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Your Ancestors Were Not Helicopter Parents

March 12, 2021 Culture, Current Events, Environment, History, Race/Identity, Science and Technology

Michaeleen Doucleff, correspondent for NPR’s Science Desk, joins us to discuss her journeys with her daughter, from the Arctic to the Yucatan, to understand parenting best practices around the world and why American parents may be getting it all wrong.

How To Help Your LGBTQ Child Thrive

December 7, 2020 Culture, Current Events, Race/Identity

Caitlin Ryan is a clinical social worker and director of the Family Acceptance Project, and she joins us to talk about parental acceptance, how to deal with bullying, and understanding a child’s non-heteronormative identity.

Tips For Parenting In A Pandemic

May 4, 2020 Culture, Current Events

KJ Dell’Antonia, former lead editor of The New York Times Motherlode blog, joins us to provide strategies for moms and dads who must now be both parent and teacher.

The Natural Leadership Of Parents

March 25, 2020 Culture, Education

Alyssa Westring, associate professor and DePaul Presidential Fellow in the Department of Management and Entrepreneurship, joins us to talk about managing family life in this current time of upheaval.

All She Wanted Was To Be A Single Black Mother

February 20, 2020 Culture, Race/Identity, Uncategorized

Nefertiti Austin joins us to talk about how America thinks of single, black motherhood.

All She Wanted Was To Be A Single Black Mother

November 19, 2019 Culture, Race/Identity, Uncategorized

Nefertiti Austin joins us to talk about what that painstaking process taught her about how America thinks of single, black motherhood.

Anything You Ever Wanted To Know About Death

September 24, 2019 Education, Health, Science and Technology

Mortician Caitlin Doughty joins us to tackle the interesting and icky questions posed by children about a still-taboo subject.

What Does The SAT Really Measure?

September 23, 2019 Economics, Education, Race/Identity

Journalist Paul Tough joins us to talk about the hurdles low-income students face to attend college.

What Makes A Father?

July 9, 2019 Culture, Race/Identity, Science and Technology

Nara B. Milanich joins us to talk about how confirming biological fatherhood is only the beginning of establishing what it means to be a dad.

The Meaning of Blood-Ties in Same Sex Families

June 7, 2019 Culture, Race/Identity

Jennifer Berney joins us to talk about how same-sex families are redefining our understanding of heredity and paternity.

Why Moms Still Do the Most

June 3, 2019 Culture

Psychologist Darcy Lockman joins us to talk about why so often our egalitarian values don’t line up with the realities of parenting.

A Better Approach To Bringing Up Boys

April 23, 2019 Culture, Race/Identity

Michael Reichert, founding director of the Center for the Study of Boys’ and Girls’ Lives at the University of Pennsylvania, joins us to talk about updated approaches to bringing up boys that draw on new insights into psychology and neuroscience.