Wonder of Parenting - A Brain-Science Approach to Parenting
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#404: Listener Question: Are Male/Female Brain Differences Unchangeable?
Best of: Mother's Day with Guest Sara Olsher
#403: Raising Boys Peacefully with guest Tosha Shore
Best of: My Child is Having Nightmares
#402 The Indoor Epidemic with Guest Dr. John La Puma
Best of: The Boys Who Takes Pictures of Butts
#401 Educating Your Child for the Future with Guest Deborah Kenny
Best of: Listener Question—Free Range Childhood
#400 Our 400th Episode Jubilee: Does Gurian Have Anything Left to Say?
Best of: Listener Question—The Sleepwalking Daughter
From August, 202: A 7-year-old girl has issues falling to sleep. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep 399#399 How to Talk With Your Kids about Alcohol with Guest Cecily Mak
Author Cecily Mak (Undimmed) talks about her own experience with alcohol and how we can help our kids navigate habits and substances in healthy ways. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Best of: Listener Question: How Do I Get My Son's Attention
From July 2020: A mom writes in about her overly rambunctious boy and his overly rambunctious friendship with another overly rambunctious boy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
#398 Parenting Googled
Tim found a site listing the top parenting question googled in each state. He saves the state of Washington, Michael's home state, for last. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Best of: Should I be Bathing with My Kids?
From May, 2021: Should I be Bathing with My Kids? A mom wonders at what age it is no longer appropriate to bathe with her kids. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
#397 The Child with the Sensory Processing Disorder-Listener Question
A mom writes in concerned about some signs her 6 year old is showing that suggest a sensory processing disorder. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Best of: The Daughter Who Invaded Our Privacy
From August, 2021: A mom writes about a daughter who used the internet to discover a surprise her parents were hiding for a special day. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
#396: Building Strong Readers with Guest Dr. Elizabeth DeWitt
Dr. DeWitt, of Learning Without Tears, joins the show to talk about the benefits of reading, offering practical, daily ways to help kids become strong readers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Best of: Listener Question—To Win or Not to Win
From February, 2021: A mom writes about her son’s obsession with winning and how he acts out when he loses Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
How to Help Your Children Find Their Moral Compass
Michael and Tim take a dive into morality, what it is, and how to help instill it into our kids. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Best of: Listener Question—Should I Intervene When My Teenage Boys Get Into It?
From November, 2020: A mom and dad want to know how to handle their teenage boys when their roughhousing escalates. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Running the Family as a Business with Guest Melissa Smith
Guest Melissa Smith takes insights from branding companies and practically applies them to the family--to help parents intentionally take back the identity of their family. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Best of: How to be a Dad to a Teenage Daughter
From June, 2022: Michael and Tim talk to dads about what their teen age daughters need from them as they move through the teen years. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Protecting the Biology of Your Child
Michael and Tim look at the health and well-being of your child from a biological perspective and how nurturing the biology of a child can help your child thrive. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Best of: Sports and Aggression.
From December, 2021: A mom writes in for an opinion on aggression in sports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Best of: The Trouble with Chores
From November, 2021: A dad writes in asking for help in motivating his kids to do their chores. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
How You Can Be a Difference-Making Dad with Guest Josh Davis
Author Josh Davis (The Difference that Makes the Difference) offers insights and strategies that can empower dads to be difference makers in the lives of their kids. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
What do Social Constructs Have to do with Parenting?
Is masculine different from male? Feminine different from female? Does it matter? Dr. Gurian offers valuable insights into how we can move beyond that debate to nurturing the nature of our sons and daughters. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Best of: The Daughter Who Went Behind Her Parents Back
From September, 2021: The Daughter Who Went Behind Her Parents Back. A dad is concerned about something his daughter did behind their backs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Listener Question: The Fear-Filled 10-Year-Old
A mom is concerned about her sons fears of being alone and being alone in the dark. Michael responds with several practical strategies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Best of: Does Violent Play Lead to Violent Children?
