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Melinda Wenner Moyer’s parenting strategies to raise good kids into great adults  | Spawned Episode 293

Melinda Wenner Moyer’s parenting strategies to raise good kids into great adults | Spawned Episode 293

by Liz Gumbinner | Podcast

We often discuss what it takes to raise kind, generous, ambitious, resilient, wonderful kids who will become kind, generous, ambitious, resilient, wonderful adults. Which is why we wanted to bring back one of our favorite interviews — parenting and science...
Reaching your organizational goals: Sarah Hart-Unger on prioritizing, organizing, and managing time | Ep 292

Reaching your organizational goals: Sarah Hart-Unger on prioritizing, organizing, and managing time | Ep 292

by Liz Gumbinner | Podcast, Tips + Tricks

Is a messy desk a sign of a messy mind? Is organization something we just have to give up for a while as parents? Is a single, perfect whiteboard the key to solving all your time management woes? Sarah Hart-Unger of the podcasts Best Laid Plans and Best of Both Worlds...
Being mixed race in America, with author Lauren Kung Jessen | Spawned Episode 291

Being mixed race in America, with author Lauren Kung Jessen | Spawned Episode 291

by Kristen Chase | Podcast

As a mixed-race Chinese American, I’ve struggled to feel a sense of belonging. I grew up feeling more accepted by the German (white) side of my family. Then, as I got older, I learned more about the Chinese side of my family and felt a connection to the...
Preserving memories in the 21st century. Shouldn’t this be easier? | Spawned Episode 290

Preserving memories in the 21st century. Shouldn’t this be easier? | Spawned Episode 290

by Kristen Chase | Podcast

If you’re like me, you thought that smartphones and tablets would make it a whole lot easier to grab photos and videos of your kids. But while they do make it easier to make memories, actually preserving them and being able to organize and then find them is a...
Spawned Parenting Podcast: The Best Advice, Tips, and Guidance of 2022

Spawned Parenting Podcast: The Best Advice, Tips, and Guidance of 2022

by Liz Gumbinner | Podcast

It’s been an incredible 2022 for Spawned. We welcomed guests from film directors and political pundits to authors, activists, top journalists, and experts of all kinds  So this week, we thought we’d take a look back at some of the best episodes of the...
Margaret Ables on how moms can have more holiday fun – not just make it for everyone else | Spawned ep 288

Margaret Ables on how moms can have more holiday fun – not just make it for everyone else | Spawned ep 288

by Liz Gumbinner | Podcast

I have been thinking a lot about the pressure on moms to make the holidays magic! Perfect! Memorable! Fun all day and all night! But what we don’t talk about enough, is how we can have more fun over the holidays — not necessarily to make more fun. And the...
Why the sex talk with your kids is more important than ever | Spawned Ep 287

Why the sex talk with your kids is more important than ever | Spawned Ep 287

by Kristen Chase | Podcast

It’s not the first time we’ve talked about the sex talk on Spawned, but if your school district is like mine (and many across the country), they are making sex education an optional, home-taught module. That means, we need to be more invested than ever in...
Why our teens are so darn tired, with author Lisa L. Lewis | Spawned Episode 286

Why our teens are so darn tired, with author Lisa L. Lewis | Spawned Episode 286

by Kristen Chase | Podcast

Just when I thought I was pretty aware of what I needed to know about teens and sleep, I got my hands on Lisa L. Lewis’s book The Sleep-Deprived Teen: Why Our Teenagers Are So Tired, And How Parents And Schools Can Help Them Thrive and I realized there was so...
The impact of Covid on kids: Anya Kamenetz on what we know and what we don’t yet | Spawned Ep 285

The impact of Covid on kids: Anya Kamenetz on what we know and what we don’t yet | Spawned Ep 285

by Liz Gumbinner | Books for Adults, Podcast, Thinking : Parent

This week on Spawned, I have the honor of welcoming back the wonderful Anya Kamenetz, NPR Education reporter and author, to talk about her new book, The Stolen Year: How Covid Changed Kids’ Lives…and Where We Go Now. I will tell you this: From the title...
What you need to know about perimenopause, with Dr. Makeba Williams | Spawned Episode 284

What you need to know about perimenopause, with Dr. Makeba Williams | Spawned Episode 284

by Kristen Chase | Podcast

If you’re like me, you got to your mid-40s and suddenly started to get weird period symptoms and sort-of hot flashes and night sweats and asked yourself, “Wait, is this perimenopause?” Well, we’re not the only ones. Even though perimenopause...
The Gospel of Wellness:  Gyms, Gurus, Goop, and the False Promise of Self-Care, by Rina Raphael | Spawned Ep 283

The Gospel of Wellness: Gyms, Gurus, Goop, and the False Promise of Self-Care, by Rina Raphael | Spawned Ep 283

by Liz Gumbinner | Books for Adults, Podcast, Thinking : Parent

I will never think of yoga, supplements, activated charcoal or bath salts the same again. Today Show producer turned health/wellness journalist, Rina Raphael, joined me to talk about her absolutely fascinating, fairly funny, and very smart new book The Gospel of...
How to raise media-savvy kids and help them BS-proof their brains: Dr. Seema Yasmin | Spawned Ep 282

How to raise media-savvy kids and help them BS-proof their brains: Dr. Seema Yasmin | Spawned Ep 282

by Liz Gumbinner | Books for Adults, Podcast, Thinking : Parent

According to Dr. Seema Yasmin, we’re living through a misinformationdemic. I’ve always thought that media literacy should be a mandatory subject for kids, but it’s never been more evident than today — so I’m incredibly grateful for...
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