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Dec 2023
40m 12s

Ep235: Demystifying Parenting with Sharo...

Dr. Nicole C. Rankins
About this episode

The blessing and curse of living in the digital age is the overwhelming amount of information. How are you supposed to know what’s reliable and what’s not? It can feel paralyzing to have every fact at our fingertips. Fortunately, you’ve got experts like myself and Sharon Mazel to help cut through the noise.

Sharon is an internationally recognized parenting and pregnancy expert, author, journalist, speaker, parenting coach, and mom of four with over 25 years experience in the field. She wrote her new book, Bite-Size Parenting: Your Baby's First Year, to distill all of that content down to what you really need for baby’s first year!

In this Episode, You’ll Learn About:

  • Why modern parenting feels so overwhelming
  • How to tell if information is trustworthy
  • What to expect from baby in the first few weeks
  • Which parenting rules are actually myths
  • How you can stimulate baby’s growing mind
  • When to start reading to your baby
  • How to balance your personal identity and your role as a parent

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