Let’s talk about kids who hit. Let’s also talk about adults who hit. This kind of behavior is taboo, especially as kids get older. I'll explore some basic reasons behind hitting and offer solutions. In next week's episode, I'll delve deeper into understanding this behavior in older kids and adults.

This is a rebroadcast of Simple Families Podcast's most downloaded episodes. Take a listen again - you can really get new insights from with each phase of parenting.

Links from the episode

• Simple Families Episode 113: Troubleshooting "Time-out"

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When Majka Burhardt, social entrepreneur and world-class female rock/ice climber, found out she was pregnant with twins, she started writing her children letters. These raw, emotional and vulnerable written pieces later became the book More: Life on the edge of adventure and motherhood. I loved talking to Majka about risk, parenthood, marriage and more!

Links from the episode

• Majka Burhardt's website: Passion.Purpose.Pursuit
• Book: More: Life on the edge of adventure and motherhood

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Many of us have made great efforts to control our technology use, but is it working? I've invited Gaia Bernstein, author of Unwired: Gaining Control over Addictive Technologies to the podcast today to discuss how this is more than an individual issue. We explore digital connection along with how community efforts and national policies can help us gain control of our technology use.

Links from the episode

• Gaia Bernstein's website: Unwired
• Book: Unwired - Gaining control over addictive technologies
• Simple Families Podcast Episode 302: Analog Curious I
• Simple Families Podcast Episode 303: Analog Curious II

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You should know this by now. I’ve asked you a hundred times. How could you forget? 

Today we are going to talk about consequences, punishment, and discipline. How do we raise kids to take ownership and care for themselves and their belongings? Today I’m going to give you some things to think about and some things to do. 

This is a rebroadcast of Simple Families Podcast's most downloaded episodes. Take a listen again - you can really get new insights from with each phase of parenting.

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Today, I'm bringing you a much-requested life update episode. In the past year I've moved off social media and have limited how much I share publicly on a day-to-day basis. As my kids grow and establish their own identities, this has been a change that feels right for our family. But today, I will update you on home, work, family, and also tell you about my new health routine.

Links from the episode

• Simple Families Podcast Episode 302: Analog Curious Part I
• Simple Families Podcast Episode 303: Analog Curious Part II
• Simple Families Podcast Episode 304: Analog Curious Part III
• Simple Families Podcast Episode 150: Au Pair Insights
• Simple Families Podcast Episode 184: Year Without Alcohol
• Simple Families Podcast Episode 251: Downsizing
• Bandolier
• Rent the Runway

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Today, I am speaking with the Founder of MomWell (formerly Happy as a Mother) Erica Djossa, who you may recognize from viral her maternal mental health memes on Instagram. Erica is a psychotherapist whose work on social media focuses on strategies to cope with the emotional load of motherhood.

Links from the episode

• Erica Djossa's website: MomWell
• MomWell Podcast: Spotify
• MomWell Podcast episode with Denaye: Minimizing Mental Clutter

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I don't know about you, but parent anxiety seems to surround me at every turn. In today's episode, I'm chatting with Dr. Dana Dorfman, author of the new book, When Worry Works. Dana explains that even though anxiety is an unavoidable part of parenting today, we can turn our unique parenting anxiety patterns into an advantage, instead of a liability.

Links from the episode

• Dr. Dorfman's Website
• When Worry Works
• Quiz: Identify your anxiety type
• Simple Families Episode 340: How to Raise an Adult ft. Julie Lythcott-Haims

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Overparenting is a pervasive practice in our society today. My guest Julie Lythcott-Haims identified over-parented students in her former role as the Dean of Freshman and Undergraduate Advising at Stanford University and wrote the NYT best-selling book How to Raise an Adult, and later Your Turn: How to be an Adult.

Links from the episode

• Julie Lythcott-Haims: Website
• Julie Lythcott-Haims: Instagram
• How to Raise an Adult
• Your Turn: How to be an Adult

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Music is one of life's simple pleasures that unites cultures and ages. Through my kid's Suzuki classes, I've found, music can teach big life lessons too. In this episode, I am speaking to Heather Watson Hardie about her musical journey as a child, a music teacher, and now a parent.

Links from the episode

• Heather's Music School: Greenwhich Suzuki Academy
• What is the Suzuki Method?

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Many of us idealize 'The Family Dinner'. You know the scene - whole family at the table, eating homemade food, with each member telling everyone how their day went. This is rarely a reality in the modern home. Today, I share tips for a more peaceful (and realistic) mealtime.

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