About my guest Anya Kamenetz is an education correspondent for NPR, where she also co-hosts the podcast Life Kit:Parenting. Life Kit: Parenting gives research-based strategies for real issues families face, like how to talk to kids about race, or how to raise kids who love reading. One of our partners is Sesame Workshop. Kamenetz is the […]
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7 Tips on How to Build Self-Confidence in Your Kids
In the April edition of the Monthly Special Episode I am joined once more with a lovely friend and colleague Laura Froyen. We have 3 segments: Examples from Our Homes What’s Up with You? Answering listener parenting questions Favorite Finds Segment 1: Laura shares a bedtime battle story of how she needed to cool […]
Why “Hate” is Not a Bad Word [Monthly Special Episode]
This is the monthly special episode where I am joined by my lovely friend and colleague Sarah MacLaughlin. If you are a regular listener then you know that we have 3 main segments: Examples From Our Home in which we both share parenting fails and triumphs. What’s Up With You? in which we answer your […]
Are We Over-Parenting in America?
I recently visited Armenia with my family for the first after 12 years. Even though I was born there and know pretty much what the culture is but to my surprise things had changed. This visit was special because I was visiting as a parent and parent educator and I was very intentional to observe […]