Wonder of Parenting - A Brain-Science Approach to Parenting
310 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 7 hours ago - ★★★★ - 295 ratingsWouldn’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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The Daughter Who Went Behind Her Parents Back
September 13, 2021 08:00 - 31 minutesThe Daughter Who Went Behind Her Parents Back. A dad is concerned about something his daughter did behind their backs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Preparing My Child for Healthy Relationships
September 06, 2021 08:00 - 31 minutesPreparing My Child for Healthy Relationships. A mom asks about the brain science behind helping our kids develop strong relationships. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Daughter Who Invaded Our Privacy.
August 30, 2021 08:00 - 29 minutesThe Daughter Who Invaded Our Privacy. A mom writes about a daughter who used the internet to discover a surprise her parents were hiding for a special day. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Back to School Special
August 23, 2021 08:00 - 38 minutesBack to School Special. Dealing with anxiety, teachers, and Covid. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Where Did that Mouth Come From?
August 16, 2021 08:00 - 33 minutesWhere Did that Mouth Come From? Mom’s kindergarten son has been coming home from school with swear words he never hears at home. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Teenagers!
August 09, 2021 08:00 - 34 minutesTeenagers! A mom requests an episode on the unique challenges teens face as they grow up in this new world. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Does Violent Play Lead to Violent Children?
August 02, 2021 08:00 - 31 minutesDoes Violent Play Lead to Violent Children? A mom is concerned about the “violent play and storytelling” of her son. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Food on the Brain
July 26, 2021 08:00 - 27 minutesFood on the Brain. A mom wants to know how food impacts the brain and which foods to avoid. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Boy Who Cried Wolf.
July 19, 2021 08:00 - 33 minutesThe Boy Who Cried Wolf. A mom writes to say she is concerned her son’s amazing imagination has turned to lying. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Testosterone, Toddlers, and Tantrums.
July 12, 2021 08:00 - 32 minutesTestosterone, Toddlers, and Tantrums. Two moms write in with questions about what is normal in toddler boys in terms of tantrums. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Summer, Kids, Learning, and Routines.
July 05, 2021 08:00 - 33 minutesSummer, Kids, Learning, and Routines. Is a long summer break good for kids and learning? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
My Kids Have a New Sibling on the Way
June 28, 2021 08:00 - 30 minutesMy Kids Have a New Sibling on the Way. A mom asks how to navigate the soon birth of her third child with her other two children, all of whom will be under the age of 4. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Restoring My Son’s Self-Esteem
June 21, 2021 08:00 - 29 minutesRestoring My Son’s Self-Esteem. A 16 year son who thrived on school and wrestling is now struggling with panic and depression. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
How Do I Tell My Daughter About Her Birth Father?
June 14, 2021 08:00 - 28 minutesHow Do I Tell My Daughter About Her Birth Father? A three year old daughter meets weekly with her biological dad but doesn’t know yet that he is her father. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Should I Have My Child Repeat 5th Grade
June 07, 2021 08:00 - 30 minutesShould I Have My Child Repeat 5th Grade. A mom wants to hold her son back in 5th grade. The school district is fighting her on it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
My Child is Having Nightmares
May 31, 2021 08:00 - 29 minutesMy Child is Having Nightmares. An 8 year old has been having nightmares and mom is concerned that something deeper may be going on. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Should I be Bathing with My Kids?
May 24, 2021 08:00 - 32 minutesShould I be Bathing with My Kids? A mom wonders at what age it is no longer appropriate to bathe with her kids. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Boys, Girls, and Male Violence
May 17, 2021 08:00 - 30 minutesBoys, Girls, and Male Violence. How do we talk to our boys and girls about male violence without creating the impression that all males are violent? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Boys, Bows, Painted Toenails, and Dresses
May 10, 2021 08:00 - 32 minutesBoys, Bows, Painted Toenails, and Dresses. Two moms write in about their boys wanting to wear what is often considered to be “girl” stuff. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
How to Blend a Blended Family
May 03, 2021 08:00 - 31 minutesHow to Blend a Blended Family. A mom is about to move in with her boyfriend. She brings a son into the relationship as does he. Her concern is for her boyfriend’s son and how he will transition. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Circumcision
April 26, 2021 08:00 - 23 minutesListener Question: Circumcision. A mom writes in wondering if circumcision is okay. She’s read conflicting reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Single Parenting in a Challenging Cultural Context
April 19, 2021 08:00 - 28 minutesListener Question—Single Parenting in a Challenging Cultural Context. The writer is a single mom in a Middle Eastern Country trying to figure out how to explain to her children someday who their father is—as she was pregnant through IVF. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
What do I do about Grandpa?
