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Wonder of Parenting - A Brain-Science Approach to Parenting

Wouldn’t it be great if your child came with an owner’s manual? A how-to book on how to raise your c

Episodes

Total: 390

Special: How to Keep Parents Sane while Sheltered in Home
2020/4/20

Tim asks Michael for practical ideas on how to keep sane as adults, as parents, and as couples.  Lea

Listener Question: What Do I Tell My Son about His Dad?
2020/4/6

A single mom asks this question as she anticipates her son, whose biological dad is not and has neve

Listener Question—Motivating a 6th Grader to Learn
2020/3/23

A 6th grader loves to read and play, but has a hard time motivating himself in school. Learn more ab

Special Edition: Talking to Your Kids About the Coronavirus
2020/3/18

Tim asks Michael about how we can help our kids navigate this pandemic. Learn more about your ad cho

Neurotoxins, Your Child, and Your Child’s Brain
2020/3/9

Neurotoxins are everywhere. Tim asks Michael what they are, what they do to our brains, and how we c

Helping Boys Thrive
2020/2/24

While lots of attention and resources are directed to helping out girls thrive, our boys are greatly

Listener Question: My Brain Made Me Do It!
2020/2/17

A 3 year old is wrestling with impulse control and blames his brain. Michael and Tim dig into the br

Listener Question: The Best School for Boys
2020/1/27

An expectant mom is already thinking about the best school for her soon to be born son. Learn more a

Listener Question: How to talk about Death and Suicide with Kids
2020/1/20

The listener wants to know how to talk about Grandpa’s suicide with her young children. Learn more a

Listener Question: Boy, Girls, and Pornography
2020/1/13

 Michael and Tim look at the effects of pornography on a boy’s brain and the legal issues surroundin

Listener Question: Raising Boys in a Gay Household.
2020/1/6

Two dads are looking to adopt sons and have questions about how raising their sons in a Gay Househol

Listeners Questions: The Three Year Old Wrecking Ball and the “Color Blind” Grandson
2019/12/30

These two questions focus on harnessing the energy of boys, one with lots of physical energy, the ot

Listeners Questions: The New Mom and Nature vs. Nurture
2019/12/16

 A new mom wants advice on how to raise her new son and another mom wants to know how to discern inb

Building Gratitude in Your Kids
2019/11/25

Michael and Tim look at the science behind gratitude and how it can set up your child for a good lif

Listener Questions: Empowering a Daughter and The Independent Preschooler
2019/11/18

The first question deals with a young daughter who doesn’t seem to stand up for herself with her fri

Listener Questions: Parental Social Media Use and the Boy who Reads too Much
2019/11/11

A parent writes in wondering about the impact parental use of social media can have on kids and a mo

Listener Questions: The Teen who Won’t Study and Language Immersion
2019/11/4

Michael and Tim respond to the family who are struggling to get their teen son to study and to the m

Understanding the Effects of Trauma on our Boys and Girls
2019/10/28

Michael and Tim focus on the broader issue of trauma, what forms it takes, what signs to look for, a

Protecting Our Sons from Sexual Trauma Part 2
2019/10/21

Tim asks Michael about how to protect our sons from sexual trauma and what signs of sexual trauma pa

Protecting Our Sons from Sexual Trauma Part 1
2019/10/14

Tim interviews Michael about the sexual trauma Michael experienced as a 10 year old boy. Learn more