Your Parenting Mojo - Respectful, research-based parenting ideas to help kids thrive

Interviews with child development researchers on practical parenting AI summary

Jen Lumanlan Visit website › Kids & Family · EN · 324 episodes · latest 2026-11-13

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Parenting is hard…but does it have to be this hard? Wouldn’t it be better if your kids would stop pressing your buttons quite as often, and if there was a little more of you to go around (with maybe even some left over for yourself)? On the Your Parenting Mojo podcast, Jen Lumanlan M.S., M.Ed explores academic research on parenting and child development. But she doesn’t just tell you the results of the latest study - she interviews researchers at the top of their fields, and puts current information in the context of the decades of work that have come before it. An average episode reviews ~30 peer-reviewed sources, and analyzes how the research fits into our culture and values - she does all the work, so you don’t have to! Jen is the author of Parenting Beyond Power: How to Use Connection & Collaboration to Transform Your Family - and the World (Sasquatch/Penguin Random House). The podcast draws on the ideas from the book to give you practical, realistic strategies to get beyond today’s whack-a-mole of issues. Your Parenting Mojo also offers workshops and memberships to give you more support in implementing the ideas you hear on the show. The single idea that underlies all of the episodes is that our behavior is our best attempt to meet our needs. Your Parenting Mojo will help you to see through the confusing messages your child’s behavior is sending so you can parent with confidence: You’ll go from: “I don’t want to yell at you!” to “I’ve got a plan.” New episodes are released every other week - there's content for parents who have a baby on the way through kids of middle school age. Start listening now by exploring the rich library of episodes on meltdowns, sibling conflicts, parental burnout, screen time, eating vegetables, communication with your child - and your partner… and much much more!

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Episode Summary 14: When the Holidays Are Stressful: How to Take the Pressure Off Family Time

2026-11-13 · 21 min

You’re a few weeks away from seeing family, maybe for the first time since last year, and you already have hopes for how it will go. Then you remember how it went last time. Your sensitive kid wouldn’t try the green…
Episode Summary 13: What Is Neuroaffirming ADHD Support? A Counselor Explains

2026-11-01 · 29 min

A while back I sat through an hour of Dr. Russ Barkley, a global expert on ADHD, walking through the statistics: more car accidents, more health problems, and a life expectancy he says is 7 to 13 years shorter, driven…
Episode Summary 12: Is ADHD a Disability, or Just a Difference We Treat Like One?

2026-10-18 · 22 min

This is the third and final episode in our series on Dr. Russ Barkley's approach to ADHD. In the first episode, we looked at how ADHD gets diagnosed and why diagnosis rates keep climbing. In the second episode, we…
RE-RELEASE: What’s Really Behind Your Hardest Parenting Days

2026-10-04 · 42 min

You did everything right today, and it still wasn't enough. Your kid melted down over something small, you lost your patience faster than you wanted to, and now you're lying in bed wondering if today's hard moment left…
Episode Summary 11: Breaking the Cycle: One Mom’s Honest Story

2026-09-27 · 24 min

You promised yourself you wouldn't become your mother. Then your kid won't put their shoes on for the third time, and the voice that comes out isn't really yours. In this episode, I talk with Terese, a parent who grew…
10 Years, 10 Lessons: Everything I Got Wrong About Parenting

2026-09-20 · 50 min

Before my daughter was born, I made a book split into two halves. One cover said 'me.' The other said 'you.' I filled the 'you' side with a list of hopes for who she'd become. I had a lot of ideas about the person she…
Why Your Preschooler Is Hitting, Biting, or Kicking (And What Helps)

2026-09-06 · 21 min

Your child's preschool number shows up on your caller ID, and your stomach drops before you even answer. Preschool never calls with good news. Your kid hit someone at the sand table, or kicked a friend in line for the…
Re-release: Creative Problem-Solving (Without Giving the Answer)

2026-08-16 · 54 min

Sara's four-year-old started asking permission for things he used to just do on his own, like grabbing the markers off his own shelf. It was a small request, but it worried her, since nothing about her home had ever…
Re-release: Raising an Entrepreneur (Without Taking Over Their Business)

2026-08-02 · 1 hr 0 min

When my daughter Carys was 10, she started a pet-sitting business. She opened a Roth IRA with the income, built a client base of dog walkers and cat owners in our neighborhood, and figured out a system for remembering…
Episode Summary 10: Burnout vs Depression: The Mental Load of Mothers

2026-06-14 · 18 min

Many mothers go to the doctor because they feel exhausted, overwhelmed, and they aren’t sleeping - and leave with a depression diagnosis and a prescription. The message is: your brain isn't working right, and medication…

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Oldest episode in feed: 08/2016 · over 10 years
Typical length: 48 min
Format: Episodic Newest first, episodes stand alone

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