April 12, 2021 08:00 - 35 minutesListener Question: What do I do about Grandpa? Mom is concerned her father may be a toxic influence on her children. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Boys Who Takes Pictures of Butts
April 05, 2021 08:00 - 32 minutesListener Question: The Boys Who Takes Pictures of Butts. This mom is concerned about her son’s fascination with butts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
What Should I Teach My Boys About How to Treat Girls?
March 29, 2021 08:00 - 32 minutesListener Question: What Should I Teach My Boys About How to Treat Girls? This mom writes: how do I raise my boys to believe girls shouldn’t be seen or treated any differently but also they actually should treat girls differently in some ways? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
To Move or Not to Move
March 22, 2021 08:00 - 33 minutesListener Question: To Move or Not to Move. A mom wants to know if she should relocate with her military husband or stay where they currently live with the kids while dad visits on weekends. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Listener Question—The Time-Anxious Son
March 15, 2021 08:00 - 29 minutesA 6 year old boy has increasingly grown anxious about watching the clock and getting to places on time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Listener Question—Should I Expect My Kids to Sit Through Family Meals?
March 08, 2021 09:00 - 34 minutesA mom writes about the challenge she’s facing getting her husband to agree to family meals, claiming boys have a hard time doing so. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Listener Question—Should My Son Hit Back?
March 01, 2021 09:00 - 32 minutesA mom wrestles with whether or not her son should retaliate when his brother hits him. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Listener Question—The Exhausted Mom
February 22, 2021 09:00 - 28 minutesA homeschooling mom is at her wits end being a mom and a teacher. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Listener Question—Free Range Childhood
February 15, 2021 09:00 - 28 minutesA mom wants to know what brain science says about letting children roam vs. scheduling their time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Listener Question—To Win or Not to Win
February 08, 2021 09:00 - 33 minutesA mom writes about her son’s obsession with winning and how he acts out when he loses. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Helping Children Process National Trauma
February 01, 2021 09:00 - 37 minutesMichael and Tim look at how to help our kids process events like COVID and the Capitol Riot. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Listener Question—The Isolated Boy
January 25, 2021 09:00 - 33 minutesA mom is looking for male mentorship for her son. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Listener Question—My Sisters Parenting Style is Nuts!
January 18, 2021 09:00 - 32 minutesThis Aunt is having a hard time managing her sister’s kids because their parenting styles are so different. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Listener Question—Screens, naps, and bedtime
January 11, 2021 09:00 - 33 minutesA mom writes in trying to juggle naps and screens, learning to issues around bedtime. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Listener Question—Genitalia Fascination
January 04, 2021 09:00 - 34 minutesA dad is concerned about his young daughter’s fascination with her genitalia. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Listener Question—The Shadow Boy
December 28, 2020 09:00 - 31 minutesA mom writes in concerned about her son who seems to hang with other boys who overpower his personality and get him into trouble. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Listener Question-Gender Dysphoria
December 21, 2020 09:00 - 35 minutesThe writer has a young family member wrestling with his sexual identity. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Listener Question: Calming Strategies for Students
December 14, 2020 08:00 - 34 minutesA teacher writes concerned about one of her students and wonders how she can help all of her students learn calming techniques. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Listener Question—My Son Attempted Suicide
December 07, 2020 08:00 - 32 minutesA mom seeks advice on how to move forward with a son a year after his attempted suicide. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Listener Question—Should I Intervene When My Teenage Boys Get Into It?
November 30, 2020 08:00 - 34 minutesA mom and dad want to know how to handle their teenage boys when their roughhousing escalates. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Girls and STEM
November 23, 2020 08:00 - 35 minutesMichael and Tim talk about the current state of Girls and STEM in schools and the workplace, with strategies for helping them succeed in those arenas. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Listener Question—Body Image and the 10 Year Old
November 16, 2020 08:00 - 45 minutesA mom writes in with a moving question about her 10 year old daughter and body image issues. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Helping Girls Thrive
November 09, 2020 08:00 - 34 minutesTim asks Michael about some of the key issues girls face today and how we as parents can support them and help them thrive. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Listener Question: Is This What Puberty Looks Like?
November 02, 2020 09:00 - 34 minutesA mom writes in about her 10 year old son and how his behavior seems to be changing. She wonders what might be puberty and what might be other issues. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Is Today’s Classroom a Therapy Session
October 26, 2020 08:00 - 37 minutesTim 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Listener Question: The Gifted Boy
October 19, 2020 18:00 - 34 minutesA mom writes about her gifted son, wondering if the way education is delivered might be a cause in the underachievement of gifts boys. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Listener Question: School in a Covid World
October 12, 2020 07:00 - 37 minutesTim asks Michael about strategies for helping stressed out parents, kids, and teachers navigate the new school Covid reality. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Listener Question: Boys, The Media, and Crickets
October 05, 2020 07:00 - 34 minutesMichael and Tim look at the lack of attention boys often get in the Media and why our sons and boys need more advocates. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices