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229: Raising kids in divisive times: Where do we go after the 2024 election?
Learn how values shape political actions and discover ways to build true belonging in your family and community during challenging times.
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228: Parenting Through Menopause – Discover Your Wise Power!
Learn how menopause can bring strength and wisdom to parenting. Tune in to explore how knowing more about this natural change can help you support yourself and your family!
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227: Where emotions come from (and why it matters) Part 2
In our last conversation with Dr. Lisa Feldman Barrett [Where emotions come from (and why it matters) Part 1] a couple of weeks ago we looked at her theory of where emotions originate. This has important implications for things like: How our ‘body budgets’ affect our feelings How we make meaning from our feelings so…
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226: Where emotions come from (and why it matters) Part 1
Have you ever wondered where our emotions come from? Do you think that if you look at a person’s face, you can have a pretty good idea of how they’re feeling? But at the same time, do your child’s feelings seem mysterious to you, like you can’t figure them out? Listener Akiko introduced me to…
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225: How to stop shaming your child
I know it can be really (really) difficult to bridge the gap between being the kind of parent we want to be, and the kind of parent we’re able to be in the moments when our kids do things we find difficult. We might know that we want our kids to receive a message of…
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224: How to heal your Mom Rage
There are several books available on mom rage by now. They tend to follow a predictable formula: a journalist interviews a bunch of parents and makes sweeping pronouncements about how anger-inducing it is to be a Mom, interspersed with anecdotes about terrible things they’ve said and done to their children. They usually end with a…
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Q&A#6: Am I damaging my child?
Today’s episode comes from listener who submitted an emotional voicemail on the Ask Jen a Question button on the Your Parenting Mojo homepage, which boils down to: Am I damaging my child? The messages you can leave are limited to two minutes in length, so we get just a taste of what the parent is…
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223: What, Why, and How to Parent Beyond Power
I know that when you start using new parenting tools, things don’t always go according to plan. Your kids don’t say what you think they will, or maybe you perceive that their behavior is just kind of crappy, or maybe your partner isn’t on board with your ideas. In this episode I address what to…
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222: How to cultivate Menstrual Cycle Awareness with The Red School
This episode was…unplanned. 🙂 A couple of months ago I interviewed Dr. Louise Newson on the topic of menopause. Dr. Newson is a medical doctor and focused very heavily on Hormone Replacement Therapy as a treatment that everyone who menstruates should at least consider, and I knew I wanted to do an episode with someone…
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221: How to advocate for the schools our children deserve with Allyson Criner Brown & Cassie Gardener Manjikian
How comfortable do you feel speaking up about something your child’s school needs? Have you noticed that some parents seem to feel more comfortable speaking up than others? Have you ever noticed that sometimes rules and policies in school don’t seem to be applied evenly to all students, while squeaky wheels who raise issues that…
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220: Nutritious movement for your child – and you!
A few months ago my daughter had a routine checkup at the doctor, who asked how much screen time she gets in a day (which is more than typical recommendations but way less time than children spend sitting in school). The doctor told her (but really she told me): “You should get more exercise.” Carys…
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219: The skills your child will need in the age of AI
What your child is learning in school isn’t enough The things your child is learning in school are not the things that are most likely to lead to their success in the future. Who could have predicted the shifts we’ve seen since Chat GPT-3 was released to the public in November 2022? While AI still…
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