Wonder of Parenting - A Brain-Science...
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 through what they believe is the owner’s manual for your child: Your child’s brain. While the brain doesn’t tell the whole story, it does offer a treasure trove of insights into your son or daughter. Michael and Tim each have over 30 years of experience using brain science research, best-practices, and their own experiences as dads in helping parents read, understand, and implement the gift of your child’s brain, the built-in how-to manual that will help you enjoy the wonder of parenting.
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Listener Question—School Meltdowns
Listener Question—School Meltdowns. A mom writes to ask why her son might be having meltdowns in school when at home he always seems perfectly fine.
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Neurotoxins, Your Child, and Your Child’s Brain
Neurotoxins, Your Child, and Your Child’s Brain. Neurotoxins are everywhere. Tim asks Michael what they are, what they do to our brains, and how we can protect our children from them.
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Listener Question: Separation Anxiety
Listener Question: Separation Anxiety. A listener from Germany writes to ask about navigating separation issues at school and in other areas of life.
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Helping Boys Thrive
Helping Boys Thrive. While lots of attention and resources are directed to helping out girls thrive, our boys are greatly underserved. Michael and Tim talk about the challenges our boys face and a way to rally local communities to address the issues of bo
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Listener Question: My Brain Made Me Do It!
Listener Question: My Brain Made Me Do It! 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 to help our kids manage their impulses as they grow into adults.
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Listener Question: How to Help My Parents Bette...
Listener Question: How to Help My Parents Better Understand their Grandchildren. The listener wants to know what insights she can pass on to her parents about her daughters and son and help grandma and grandpa better connect.
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Listener Question: Sleep!
Listener Question: Sleep! The mom of a one year old wants advice on how to get her child to sleep through the night. Michael and Tim expand the question to look at the sleep needs of kids through adolescence…and the sleep needs of parents.
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Listener Question: The Best School for Boys
Listener Question: The Best School for Boys. An expectant mom is already thinking about the best school for her soon to be born son.
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Listener Question: How to talk about Death and ...
Listener Question: How to talk about Death and Suicide with Kids. The listener wants to know how to talk about Grandpa’s suicide with her young children.
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Listener Question: Boy, Girls, and Pornography
Listener Question: Boy, Girls, and Pornography. Michael and Tim look at the effects of pornography on a boy’s brain and the legal issues surrounding online porn when it comes to our boys and girls
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Listener Question: Raising Boys in a Gay Househ...
Listener Question: Raising Boys in a Gay Household. Two dads are looking to adopt sons and have questions about how raising their sons in a Gay Household.
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Listeners Questions: The Three Year Old Wreckin...
Listeners Questions: The Three Year Old Wrecking Ball and the “Color Blind” Grandson. These two questions focus on harnessing the energy of boys, one with lots of physical energy, the other with energy expressed through humor.
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Nurturing Generosity in Your Kids
Nurturing Generosity in Your Kids. Michael and Tim look at the science of generosity and offer practical strategies for nurturing a generous spirit in our children.
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Listeners Questions: The New Mom and Nature vs....
Listeners Questions: The New Mom and Nature vs. Nurture. A new mom wants advice on how to raise her new son and another mom wants to know how to discern inborn traits vs. learned behavior.
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Santa and Other Imaginary Friends
Santa and Other Imaginary Friends. Michael looks at the power of imagination in our kids and Tim asks if it’s ok to foster a belief in Santa.
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Listeners Questions - Boundaries and Inner Stre...
Listeners Questions: Michael and Tim take on two questions one having to do with boundary setting and the other with a daughter who seemingly needs more inner strength.
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Building Gratitude in Your Kids
Building Gratitude in Your Kids. Michael and Tim look at the science behind gratitude and how it can set up your child for a good life.
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Listener Questions: Empowering a Daughter and T...
Listener Questions: Empowering a Daughter and The Independent Preschooler. The first question deals with a young daughter who doesn’t seem to stand up for herself with her friends. The second question is about a very independent Preschooler who struggle
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Listener Questions: Parental Social Media Use a...
Listener Questions: Parental Social Media Use and the Boy who Reads too Much. A parent writes in wondering about the impact parental use of social media can have on kids and a mom is concerned that her son might be reading too much.
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Listener Questions: The Teen who Won’t Study an...
Listener Questions: The Teen who Won’t Study and Language Immersion. Michael and Tim respond to the family who are struggling to get their teen son to study and to the mom who’s wondering about immersing her young son in French.
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Understanding the Effects of Trauma on our Boys...
Understanding the Effects of Trauma on our Boys and Girls: Michael and Tim focus on the broader issue of trauma, what forms it takes, what signs to look for, and how to respond when our kids are traumatized.
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Protecting Our Sons from Sexual Trauma Part 2
Protecting Our Sons from Sexual Trauma Part 2: Tim asks Michael about how to protect our sons from sexual trauma and what signs of sexual trauma parents should look for.
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Protecting Our Sons from Sexual Trauma Part 1
Protecting Our Sons from Sexual Trauma Part 1: Tim interviews Michael about the sexual trauma Michael experienced as a 10 year old boy.
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Listener Question: Discipline and Spanking
Listener Question: Discipline and Spanking. To spank or not to spank? Michael and Tim dive into this controversial parenting subject.
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Listener Questions: Stapled fingers and rough w...
Listeners Questions: Michael and Tim answer two questions; the first from a mom whose son staples his finger and the second about a son who is rough with his cat.
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