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Your Parenting Mojo - Respectful, research-based parenting ideas to help kids thrive — 318 episodes
Why Your Preschooler Is Hitting, Biting, or Kicking (And What Helps)
Re-release: Creative Problem-Solving (Without Giving the Answer)
Re-release: Raising an Entrepreneur (Without Taking Over Their Business)
Episode Summary 10: Burnout vs Depression: The Mental Load of Mothers
266: If ADHD Medication Doesn’t Help Kids Learn, What Does?
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?”)