief with Katie Lear

161: New masculinites for older boys with Dr. Michael Kehler & Caroline Brunet

160: Wanting What’s Best with Sarah Jaffe

159: Supporting Girls’ Relationships with Dr. Marnina Gonick

158: Deconstructing Developmental Psychology with Dr. Erica Burman

157: How to find your village

156: From desperation to collaboration

155: How to get your child to listen to you

154: Authoritative isn’t the best Parenting “Style”

153: Belonging: Remembering Ourselves Home

SYPM 020: Preparing for the afterbirth with Renee Reina

152: Everything you need to know about sleep training

151: The Alphabet Rockers with Kaitlin McGaw and Tommy Shepherd

150: How to avoid passing on an eating disorder to our child with Dr. Shiri Sadeh-Sharvit

SYPM 019: Why are you always so angry?

149: How to set the boundaries you need

148: Is spanking a child really so bad?

SYPM 018: No Set Bedtime with Gila and Katherine

SYPM 017: Reparenting ourselves to create empathy in the world with Amy

147: Sugar Rush with Dr. Karen Throsby

RE-RELEASE: Why storytelling is so important for our children

RE-RELEASE: How to read with your child with Dr. Laura Froyen

RE-RELEASE: Parenting beyond pink and blue with Dr. Christia Brown

RE-RELEASE: Why isn’t my child grateful with Dr. Jonathan Tudge

RE-RELEASE: Becoming Brilliant – Interview with Prof. Roberta Golinkoff

[Looking back and looking ahead]

SYPM 016: Getting it right from the start with a new baby

146: The Rested Child with Dr. Chris Winter

145: How to Sugarproof your kids with Dr. Michael Goran

SYPM 015: How to support each unique child’s learning journey

144: Supporting Your Gifted Child

143: The Extended Mind with Annie Murphy Paul

142: Division of Responsibility with Ellyn Satter

SYPM 014: The power of healing in community

141: The Body Keeps The Score with Dr. Bessel van der Kolk

SYPM 013: Triggered all the time to emotional safety

140: Mythbusting about fat and BMI with Dr. Lindo Bacon

139: How to keep your child safe from guns (even if you don’t own one)

138: Most of what you know about attachment is probably wrong

137: Psychological Flexibility through ACT with Dr. Diana Hill

136: Mother’s Day Momifesto

135: 5 reasons respectful parenting is so hard

SYPM 012: From fear-filled conflict to parenting as a team

134: Beyond Sex Education with Dr. Nadine Thornhill

What Carys wants you to know about your children’s feelings

133: How the Things We Learned About Sex Impact Our Children

132: How implicit bias affects my child (Part 2)

131: Implicit Bias with Dr. Mahzarin Banaji

130: Introduction to mindfulness and meditation with Diana Winston

129: The physical reasons you yell at your kids

SYPM 011: Untigering with Iris Chen

128: Should I Redshirt My Child?

Dismantling White Supremacy and Patriarchy on MLK Day

Responding to the U.S. Capitol Siege

127: Doing Self-Directed Education

SYPM 010: From Anxious Overwhelm to Optimistic Calm

126: Problem Solving with Dr. Ross Greene

SYPM 009: How to Set Boundaries in Parenting

125: Should you worry about technoference?

SYPM 008: Fostering Positive Sibling Relationships with Future Focused Parenting

124: The Art of Holding Space

123: Maternal Ambivalence: What it is, and what to do about it

122: Self-Compassion for Parents

121: How To Support Your Perfectionist Child

120: How to Raise a Child Who Uses Their Uniqueness to Create Happiness (RE-RELEASE)

119: Aligning Your Parenting With Your Values

SYPM 007: Parenting Across Cultural Divides

118: Are You Raising Materialistic Kids?

SYPM 006: Mindful Mama

117: Socialization and Pandemic Pods

116: Turn Work-Family Conflict Into Work-Family Balance

115: Reducing the Impact of Advertising to Children

114: How to stop ‘Othering’ and instead ‘Build Belonging’

SYPM 005: Getting Confident About the Decision to Homeschool

113: No Self, No Problem

112: How to Set up a Play Room

111: Parental Burn Out

110: How to Dismantle Patriarchy Through Parenting

109: Education in a time between worlds

108: How to cope with the Coronavirus pandemic

107: The impact of consumerism on children

106: Patriarchy is perpetuated through parenting (Part 1)

105: How to pass on mental wealth to your child

104: How to help a child to overcome anxiety

103: How to raise a child who uses their uniqueness to create happiness

[Taking a Break]

102: From confusion and conflict to confident parenting

101: What happens after divorce – and how it impacts children

100!

099: How to parent highly sensitive children

098: Do school shooter trainings help (or hurt) children?

