Wonder of Parenting - A Brain-Science Approach to Parenting

Dealing with Love, Loss, and Addiction. Author Pat Roos joins the podcast to share the story of losing her son Alex to addiction. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"Best Of" - Listener Question: The Lying Teenager. A mom writes in about the challenges she and her husband are facing with a son who lies about vaping and other issues. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Boys, Reading, and the Literacy Group. Michael and Tim are joined by Sean Kullman who shares his latest research on the literacy gap between boys and girls. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"Best Of" - Listener Question: Sleep! The mom of a one year old wants advice on how to get her child to sleep through the night. Michael and Tim expand the question to look at the sleep needs of kids through adolescence…and the sleep needs of parents. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Autistic Child. Michael and Tim respond to a listener's question about Autism. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"Best Of" - Listener Question: How to Help My Parents Better Understand their Grandchildren. The listener wants to know what insights she can pass on to her parents about her daughters and son and help grandma and grandpa better connect. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mother's Day 2024 Special. Michael and Tim share stories about the significant women in their lives. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"Best Of" - Listener Question: Separation Anxiety. A listener from Germany writes to ask about navigating separation issues at school and in other areas of life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Gifted Child. Deborah Ruf joins the podcast to talk about gifted children and how to help them navigate through life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"Best Of" - Listener Question: Sibling Rivalries or Sibling Friendships. A mom writes to ask how she can her 3 year adjust to her soon to be new sibling and how to help them get along as they grow. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Protecting the Emotional Life of Our Daughters. Michael and Tim look at the impact of screens, multi-tasking, and biology on the emotional lives of our girls. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"Best Of" - Listener Question: The Sensitive Son. A mom writes about the conflict between her “doesn’t do feelings” husband and their overly emotional son. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Climate Change and our Kids with CNN's Bill Weir. CNN Anchor Bill Weir joins the podcast to talk about the book he wrote for his son on climate change. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"Best Of" - Why is the Y so Vulnerable? 60-70% of all Covid 19 deaths are male. Michael and Tim look at the unique fragilities of the Y chromosome and strategies for building resiliency in our sons. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A Rescue Plan for Boys-Part 2. Michael continues to look at some of the barriers to helping our boys thrive and adds some positive steps we can take to change their storyline. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"Best Of" - The Closed Off Child. A mother writes about the challenges they’re deal with concerning their 10 year old son, especially his on-going frustrations and lack of willingness to talk about them or deal with them. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A Rescue Plan for Boys-Part 1. Michael looks at some of the barriers that keep us from helping our boys thrive. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"Best Of" - Moms and Dads Parent Differently Part 4: To Tease or Not To Tease. Michael and Tim look at one of the unique ways in which dads parent—teasing—and the profound benefits to our kids teasing brings. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

My 12-Year-Old-Son Wants to Come Out as Gay. A young boy is coming out as gay. How can his parents help support him? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"Best Of" - Moms and Dads Parent Differently Part 3: Tough and Tender. Michael Gurian and Tim Wright focus on this unique difference between mom’s style of parenting and dad’s style. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Help! My Son is Tripping on the Rules! A mom is worried about her son who struggles with which voices and rules to listen to. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"Best Of" - Moms and Dads Parent Differently Part 2: Protect or Risk. Michael Gurian and Tim Wright continue their look at the differences in parenting styles between moms and dads and how to harness the power of both parenting styles. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Help! My Daughter is a Perfectionist! A mom writes in asking for advice on how to temper her daughter's perfectionism. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"Best Of" - Moms and Dads Parent Differently Part 1: Words and Play. Michael Gurian and Tim Wright begin a multi-part looks at the different ways in which moms and dad parent…and how important both parenting styles are. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How to Raise A Healthy Gamer? Tim interviews Dr. Alok Kanojia (Dr. K), a former gamer addict who now helps parents help their kids navigate the world of gaming. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"Best Of" - Reclaiming the Power of Family Dinners. Research and brain science tell us that the family meal is one of the most important keys to building thriving families. Michael and Tim look at the benefits of family meals and offer practical ideas for harnessing the power of that meal. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How Do I Know When Therapy Might be Good for My Child? Michael and Tim look at when to seek a therapist, how to find one, and how to engage with a therapist. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"Best Of" - My Son Hates Me! Michael and Tim offer encouragement and perspective to all moms who live through that painful time when her son starts moving into manhood. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How Do I Choose the Best School for My Child? A mom writes in asking for advice on choosing a school. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"Best Of" - Girl Drama. Michael talks about the brain science behind girl drama, both the positives and the negatives and the assets moms and dads bring to their daughters to work through that drama. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How Do I Handle My Child's Meltdowns? A mom is concerned about her son's seemingly out of control meltdowns. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"Best Of" Listener Question— The son with the scary thoughts. Michael and Tim talk about scary thoughts that our kids can sometimes have, sensitive boys, and divorce. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How Do I Get Our 6-Year-Old Daughter to Stop Sleeping with Us? Michael and Tim answer a mom's question. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"Best Of" Listener Question— To helicopter parent or not to helicopter parent. Michael and Tim look at the brain science behind free range play, nurturing the nature of our kids, and over scheduling our kids. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What Your Son Needs to Know about Girls: Getting Him Ready for Dating. Michael and Tim turn their attention to boys and what we can teach them about girls. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"Best Of" Listener Question: Cotton Ballers and Free Range Play. Michael and Tim respond to a question from a mom in Australia who wants to see her child free to engage in play, but feeling outside pressure that seems to say certain types of play are off limits. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What Your Daughter Needs to Know About Boys: Getting Her Ready for Dating. Tim asks Michael about the advice parents should give their daughters about boys. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"Best Of" Listener Question: The Prek Child With Big Emotions. A mom writes in about her son who tends to push back with deep crying and other emotional behaviors. Michael and Tim look at the brain science behind it and some strategies, including boundary setting. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Boys and Puberty. Michael and Tim turn their attention to the changes boys experience during puberty. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Girls and Puberty. Tim asks Michael about the changes parents can expect as their daughters head into puberty. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Boys and the Learning Challenge. Michael and Tim answer a question about why it seems so hard to teach boys. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Why is Food So Hard? A question from a listener on the on-going struggle to get her daughter to eat. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Children and Pets. Michael and Tim offer insights into kids, pets, responsibility, and pet ownership. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Crying Athlete. Michael and Tim talk about crying and male emoting. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Overly Long School Days, Bus Rides, and Homework. Michael and Tim respond to a question from the WOP Facebook Page. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Pornography Part 2. Michael and Tim talk about the impact of pornography on our daughters. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Helping Kids Process World Tragedies. Michael and Tim look at recent world tragedies and discuss when and how to talk about them with our kids. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A WISE vision for our kids. Michael and Tim talk about embedding a wise vision into our kids and end by looking at Tim's newest Toby Baxter book. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Lonely Six-Year-Old Daughter. A six year old girl tells her mom she's sad, and mom is very concerned. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Single Sex School and Public Schools. A dad wants to know if an all-boy school is right for his son. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices