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Jamilah Lemieux, Zak Rosen, Elizabeth Newcamp, and Lucy Lopez share triumphs and fails and offer advice on parenting kids from toddler to teens.


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Introducing How To! With Charles Duhigg
Mom and Dad listeners, we think you'll enjoy this episode of How To! With Charles Duhigg
28 min
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Bittersweet
Rebecca, Jamilah and Faith answer listener questions from an aunt struggling to confront her niece’s traumatic experience and a non-parent that wants to be more useful to her friends with kids.
39 min
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Am I A Spoiled Brat?
Rebecca, Jamilah and Dan answer listener questions from a mom that wants her mother to be more supportive an a worried grandma who is looking for the right way to have a tough conversation with a child.
47 min
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Favorite Grandma
49 min
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EuroTrip
Jamilah and Dan answer listener questions from a mom that’s having second thoughts about a second kid and a mom whose kid wants to travel across Europe.
48 min
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What's Up With All Those Nannies?
Rebecca, Jamilah, and Tom answer listener questions from a mom that doesn’t seem to understand the need for nannies and a mom that wants to have more inclusive birthday parties.
52 min
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Playground Beer
Dan, Rebecca, and Jamilah answer listener questions from an introverted dad who wants to raise a social kid and from atheist parents struggling with attending events at their local evangelical university.
51 min
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Exclusive Besties
The hosts answer listener questions about exclusive best friends and a kid that uses an offensive word during a fight.
50 min
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Carpool Liability Waiver
The hosts answer listener questions about a mom who has some strong concerns about their kid carpooling and a friend who’s worried that they might be overstepping.
42 min
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Fish and Candy
The hosts answer listener questions about a mom who wants to know what to do about a sort of stepson and another about a kid who’s hanging out with a kid that counts calories.
53 min
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What's Up With Your Boyfriend?
The hosts answer listener questions about a mom who wants to know what to do about a sexist boyfriend and a mom who wants to know what to do about her kid being left out in the dark after hanging with a friend.
37 min
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Teen in Need
The hosts answer listener questions about a teen in need of some support about their sensitive mom and what to do about a little that likes dressing up as problematic princesses.
47 min
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Don't Forget Grandpa
The hosts answers listener questions about a mother who wants to ensure her kids remember their grandpa after he passes and the importance of table manners at dinner.
57 min
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Bed, Bath, and Biting Edition
The hosts answers listener questions about what to do when your kid refuses to shower and a kid that refuses to stop biting.
45 min
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Dan Kois Returns Edition
The hosts answers listener questions about what to do with your kid that refuses everything, even the fun stuff, and another about what it even means to have siblings. We also welcome Dan Kois back to the show.
53 min
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Pollen Prank Edition
The hosts answer a listener question about what actually matters when parenting your kid. We also say farewell to Gabe and Carvell.
58 min
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Theatrical Charlatan Edition
Gabe and Carvell interview podcaster and author Theresa Thorn about her upcoming picture book, It Feels Good To Be Yourself: A Book about Gender Identity and answer a listener question about a narcissistic theatre teacher.
45 min
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Violating The Uber Pool Code Edition
Gabe, Carvell, and Rebecca answer a listener question about what to tell your kids when you’re getting a divorce but staying in the same home.
47 min
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Washing Dishes on an Infomercial Edition
Dan, Carvell, and Rebecca interview Darcy Lockman, author of All the Rage: Mothers, Fathers and the Myth of Equal Partnership, about her article in The New York Times, “What ‘Good’ Dads Get Away With,” and we answer a listener question about what to do about a mean teenager.
63 min
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Stupid Box Edition
Gabe and Rebecca answer listener questions on what to do after you discover your kid isn’t a child prodigy and how to get your teen to maybe surf waves instead of the internet.
44 min
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On The Table Edition
Ruth, Gabe, and Carvell answer listener questions on when to consider getting a vasectomy and how to make sure your kid doesn’t become obsessed with their looks.
46 min
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The Frank Edition
Rebecca, Gabe, and Carvell answer listener questions on how to set rules for adults at a one-year old’s birthday party and what to do when parents project their childhood traumas onto to their kids.
50 min
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Teenager Under the Bed Edition
Rebecca, Gabe, and Carvell answer listener questions about when to limit a five year old’s Batman intake and if parents should settle for second best when it comes to kid car seats.
45 min
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Pre-School Nemesis Edition
Rebecca, Gabe, and Carvell answer listener questions about communicating with an ex-spouse's family after divorce and what to do about challenges between a stepdad and kid.
41 min
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Ages Ten And Up Edition
Rebecca, Gabe, and guest host Katherine answer listener questions about putting the pressure on your kid after getting into a prestige school and solutions on getting your kids to play nice with each other.
42 min