Wonder of Parenting - A Brain-Science Approach to Parenting

Mom asks how to help her daughter transition to dad’s return from Iraq after being gone for a year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Michael and Tim look at the disruption of Covid 19 and how to navigate the education of our kids through it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

An Aunt writes in about behaviors she’s concerned about in her young niece. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Michael and Tim discuss healthy brain habits for kids while sheltered in home. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tim asks Michael for practical ideas on how to keep sane as adults, as parents, and as couples. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A single mom asks this question as she anticipates her son, whose biological dad is not and has never been in the picture, asking it of her one day. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tim asks Michael about how we can help our kids navigate this pandemic. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

While lots of attention and resources are directed to helping out girls thrive, our boys are greatly underserved. Michael and Tim talk about the challenges our boys face and a way to rally local communities to address the issues of boys and girls. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

An expectant mom is already thinking about the best school for her soon to be born son. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

These two questions focus on harnessing the energy of boys, one with lots of physical energy, the other with energy expressed through humor. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The first question deals with a young daughter who doesn’t seem to stand up for herself with her friends. The second question is about a very independent Preschooler who struggles with boundaries. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Michael and Tim respond to the family who are struggling to get their teen son to study and to the mom who’s wondering about immersing her young son in French. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A single mom writes about her very smart 4 year old who is having troubles transitioning to school. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Listener Question: The Disposable Boy. Are boys growing up in a world that sees them as disposable? What does it mean for a boy’s purpose to be rooted in sacrifice? Are disposable and sacrifice the same thing? How do we raise our sons with purpose? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The listener shares that her 2 year old son has been getting in trouble for acting like a boy at his day care. Michael looks at both preschool systems and families systems, along with developmental and brain science research, offering practical strategies for schools and families for helping boys thrive. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tim and Michael look at the power of rites of passage for empowering our sons and daughters to be wise, healthy, thriving adults. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tim chats with Michael about consent, sex, and how a boy’s body works sexually vs how a girl’s body works sexually and what that means for navigating sexual relationships. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Michael and Tim look at ways to empower our daughters to thrive in relationships. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tim talks with Michael about the often unseen challenges boys face and how some now label all masculinity as toxic. Michael gives an overview of why Helping Boys Thrive is important for our boys, our girls, our families, and our communities. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Listener Question: Toddlers and Tantrums. A listener voices concern about the way her toddler son throws his tantrums. Tim chats with Michael about why tantrums happen and how we should respond in the home and in public. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What does it mean to raise sons and daughters under an ideology that says there is no male or female? Michael and Tim tackle that issue from a brain-science and practical perspective. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A listener sends in a story about her son that caused her and her husband a lot of anxiety. Listen in to Michael’s and Tim’s answer, and learn the brain-science behind boys and farting! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Michael Gurian and Tim Wright look at your son’s brain, how it’s wired to emote, and how you can help him emote in healthy, masculine ways. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Raising HEROIC Boys in a Kryptonite World—Part 1: Boys and Schools. Boys are systematically falling behind girls in every area of school from Pre-K through Graduate School. Michael and Tim look at some practical, brain-based strategies for helping your son succeed in school. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What Are Boys Made of? Michael Gurian and Tim Wright turn their attention to boys and some high level insights into what makes your son tick. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Help: I’m a Parent. Michael Gurian and Tim Wright talk about the adventure of parenting and how understanding your child’s nature and brain can help you experience the wonder of parenting. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices