Modern Parenting
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…
Listen to the full episode224: 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…
Listen to the full episodeQ&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…
Listen to the full episode223: 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…
Listen to the full episode222: 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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