Parenting During the LA Wildfires
There are no adequate words to express the horror of the ongoing LA wildfires. It’s completely understandable if you feel worried, out of control, or stunned. Parenting is hard enough on a “normal” da...
18 Jan 202545min
Can We Raise Good Kids Without Punishing Them?
If you've lost your cool with your kids and fallen into yelling, threats, timeouts, or other punishments, you’re not alone. This week, Dr. Becky explores the complex topic of punishment in parenting, ...
14 Jan 202522min
Optimizing Happiness with Laurie Santos
Every parent wants their kid to be happy and to grow up into a happy adult. But sometimes, a parent's intervention in the short term can lead to their kid becoming an unhappy adult in the long term. Y...
7 Jan 202533min
Revisit - How Dare You Speak to Me That Way
This is a repeat of an earlier episode. What happens when you want to do things differently than how you were raised and yet the people who raised you are intimately involved in raising your children?...
31 Dec 202449min
The "More" Kids
Some kids are just more. More emotional. More resistant. More reactive. Just more. Dr. Becky thinks of them as Deeply Feeling Kids and author and parenting activist, Debbie Reber of Tilt Parenting, th...
18 Juni 202436min
Losing my Teen to the Screen
What do you do when you give your teen a phone and everything you were worried about comes true? They stopped reading books like they used to. They never leave their room without their phone. Their gr...
16 Apr 202424min
The Anxious Generation with Jonathan Haidt
Social psychologist and author, Jonathan Haidt, joins Dr. Becky to discuss his new book The Anxious Generation. In this powerful episode, they talk about the impact of phones, social media, and the de...
26 Mars 202452min
My Tween is Pulling Away. Is That Normal?
As our kids grow up and pull away, it can feel like they're breaking up with us. This week, Dr. Becky talks to a mom wondering why her son feels so distant as he begins middle school. He seems to have...
19 Mars 202430min
