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Podcast by Tracy Cassels
If you have listened to a lot of my podcasts, you know I like to talk about sleep. It's one of the biggest topics for parents today. And par...
When we think about raising our children, we often all have ideas of what is best and what we want to do. Not always are we able to achieve...
Normalizing breastfeeding is an ongoing battle in some Western cultures. Even when someone starts out breastfeeding, many report not being a...
Our understanding and acceptance of Autism has evolved over the years towards a greater awareness of what we call neurodiversity - broadly,...
As we know, sleep is one of the most talked-about topics for new parents. None of them are getting enough, and everyone is worried about it....
Bedtime. It's one of the biggest struggles parents face. Everyone is tired, we just want our kids to calm and go to sleep. But how does our...
Raising good humans is hard. We all worry about if we're doing best and we don't always know how to do it. This is especially true when we s...
External validity. It's a topic that many of us don't really talk about. It's the idea that certain research findings only apply to certain...
When it comes to parenting, there are thousands of books with myriad bits of advice for soon-to-be-parents and those who are already parents...
Welcome back after our break and I hope you enjoyed the last few weeks and maybe even used that time to check out some of our older episodes...
For ages, policy makers have been pushing earlier education for children. In many previous studies, these have been found to be very helpful...
Orchid or dandelion? Highly sensitive or relatively robust? These are some of the ways that we have conceptualized the concept of how sensit...
I'll be honest that I don't know of a single pregnancy that didn't involve some level of stress. I think the entire act of carrying a baby a...
Postpartum depression is associated with a host of negative outcomes for mothers and babies alike, yet we still have very little understandi...
One of the more difficult topics for many families these days has to do with media use. We are a tech-heavy society and that extends downwar...
When you think about your child's sleep, what are the words that often come to mind? I know in Western cultures, we often hear "independence...
In the realm of parenting - especially attachment parenting - the focus has been on mothers. In fact, if you go to any attachment parenting...
As we kick off Season 2 of the podcast, we're going to dive into the research on an area that often brings fear to new parents - rightfully...
I would first like to welcome you to the final episode of this season. I am thankful to all of you who listen and give me hope that there ar...
When we look at research, especially in the realm of development, we tend to focus on things like resilience, struggles families face, and s...
This week we continue our conversation with Dr. Lee Gettler, discussing his research which has advanced our knowledge on fathering across cu...
Let's be honest - when we talk about parenting, we're often talking about mothering. Most of the research on raising kids is based on mother...
We are almost two years into a global pandemic and many families have struggled to find a new normal. Some people seem to have found a new n...
Stress is a hot topic today with many people worrying about the degree of stress they face daily. We know stress in our adult lives is a pro...
One of the more terrifying events for any parent is seeing their child born and rushed off to the NICU. Though we might talk about how it's...
Too often we look at parenting practices and our judgment of them in absolute terms. I know I myself have been guilty of this. Sometimes it'...
Welcome back to Week 2 with Dr. James McKenna as we continue our conversation into SIDS, colic, breathing, and how our closeness to our babi...
I want to mention some things that parents of young babies have to think about. They often think about: * Where their baby sleeps * Why thei...
We all want our kids to be able to regulate themselves, don't we? It feels like one of the main goals of parenting is how we are able to hel...
Babywearing is still somewhat fringe in our society, despite being exactly how babies have been kept close to parents for most of human hist...
When you think back to your birth, do you recall it fondly? The way they say you're supposed to feel about this momentous moment? Or do you...
When we get pregnant and are expecting our first child, most people don't see this as a time to worry that their mental health is going to g...
If you've listened here before you will know that the research doesn't support the idea that extinction sleep training methods, like crying...
When we think about education, most of us think about our experience with what we might call modern-traditional schooling: classes by grade,...
"It's just the way it is!" "Progress is always good" These are the sentiments that many people feel about the way our society and culture is...
When you thought about nursing, did you think about how long it would go? Did you think, "I will absolutely be done by one because that's ol...
From the moment a family is expecting their first child, decisions are made about how that relationship is going to work, decisions that don...
"You must breastfeed!" says the medical professional. "Don't you dare sleep with your baby!" says the same medical professional. The tension...
Although not every parent chooses to, many report wanting to breastfeed or chestfeed their child. Our Western society likes to promote this...
When we first become parents there are tons of books and advice for us to follow in the baby years and even the toddler years. As our kids a...
Welcome back to part two of my talk with Brian Earp. If you haven't listened yet to last week's episode, I strongly suggest you do because s...
In North America - the United States in particular - males are regularly circumcised at birth. Over the years, various arguments have been m...
This is a special episode of the podcast because it's focused on something highly relevant to us today. At this moment, we're faced with a g...
A common view today is that when we are born, we are somehow born on even footing when it comes to the effects of how we are raised and what...
We're all told that we need to be good parents, but what does this mean? Is it universal for all people of all walks of life? In this episod...
When we explore our human evolutionary histories as they've been told so far, the central theme is often on the male experience. The hunter....
Despite a lot of talk about breastfeeding in our culture, very little discussion happens about the various ways that lactation and provision...
This week we delve into the world of breastfeeding advocacy with none other than the Badass Breastfeeder herself, Abby Theuring. It feels li...
Most people conceptualize dyslexia as an intellectual disorder, but that simply isn't the case. Although dyslexia is a struggle with reading...
For years we have assumed that babies were incapable of complex empathy. We thought they could react to others' distress through emotion con...