Family Confidential: Secrets of Successful Parenting with Annie Fox, M.Ed.
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Family Confidential: Secrets of Successful Parenting with Annie Fox, M.Ed.
Family Confidential: Secrets of Successful Parenting is a biweekly podcast that focuses on 21st century parenting challenges and solutions. Hosted by Annie Fox and produced by Electric Eggplant, Family Confidential brings you practical parenting advice through in-depth conversations with authors, ed...
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133 episodes
FCV103 Tween Sex Talk. More Info. Less Weird, Nicole Cushman
As kids grow their bodies change. So do their thoughts, feelings and desires. When young adolescents (10-14 year olds) start experiencing crushes, it...
FCV102 Good News about Kids and Video Games, Dr. Rachel Kowert
When computer games are a problem for parents, it's usually because a child/teen has become obsessed and no longer shows interest in "family time." Ev...
FCV101 How to Talk to Kids About Anything, Dr. Robyn Silverman
At times, every child feels worried, confused, or scared. In those moments, kids need safe adults to talk to. When your child comes to you, out of the...
FCV100 The Gift of Failure, Jessica Lahey
In the minds of kids as well as adults "failure" is something to be avoided at all costs. But Jessica Lahey, educator and author of "The Gift of Failu...
FCV099 Entitlement-free kids, Karen Deerwester
Many caring moms and dads today have turned away from the authoritarian parent model they may have grown up with. The new approach is often influenced...
FCV098 The Fatherless Daugher Project, Deena Babul, RN
Losing her father can impede a girl's emotional and relational development – that's tough to overcome. At this moment, tens of millions of fatherless...
FCV097 Parents, kids, and cancer, Heather Von St. James
Three months after Heather Von St. James gave birth to her first child, she was diagnosed with malignant pleural mesothelioma, a rare form of lung can...
FCV096 Parenting and dating after divorce, Karen Bonnell
Parenting tweens and teens is challenging. They're testing boundaries, just as they should at this age. And whether we like it or not, they're frequen...
FCV095 Kids, Digital Media, and a Parents' Role, Cory Warren
Has parenting really changed all that much since we're now raising our children in the Digital Age? Not according to G. Cory Warren, Corporate Communi...
FCV094 Turn Your Worrier into a Warrior, Dr. Dan Peters
When we're worried, we are not feeling empowered (or safe or happy). That's part of the reason parents often tell our kids "Don't worry." Easier said...
FCV093 The Myth of the Straight A Student, Phyllis Fagell, LCPC
In high achieving schools, the expectations of parents and teachers can be intense. Getting top grades puts kids under unhealthy levels of stress. And...
FCV092 Lost in Mommyland, Caroline Greene
Our culture pressures mothers to conform to an ideal of "good mom." When our children are little we are often too busy with caregiving to think about...
FCV091 Helping Teens Bounce Back from Adversity, Chester Hall
We hear a lot from parent educators about the importance of teaching kids to be "resilient." The "How?" part of the equation isn't always clear to us...
FCV090 Creating a Culture of Dignity, Rosalind Wiseman
Research shows that how kids feel about being at school impacts their ability to do well at school. It comes down to something pretty simple: Kids nee...
FCV089 Kids, ADHD, and Social Challenges, Mark Griffin, PhD
Middle school social interactions are often a series of very quick, very short conversations, taking place amidst a chaotic backdrop. If you're a kid...
FCV088 Teens as Peace Builders, Jennifer Freed, PhD
Most educators want nothing more than a positive school environment where all students feel respected and accepted. And yet, there are daily challenge...
FCV087 Beautiful Project, Naomi Katz
Everyone has heard the voice of his or her own "inner critic" taking pot shots at us during times of low self-confidence. For many girls and women tha...
FCV086 Guiding Gifted Kids, James T. Webb, Ph.D., ABPP-Cl
The term "special education" is typically used to define "instruction/classes for children with special needs because of physical or learning problems...
FCV085 Performing Under Pressure, Hendrie Weisinger
Tweens and teens often procrastinate. And when they do, parents may resort to threats, bribes, and/or pep talks. Some parents may lose it and say some...