097: How to support gender-creative children

096: How to prevent sexual abuse

095: Ask the American Academy of Pediatrics!

SYPM 004: Conflicting cultures! with Dovilė Šafranauskė

094: Using nonviolent communication to parent more peacefully

SYPM 003: Responding Mindfully with Seanna Mallon

093: Parenting children of non-dominant cultures

092: Fathers’ unique role in parenting

091: Do I have privilege?

090: Sensory processing disorder

SYPM002: Sugar! with Rose Amanda

089: Teaching children about issues related to race

SYPM 001: Mindfulness with Jess Barnes

088: Setting loving – and effective! – limits

087: Talking with children about race, with Dr. Beverly Daniel Tatum

086: Playing to Win: How does playing sports impact children?

085: White privilege in schools

084: The Science of RIE

083: White privilege in parenting: What it is & what to do about it

082: Regulating emotions: What, When, & How

081: How can I decide which daycare/preschool is right for my child?

080: Self-Reg: Can it help our children?

079: What is RIE?

078: You have parenting goals; do you know what they are?

077: Are forest schools any better for children than regular schools?

076: How to rock your parent-teacher conference

075: Should we Go Ahead and Heap Rewards On Our Kid?

074: Attachment: What it is, what it’s not, how to do it, and how to stop stressing about it

073: What to do when your child refuses to go to school

072: Is the 30 Million Word Gap Real: Part II

071: How your child can benefit from intergenerational relationships

070: Why isn’t my child grateful?

069: Reducing the impact of intergenerational trauma

068: Do I HAVE to pretend play with my child?

067: Does the Marshmallow Test tell us anything useful?

066: Is the 30 Million Word Gap real?

065: Why storytelling is so important for our children

064: Compassion (and how to help your child develop it)

063: How family storytelling can help you to develop closer relationships and overcome struggles

062: Why we need to let our kids need to take more risks

061: Can Growth Mindset live up to the hype?

060: What do children learn from reading books?

059: How to Raise a Wild Child

058: What are the benefits of outdoor play?

057: What is the value of play?

056: Beyond “You’re OK!”: Modeling Emotion Regulation

055: Raising Your Spirited Child

054: Three reasons not to say “You’re OK!”

053: Sleep! (And how to get more of it)

052: Grit: The unique factor in your child’s success?

051: How to handle social exclusion

050: How to raise emotionally healthy boys

049: How to raise a girl with a healthy body image

048: How to read with your child

047: How to raise a bilingual child

046: How to potty train a child

045: How parenting affects child development

044: How to introduce your child to music (even if you can’t play or sing)

043: How to talk with children about death

042: How to teach a child to use manners

041: Siblings: Why do they fight, and what can we do about it?

040: Only children: Are they as bad as advertised?

039: What to do when your toddler says “No, I don’t wanna…!”

038: The Opposite of Spoiled

037: Generation Me

036: The impact of divorce on a child’s development (Part 1)

035: Parenting: All joy and no fun?

034: How do I get my child to do chores?

033: Does your child ever throw tantrums? (Part 2)

032: Free to learn

031: Parenting beyond pink and blue

030: On Education (And on Betsy DeVos)

029: Why we shouldn’t ban war play

028: How do children form social groups?

027: Is a Reggio Emilia-inspired preschool right for my child?

026: Is my child lying to me? (Hint: Yes!)

025: Is a Waldorf preschool right for my child?

024: How (and when) does my child understand fairness?

023: Is a Montessori preschool right for my child?

022: How to Talk so Little Kids Will Listen: Author Interview!

021: Talk Sex Today!

020: How do I get my child to do what I want them to do?

019: Raising your Child in a Digital World: Interview with Dr. Kristy Goodwin

018: The Spiritual Child: Possibly exaggerated, conclusions uncertain

017: Don’t bother trying to increase your child’s self-esteem

016: Listening, Growth, and Lifelong Resilience

015: How to support your introverted child

014: Understanding the AAP’s new screen time guidelines

013: Vanessa Merten of the Pregnancy Podcast

012: It’s not about the broccoli: Dr. Dina Rose

011: Does your child ever throw tantrums? (Part 1)

010: Becoming Brilliant – Interview with Prof. Roberta Golinkoff

009: Do you punish your child with rewards?

008: The impact of stress and violence on children

007: Help! My toddler won’t eat vegetables

006: Wait, is my toddler racist?

005: How to “scaffold” children’s learning to help them succeed

004: How to encourage creativity and artistic ability in young children – Interview with Dr. Tara Callaghan

003: Did you miss the boat on teaching your toddler how to read? (Me too!)

002: Why doesn’t my toddler share?

001: The influence of culture on parenting

000: Philosophy (aka “What’s this Podcast All About?”)