Parenting Pickup

Send us Fan Mail Thank you for tuning in for another episode of the Parenting Pickup! This episode we’re hoping to gain a deeper understanding of screen time, its effects on our children, and setting up good boundaries around it. We’ll be joined by Danielle Richards, a School Director at New Horizon Academy in St. Paul, and Laina Nast, a Registered Public Health Nurse who specializes in at-home family care. Here are some topics we'll touch upon and hope to tackle to give you, your famil...

Send us Fan Mail We are joined by two special guests from the Minnesota Children's Museum: Michelle Blodgett, Director of Experiences, and Bob Ingrassia, Vice President of External Relations. In this discussion, Michelle and Bob share their insights on designing play spaces and exhibits at the Museum, and the power of open-ended play in developing critical life skills. Today's episode answers these questions: How are play and learning intertwined?What role does play have in developing langua...

Send us Fan Mail Meet our new host, Dr. Aimee Fearing, the Vice President of Education and Staff Development at New Horizon Academy. This episode marks a bittersweet milestone. Cara Johnson-Bader has been a luminary for countless shared stories, hours of expert analysis, and deep connections with our guests and school families. But the meaningful discussions and insightful interviews won't end here. Here's what we can look forward to as Cara passes the torch to Dr. Aimee: An emphasis on...

Send us Fan Mail Dr. Katie Lingras is a multi-talented guest -- she's a child psychologist, associate professor, author of 'A Kids Book about Mental Health', and the Director of Inclusiveness and Excellence at the University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. Today she joins us to discuss how we can introduce the topic of mental health to kids how that topic intersects with her writing and pursuit of equity. Today's episode answers these questions: What do we mean when we use the term "mental ...

Send us Fan Mail Kim Hughes, a Conscious Discipline certified instructor, joins us to discuss how parents, guardians and caretakers can become better "behavior detectives". Kim demonstrates how through treating tricky behavior as a form of communication, and using emotional co-regulation as a tool to get us back to square one, we can set the children in our care up for long-term success. In this episode we discuss: Conscious Discipline as a practiceThe brain state modelMoving from cont...