Wonder of Parenting - A Brain-Science Approach to Parenting

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Wouldn’t it be great if your child came with an owner’s manual? A how-to book on how to raise your child? And if your child came with such a manual, wouldn’t it be helpful to have someone walk you through it, making that owner’s manual come alive? Michael Gurian and Tim Wright serve as your guides through what they believe is the owner’s manual for your child: Your child’s brain. While the brain doesn’t tell the whole story, it does offer a treasure trove of insights into your son or daughter. Michael and Tim each have over 30 years of experience using brain science research, best-practices, and their own experiences as dads in helping parents read, understand, and implement the gift of your child’s brain, the built-in how-to manual that will help you enjoy the wonder of parenting.

Episode Date
Best Of: Listener Questions: Parental Social Media Use and the Boy who Reads too Much
Apr 03, 2025
Three Things We Want Our Daughters/Granddaughters to Know
Mar 31, 2025
Best of: Your Child’s Brain and Screen Time
Mar 27, 2025
Educating Boys into Men with Guest Barry Shreiar
Mar 24, 2025
Best of: Neurotoxins, Your Child, and Your Child’s Brain
Mar 20, 2025
Is Pokiness Nature or Something Else?
Mar 17, 2025
Best Of: Protecting Our Sons from Sexual Trauma Part 2
Mar 13, 2025
Crushes, First Loves, and Hormones
Mar 10, 2025
Best of: Protecting Our Sons from Sexual Trauma Part 1
Mar 06, 2025
Play! Featuring Guest Anna Housley Juster
Mar 03, 2025
Best Of: Listener Question: The Lying Teenager
Feb 27, 2025
Keys to Helping Boys Thrive
Feb 24, 2025
Best Of: Listeners Questions: Parents and Kids and Teachers, Oh My
Feb 20, 2025
Do Boys Need Rescuing?
Feb 17, 2025
"Best Of" Listener Question: How to talk about Death and Suicide with Kids
Feb 13, 2025
The Wonder of Parenting Valentine's Special
Feb 10, 2025
"Best Of" Listeners Questions: The New Mom and Nature vs. Nurture
Feb 06, 2025
AI and Your Kids
Feb 03, 2025
"Best Of" Understanding the Effects of Trauma on our Boys and Girls
Jan 30, 2025
Online Sanity or Insanity with Guest Mark Weinstein
Jan 27, 2025
"Best Of" Listener Question: The Overly-Compliant Daughter
Jan 23, 2025
Parenting a Child with ADHD
Jan 20, 2025
"Best Of" Are You Raising A Toxic Son?
Jan 16, 2025
The Overly Nervous Daughter
Jan 13, 2025
"Best Of" Building a Thriving Marriage While Raising Kids
Jan 09, 2025
My 6-Year-Old Son Inappropriately Touches Other Kids
Jan 06, 2025
"Best of" Listener Question: Hyperactivity, ADHD, or Bad Behavior
Jan 02, 2025
How to Build a Happy New Year for Your Family
Dec 30, 2024
"Best Of" Healthy New Year’s Resolutions for Raising Wonder-Filled Kids
Dec 26, 2024
The Wonder of Parenting Holiday Spectacular
Dec 23, 2024
"Best Of" The Holiday Episode: The Power of Traditions
Dec 19, 2024
This is Your Child's Emotional Life on Social Media
Dec 16, 2024
"Best of" Listener Question: Parenting Children with Learning Challenges
Dec 12, 2024
This is Your Child's Brain on Social Media
Dec 09, 2024
Best Of: Listener Question— When Acting Out is a Red Flag
Dec 05, 2024
Soul-Mate Wisdom with Dr. Warren Farrell
Dec 02, 2024
"Best Of" Building Gratitude in Your Kids
Nov 28, 2024
Redefining a Vision for Masculinity with Dr. Warren Farrell
Nov 25, 2024
"Best of" Listener Question-Boys, Rules, and Boundaries
Nov 21, 2024
The Self-Soothing Daughter
Nov 18, 2024
"Best Of" Listener Question— The Mom, the Son, and the Nerf Gun
Nov 14, 2024
Helping Your Kids Discover the Joy of Reading
Nov 11, 2024
"Best of" Listener Question: The Daughter Who Sticks out Her Tongue
Nov 07, 2024
Helping 0-5's Thrive
Nov 04, 2024
"Best of" Listener Question: Reconciling with Kids
Oct 31, 2024
Teaching Your Kids to Train Their Amygdala
Oct 28, 2024
"Best of" Listener Question: Breaking the Cycle of Anxiety
Oct 24, 2024
Educating Our Kids About Guns
Oct 21, 2024
"Best Of" Listener Question—School Meltdowns
Oct 17, 2024
To Share or Not to Share
Oct 14, 2024
"Best of" Listeners Questions - Boundaries and Inner Strength
Oct 10, 2024
Can a Girl be Too Angry
Oct 07, 2024
"Best of" Listener Question: Discipline and Spanking
Oct 03, 2024
Can a Boy be Too Angry?
