Wonder of Parenting - A Brain-Science Approach to Parenting
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Wonder of Parenting - A Brain-Science Approach to Parenting
Wouldn’t it be great if your child came with an owner’s manual? A how-to book on how to raise your child? And if your child came with such a manual, wouldn’t it be helpful to have someone walk you through it, making that owner’s manual come alive? Michael Gurian and Tim Wright serve as your guides t...
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Navigating Grief through the Holidays
Michael shares from his personal experience of losing his wife Gail insights into handling grief during the holidays, with a special focus on how to h...
Best Of : Listener Question: How Can I Get My Husband to help with the Kids?
From September, 2020: With many parents now working at home and helping their kids navigate online school, this mom wonders how to help her husband he...
Best Of : Holidays, Consumerism, and Your Kids
From December, 2023: Michael and Tim offer insights into navigating the consumerism of the holidays.
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Best Of: Listener Question—The Pessimistic Child
From August 2020: A mom writes in wondering how to help her son who wrestles with pessimism.
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How To Help Kids Move From Trauma to Resilience. Guest Dr. Fletch.
Dr Fletch is back to talk about her experience with trauma as a child and how we can help our kids move from their own trauma to resilience.
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Best Of: Listener Question: My Brain Made Me Do It!
From February 2020: A 3 year old is wrestling with impulse control and blames his brain. Michael and Tim dig into the brain science to talk about how...
Celebrating Birthdays Without Breaking the Bank! Guest Nikki McPhetridge
Nikki McPhetridge, author of Maya's Birthday Wish, joins the show to help parents find simpler, more joy-filled ways to celebrate birthdays without br...
Best Of: Listener Question: The Child Who Talks Too Much
From July 2019: Michael and Tim answer a question from a mom concerned about her overly talkative child who seems to be disrupting the class.
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My Child is Autistic. Now What? With Dr. Theresa Lyons
Dr. Lyons joins the podcast to talk about her experience raising an autistic daughter and practical, science-based insights into navigating autism. Vi...
Best Of: Listener Questions: Stapled fingers and rough with animals
From September, 2019: Listeners Questions: Michael and Tim answer two questions; the first from a mom whose son staples his finger and the second abou...
How Can I Help My Son Discover His Purpose in Life?
Michael and Tim discuss why purpose is so important for boys and how to help them discover it for themselves.
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Best Of: Listener Question—The Exhausted Mom
From February, 2021: A homeschooling mom is at her wits end being a mom and a teacher.
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How Can I Help My Daughter Discover a Vision for Her Life?
Michael and Tim look at the ways girls discover fulfillment, vision, and self worth in life.
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Best Of: Listener Question—My Sisters Parenting Style is Nuts!
From January, 2021: This Aunt is having a hard time managing her sister’s kids because their parenting styles are so different.
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Suiting Our Boys Up for Manhood
Michael and Tim are joined by Mark Ryan and Barry Shreiar from the Army and Navy Academy to talk about how to build emotionally, physically, and spir...
Best Of: Listener Question—Genitalia Fascination
From January, 2021: A dad is concerned about his young daughter’s fascination with her genitalia.
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Should Kids Watch the News? with Guest Lynn Smith
Former news anchor and producer Lynn Smith joins the podcast to look at how the news impacts our kids.
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Best Of: Listener Question—Body Image and the 10 Year Old
From November, 2020: A mom writes in with a moving question about her 10 year old daughter and body image issues.
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My Five Year Old Son Wants to be a Girl
Michael and Tim respond to a parent who's young boy wants to be a girl.
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Best Of: Is Today’s Classroom a Therapy Session?
From October 2020: Tim asks Michael about an editorial suggesting that too much of education today is about making kids safe and building self-esteem...
Brain Bullies and Your Kids with Guest Lynn Smith
Author, former news anchor, and consultant to CEOs, Lynn Smith joins the podcast to talk about how to build resiliency in our kids.
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Best of: Listener Question—To Preschool or Not to Preschool
From August 2020: A mom asks about when to start a child in preschool, what to look for in a preschool, and specifically asks about language immersion...
Is Our Obsession with Feelings Good for Our Kids
Michael makes the argument that while it's good to help kids identify their feelings, what's more important is how they act on them/
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Best of: Listener’s Questions—Boys and Hitting
From August, 2020: Two moms write in about challenges around their young boys and hitting.
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Helping Our Kids Handle Disappointment
Tim tells a personal story about fracturing his foot while training to walk a half marathon with his grandson, leading to the topic: How to help our k...
Best Of: Teenagers!
From August, 2021: Teenagers! A mom requests an episode on the unique challenges teens face as they grow up in this new world.
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The Power of Grandparents with Guest Ted Page
Grandpa and author of "Good Grandpa," Ted Page, joins the podcast to talk about the unique role grandparents can play in raising kids.
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Best Of: Sports Parents
From December, 2021: Sports Parents. Michael and Tim offer practical advice for being sports parents while nurturing the nature of your child
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Rewiring the Parenting Manual in our Brains
Michael and Tim respond to a listener's concern about parenting her children as the victim of childhood abuse. Michael offers person insights from his...
Best Of: Other Kids’ Parents
From October, 2021: Other Kids’ Parents. A mom wants to know how to set boundaries when other kids play at her house.
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The Power of Hope with Guest Neil Bierbaum
Neil Bierbaum joins the podcast from South Africa to talk about the importance of building hope in our kids.
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Best Of: Phobias and Other Scary Things
From September, 2021: Phobias and Other Scary Things. A mom writes in about her daughter’s fear of needles.
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Boys are from Mars, Girls are from Venus with Dr. John Gray
Michael and Tim are joined by best-selling author of Men are From Mars, Women are From Venus, Dr. John Gray, to apply his insights into raising our so...
Listener Question: Teens, Food, and Eating! Oh My!
A mom, who raised her daughter to eat healthy foods, is frustrated that now, at 13, her daughter seems to only be eating junk food.
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"Best of" My Kids Have a New Sibling on the Way
From June, 2021: My Kids Have a New Sibling on the Way. A mom asks how to navigate the soon birth of her third child with her other two children, all...
Listener Question: The Moody Teenager
A mom writes in grieving the change in her daughter and their relationship as her daughter moves into puberty.
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"Best Of" What Should I Teach My Boys About How to Treat Girls?
From March, 2021: Listener Question: What Should I Teach My Boys About How to Treat Girls? This mom writes: how do I raise my boys to believe girls sh...
Reading: It Does a Brain Good with Guest Doug Lemov
Tim is joined by author Doug Lemov who dives into the science of reading and why reading is essential for our kids.
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End of July Bonus Episode: Back To School Tech Tips
As kids get ready to go back to school, guest Jen Kelman, LCSW, offers some strategies for managing screen time and school responsibilities.
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Building Perseverance in our Kids-Listener Question
A mom writes in with a question everyone parent asks at some point--when do I push my child to keep trying and when do I let it go?
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