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Best of Pandemic Parenting: Looking Back & Moving Forward
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Best of Pandemic Parenting: Looking Back & Moving Forward

In our final episode of the Pandemic Parenting Podcast, Dr. Amanda Zelechoski and Dr. Lindsay Malloy revisit some of the best advice, stories, and research findings our guest experts have shared over the past two years.

While these “best moments” are from conversations centered around the pandemic experience, these insights will be ones we carry with us as we enter new challenges in parenting our children through every stage of their lives.

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Positive Psychology: Recognizing Growth from Difficult Experiences
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Positive Psychology: Recognizing Growth from Difficult Experiences

What is positive psychology? How can it help us? And, more specifically, how can we hold both the negative and positive experiences of the pandemic together in the stories we tell ourselves. Dr. Lindsay Malloy joins Dr. Amanda Zelechoski to discuss specific positive psychology coping strategies and the ways they each have experienced growth in themselves and their families since 2020.

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Parenting Teens Through a Pandemic
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Parenting Teens Through a Pandemic

In this episode, Dr. Amanda Zelechoski takes a look at some of the latest research findings on teenagers during the pandemic, and talks with Dr. Crystal Burwell, a licensed psychotherapist, and several parents of teens. Together, they discuss: How has parenting teens changed in the last few years? How have parent and teen relationships been impacted by the pandemic? And how can we support our teenagers’ mental health and recognize the toll the pandemic years have had on our kids?

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Struggles and Strengths: Honoring Pandemic Motherhood
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Struggles and Strengths: Honoring Pandemic Motherhood

Dr. Amanda Zelechoski talks with Dr. Heather Prime and Dr. Nicole Racine about their research findings, including the mental health impact of the pandemic on mothers specifically, some barriers single parents and co-parents face, and what all this means for the family unit as a whole.

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Parenting Perspectives: Parenting with a Disability
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Parenting Perspectives: Parenting with a Disability

This episode is the second in a two-part series examining the intersection between parenting and disability. Dr. Amanda Zelechoski and our producer Carmen Vincent talk with Rich, a dad reflecting on his experience with depression and Jason, a father who uses a wheelchair after a spinal cord injury. You’ll also hear from Dr. Lindsay Malloy who shares her experience parenting with a chronic illness.

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Supporting LGBTQ+ Parents & Youth
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Supporting LGBTQ+ Parents & Youth

Dr. David Langer and Dr. Marissa Peifer join us to share their expertise as psychologists working with LGBTQ+ youth and their own experiences as LGBTQ+ parents during the pandemic. From how to talk with your child about gender and sexuality to advice for advocating for yourself as an LGBTQ+ parent, our guest experts remind us of the power of community, support, and curiosity.

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Fathers from Diverse Communities: Q & A with Dr. Earl Turner
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Fathers from Diverse Communities: Q & A with Dr. Earl Turner

Our guest expert, Dr. Erlanger Turner, speaks to some of the emerging research about fathers in the pandemic and answers questions from several of our listeners who identify as fathers from diverse communities.

Dr. Turner is a licensed psychologist and an assistant professor of psychology at Pepperdine University. His research focuses on mental health among racial and ethnic communities, access to behavioral health services, cultural competency, and the impact of race-based stress.

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Talking with Kids About Past Events with Dr. Angela Evans & Dr. Zoe Klemfuss
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Talking with Kids About Past Events with Dr. Angela Evans & Dr. Zoe Klemfuss

How we talk with children about past events matters. Whether the event was negative, emotional, or even mundane, how we approach these conversations influences the way children process and remember the event.

Dr. Angela Evans and Dr. Zoe Klemfuss joined Dr. Lindsay Malloy to dig into the “why” and the “how.” Why is it important to talk with kids about the past? And how do we have these conversations?

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