Sep 30, 2024
"Best Of" Listener Question: The Overly-Compliant Daughter
Sep 26, 2024
Pansexuals and Therians
Sep 23, 2024
"Best Of" Listener Question: Boy-Girl Friendships
Sep 19, 2024
Is it Okay to Tell My Daughter it's Okay?
Sep 16, 2024
"Best Of" Listener Question: Potty Training
Sep 12, 2024
The Boy Who Struggles with Shame
Sep 09, 2024
"Best of" Listener Question: The Defiant, Impulsive Son
Sep 05, 2024
Learning Challenges for Boys and Girls
Sep 02, 2024
"Best Of" A How To Manual For Screen Time and Your Kids
Aug 29, 2024
The Learning Differences Between Boys and Girls
Aug 26, 2024
"Best Of" Listener Question—My Daughter Was Touched Inappropriately
Aug 22, 2024
A Girl-Brain Primer
Aug 19, 2024
"Best of" Listener Question: How Do I Talk to My Kids About Substance Abuse
Aug 15, 2024
A Boy-Brain Primer
Aug 12, 2024
"Best of" Nurturing Generosity in Your Kids
Aug 08, 2024
Your Child and School Absenteeism
Aug 05, 2024
"Best Of" Santa and Other Imaginary Friends
Aug 01, 2024
Helping Our Kids Navigate the News
Jul 29, 2024
"Best Of" Depression and Your Child
Jul 25, 2024
The Science of Nurturing the Nature of Your Child
Jul 22, 2024
"Best of" Raising Kids When a Marriage Ends
Jul 18, 2024
Observing the Nature of Your Child
Jul 15, 2024
"Best of"-Listener Question— Grandparents
Jul 11, 2024
The Myths of Social Parenting Trends
Jul 08, 2024
"Best of"-Body Knowledge: How to Read Your Children
Jul 04, 2024
The Sleep Deprived Parent
Jul 01, 2024
"Best of"- Girls and Peer Pressure
Jun 27, 2024
The Picky Eater
Jun 24, 2024
"Best Of" -Anxiety and Your Child
Jun 20, 2024
My Kids Hate Each Other
Jun 17, 2024
"Best Of" - Traditional Masculinity Meets Biological Masculinity
Jun 13, 2024
The 2024 Father's Day Special
Jun 10, 2024
"Best Of" - Parent Guilt
Jun 06, 2024
Dealing with Love, Loss, and Addiction
Jun 03, 2024
"Best Of" - Listener Question: The Lying Teenager
May 30, 2024
Boys, Reading, and the Literacy Group
May 27, 2024
"Best Of" - Listener Question: Sleep!
May 23, 2024
The Autistic Child
May 20, 2024
"Best Of" - Listener Question: How to Help My Parents Better Understand their Grandchildren
May 16, 2024
Mother's Day 2024 Special
May 13, 2024
"Best Of" - Listener Question: Separation Anxiety
May 09, 2024
The Gifted Child
May 06, 2024
"Best Of" - Listener Question: Sibling Rivalries or Sibling Friendships
May 02, 2024
Protecting the Emotional Life of Our Daughters
Apr 29, 2024
"Best Of" - Listener Question: The Sensitive Son
Apr 25, 2024
Climate Change and our Kids with CNN's Bill Weir
Apr 22, 2024
"Best Of" - Why is the Y so Vulnerable?
