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Parenting Forward

Dec 31, 2018

I’ve long admired the work done by Ashia Ray in her book curating website called Books For Littles. Her list of children’s books that help children understand privilege is TOTAL FIRE:  http://www.booksforlittles.com/silence-is-violence/

 

She opens up about her own story and why she started doing this work. We...


Dec 24, 2018

Linda Kay Klein, author of PURE, and I talk all things purity culture in evangelicalism. We define what purity culture is, how deeply it is embedded in both the culture and our psyche as young women growing up in it. Linda shares the science behind why it takes a long time for many of us to break free. Of course, we...


Dec 17, 2018

Toxic Masculinity is the root of many of our evils in the world today. I ask Mike Reynolds, the founder of Everyday Girl Dad to join me in helping dismantle toxic masculinity. He gives practical tips on how to disrupt locker room talk and how to model healthy masculinity. Mike shares his cross stitch project which you...


Dec 10, 2018

It’s hard to believe we haven’t had a pediatrician on the show about parenting yet! This oversight ends today! So honored to have Dr. Joani Lea Jack on the show. She’s a pediatrician who grew up in the conservative Bible Belt culture of the South. She tells me about meeting her a resident who is gay, and how...


Dec 3, 2018

An unimaginable tragedy happened to one of our previous podcast guests, Kay Bruner. She lost her 28 year old daughter in the summer of 2018. I’ve invited her back on to our show to talk about death, this intrusion into her family life and turned her world upside down. We share tips on how to talk to children about...