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  • In a time where we currently save every memory and picture online, what’s often missing is the voice of our grandparents and great-grandparents.

    Stories that helped younger generations understand where they come from and gave them tools for the future have been lost to live-streaming and comment sections.  Yet, those lessons can provide valuable insight into ourselves and how to overcome some of our biggest struggles.

    Jill Phillips grew up in a London that no longer exists, London in the early 1960’s. The stories of her parents and relatives who struggled to overcome the trauma of WWII touched her deeply.  Motivated by the stories, Jill recaptured that unique time to pass on to the younger generation through her lively and hilarious book, Lamlash Street.

    In this episode, Jill talks to us about how today’s families can connect younger generations and kids to their family’s history, preserve family stories in writing and the surprising and enlightening lessons that come with understanding her own past family strife.

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  • In today’s world full of screens, parents have to work hard to set boundaries and to enforce them.  Screens are everywhere and most times, children binge on video games, Netflix, or YouTube or some form of social media.  These technologies also forcing our kids into more mature content sooner, given the difficult of controlling some of this.

    Drew is the marketing director of at Tonies, a company that created a brightly colored, screen-free smart speaker for kids, the Toniebox.   They married technology together with physical kid’s toys or figurines that they call ‘Tonies’.  Whether it be a Lion King toy or a Cars toy, they have lots of these Tonies that kids can play with and place on top of a magnet, to open up a whole new world of story-telling adventures and imagination.

    Tonies originally launched in Germany in 2016 and is currently one of the fastest growing toy brands in Europe.  They have launched recently in North America and have already sold over 1.7m Tonieboxes.

    In this episode, Drew talks to us about - Why removing the screen is critical to the creative development process and how we can use the power of storytelling to empower children to be creators, authors, and performers.   He also talks about how purely instruction-based toys prevent our kids from developing their creativity. 

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  • Most Parents feel awkward or unprepared to have a conversation about sex and relationships with their children.   Mandi says "What you think you should be telling your kids about sex, is not what you should tell them."

    Research tells us that kids and teens who have regular conversations with their parents and caregivers about sex and their bodies are less likely to take risks with their sexual health, and more likely to be safe, have healthy relationships and have higher self-confidence with their bodies. So how do you start this conversation with your kids?

    Mandi Nutall is the author of The Birthday Suit Books, which teach parents how, when, and what to say as they approach talking to their children about anatomy, sex, fertilization, pregnancy, and safety.  She encourages open and honest communication, so our children feel safer coming to us with personal questions.

    Mandi makes it simple and empowers parents to then empower their children to respect and love their bodies. Her mission is to help amend generations of shame and embarrassment about our body—our greatest gift—into one of admiration and respect.  She says “We have one shot to teach our kids to respect their body, and we can't leave that up to the world—it's our job and divine responsibility.”

    Mandi, is a former high school health teacher, a collegiate volleyball player, a photographer, and a mother of 5. Through a life of struggle, surviving cancer, miscarriages, and helping her 2-year-old daughter fight cancer, Mandi believes in miracles and in the limitless potential within families to do good and raise knowledgeable children.

    In this episode, Mandi tells us why most teenage kids are clueless about their bodies and sex, and how we can prepare them better.

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  • Many parents fail to recognize that their kids have different ways. Gail Swift recognized this with her young children - that they work in a different way than she does.

    She describes these differences as “I thrive on having a lot of things going on at once and work best under pressure. I brainstorm with my mouth then see if it’s a viable option. Noah, my oldest, needs to finish what he starts. He likes to have a plan before he begins, but if he’s put in a room with kids that need the details and kids that want the big picture, he can find the middle ground and bridge the gap. Tyler, my youngest, doesn’t need to finish what he starts (which can make chore time difficult), but excels at physical tasks. He’s a natural with body language and can usually tell when someone is having a bad day”

    As a parent, you need to figure out your child’s strengths and natural abilities. Identifying this, helps them find an optimal path in life, find a career in which they will excel and to gives them the best chance to succeed.