Apr 18, 2024
A Rescue Plan for Boys-Part 2
Apr 15, 2024
"Best Of" - Listener Question: The Closed Off Child
Apr 11, 2024
A Rescue Plan for Boys-Part 1
Apr 08, 2024
"Best Of" - Moms and Dads Parent Differently Part 4: To Tease or Not To Tease
Apr 04, 2024
My 12-Year-Old-Son Wants to Come Out as Gay
Apr 01, 2024
"Best Of" - Moms and Dads Parent Differently Part 3: Tough and Tender
Mar 28, 2024
Help! My Son is Tripping on the Rules!
Mar 25, 2024
"Best Of" - Moms and Dads Parent Differently Part 2: Protect or Risk
Mar 21, 2024
Help! My Daughter is a Perfectionist!
Mar 18, 2024
"Best Of" - Moms and Dads Parent Differently Part 1: Words and Play
Mar 14, 2024
How to Raise A Healthy Gamer?
Mar 11, 2024
"Best Of" - Reclaiming the Power of Family Dinners
Mar 07, 2024
How Do I Know When Therapy Might be Good for My Child?
Mar 04, 2024
"Best Of" - My Son Hates Me!
Feb 29, 2024
How Do I Choose the Best School for My Child?
Feb 26, 2024
"Best Of" - Girl Drama
Feb 22, 2024
How Do I Handle My Child's Meltdowns?
Feb 19, 2024
"Best Of" Listener Question— The son with the scary thoughts
Feb 15, 2024
How Do I Get Our 6-Year-Old Daughter to Stop Sleeping with Us?
Feb 12, 2024
"Best Of" Listener Question— To helicopter parent or not to helicopter parent
Feb 08, 2024
What Your Son Needs to Know about Girls: Getting Him Ready for Dating
Feb 05, 2024
"Best Of" Listener Question: Cotton Ballers and Free Range Play
Feb 01, 2024
What Your Daughter Needs to Know About Boys: Getting Her Ready for Dating
Jan 29, 2024
"Best Of" Listener Question: The Prek Child With Big Emotions
Jan 25, 2024
Boys and Puberty
Jan 22, 2024
Girls and Puberty
Jan 15, 2024
Boys and the Learning Challenge
Jan 08, 2024
Why is Food So Hard?
Jan 01, 2024
The Wonder of Parenting Holiday Extravaganza
Dec 25, 2023
Children and Pets
Dec 18, 2023
Holidays, Consumerism, and your Kids
Dec 11, 2023
The Crying Athlete
Dec 04, 2023
Overly Long School Days, Bus Rides, and Homework
Nov 27, 2023
Pornography Part 2
Nov 20, 2023
Helping Kids Process World Tragedies
Nov 13, 2023
A WISE vision for our kids
Nov 06, 2023
The Lonely Six-Year-Old Daughter
Oct 30, 2023
Single Sex School and Public Schools
Oct 23, 2023
The Overly Emotional Five-Year-Old
Oct 16, 2023
The Unfocused Son
Oct 12, 2023
Children and Trauma
Oct 02, 2023
The Over-Attached Three Year Old
Sep 25, 2023
The Older Brother Who Won't Share
Sep 18, 2023
How Women Can Help Boys Thrive
Sep 11, 2023
Unlocking Imagination in our Kids
Sep 04, 2023
The Barbie Movie, Girls and Boys
Aug 28, 2023
When Kids Question Their Parents Beliefs
Aug 21, 2023
Boys, Hair Bows, and Dresses
Aug 14, 2023
Five Year Anniversary: Raising Great Guys with guest Jennifer Fink
Aug 07, 2023
When It All Goes Wrong
Jul 31, 2023
Helping Parents Thrive
Jul 24, 2023
How to be a Perfect Parent
Jul 17, 2023
Eating Disorders and Our Daughters
Jul 10, 2023
School Avoidance
Jul 03, 2023
The Boys Who Undress Dolls
Jun 26, 2023
Talking With Our Kids About Racism
Jun 19, 2023
Father's Day Special with Guest Andy Holloway
Jun 12, 2023
What To Do With My Tweens on Summer Break?
