Talking About Kids
Talking About Kids is a weekly podcast for parents, educators, and direct service providers that explores the latest information on issues impacting children and adolescents, from preventing bullying to unlocking creativity. Hosted by R. Bradley Snyder, author of The 5 Simple Truths of Raising Kids, each episode presents a new topic and introduces listeners to authors, academics, and visionaries from around the globe.
Episodes
193 episodes
How to break generational cycles to parent better with Harper Bailey
What happens when a public health leader writes a memoir? In Harper Bailey’s case the resulting work is as instructional as it is engaging. As you will hear in our discussion, this was intentional. Harper wanted It Was Her: A Memoir, h...
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Season 5
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Episode 9
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39:24
How to support the language and cognitive development of deaf children with Donna Jo Napoli (part 2)
This is the second part of my episode on the cognitive health of deaf children. My guest is Donna Jo Napoli, Professor of Linguistics and Social Justice at Swarthmore College, author of fiction and science books, and co-director of Rise Videobo...
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Season 5
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Episode 8
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33:21
How to support the language and cognitive development of deaf children with Donna Jo Napoli (part 1)
More than half of all deaf students who graduate from high school have reading skills at or below fourth grade level. Research indicates that low literacy makes it difficult for individuals to obtain or maintain any employment, let alone the ki...
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Season 5
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Episode 7
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46:22
Why mental-health lessons in schools might be a great idea with Kevin Runions
Recently, Lucy Foulkes, a Research Fellow in the Department of Experimental Psychology at the University of Oxford, wrote an opinion piece for The Guardian newspaper titled, “Mental-health lessons in schools sound a like a great idea. ...
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Season 5
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Episode 6
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45:15
How better staffing improves preschool with Paul Buckley
Do you know where the substitute teachers for your child’s preschool come from? If you are like me, you might imagine that potential substitutes and administrators sit down and get to know each other, possibly over tea and finger sandwiches. My...
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Season 5
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Episode 5
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35:03
How to help a child with Tourette’s navigate school with Piper Gibson
Piper Gibson is a Doctor of Functional Medicine; the Founder of the Tic Disorder Institute: Regenerating Health; and the author of Tic Talk: Common Misconceptions, Natural Approaches, and Real Conversations about Tic Disorders. Piper i...
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Season 5
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Episode 4
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32:55
What you need to know about the latest divorce trends with Kelly Scott
Family law is complicated. There are prenuptial agreements, postnuptial agreements, custody petitions, visitation petitions, and post judgment matters, among other issues. Moreover, family law exists within an evolving society where perspective...
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Season 5
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Episode 3
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50:24
What fathers need to know about family court with David Pisarra
David Pisarra wants to help fathers navigate their custody and divorce cases to secure more time with their kids. Like several previous Talking About Kids guests, David believes that the processes and systems can be easily biased against father...
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Season 5
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Episode 2
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33:45
How to navigate the college admissions process with ease with Lee Norwood
Lee Norwood is passionate about helping families find the “perfect college fit.” As the founder of Annapolis College Consulting and a member of the CounselMore Executive Board, Lee spends a lot of her time dispelling myths about college admissi...
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Season 5
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Episode 1
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38:01
Summer Episode 6: What to watch this summer
This is the final mini summer vacation episode of Talking About Kids. In the previous five episodes, I asked some past guests to recommend movies or episodes of TV shows to inspire parents, educators, and direct service providers. This final re...
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3:31
Summer Episode 5: What to watch this summer
This is the fifth of six mini summer vacation episodes of Talking About Kids. To help listeners have a rejuvenating summer, I asked some previous guests to recommend movies or episodes of TV shows to inspire parents, educators, and direct servi...
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4:34
Summer Episode 4: What to watch this summer
This is the fourth of six mini summer vacation episodes of Talking About Kids. To help listeners have a rejuvenating summer, I asked some previous guests to recommend movies or episodes of TV shows to inspire parents, educators, and direct serv...
