Explorez tous les épisodes du podcast The Science of Parenting
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| Parenting Guidance in Modern Game Culture | S.18 Ep.3 | 21 May 2026 | 00:12:34 | |
This episode highlights how parents can transition from strict control to authoritative guidance by focusing on connection and understanding the underlying systems within modern games. By utilizing natural break points for boundaries and showing genuine interest in their child's play, families can replace constant conflict with better communication and mutual trust. Send us an email: parenting@iastate.edu. | |||
| Beyond the Rating: Understanding Modern Game Systems | S.18 Ep. 2 | 14 May 2026 | 00:13:08 | |
While many parents rely on ESRB ratings to judge a game's safety, these ratings primarily evaluate visual content rather than the underlying systems that drive spending and social interaction. By understanding how modern games function as digital marketplaces and social networks, parents can move from reacting with uncertainty to providing proactive guidance for their children. Send us an email: parenting@iastate.edu. | |||
| The New Digital Playground: Why Modern Gaming Feels Different for Parents | S.18 Ep.1 | 07 May 2026 | 00:13:37 | |
This episode explores how digital gaming has evolved from a finished product into a continuous, living environment that continues whether a child is logged in or not. Doctoral candidate and researcher Soyoung Park joins the show to break down the four structural changes in modern games—including monetization and social obligations—that often lead to tension and conflict within families. Send us an email: parenting@iastate.edu. | |||
| Voices from the Season | S.17 Ep.8 | 25 Dec 2025 | 00:25:00 | |
This wrap-up gathers reflections and practical tools from this season’s guests, highlighting joys and challenges from newborns to adults. Featuring “Across the Ages” insights, we share bonus answers on common hurdles and go-to strategies from each stage to bring our research-and-reality theme full circle. Send us an email: parenting@iastate.edu. | |||
| Guiding Adult Children | S.17 Ep.7 | 18 Dec 2025 | 00:29:17 | |
We explore what it means to parent in adulthood’s most ambiguous stage—when children are grown but still growing. Extension educator and mom-of-five Cindy Thompson joins us to share insights on boundaries, financial support, and staying connected as adult children find their own way. Send us an email: parenting@iastate.edu. | |||
| Fueling Growth and Movement | S.17 Ep.6 | 11 Dec 2025 | 00:28:00 | |
We explore fueling growth and movement in the pre-teen and teenage years—how nutrition and activity support rapidly changing bodies and brains. Registered dietitian Jody Gatewood shares practical tips on breakfast, key nutrients, affordable fruits/veggies, 60-minute daily movement, and family routines that build healthy, stress-free habits. Send us an email: parenting@iastate.edu. | |||
| STEM-Ready Kids | S.17 Ep.5 | 04 Dec 2025 | 00:39:06 | |
We dive into raising STEM-ready kids by encouraging exploration and innovation at school, after school, and at home. NASA Iowa Space Grant Director Sara Nelson unpacks integrated STEM and project-based learning, plus what to look for in quality programs. Send us an email: parenting@iastate.edu. | |||
| Messy Play, Big Learning | S.17 Ep.4 | 27 Nov 2025 | 00:25:47 | |
We connect messy play to meaningful learning, showing how everyday curiosity builds science, technology, engineering, and math skills. From cardboard ramps to kitchen experiments, discover simple ways to weave STEM at home into play without turning it into schoolwork. Send us an email: parenting@iastate.edu. | |||
| Babyproofing Basics | S.17 Ep.3 | 20 Nov 2025 | 00:42:58 | |
Exploration and safety for little movers take center stage as we walk room-by-room through simple, research-based ways to prevent injuries at home. From outlets and cords to water temps, gates, tip-overs, and creating safe spaces to explore, you’ll learn practical steps that protect without stifling curiosity. Send us an email: parenting@iastate.edu. | |||
| Parenting the Newborn Stage | S.17 Ep.2 | 13 Nov 2025 | 00:24:15 | |
From diapers to development, we unpack what parenting in the newborn stage really looks like—routines, safety, sleep, feeding, and self-care. With research-based tips and real-life stories, you’ll learn simple ways to support healthy growth while balancing older siblings and your own wellbeing. Send us an email: parenting@iastate.edu. | |||
| Parenting by Age | S.17 Ep.1 | 06 Nov 2025 | 00:12:05 | |
Parenting by Age is a season of growth that walks families through the parenting journey—from newborns to emerging adults. Blending real-life stories with expert insights, this episode offers research-based guidance to help parents understand development, set realistic expectations, and enjoy each stage along the way. Send us an email: parenting@iastate.edu. | |||
| Books and Social-Emotional Learning | S.16 Ep.8 | 19 Jun 2025 | 00:24:33 | |
Books are powerful tools for exploring emotions and building empathy. Stories help children navigate feelings, manage stress, and connect with characters experiencing similar situations. Send us an email: parenting@iastate.edu. | |||
| Supporting Struggling or Reluctant Readers | S.16 Ep.7 | 12 Jun 2025 | 00:30:39 | |
Some children face challenges with reading, even after early exposure to books and language. Learn to recognize common signs of struggle and explore simple, effective strategies to provide support at home. Send us an email: parenting@iastate.edu. | |||
| Literacy in the Community | S.16 Ep.6 | 05 Jun 2025 | 00:27:26 | |
Community spaces like libraries, farmers markets, and local events offer more than entertainment—they provide valuable opportunities to support language and literacy development. Send us an email: parenting@iastate.edu. | |||
| Reading with Adolescents | S.16 Ep.5 | 29 May 2025 | 00:26:43 | |
Reading for pleasure boosts cognitive development and improves literacy, yet interest often declines in the teen years. Explore how reading impacts adolescent thinking, empathy, and emotional growth. Send us an email: parenting@iastate.edu. | |||
| Elementary Readers: Building a Strong Foundation | S.16 Ep.4 | 22 May 2025 | 00:34:23 | |
Shared reading routines, accurate word reading, writing integration, and selecting engaging texts all play a key role in developing strong reading skills during the early school years. Send us an email: parenting@iastate.edu. | |||
| Preschool Literacy: Setting the Stage for Success | S.16 Ep.3 | 15 May 2025 | 00:28:13 | |
Preschool is a prime time for building language and literacy skills. Reading at this stage involves emerging abilities that begin to resemble more traditional reading behaviors. Send us an email: parenting@iastate.edu. | |||
| Reading with Infants and Toddlers | S.16 Ep.2 | 08 May 2025 | 00:32:37 | |
Reading with the youngest children focuses on talking, listening, and building a strong foundation in language—often referred to as “language nutrition.” Send us an email: parenting@iastate.edu. | |||
| Foundations of Literacy | S.16 Ep.1 | 01 May 2025 | 00:22:24 | |
Before children can read or write on their own, they begin developing key skills that pave the way for literacy. Early literacy builds the foundation for future reading success. Send us an email: parenting@iastate.edu. | |||
| Tackling Tough Behaviors: Leaning into Relationships | S.15 Ep.9 | 31 Oct 2024 | 00:43:33 | |
When things get tough, relationships can too. In the last episode of this season, our parenting pros discuss research-based strategies to help strengthen and preserve our positive relationships even in challenging moments. Send us an email: parenting@iastate.edu. | |||
| Tackling Tough Behaviors: Risk and Protective Factors | S.15 Ep.8 | 24 Oct 2024 | 00:36:17 | |
Join our cohosts in this episode to explore characteristics that enhance resilience in kids and parents. Learn about protective factors and discover how these qualities can help your family navigate tough times! Send us an email: parenting@iastate.edu. | |||
| Tackling Tough Behaviors: Resilience in Tough Times | S.15 Ep.7 | 17 Oct 2024 | 00:34:34 | |
There is more than one way for a family to get through a tough time and tap into their resiliency. In this episode our parenting experts discuss skills and strategies parents can use to help raise resilient kids and introduce the concept of “bouncing forward” during tough times. Send us an email: parenting@iastate.edu. | |||
| Tackling Tough Behaviors: Relationships and Regulation | S.15 Ep.6 | 10 Oct 2024 | 00:41:54 | |
Listen in on this episode to delve into attachment theory with our cohosts! They will explore what it is (and what it’s not) and the role that our parent-child relationship has in regulation. Send us an email: parenting@iastate.edu. | |||
| Tackling Tough Behaviors: I'm the Adult Here | S.15 Ep.5 | 03 Oct 2024 | 00:41:29 | |
In this episode, the Science of Parenting team examines and reflects on our parenting role when it comes to regulation, self-control, and big feelings. Send us an email: parenting@iastate.edu. | |||
| Tackling Tough Behaviors: What is Self-Regulation? | S.15 Ep.4 | 26 Sep 2024 | 00:49:50 | |
Lies, tantrums, and bad attitudes, oh my! When kids have challenging behaviors, it might be that they need help learning to regulate. In this episode our cohosts dive into the topic of regulation and discuss a crucial strategy for helping our children regulate themselves. Send us an email: parenting@iastate.edu. | |||
| Tackling Tough Behaviors: Emotions | S.15 Ep.3 | 19 Sep 2024 | 00:35:52 | |
As our cohosts discuss the emotional process and its profound impact on guidance and discipline, take some time to reflect on the good, the bad, and the ugly sides of emotions in parenting. Send us an email: parenting@iastate.edu. | |||
| Tackling Tough Behaviors: Unspoken Aspects of Discipline | S.15 Ep.2 | 12 Sep 2024 | 00:44:18 | |
What guides your discipline decisions? Join our cohosts in this episode to uncover the subtle influences on our discipline choices that often go unrecognized. Send us an email: parenting@iastate.edu. | |||
| Tackling Tough Behaviors: The Great Guidance and Discipline Debate | S.15 Ep. 1 | 05 Sep 2024 | 00:42:49 | |
Discipline takes center stage in this re-released episode. Gain insights into how discipline is defined, explore different types, and discover a straightforward flip to enhance your child's ability to meet your expectations more often. Send us an email: parenting@iastate.edu. | |||
| Taking Care of YOU the Parent: How to Repair | S.14 Ep.7 | 18 Jul 2024 | 00:37:28 | |
When family stress is high, patience can run low. As we wrap up this season revisiting episodes focusing on taking care of YOU, join our cohosts as they discuss the essential steps of reconnecting and repairing with our children after we’ve lost our cool. Send us an email: parenting@iastate.edu. | |||
| Taking Care of YOU the Parent: How to Find Balance | S.14 Ep.6 | 11 Jul 2024 | 00:29:26 | |
Join our cohosts in this episode to discover strategies for learning how to find the right household balance for your family. Send us an email: parenting@iastate.edu. | |||
| Taking Care of YOU the Parent: Accentuate the Positive | S.14 Ep.5 | 04 Jul 2024 | 00:28:56 | |
Do you know your strengths as a parent? Discover your parenting strengths, then learn how to make a plan for utilizing them in this episode. Send us an email: parenting@iastate.edu. | |||
| Taking Care of YOU the Parent: Getting After Stress | S.14 Ep.4 | 27 Jun 2024 | 00:34:48 | |
Flip the switch on stress by learning how to gain resiliency. In this episode, explore ways to pull stress apart—it might be as easy as switching to paper plates! Send us an email: parenting@iastate.edu. | |||
| Taking Care of YOU the Parent: Being Both a Parent and a Person | S.14 Ep.3 | 20 Jun 2024 | 00:41:22 | |
It’s crucial to take care of yourself as a parent AND as a person. Join our cohosts in this episode to hear about different ways we can practice self-care. Send us an email: parenting@iastate.edu. | |||
| Taking Care of YOU the Parent: React vs Respond | S.14 Ep.2 | 13 Jun 2024 | 00:34:53 | |
In challenging moments, do you react with your gut or respond with intention? Rediscover strategies to slow down and respond thoughtfully to your children in this re-released episode. Send us an email: parenting@iastate.edu. | |||
| Taking Care of YOU the Parent: Parent Self-Talk | S.14 Ep.1 | 06 Jun 2024 | 00:38:36 | |
Join us for this season of re-releases to embark on an adventure into the research on effective parenting in our current reality and the model we can use to drive us there. Don’t forget to bring along your parenting toolbox and collect strategies along the way for managing stress and taking care of yourself! Send us an email: parenting@iastate.edu. | |||
| Parenting Foundations: Temperament - The Big A-Ha | S.13 Ep.9 | 18 Apr 2024 | 00:36:08 | |
As we wrap up this season revisiting our foundational parenting episodes, join the cohosts as they summarize the temperament season and share their a-ha moments along the way. Remember, every child is different, and there is no one-size-fits-all approach to parenting. By understanding your child’s temperament, you can tailor your parenting style to meet their needs and help them thrive. Send us an email: parenting@iastate.edu. | |||
| Parenting Foundations: The Spirited Temperament ft. Mary Sheedy Kurcinka | S.13 Ep.8 | 11 Apr 2024 | 01:06:01 | |
In this episode, author and expert Dr. Mary Sheedy Kurcinka joined the Science of Parenting team to share her best tips for parenting spirited and feisty kids and learning to love their energy! Send us an email: parenting@iastate.edu. | |||
| Parenting Foundations: Flexible Temperament | S.13 Ep.7 | 04 Apr 2024 | 00:44:53 | |
Check out this episode that focuses on ‘chameleon’ children with flexible temperaments. Join our cohosts as they discuss how to guide our “easy” kids in expressing and advocating for themselves! Send us an email: parenting@iastate.edu. | |||
| Parenting Foundations: Temperament | S.13 Ep.6 | 28 Mar 2024 | 00:44:56 | |
Listen to this episode to hear about how our children’s temperament might be affecting their actions, and how we can learn to work WITH not against those temperament gifts! Send us an email: parenting@iastate.edu. | |||
| Parenting Foundations: In the Heat of a Meltdown | S.13 Ep.5 | 21 Mar 2024 | 00:45:48 | |
How can we keep it together when everything seems to be falling apart? Re-explore this episode where the co-hosts discuss techniques for when emotions are high to help move our children from meltdown to calm down. Send us an email: parenting@iastate.edu. | |||
| Parenting Foundations: How to Manage Meltdowns | S.13 Ep.4 | 14 Mar 2024 | 00:38:47 | |
Parenting can be tough, especially when it comes to handling emotional meltdowns. Listen to this episode to learn tips and tricks on how to anticipate triggers and prevent parenting stress. You've got this! Send us an email: parenting@iastate.edu. | |||
| Parenting Foundations: Take a Break and Take a Breath | S.13 Ep. 3 | 07 Mar 2024 | 00:39:38 | |
Keeping our cool in emotionally charged moments can be difficult. Revisit this episode about the stop, breathe, talk approach and how you can use it to communicate more effectively with your family. This is a great foundational technique for your parenting toolbox! Send us an email: parenting@iastate.edu. | |||
| Parenting Foundations: It's Not About Being Perfect | S.13 Ep.2 | 29 Feb 2024 | 00:24:11 | |
Parenting is a delicate balancing act, and perfection is not the goal. Join our experts as they dissect the latest research and confront the realities facing today’s families! Send us an email: parenting@iastate.edu. | |||
| Parenting Foundations: All Things Parenting | S.13 Ep.1 | 22 Feb 2024 | 00:25:40 | |
Parenting questions? Our Human Sciences experts have you covered! Our co-hosts have personal and professional experience in all things parenting and have created these resources to help YOU when you need it the most! In this episode, we delve into the foundations of parenting. Send us an email: parenting@iastate.edu. | |||
| Repairing & Rebuilding Relationships with Children | S.12 Ep.5 | 28 Sep 2023 | 00:59:52 | |
Even with our best efforts, we will still sometimes do something that was hurtful to our child. In this season’s finale, our hosts share personal experiences and discuss research on the components of an apology and discuss a specific strategy for repairing parent-child relationships! Send us an email: parenting@iastate.edu. | |||
| Custody, Kinship Care, and Co-Parenting | S.12 Ep.4 | 21 Sep 2023 | 00:53:42 | |
When we share the responsibilities of caring for children with other adults, it comes with opportunities and challenges. Listen in for strategies for resolving conflicts and working together to create a nurturing environment for the kids! Send us an email: parenting@iastate.edu. | |||
| Parenting Amid Threats to Safety | S.12 Ep.3 | 14 Sep 2023 | 00:47:29 | |
Ideally, every family and child would have a safe and consistent home environment. When that’s not the case, parents are often forced to make hard decisions for the wellbeing of their children. Listen to today’s episode where we discuss approaches for protecting kids and a framework that provides hope! Send us an email: parenting@iastate.edu. | |||
| Good Enough Parenting | S.12 Ep.2 | 07 Sep 2023 | 00:58:45 | |
When facing competing demands and difficult situations, sometimes we have to settle for “good enough parenting”. What does it mean to lower the bar, and how do we still meet the needs of our kids when we can’t give 100%? Tune in to today’s episode to find out. Send us an email: parenting@iastate.edu. | |||
| Raising Resilience | S.12 Ep.1 | 31 Aug 2023 | 00:52:24 | |
When life is hard, how can our family cope? What do we prioritize when we have to make tough choices? Listen to our season opener to learn what parents can offer our kids to help turn their adversity into resilience! Send us an email: parenting@iastate.edu. | |||
| Making Cents of Allowance | Bonus | 23 Aug 2023 | 00:33:11 | |
Mackenzie and Suzanne make 'cents' of some of the most-asked allowance questions in this bonus episode. Send us an email: parenting@iastate.edu. | |||