episodes

After four years of doing this podcast, we know a lot about each other. In this episode, we ask each other the burning questions …

A listener asks how to help her toddler whose stool withholding has become painful and possibly chronic.

This episode is full of super-easy ways to make the holiday season more fun without also being more expensive. These ideas are Ch…

Margaret talks about parent-teacher conferences and why it’s important to remember that you, as the parent, aren’t the one being …

The holidays are already intense, but if your family is interfaith, it can ratchet up the pressure for perfection times two. Gues…

Everyone needs an ‘Attaboy!’ every once in a while. When you’re a mom, you usually have to give it to yourself. Whether it’s supe…

Margaret answers a question from a listener whose "bonus daughter" shows zero enthusiasm when opening gifts.

Katherine May is the author of the new book WINTERING: THE POWER OF REST AND RETREAT IN DIFFICULT TIMES. May explains how the nat…

For the last 1.8 million years or so, children were raised village-style. But 2020 has meant a lot of us raising our kids without…

A listener asks whether, and how, she can discipline a 1-year-old who pulls hair and throws food on the floor.

Things that make life easier, things that keep kids improbably happily occupied, things you didn’t know you want but absolutely n…

A listener asks how to help her preschooler be less frightened of trips to see the pediatrician.

We talk to Ali Wentworth, host of the "Go Ask Ali" podcast, all about raising teens during a pandemic. Ali tells us about having …

Parenting as a team is an ongoing challenge even when your relationship is pretty harmonious. But constantly matching headspaces …

A listener asks how to get her early-rising toddler to sleep later in the mornings.

Is there a path for reluctant home cooks to become joyful ones? How do we create “food memories” with our children and encourage …

There are quite a few things we’ve changed our minds about over our years as parents. From minivans to Minecraft, moms on phones …

A listener has two little boys who clamor to be "first" in all things, from juice boxes to car-seat-buckling.

Are we different parents in public than we are in private? Does good parenting sometimes look like bad manners? We discuss with S…

What does it mean to be ‘that mom’? How should we pick our battles? How do we enter tough conversations prepared for combat but r…

A listener wonders if her 13-year-old son is old enough for a cell phone and the constant internet access it would grant him.

Do you love crunchy leaves and chunky sweaters? Or do shortening, darkening days fill you with nothing but pumpkin-spiced dread- …

A listener who has very little familiarity with gaming wonders how to keep kids safe while playing online.

Bonus Episode! We told you to ask us anything. You kept it PG (thank you) and we’re giving you the answers: What shows are we b…