    Gail Swift is a proven professional that helps parents find their children’s unique natural abilities.  She is a speaker, a certified life coach and President of Plans to Prosper.  In this episode, Gail talks to us about how every person is uniquely and perfectly capable of creative problem solving, and how our individual creative instincts are the source of mental energy to create our own pattern of taking action.

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  • With the pandemic, so many kids have gained weight or developed unhealthy eating habits...along with too much screen time and perhaps a decrease in their sports or daily exercise. 

    Lori Fishman says “At this point, we all need an immunity-booster”.  Lori is a child and adolescent psychologist, a parenting coach, and an Instructor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School.  She has worked with thousands of parents and families, helping them to improve eating behaviors, increase exercise, and ultimately achieve a healthier lifestyle and stronger, leaner bodies.

    What if there was a way to dramatically cut down the amount of snacking your family does on a daily basis without being on a "diet" or shaming?  Lori spent 12 Years at Boston Children's Hospital, providing families with behavioral strategies for weight management.  She has helped over 10,000 families and provides training to medical providers, school nurses, gymnastics coaches and girl scout troop leaders.

    In this episode, Lori shares with us how parents can safely talk to their children about weight, and improve their family's eating and exercise behaviors...quickly and easily.

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  • Children growing up today are alarmingly consumed by technology, at a detriment to their social upbringing.

    Talking and listening to children fosters bonds, encourages listening and helps develop stronger relationships. Conversation helps kids express themselves, resolve conflicts, ask for help, and learn.  It helps them make friends, create social relationships, build self-esteem, and increase confidence.  Yet, technology can distance children from this fundamental element and skill of everyday life.

    John Schwind, an entrepreneur, was inspired by his two kids and the desire to give them a tangible childhood filled with thoughtful and meaningful exchanges.  John created a series of self-guided workshops for families between the ages of 9 to 14, where a child and a parent exchange thoughts, ideas, and feelings that build and strengthen their relationship in the digital age.  He calls his platform, Converlation.

    In this episode, John explains the importance of talking with each other, the impact of technology and what we can to regain the lost art of conversation in a digital world.

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  • Did you know that Preschool math scores predict 5th grade performance, and 8th grade math scores predict high school drop-out rates?

    Most high paying jobs, from software development to engineering, from data analysis to architecture – all need math, yet only 25% of high school students are meeting the math standards.

    Aditya Nagrath is the CEO and Co-Founder at Elephant Learning Math Academy, an automated math academy that guarantees your child will learn one year of math in three months with only 30 minutes a day.

    Elephant Learning was founded by two university mathematicians who based their methods on hundreds of years of research, and have now taught over a million months of math to students.

    In this episode, Aditya talks about how to find out your kids' math age, how e-learning help and how his approach equips parents and children with the tools necessary for math success.

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  • Not every girl wants to be a princess. Some want to run the castle. Design the moat. Or break the glass slipper and open a company with better footwear.

    The Startup Squad empowers girls with an entrepreneurial mindset so they can realize their potential, whatever their passions.  It is about helping them become more than they can imagine, by exploring entrepreneurship at an early age. It teaches them basic business skills and helps them learn grit, a growth mindset, and how to fail, and then start again. And again.

    Brian Weisfeld, after a rewarding career with world-class brands, like IMAX and Coupons.com, found inspiration through his daughters to create The Startup Squad. He says “When my oldest daughter was 8 years old, she struggled to sell Girl Scout cookies, and then fumbled around trying to run a charity bake sale with a friend.  She was incredibly enthusiastic! But she didn’t know what to do while she stood at the end of our driveway, surrounded by delicious baked goods.”

    In this episode, Brian shares with us advice on how to inspire and develop the entrepreneurial spirit in young girls, for them to change the world and improve lives around them.

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  • Joy and her husband Rod made it their life's mission in adopting harder-to-place children. With three biological sons, they adopted ten abandoned and abused babies and toddlers of various ethnic backgrounds from two weeks to four years old.
    Joy VanDertuin is the author of a children's book, Gizelle's Silly, Soggy Day.  The message she tries to get across, is that all types of people, no matter their skin color, or where they live, or how they look, can work together for a common cause. The story is based on a real incident that happened to Gizelle, a sheep that lived on Joy's farm that fell through a bridge into a rushing creek during a rain storm.
    She believes that people can put their differences aside, and turn them into strengths to help each other, a lesson played out by animals in her book. Unable to drive or bus her 12 kids around for a year, after a grand mal seizure in 1996, Joy suffered from severe depression. Though, even in this time of despair, she found strength in helping a stray injured bunny recover that led her to become a licensed animal rehabber to help wild, abandoned, and injured animals.
    In this episode, we talk to Joy about raising 13 children, her experiences bringing people and animals together from different walks of life, and how we can achieve greater good from all of this.
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  • Math is a critical skill for children to make sense of the world around them.  It starts early with play, observing patterns and shapes, looking at and counting objects.

    Math then becomes an important component of education and a requirement, if a student is to have any success in STEM , which stands for Science, Technology, Math, Engineering.  Many students don’t even consider STEM fields because they lack confidence in their own math skills.  For Marsha, it was not grades, but all the hobbies and creative projects… things that she dreamed up, problem-solved, and figured out on her own that kept her on course.

    Math is so important to success in STEM fields, and Marsha has created fun experiments that show the magic and power of math.  She also encourages girls in STEM and enjoys developing experiments to give girls fun experiences with science, engineering, and math.

    Marsha spent 35 years at GE Aviation, and has a PhD in engineering.  Today, her passion, as an engineer and an author, is to help students survive and thrive in STEM.

    In this episode, we talk to Marsha, about how you can help set your kids up for success in Math, build the resilience that comes from learning from failure, and empower them to follow their dreams, even when it gets tough.

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  • Michele Benyo is a mom of two, a Certified Grief Recovery Specialist, early childhood parent coach, and the founder of Good Grief Parenting. After her 6-year-old son died of cancer, her 3-year-old daughter's heartbreaking statement – "Mommy, half of is gone" – defined Michele’s life purpose.

    Michele says “Childhood sibling loss has deep ramifications that few people recognize; it impacts the most basic of day-to-day interactions. My daughter spoke it so well one day on the playground when she said to me, "No one can know the pain that we feel."  My daughter's loss will never ever be okay. Yet I couldn’t change it. I simply had to make the best lemonade that I possibly could. I had to figure out how to do the rest of our lives—how to help her cope with her loss, shine light into the void, and remake a meaning-full life around her altered identity as a sibling by heart.”

    Michele’s mission today is twofold: to help parents through the challenges of parenting while grieving the death of a young child, and to help parents meet the unique needs of a child who has lost a sibling in the early childhood years. Michele’s heart's desire is to see families live forward after loss toward a future bright with possibilities and even joy.

    In this episode, Michele tells her story, what she needed as a bereaved parent of a young child, and provides some guidance on how to cope, build resilience and live after such a devastating loss.

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  • When your young child reaches school age, there is anxiety for both parents and children to start kids in school. For parents - doubt of whether their child is ready for school, are they going to be ok, how will the kids survive without us? For kids, they might even be a little scared – new teachers and a new environment, without mom and dad.

    Dr. Christopher Brown is a professor of early childhood education at the University of Texas at Austin. Christopher left his job as a teacher to pursue his Ph.D., because he was troubled by how teachers and families were forced to focus on standards and assessments rather than on the children he worked with daily.

    Chris is the author of 2 books, Ready for Kindergarten and Kinder-Race. He devoted these books to helping parents free themselves from the readiness trap, so your child will succeed in kindergarten.

    In this episode, Christopher provides insight into what is known about school readiness, how to support your child’s learning, how to address common issues that might arise during the kindergarten year and how we could help reform the current early childhood methods.

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  • Is there a way to backward design a process to raise successful kids from birth onwards?   This is the question that Nate Turner helps answer in this episode.

    Society’s chief responsibility is to raise children who will become the best possible citizens of the world and who will maximize their ability, so they fulfill their potential. Parents, guardians, educators bear upon them this responsibility to raise children who are productive citizens.

    As a zealous advocate that every person has an opportunity to maximize their human potential, Nate Turner created a backward design life process to help his unborn child become a great global citizen without means of wealth, privilege, legacy status, or wrong-doing.

    Nate’s son not only met Harvard’s admission benchmarks, but scored in the top 1%, learned four languages, played soccer in Brazil, started a foundation to address teen homelessness, and went on to do his engineering Ph.D.

    In this episode, we talk to Nate about the techniques and strategies that helped him raise a successful Gen Zer, and the blueprint that he shared with his parents, through his history-making book “Raising Supaman”.

    Nathaniel Turner, is an author, a TED speaker, and describes himself as a “Humanity Propulsion Engineer.”  He is the author of several books, including the children’s book series, “The Amazing World of STEM and has been featured in The Washington Post, Black Enterprise, iHeartRadio, The Good Men Project, Sirius XM, and U.S. News & World Report.

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  • Student debt has just reached an all-time high amounting to $1.4 trillion dollars!  Kids are getting out of college with tens of thousands of dollars in debt that they can’t pay off while supporting themselves.  Many have had to move back in with their parents to make ends meet.

    Shellee Howard is the founder of College Ready who sent her son to Harvard debt-free and has helped hundreds of families enter and graduate from their dream college, debt-free.

    She is the author of “How to Send Your Student to College Without Losing Your Mind or Your Money”. In her book, she covers a range of topics - what are the top things that colleges are looking for you, how to avoid student loans, what are the ingredients for a successful college application, and above all how to avoid costly mistakes that most families make.

    Shellee is a mother of 4 young adults.  Her oldest son graduated from Harvard in and UC San Diego Medical school debt free, while her oldest daughter graduated from University of Alabama, also without any debt.

    In this episode, we talk to Shellee on how each student can create their --  “Stand out Strategy" --, so they can find the best academic, financial and social fit college to thrive at, and graduate debt free.

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  • As kids across the country finish their school year on Zoom—— more and more parents are wondering if homeschooling is the answer.

    Many parents fear they won’t be able to juggle it on top of their own jobs and obligations.  Linsey Knerl is a mother of six and a freelance journalist whose own children learn at home.  She has now committed to help making homeschool work for every family who wants it.

    In her book, Homeschool Hacks, Linsey shares stories of homeschooling families with different backgrounds and motivations, dispelling the myth that it’s only for religious folks or stay-at-home parents.  Linsey has been a trusted source for families since 2008. Her writing has appeared in various publications, including Time, Shape, Better Homes & Gardens, Reader’s Digest, Family Circle, All You, and Woman’s World.

    In this episode, we talk to Linsey about her experiences teaching 6 kids at home, how you can create your own schedule, curriculum and what tools you can access to navigate the world of homeschooling.

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  • STEM is science, technology, engineering, and math - critical requirements for several of today's well-paid careers.  Introducing your children to simple STEM ideas at an early age can prepare them to be more successful in life.

    STEM-based education teaches children more than science and math.  It focuses on hands-on learning and real-world applications to help develop broader skill sets, that include creativity, problem-solving, acceptance of failure, entrepreneurship, and innovation.

    Stephanie Ryan is the author of Let’s Learn about Chemistry. Inspired by her son and her love of chemistry, she wrote this creative and fun book to introduce young kids to the key concepts and vocabulary of science, using everyday objects. This book ignites curiosity in your children and makes it easy to introduce the basic fundamentals of science.

    Stephanie Ryan is also the CEO of Stephanie Ryan Consulting, where she provides services to schools for curriculum development, assessment, training staff, and other research projects.  Stephanie earned her Ph.D. in the Learning Sciences from the University of Illinois at Chicago, her  Masters from the University of Illinois, and her B.S.  from Saint Mary’s College.

    In this episode, we talk to Stephanie about the importance of STEM education and how your children can begin their journey of learning science.

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  • Sleepless nights, life changes causing stress, and even postpartum depression are things most new parents know are possible when baby comes home.

    Sudden relationship and personal challenges might come as a big surprise to new parents.  Navigating life as a family can be harder than you expect. Between unwanted parenting advice from outsiders and no time for self-care, communication with your partner can halt to a standstill.  Your once-steady partner suddenly feels like part of the problem.

    Catherine O’Brien is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and the founder

    of HappyWithBaby.com.  In this episode, we talk to Catherine about the advice she wishes she could have had when managing expectations of parenthood and relationships, and her guidance on how to build a happier and more passionate relationship with your partner.

    Catherine acts as a California state co-coordinator for Postpartum Support International, serves the Maternal Mental Health Collaborative and has helped establish A Mother’s Heart in Sacramento, where mothers with perinatal and anxiety disorders go to receive support.

    Catherine is married to her husband, Rick and has 2 kids, a son and daughter. She coaches soccer, enjoys paddle boarding and rowing, and lives with her family in Sacramento, California.

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  • Moms, do you have days when you feel like your entire life is about your kids, your family and NOT about you at all?

    Maria and Zelmira, authors of the book Happy Mom, Happy Kid, say "Motherhood is a gift of unimaginable love and happiness. But in between playdates and nap-time, you can’t help but miss certain things from your old life…and answering to your real name instead of “Mom.”"

    Being 'you' and being a 'mom' confuses your identify, where the 'you' part gets filed into the far flung corners of your brain and starts to fade away. Motherhood's nurturing responsibilities and emotions of anxiety and guilt can provide ample room and reason to occupy all your time, focus and energy.

    In their book, close friends Maria Luisa Montt, founder of Expert Secrets Academy and writer Zelmira Crespi reveal strategies and five steps on how to reclaim yourself from motherhood to more positively impact your life and your family.

    Today, we talk to Maria and Zelmira about what they learned from studying over 600 women who are struggling to achieve a balanced life, and why guilt, shame, and unrealistic expectations are robbing you of joy—and skills to stop the cycle.

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    Don't you wish someone would've taken the time to teach you money-management concepts at a young age? Think for a moment what your life would be like. How important would that be to share with your child or grandchild?” says Holly Reid, award-winning author, speaker, and certified financial educator.

    “The unfortunate reality is the absence of financial literacy at home and in our schools creates a society filled with victims of the consumer culture, bound in debt, and working well beyond retirement age - not because they want to, but because they have to. Today's youth face a future of similar obstacles because they are learning financial concepts and practicing ideal money-management habits too late in life."

    Holly Reid is dedicated to helping adults and the next generation manage their finances as responsible stewards. She believes that as parents, you can break the chain of poor money habits so your child will never face mounds of consumer debt or the dreaded paycheck-to-paycheck living. You can develop your child's financial intelligence and establish a foundation for your son or daughter to build wealth simply by practicing five money habits that she wrote about in her book "Teach Your Child to Fish". Holly is the creator of The Master Playbook, a website with resources to help you create your game plan for financial freedom.

    In this episode, we talk to Holly about her journey of overcoming debt, creating wealth and how she is helping other parents do the same.

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  • Kids might start to feel "different" throughout childhood, but they don't know what these feelings mean.  Kids might be gay, lesbian, bi, trans or queer - but are not sure. How do kids figure out what to do with these feelings and even what they are? "Coming out" is a gradual process to understand, accept and share one's gender and sexual identity. This is scary and confusing.

    Overwhelming emotions bring dark clouds over this journey creating serious mental health risks caused from feelings of isolation, fear, anxiety and depression. Societal discrimination, stigma and harassment further complicate this, forcing children to suppress their feelings to fit in or avoid angering parents & family.

    Today, in some places in the world, we are more accepting and young people are coming out at earlier ages than they did in the past. As such, parents have an important role to support their children through the process of coming out.

    Mercedes Killeen is an award-winning author, editor, and social media marketer based out of Toronto. Since coming out in her early twenties, Mercedes’ writing has been specifically informed by her queer identity and how that intersects with "taboo" topics like mental illness.

    Her work has been published widely in periodicals such as Shameless Magazine, The Innis Review, Half a Grapefruit Magazine, and The UC Review. As a poet, she revised her first book, tulips, in 2018, and after that published her second collection of poetry, Using a spoon as a knife.  She has been invited by Toronto Poet Laureate, A.F. Moritz. to tell her story in several guest lectures at the University of Toronto.

    In this episode, we learn from Mercedes’ about her struggles with coming out and mental illness, with a view to informing parents on how they can support their children to a healthier and happier LGBTQ life.

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