Proactive Parenting with Deanna Marie Mason PhD

Nov 14 2024 32 ep. 18 mins 2

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Explore expert, judgment-free guidance on nurturing values in children within the modern family.

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Game Over: Unpacking the Truth About Video Game Addiction

Nov 14 2024 13 mins

Today’s topic is a hot one because it deals with video game addiction. Gaming is a big part of a lot of people’s lives and can be a wonderful source of entertainment. However, as with most things, too much of anything usually isn’t that good for us. So today we are going to look at new information about how gaming can become problematic for some children and teens. It’s imp

Baby Safety 101: Preventing Accidental Suffocation

Nov 07 2024 8 mins

Today’s topic is a sad and difficult issue to talk about, but because infant deaths related to suffocation continue to happen, I think it’s important that we discuss why it happens and what can be done to protect against it. Infant death related to accidental suffocation or strangulation in bed appears to be on the rise. In 1992, pediatric health organizations recommended that

Parenting Choices: Navigating the Spanking Question

Oct 31 2024 8 mins

Okay, so today’s topic, spanking, may be a sensitive one for you based on your beliefs and ideas about parenting. Believe me, you’re not alone. Whether you are on the side of spanking or not, about 20% of parents admit to using physical punishment such as spanking or swatting as part of disciplining their children. Let me clarify, this is the percentage of parents who admit doi

Travel Tots: Tips for Flying with Little Ones

Oct 24 2024 9 mins

Today’s episode stems from a question I received from a listener. A first-time mom of a 4-month-old infant asked me if I knew any science-based tips to help them manage air travel with an infant. She said she had traveled often for work and was frequently surprised that parents couldn’t seem to control their infants on flights. Now that she was a mother, she better understood t

Mind Magic: One Trick for Boosting Brain Power

Oct 17 2024 7 mins

Have you ever wondered if there is an easy way to boost your child’s brainpower and make him or her smarter? Luckily, the research shows that one simple, practically free, activity can help your child use his or her brain more effectively. Most parents know that reading to children can have an important affect on how early kiddos learn to read independently and how well they perf

Sanity Savers: Handling Your Kid's Difficult Friends in 3 Steps

Oct 10 2024 11 mins

A great thing about our kiddos getting older is that our children become exposed to many different ways of being a family. At school they mix with children from other backgrounds, other types of families, and learn that there are many different ways of being a family. This makes them tolerant, accepting, and more open, which are fabulous traits for their futures. Yet, many times ou

Keeping It Real: Authentic Parenting in a Filtered World

Oct 03 2024 8 mins

It seems today that we are constantly consuming media messaging that is meant to make us feel like we are somehow behind or lacking what others have. This phenomenon has not skipped parenting. There are parenting influencers showing us an edited, stylized version of what their families are like. Please know I am not judging what other do or how they make a living. What I am pointin

Mealtime Magic: Secrets to Feeding Your Little One

Sep 26 2024 8 mins

Today we’re going to talk about getting little ones to eat, but not too much, and the right things. There are so many theories about how to get our kiddos to eat veggies, fruits, fish, beans, but the answer to how to get kids to eat healthy foods is really naturally built into them. All we have to do as parents is to let the natural process do it’s thing. And what is that natur

Growing Through Play: Embrace the Free Play Revolution

Sep 19 2024 10 mins

Today’s topic is a hot-button one and I know I am going to get a lot of feedback from listeners. Yet, the research and scientific evidence is imploring me to cover this topic again because it is really important to your child’s health and well-being. Yep, I’m talking about the importance of free play Just about every parent I have worked with for the last 10 years has had a l

Food Trends Unwrapped: A Parent's Guide to Smart Choices

Sep 12 2024 16 mins

Recently, while reading my pediatric professional journals, I came across an interesting article. The article was about helping parents understand food trends and decipher food labels to make truly healthy choices for their toddlers. While the paper was focused on very young children, the information they shared is really applicable to children and teens of all ages. For this reaso