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4:35
Summer Episode 3: What to watch this summer
This is the third of six mini summer vacation episodes of Talking About Kids. To help listeners have a rejuvenating summer, I asked some previous guests to recommend movies or episodes of TV shows to inspire parents, educators, and direct servi...
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3:58
Summer Episode 2: What to watch this summer
This is the second of six mini summer vacation episodes of Talking About Kids. To help listeners have a rejuvenating summer, I asked some previous guests to recommend movies or episodes of TV shows to inspire parents, educators, and direct serv...
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4:19
Summer Episode 1: What to watch this summer
This is the first of six mini summer vacation episodes of Talking About Kids. Summer is a time for relaxation and, hopefully, rejuvenation. It is in that spirit that I asked some previous guests to recommend movies or episodes of TV shows to th...
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4:05
Why it is important to recruit more Latinx adults into the field of education with Edgar Palacios
Like my previous guest, Ulric Shannon, my guest this episode, Edgar Palacios, believes that students are more successful when they see themselves reflected in their teachers, and, like Ulric, Edgar is a graduate of the Surge Institute. Today, E...
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Season 4
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Episode 41
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46:54
Why it is important to support emerging education leaders of color with Ulric Shannon
Ulric Shannon believes that students who do not see themselves reflected in their teachers and in the educational leadership develop harmful beliefs about authority, power, and value. Indeed, statistics show that the faculty in many school dist...
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Season 4
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Episode 39
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33:00
Why safe spaces are important to kids
To succeed, to be happy and healthy, kids need safety and support. Unfortunately, too many kids do not feel safe or supported at school or in out-of-school-time programs (OST) because they do not share the dominant culture’s abilities, race, re...
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Season 4
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Episode 40
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5:46
How Eleanor Roosevelt can inspire kids today to be allies with Kelly Mangan and Lee Wind
There is a richness to the new children’s book, Like That Eleanor: The Amazing Power of Being an Ally by writer Lee Wind and illustrator Kelly Mangan, that affords a caregiver and a child myriad opportunities for discussion, exploratio...
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Season 4
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Episode 37
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39:19
Why you need Norway’s antibullying ombudsmen initiative with Kaja Asmyhr, Bodil Houg and Jon Lenning
My guests this episode to talk about Norway’s antibullying ombudspersons, what they do, their value, and tips for bringing this important initiative to your community are three of Norway’s most experienced ombuds: Kaja Vintervold Asmyhr, Bodil ...
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Season 4
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Episode 36
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54:05
How to support single and divorced parents with Ronald Platt
It is not uncommon to hear divorces and adoptions described as “finalized.” However, if you have been through either, you know that the most difficult parenting begins after the legal documents are executed. My guest this episode is Ronald Plat...
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Season 4
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Episode 35
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42:13
How to promote kids' digital wellness with Michael Rich
This episode is about digital wellness, and my guest is Michael Rich. Michael is a pediatrician, the Founder and Director of the Digital Wellness Lab at Boston Children’s Hospital (a Harvard Medical School Teaching Hospital) and the author of <...
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Season 4
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Episode 34
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36:52
How to promote safety and emotional regulation in the classroom with Bethany Bilodeau
Emotional regulation comes up a lot on Talking About Kids. That is because a growing number of experts believe that it is fundamental to a child or adolescent’s health and well-being. My guest this episode, Bethany Bilodeau – or “Dr. B...
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Season 4
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Episode 33
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39:36
What you need to know about underdeveloped jaws in children with Ben Miraglia
I get excited when I learn about new or innovative ways to address any of the many adversities that kids face, but I get more excited when I learn about ways to prevent adversities from occurring in the first place. In a previous episode of Tal...
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Season 4
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Episode 32
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43:34
How to connect with your newborn with Joanna Parga-Belinkie
As its title implies, Joanna Parga-Belinkie’s new book – The Baby Bonding Book: Connecting With Your Newborn – is centered on the connection between the infant and the primary caregiver. The book is thoughtful, smart, practical, and a ...
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Season 4
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Episode 31
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23:46