Parents are often intimidated by Montessori and not sure about trying Montessori principles at home, but the truth is it doesn't need to be complicated. With two concepts, following the child and a prepared environment, Rach…
Just as with music, sometimes the pauses are the most important part. In our lives (that keep getting busier and busier) we have to prioritize taking a pause and bringing breathing room back in. Rachael O'Meara is our guest …
As a new teacher Kailey Leftko was grateful to find strategies for mindfulness, stress-relief, and emotional regulation for herself. And she quickly realized her students could benefit from them too. But it turns out that th…
How do we get our kids to read (and to like reading)? That's a question for so many parents, especially as technology and screens become more ubiquitous. Patrick Carman discovered that a great stepping stone to reading is li…
The Moms On Call are former pediatric nurses who have spent years building up a resource library for parents. They deliver rapid-fire advice that will have you thinking, "I'm really not alone in this." After listening to Lau…
This powerful interview will change the way you look at disciplining your children. It's challenging to know what to do when our children are falling apart or we're on our last nerve especially when we want to be calm, compa…
As a child psychologist Krysten Taprell noticed that a lot of parents were coming to her for help with nightmares. Not night terrors, just the normal nightmares we all get from time to time. For kids nightmares are such a co…
Andrea Yi went from engineer to stay at home mom to four boys. It wasn't long before she was looking for ways to keep them occupied with educational activities. The key? They had to be super simple. So simple that she wasn't…
It turns out that we often incorrectly estimate our children's abilities and what they are ready for. Devon Kuntzman has found that most parents underestimate what their child is capable of physically while overestimating wh…
Vanessa Broer never planned to be a mother. Never wanted to be a mother. So when she became pregnant, she was devastated. But she took the time to work through those feelings and to rebuild her sense of self. She continued h…
Child abuse is one of the scariest possibilities a parent can face. Especially when we know the stats that our children are most likely to be abused by people they know, adults that we trust. Kristen Rae Ray survived it and …
If you're usually a calm and reasonable person, it can be very confusing when that calm vanishes the moment your child frustrates you. At first we think, if my child would just stop doing that I would be fine. But the truth …
There's an undeclared war on childhood and it's causing our children's brains to show the same patterns as refugees from war zones. After working with at-risk and problem children, our guest Kim John Payne discovered that if…
What we forget as parents is that building friendship skills is like any other skill, we have to teach it and support it. Just like learning math, learning friendship skills is a crucial part of our kids' future. Audrey Monk…
Screens are here to stay, so families need the tools and knowledge to integrate them most safely into their lives. Screen time isn't all or nothing and Dr. Jim has some wonderful insights on how to navigate this new tech-fue…
While we are all ready to "return to normal" parenting coach Cori Stern is finding that many of her clients have new problems with their children that were never there before. Even if their children returned to school smooth…
Parents who grew up with strong authoritarian parents often swing too far the other way and go all in on attachment parenting. But all love all the time has its own problems, mainly a lack of healthy boundaries. There's a ba…
The interesting thing about kids that don't follow the developmental schedule exactly, is that they are often only behind in some things and far ahead in others. It's time to celebrate the strengths and stress less about the…
When you're a new parent there's an abundance of guidance and advice and support, but what happens when you hit the confusing teenage years. How do you ask for help when the question you want to ask is: What do I do if my ki…
We've been waiting to return to normal after the pandemic but even as things slowly shift back our kids are struggling with the adjustment. For many of them the pandemic had a much bigger effect on their life and their devel…
As women we think a certain way and it can be difficult to understand where our boys are coming from. If you are a mother or a teacher listen to today's interview to get a better grasp on how to communicate with boys! Janet …
What none of the parenting books tell us is that there is over forty years of research into what makes kids grow into resilient and happy people. Dr. Borba has crystalized it into seven key qualities that will give our kids …
If your child is struggling with identity issues (and possibly LGBTQ+) you may be wondering what to do and say. How do you let them know that it's okay to come out and you are there for them? Or how do you find help and supp…
We think if we don't push our kids that they won't grow up, but the reverse is true. When we try to push them into being what we want we get resistance and make parenting much harder on ourselves than it has to be. Linda is …
