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—Screens, naps, and bedtime
Listener Question—Screens, naps, and bedtime. A mom writes in trying to juggle naps and screens, learning to issues around bedtime.
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Listener Question—Genitalia Fascination
Listener Question—Genitalia Fascination. A dad is concerned about his young daughter’s fascination with her genitalia.
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Listener Question—The Shadow Boy
Listener Question—The Shadow Boy. A mom writes in concerned about her son who seems to hang with other boys who overpower his personality and get him into trouble.
26 min
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Listener Question-Gender Dysphoria
Listener Question-Gender Dysphoria. The writer has a young family member wrestling with his sexual identity.
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Listener Question: Calming Strategies for Students
Listener Question: Calming Strategies for Students. A teacher writes concerned about one of her students and wonders how she can help all of her students learn calming techniques.
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Listener Question—My Son Attempted Suicide
Listener Question—My Son Attempted Suicide. A mom seeks advice on how to move forward with a son a year after his attempted suicide.
28 min
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Listener Question—Should I Intervene When My Te...
Listener Question—Should I Intervene When My Teenage Boys Get Into It? A mom and dad want to know how to handle their teenage boys when their roughhousing escalates.
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Listener Question—Body Image and the 10 Year Old
Listener Question—Body Image and the 10 Year Old. A mom writes in with a moving question about her 10 year old daughter and body image issues.
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Helping Girls Thrive
Helping Girls Thrive: Tim asks Michael about some of the key issues girls face today and how we as parents can support them and help them thrive.
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Is Today’s Classroom a Therapy Session
Is Today’s Classroom a Therapy Session: Tim asks Michael about an editorial suggesting that too much of education today is about making kids safe and building self-esteem vs. challenging them with learning.
32 min
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Listener Question: The Gifted Boy
Listener Question: The Gifted Boy. A mom writes about her gifted son, wondering if the way education is delivered might be a cause in the underachievement of gifts boys.
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Listener Question: School in a Covid World
Listener Question: School in a Covid World. Tim asks Michael about strategies for helping stressed out parents, kids, and teachers navigate the new school Covid reality.
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Listener Question: Boys, The Media, and Crickets
Listener Question: Boys, The Media, and Crickets. Michael and Tim look at the lack of attention boys often get in the Media and why our sons and boys need more advocates.
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Listener Question: My Son is “Locked Down” in V...
Listener Question: My Son is “Locked Down” in Video Games. This mom from Spain is concerned about the amount of time her son is spending on video games, which has increased during Covid.
29 min
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Listener Question: How Can I Get My Husband to ...
Listener Question: How Can I Get My Husband to help with the Kids? With many parents now working at home and helping their kids navigate online school, this mom wonders how to help her husband help out more.
26 min
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Listener Question—To Preschool or Not to Preschool
Listener Question—To Preschool or Not to Preschool. A mom asks about when to start a child in preschool, what to look for in a preschool, and specifically asks about language immersion preschools.
29 min
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Listener Question—The Sleepwalking Daughter
Listener Question—The Sleepwalking Daughter. A 7 year old girl has issues falling to sleep.
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Listener Question—The Pessimistic Child
Listener Question—The Pessimistic Child. A mom writes in wondering how to help her son who wrestles with pessimism.
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Listener’s Questions—Boys and Hitting
Listener’s Questions—Boys and Hitting. Two moms write in about challenges around their young boys and hitting.
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Listener Question—The Boy with Fetal Alcohol Sy...
Listener Question—The Boy with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome. As the Wonder of Parenting Podcast celebrates its 100th podcast, Tim and Michael look at the question fostering an 11 year old boy with FAS.
27 min
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Listener Question—How do I Get My Son’s Attention
Listener Question—How do I Get My Son’s Attention. A mom writes in about her overly rambunctious boy and his overly rambunctious friendship with another overly rambunctious boy.
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Racism and Your Child
Racism and Your Child. Tim asks Michael for advice on how to talk with our children about the images they are seeing on TV around racism. (End at 21:12 or so where Michael says…solved at a community level)
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Listener Question: When Daddy Comes Home From D...
Listener Question: When Daddy Comes Home From Deployment. Mom asks how to help her daughter transition to dad’s return from Iraq after being gone for a year.
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Education, Your Child, and the New Normal
Education, Your Child, and the New Normal. Michael and Tim look at the disruption of Covid 19 and how to navigate the education of our kids through it.
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Listener Question: My Niece is a Handful
Listener Question: My Niece is a Handful. An Aunt writes in about behaviors she’s concerned about in her young niece.
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