FCV084 #RethinkLabels, Tony Weber
We label people we don't understand. We label people we fear. We label people we have written off as not being worthy of our time or friendship. Label...
FCV083 Twenty-first Century Dads, Aaron Schiller
Are 21st Century Dads really all that different from 20th century dads? According to parent coach Aaron Schiller, "Today's dads around the world are c...
FCV082 FCV082 Flying Without a Helicopter, Joanie Connell, Ph.D.
Parents often have the best intentions. We want the best (and the most) for our kids. But when parents consistently over-function in their role by ste...
FCV081 Parent Shaming, Mercedes Samudio
Parents are very tuned in to other parents. When we see something in public looks like "bad" parenting, our impulse to judge may be to strong to resis...
FCV080 Bullying. A rite of passage?!, Tammy Motola
Bullying is a learned behavior, and we want the perpetrators to _unlearn_ it as quickly as possible. But what and how can targeted kids teach the aggr...
FCV079 Raising Resilient Girls, Dr. Laura Choate
We hear a lot about "girl power," but in many ways our culture disempowers girls. How so? According to Dr. Laura Choate, author of Swimming Upstream:...
FCV078 Social Media-School Gap, Matt Renwick
When kids have issues with other kids outside of the school day, it can bleed over into the next day at school. And the day after that. So much so tha...
FCV077 Making Home a Safe Place, Tyler Durman
We know that kids learn by making mistakes, but we're not always comfortable with that reality. As author and educator Tyler Durman puts it, "The way...
FCV076 The Power of Teen Fiction, Matt Casper
For teens and adults alike, works of fiction are a powerful tool for exploring emotions and behavior. As Los Angeles-based psychotherapist and YA (You...
FCV075 The Myths of ADHD, Katherine Ellison
It's not easy being a child, tween, or teen with ADHD. It's not easy being the parent of one either. Whether your child has recently received this di...
FCV074 Out of Control Teens, Patrick M. Duffy, Jr., PsyD
For most adults, working with teens probably doesn't top their bucket list. Working with delinquent and out-of-control teens is even more challenging....
FCV073 Be a Kids Hero, Ginger Kadlec
A parent's #1 job is to keep his or her children safe, yet 80% of all child abuse cases involve some form of neglect. We do our best to care for and p...
FCV072 Raising Digital Natives, Dr. Devorah Heitner
According to Dr. Devorah Heitner, parents should assess their kids' digital and communication needs before handing over access to any digital media. W...
FCV071 Kindness Wins, Galit Breen
When Galit Breen posted an article about the lessons of love she'd learned from the first twelve years of marriage, she was stunned by the response. T...
FCV070 From Insults to Respect, Dr. Jeff Rubin
People on social media give themselves license to be incredibly rude to others. And this is the playground our kids hang out in every day. While we ca...
FCV069 On the Road to Honesty, Thierry Koehrlen
Children may lie for many reasons. Today's guest, Thierry Koehrlen, says his career as a "big liar" began when he was a child with low self-esteem. "W...
FCV068 Connecting with Your iTeen, Susan Morris Shaffer
So much of a teen's life feels like a secret, and parents don't know how to access that secret. Not knowing can cause anxiety and lead to parents' rou...
FCV067 Getting Out of Your Child's Plate, Iréné Celcer
Parents have obsessed over what goes into their kids' mouths since the dawn of dinner time. And for good reason. If your kid doesn't eat s/he won't th...
FCV066 Talk to the Counselor, Kevin Kuczynski
Back in the day, students only met with school counselors to discuss test scores and schedule classes. With today's students' increasing social and em...
FCV065 Connecting with Teens, Laura Markham
Today's tweens and teens spend a lot of time connected to each other on social media. Some of it is just chatter (like many of the texts we send to ou...
FCV064 Gender Spectrum, Joel Baum
Gender Spectrum, a San Francisco Bay Area non-profit, has a mission to create gender sensitive and inclusive environments for all children and teens....