Wonder of Parenting - A Brain-Science Approach to Parenting

Trying to be a Good Dad After a Divorce. A dad writes in about the challenges he faces connecting with his kids after a divorce. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sibling nudity and boundaries. A mom writes in about her son and daughter who share a bedroom together. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Power Struggles. A mom and dad find themselves struggling to create boundaries for their defiant 7 year old son. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Raising an Adopted Child. A mom asks if her adopted son's behavior might be rooted in his brain. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Porn, Kids, and Screens. A mom writes in about her concern over her 12 year old daughter's viewing of porn Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Screen Time And What Kids Really Need. Michael and Tim are joined by Professor, Mom, and Author Meghan Owenz to discuss her book on screen time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Combating Negative Peer Pressure. A parent writes in concerned about the negative influence of older boys on his son. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Helping Our Kids Find Their Islands of Competence. Michael and Tim answer a mom's question on how to help her son find his island of competence Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Moms and Dads parent differently. Michael and Tim look at five differences between the parenting styles of moms and dads. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guns, school, and our kids. A mom writes in wondering how we can protect our kids from gun violence Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Thumb sucking. A mom is concerned about her son's thumb sucking Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How to Be A Mom to a Teenage Son. A mom is struggling with relating to her teenage son. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What’s on Gurian’s Mind Lately? Michael talks about some of the issues that have his attention right now. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

School, Discipline, and Behavior. A teacher writes in concerned about the loss of discipline in students due to lockdowns. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Needy Son. A dad writes in concerned about the excessive neediness of his three year old son. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

No One Loves Me! A mom is wrestling with her first-born who seems to over respond to slights. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Boy Who Lacks Empathy. A teacher is concerned about one of the boy’s in her class who shows no empathy for his other classmates. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Gifts Every Boy Needs to Grow into a Good Man. Michael and Tim talk about some of the important gifts we want to instill in our boys as they grow into manhood. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Pronouns, Breast-Binding, Science, and Politics. Michael and Tim look at some of the challenges our kids face when it comes to their sexual identity. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Son with the Annoying Behavior. A mom is concerned about her son’s behavior, which seems to annoy other kids and gets him in trouble in school. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What to do When Kids Feel Three is a Crowd. A mom asks about how to handle playdate situations where one of the kids feels excluded. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Preparing My Child for Healthy Relationships. A mom asks about the brain science behind helping our kids develop strong relationships. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Back to School Special. Dealing with anxiety, teachers, and Covid. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Where Did that Mouth Come From? Mom’s kindergarten son has been coming home from school with swear words he never hears at home. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Food on the Brain. A mom wants to know how food impacts the brain and which foods to avoid. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Boy Who Cried Wolf. A mom writes to say she is concerned her son’s amazing imagination has turned to lying. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Testosterone, Toddlers, and Tantrums. Two moms write in with questions about what is normal in toddler boys in terms of tantrums. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Summer, Kids, Learning, and Routines. Is a long summer break good for kids and learning? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Restoring My Son’s Self-Esteem. A 16 year son who thrived on school and wrestling is now struggling with panic and depression. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How Do I Tell My Daughter About Her Birth Father? A three year old daughter meets weekly with her biological dad but doesn’t know yet that he is her father. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Should I Have My Child Repeat 5th Grade. A mom wants to hold her son back in 5th grade. The school district is fighting her on it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Boys, Girls, and Male Violence. How do we talk to our boys and girls about male violence without creating the impression that all males are violent? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Boys, Bows, Painted Toenails, and Dresses. Two moms write in about their boys wanting to wear what is often considered to be “girl” stuff. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Listener Question: Circumcision. A mom writes in wondering if circumcision is okay. She’s read conflicting reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Listener Question—Single Parenting in a Challenging Cultural Context. The writer is a single mom in a Middle Eastern Country trying to figure out how to explain to her children someday who their father is—as she was pregnant through IVF. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Listener Question: What do I do about Grandpa? Mom is concerned her father may be a toxic influence on her children. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Listener Question: To Move or Not to Move. A mom wants to know if she should relocate with her military husband or stay where they currently live with the kids while dad visits on weekends. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A 6 year old boy has increasingly grown anxious about watching the clock and getting to places on time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A mom wrestles with whether or not her son should retaliate when his brother hits him. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Michael and Tim look at how to help our kids process events like COVID and the Capitol Riot. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A mom is looking for male mentorship for her son. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A mom writes in concerned about her son who seems to hang with other boys who overpower his personality and get him into trouble. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The writer has a young family member wrestling with his sexual identity. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A mom seeks advice on how to move forward with a son a year after his attempted suicide. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A mom writes about her gifted son, wondering if the way education is delivered might be a cause in the underachievement of gifts boys. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tim asks Michael about strategies for helping stressed out parents, kids, and teachers navigate the new school Covid reality. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Michael and Tim look at the lack of attention boys often get in the Media and why our sons and boys need more advocates. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This mom from Spain is concerned about the amount of time her son is spending on video games, which has increased during Covid. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As the Wonder of Parenting Podcast celebrates its 100th podcast, Tim and Michael look at the question fostering an 11-year-old boy with FAS. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tim asks Michael for advice on how to talk with our children about the images they are seeing on TV around racism. (End at 21:12 or so where Michael says…solved at a community level) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices