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3006: Understanding The Four Childhood Personality Types by Adina Soclof of Parenting Simply on Childhood Personality

Discover all of the podcasts in our network, search for specific episodes, get the Optimal Living Daily workbook, and learn more at: OLDPodcast.com. Episode 3006: Adina Soclof explores Gretchen Rubin’s Four Tendencies framework to help parents better understand how children respo ... Show More

9m 32s

Yesterday

3005: The Impact of Adult Bullying on Children's Developing Brains by Dr. Jennifer Fraser with Live Happy on Effects Of Bullying

Discover all of the podcasts in our network, search for specific episodes, get the Optimal Living Daily workbook, and learn more at: OLDPodcast.com. Episode 3005: Dr. Jennifer Fraser explores how modern brain science reveals the lasting neurological harm caused by adult bullying ... Show More

8m 45s

May 13

3004: The Last Marriage Post You'll Ever Need to Read by Dr. Kelly Flanagan on Marriage Foundations

Discover all of the podcasts in our network, search for specific episodes, get the Optimal Living Daily workbook, and learn more at: OLDPodcast.com. Episode 3004: Dr. Kelly Flanagan explores how marriages often drift not from a lack of love, but from small daily disconnections fu ... Show More

9m 22s

Apr 2024

Parenting: How to Nurture Yourself and Others

299. Parenting: How to Nurture Yourself and Others In this episode we’re going deep into parenting. Glennon, Abby, and Amanda (along with the help of Tracee Ellis Ross, Michelle Obama and Dr. Becky Kennedy) discuss the brutiful journey of parenting, reparenting ourselves, and le ... Show More

1h 4m

Apr 2024

2542: Four Vital Things to Realize When You’re Fighting About 'The Kids' by Dr. Margaret Rutherford

Discover all of the podcasts in our network, search for specific episodes, get the Optimal Living Daily workbook, and learn more at: OLDPodcast.com. Episode 2542: Discover the vital insights Dr. Margaret Rutherford offers on resolving parenting conflicts in a constructive manner. ... Show More

10 m

Nov 2022

Revisit - What No One Tells You About Parenting

This is an edited version of an earlier episode. Becoming a parent is really hard. And part of what makes it hard is the unrealistic narrative about what parenthood should feel like. In this episode, Dr. Becky has a real, say-it-how-it-is discussion about parenthood ... Show More

36m 4s

Sep 2021

How to Be Empathetic When Our Kids Are Being Defiant with Guest Liz

Defiant and strong-willed children are something I’m sure we’ve all experienced. Whether it’s as toddlers or teenagers, it’s a tale as old as time in the book of parenting. Sometimes when this defiance is targeted towards you or their siblings, it can lead to further conflict so ... Show More

28m 22s

Jan 2024

Special Guest Emily Oster: How to Cut Through Parent Guilt and Get Down to What Actually Matters

Today on the pod we welcome THE go to parenting expert in the research space: Emily Oster!!!! She’s a best-selling author, Brown Professor of Economics, data-driven pregnancy and parenting expert and is here to ease all of our minds about this whole parenting thing. On this episo ... Show More

1 h

Sep 2023

071: How to Have Respectful Interactions With Children, 30 Easy Ideas

Strong relationships depend on respectful interactions. As we discussed in the previous episode, one of the things that will make the transition into the school year more smooth is to maintain a strong relationship with our children. But you may wonder, what does it look like? Af ... Show More

26m 52s

Feb 2022

Care and Feeding | Slate's parenting show - The “I Love You, Even When You’re Mad” Edition

On this week’s episode: Zak, Jamilah, and Elizabeth answer a complicated question about navigating unwanted attention—especially if the attention may be chalked up to a child’s appearance. Then they are joined by Deborah Farmer Kris, parent educator, education journalist, childre ... Show More

47m 31s

Jul 2023

When Talking To Kids About Hard Things, Choose Truth Over Comfort

Talking about illness or other hard topics with kids can be daunting. So it's understandable that you might want to put it off. But information doesn’t scare kids. It’s the lack of information that feels scary to them. In this conversation, Dr. Becky sits down with a mom who i ... Show More

33m 28s

May 2022

155. Re-parenting, Gentle Parenting with Leslie of Latinx Parenting

Chances are you've likely heard about the new trend in parenting- gentle parenting. While it may sound permissive or ineffective, if you really look into it, it's the natural response to the inherent violence that has been culturally accepted in ... Show More

42m 44s

Apr 2021

How to Talk to Your Kids About Sex, Drugs and Reproduction with Dr. Dolly

Beginning to speak to your children about all things adolescence begins much younger than you might imagine. Many children enter puberty as early as 8. There doesn't necessarily need to be a formal "talk" but rather many conversations which build over time. My guest for this epis ... Show More

30m 42s

2069: How To Tell If You’re In Denial As...