Every Day Parenting Podcast

Oct 22 2023 44 ep. 75 mins 9

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Child psychologist, Christi Bostwick. Practical, and sometimes slightly irreverent, parenting.

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S4E6: Eat! Please!

Oct 22 2023 66 mins

Brenna Thompson joins for this episode and brings her expertise as a nutritionist and a mom. Brenna teaches us the difference between picky eating and Avoidant restrictive food intake disorder or ARFID. Most parents will struggle with picky eating. We learned that some high sensory kids are afraid of eating! A facinating and informative conversation you won't want to miss.

S4E5: After Back to School

Oct 22 2023 99 mins

Back to school is often an exciting time for kids because they get to see their friends, get new school supplies and sometimes clothes, meet new teachers, and get a fresh start. Then, there is after back to school. For some kids, the "honeymoon phase" of back to school can be very short lived and for other kids, it can be weeks or months before they get school fatigue and need a br

S4E4: Navigating Parenting Through Domestic Violence

Aug 19 2023 75 mins

Learn along with us when Dr. Shannon Goeke-Watson joins Rich and Dr. Bostwick to discuss the difficulties of parenting through domestic violence. Dr. Goeke-Watson is a specialist whose practice focuses on families experiencing domestic and/or sexual abuse. She explains how families enter into her care, how parents start the process of protection and how trauma therapy begins for pa

S4E3: Medical or Behavioral?

Aug 02 2023 71 mins

How can kids be expected to behave or correct their behavior if bad behavior is a result of a medical condition? In this episode Dr. Bostwick discusses the top 7 medical problems that cause behavior problems in children and cause her to ask parents to see their pediatricians first.

S4E2: Trichotillomania: Hair Pulling

Aug 02 2023 67 mins

Trichotillomania is a compulisve desire to pull out one's hair. Dr. Bostwick compassionately discusses what is often an embarrassing compulsion that often starts in young children with high sensory needs, when hormones shift in middle school, or during the stress of adolescence. It's one of the "hidden" problems of childhood and is often accompanied by pica.

S4E1: Fathers, Go Figure

Aug 02 2023 72 mins

It's hard being a dad, or father figure! Dr. Bostwick knows a little bit about being the figure of a father but has talked to thousands of father figures, dads, grandpas, mentors, uncles, aunts, and many others who take on the role of what we think of as a traditional fathers. So complex, but we give it a try.

S3E13: Childhood Superstitions

Aug 02 2023 74 mins

The final episode of any season is always episode 13 celebrating all things quirky, spooky, or just strange. Episode 13 of season three is a lighthearted discussion about superstitions that we often just accept about being a kid. Did you avoid stepping on cracks? Does teaching or participating in superstitions with our kids hurt them, help them, does it matter? As usual, it's all i

S3E12: Childhoods Affecting Childhoods

Aug 02 2023 63 mins

Past affects future. In this episode Dr. Bostwick and Rich discuss why it's important and the conscious effort it takes to keep good parenting practices and leave behind harmful or even traumatic parenting practices used by past generations.

S3E11: I'm Scared!

Jun 12 2023 89 mins

Sometimes, the hardest part of parenting a child who is scared is managing our own fear as parents. In this episode Dr. Bostwick discusses childhood fears: when they are typical and when to get additional guidance.

S3E10: Sleep! Please!

May 18 2023 78 mins

When kids don't sleep, entire households can be disrupted. In this episode, Dr. Bostwick discusses sleep hygiene, sleep and ADHD, and when to get help when your child won't sleep.