From August 2021: Does Violent Play Lead to Violent Children? A mom is concerned about the “violent play and storytelling” of her son. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Listener Question: When a Son Wants to Distance from a Mom
A listener writes in asking how to help moms successfully help their sons individuate while not losing their hearts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Best of: How to Blend a Blended Family
From May, 2021: How to Blend a Blended Family. A mom is about to move in with her boyfriend. She brings a son into the relationship as does he. Her concern is for her boyfriend’s son and how he will transition. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Hope for Overwhelmed Moms with Guest Rebecca Olson
Mom coach Rebecca Olson joins the podcast to share insights and strategies into how moms can find balance in their lives. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Best of: Listener Question—Should I Expect My Kids to Sit Through Family Meals?
From March, 2021: A mom writes about the challenge she’s facing getting her husband to agree to family meals, claiming boys have a hard time doing so. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mom to Mom: How to Raise Boys
Maggie Dent, author of the best-selling book, Mothering Our Boys, and mother of four grown sons, joins the podcast from Australia to offer helpful and often humorous insights into mothering boys. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Best of: Listener Question: Calming Strategies for Students
From December, 2020: A teacher writes concerned about one of her students and wonders how she can help all of her students learn calming techniques. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
My Son Gets Overly Fixated
A mom writes in on Facebook concerned about how fixed her son becomes on little things to the detriment of other things like his studies. Michael helps clarify between OCD, ADHD and ADD. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Best Of : Listener Question—Screens, Naps, and Bedtime
From January, 2021: A mom writes in trying to juggle naps and screens, learning to issues around bedtime. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Best Of: The Wonder of Parenting Holiday Extravaganza
From December, 2023: The Wonder of Parenting Holiday Extravaganza. Michael and Tim share a brief holiday podcast to wish you happy holidays. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
"Best Of" The Holiday Episode: The Power of Traditions
From December 2018: Michael and Tim talk about the values and memories shaping power of traditions not only during the holidays but throughout the year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Navigating Grief through the Holidays
Michael shares from his personal experience of losing his wife Gail insights into handling grief during the holidays, with a special focus on how to help our kids when they grieve. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Best Of : Listener Question: How Can I Get My Husband to help with the Kids?
From September, 2020: With many parents now working at home and helping their kids navigate online school, this mom wonders how to help her husband help out more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Best Of : Holidays, Consumerism, and Your Kids
From December, 2023: Michael and Tim offer insights into navigating the consumerism of the holidays. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Best Of: Listener Question—The Pessimistic Child
From August 2020: A mom writes in wondering how to help her son who wrestles with pessimism. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
How To Help Kids Move From Trauma to Resilience. Guest Dr. Fletch.
Dr Fletch is back to talk about her experience with trauma as a child and how we can help our kids move from their own trauma to resilience. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Best Of: Listener Question: My Brain Made Me Do It!
From February 2020: A 3 year old is wrestling with impulse control and blames his brain. Michael and Tim dig into the brain science to talk about how to help our kids manage their impulses as they grow into adults. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Celebrating Birthdays Without Breaking the Bank! Guest Nikki McPhetridge
Nikki McPhetridge, author of Maya's Birthday Wish, joins the show to help parents find simpler, more joy-filled ways to celebrate birthdays without breaking the bank. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Best Of: Listener Question: The Child Who Talks Too Much
From July 2019: Michael and Tim answer a question from a mom concerned about her overly talkative child who seems to be disrupting the class. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
My Child is Autistic. Now What? With Dr. Theresa Lyons
Dr. Lyons joins the podcast to talk about her experience raising an autistic daughter and practical, science-based insights into navigating autism. Visit www.awetism..net Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Best Of: Listener Questions: Stapled fingers and rough with animals
From September, 2019: Listeners Questions: Michael and Tim answer two questions; the first from a mom whose son staples his finger and the second about a son who is rough with his cat. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices