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Private, Public, Charter, Homeschool: Which Is Best for Your Child?
Parents who are fortunate enough to have a choice in their child's school may feel overwhelmed by all the choices that are out there. There are public schools, private...
How Important is Homework? What the Research Tells Us
In recent years, homework has become a very hot topic. Many parents and educators have raised concerns about homework and questioned how effective it actually is in en...
The Challenges of Being a Mother Today, with Jessica Grose
With the prevalence of expert-driven parenting advice, how can we as mothers strike a balance between research and trusting our instincts as a parent? Today with New Y...
Bladder, Bowels, and Being Intimate: Busting Pregnancy and Postpartum Myths, with Dr. Michelle Little
Today we answer all the questions about your pelvic floor that you were too afraid to ask or look up. Dr. Michelle Little joins us to shed light on various aspects of...
Maintaining Your Romantic Relationship as Parents (Guest Host Dr. Yael Schonbrun)
The transition to parenthood can be rough on a partnership. Between sleep deprivation, the high anxiety of caring for a tiny infant, persistent demands, and the dizzyi...
Using Phones Around Our Children (Guest Host Dr. Jacqueline Nesi)
Over the past 12 years, Dr. Jacqueline Nesi has been researching the effects of smartphones and social media on kids. As a result, she'd assumed that when she had kids...
What Parenting Really Does to Our Brains, with Chelsea Conaboy
Parenthood often comes with a barrage of myths and misconceptions about the elusive "mommy brain" or, if you want to include dads too, "baby brain". In this episode, D...
The Benefits of Paid Family Leave
As I embark on maternity leave for my fourth child, today I'm sharing 5 research-backed reasons why everyone deserves paid time off for the births of their children.--...
New Research on Breastfeeding
Today we're talking about some new research on breastfeeding, specifically three new research studies that have come out in the past few months that might change how y...
Sleep Training Deep Dive
On today's episode, we're going to do a deep dive into the different sleep training methods, considering that recent high-quality studies have shown that sleep trainin...
Evidence Based Birth® with Dr. Rebecca Dekker
Today we're joined by Dr. Rebecca Dekker, the founder of Evidence Based Birth®, a platform that compiles research on childbirth to empower parents and provide them wit...
Can Young Children Actually Learn from Educational Apps?
Parents often hear about the dangers of screen time for children, but rarely does there seem to be a distinction among different types of screen time. Every day resea...
Traveling with Kids: Best Strategies According to Research
I recently returned from a two week vacation in France with my family and my children are 7, 5, and almost e years old - and I was 31 weeks pregnant at the time of thi...
Choosing Your Child's Name (According to Research)
As I enter the final stretch of my pregnancy, I'm asked again and again what I'm planning to name my baby and what I really wanna say to all those people who ask this ...
Do Trigger Warnings Actually Help?
In this podcast and on my social media pages, I often discuss very controversial and sensitive subjects such as birth trauma and maternal morbidity. I've never used a ...
Melatonin, Probiotics, & Vitamins: The Pediatrician Mom Answers All of Your Questions
Today we discuss the research on supplements, vitamins, and probiotics. What should parents think about in general when we're thinking about supplements and vitamins (...
Ultimate Guide to Baby-Led Weaning
When I had my first child, I remember being thrilled to start solid food. I had planned to start with vegetable purees and then move to fruit and I stocked up on every...
How To Improve Postpartum Mental Health
Women are still stigmatized for expressing anything but bliss in the transition to motherhood. So the goal of this episode is to spread awareness of the common mental ...
Redshirting: Should Your Child Delay Kindergarten?
Today we're discussing the research behind redshirting - delaying kindergarten or school entry for a year. This seems to be an increasingly popular trend for giving yo...
What It Means to be a "Good Mother" with Kate Baer
Kate Baer has always been a writer, and as soon as she became a mother, her blog and essays became about motherhood. Even with success, she felt boxed in, that people ...