Being at Your Best When Your Kids are at Thei...

Are we protecting our children—or unintentionally making them more anxious and less confident?In this episode of The Child Psych Podcast, we sit down with Lenore Skenazy, founder of the Free-Range Kids movement and co-founder of Let Grow, to explore how overprotective parenting m ...  Show more

In this episode, we sit down with Julie Lythcott-Haims, New York Times bestselling author of How to Raise an Adult, to explore how well-intentioned parenting can sometimes get in the way of the very skills children need to become capable, confident adults.Julie unpacks the rise o ...  Show more

Did you know that highly stressed western children look just like war refugee children in terms of stress? In this episode, I talk to Kim Payne, author of Simplicity Parenting. We talk about “the undeclared war on childhood,” and how our culture of too much too fast, too young, i ...  Show more

Why are so many of our kids showing signs of trauma when they live in relative safety? How do we raise counter-cultural kids in a world of excess? Today, Dawn is joined by Kim John Payne, M.ED., who has been a counselor, educator, consultant, and researcher for over thirty years. ...  Show more

Kim is back!!!! And oh my, every time it's a home run. We're talking about disoriented kids in this episodes - kids who are floundering through the overwhelm of childhood activities. We're talking about low-screen and no-screen kids and the long-term benefits of being a little mo ...  Show more

What if the hardest moments in parenting are actually the best opportunities for connection? Can the struggles we face with our kids actually help us heal our own past? Today, I'm joined by the wonderful Cammie, who shares her heartfelt journey into connected parenting. We delve ...  Show more