Jun 05, 2023
Suicide
May 29, 2023
Talking with Our Kids about Antisemitism
May 22, 2023
The Boy Who Hits
May 15, 2023
Mother's Day with Guest Sara Olsher
May 08, 2023
First Love
May 01, 2023
Sounding the Alarm on Teen Mental Health
Apr 24, 2023
Best Learning Styles for Boys and Girls
Apr 17, 2023
The Post-Pandemic Learning Gap with Special Guest Maxwell Roach
Apr 10, 2023
Pressuring My Kindergarten Son To Read
Apr 03, 2023
Navigating Bad Dreams
Mar 27, 2023
Protecting Our Child From Our Friend's Daughter
Mar 20, 2023
Smells Like Teen Spirit with special guest Elizabeth Bennett
Mar 13, 2023
The Need to be First
Mar 06, 2023
Building Independence
Feb 27, 2023
Building Self Esteem In Your Teenage Daughter
Feb 20, 2023
Taking the "Temperature" of Your Child
Feb 13, 2023
Messenger App and Your Child
Feb 06, 2023
Parents Ask The Toughest Questions
Jan 30, 2023
Sports!
Jan 23, 2023
Power Struggles.
Jan 16, 2023
Managing the After School Hours
Jan 09, 2023
Fathers! With special guest Chris Brown.
Jan 02, 2023
Why Do Boys Use Insults And Putdowns?
Dec 26, 2022
Kids Ask The Darndest Questions
Dec 19, 2022
The Three-Year-Old with ADHD
Dec 12, 2022
The Son who Lies
Dec 05, 2022
A Mom at her Wits End
Nov 28, 2022
A Child's First Phone with Guest Catherine Pearlman
Nov 21, 2022
The Glass-Half-Empty Child
Nov 14, 2022
Teaching Children Financial Responsibility
Nov 07, 2022
Children and Trauma
Oct 31, 2022
Navigating Through Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
Oct 24, 2022
How Do I Best Motivate My Child?
Oct 17, 2022
Helping Kids Deal with the Illness of a Loved One.
Oct 10, 2022
Moving our Kids Beyond Fear
Oct 03, 2022
To Push or Not to Push
Sep 26, 2022
The Boy's Crisis Part 2
Sep 19, 2022
The Boys Crisis with Guest Warren Farrell
Sep 12, 2022
Handling Teen Girl Conflict
Sep 05, 2022
Do Parents Really Matter?
Aug 29, 2022
Reading With Your Kids
Aug 22, 2022
4 Year Anniversary: Labels
Aug 15, 2022
Helping Our Kids Navigate Transitions
Aug 08, 2022
How Do I Let Go of My Children?
Aug 01, 2022
Mental Health and Our Sons
Jul 25, 2022
The Power of Coming of Age Stories
Jul 18, 2022
The Art of Talking with Your Children
Jul 11, 2022
The 15 Year Old Boy and His Toxic Relationship.
Jul 04, 2022
Males and Stifling Emotions
Jun 27, 2022
Our Kids and Their Hormones
Jun 20, 2022
Father Stories
Jun 13, 2022
A Teacher Talks To Parents
Jun 06, 2022
Early Childhood Expectations
May 30, 2022
The Sassy Daughter
May 23, 2022
The Nutrure of Resilience
May 16, 2022
The Nature of Resilience
May 09, 2022
Building Emotional Capital Into Our Kids.
May 02, 2022
Boys, Peeing, and Showers.
Apr 25, 2022
Balancing the Working Parent Act.
Apr 18, 2022
Retaliation
Apr 11, 2022
The Distanced Son.
Apr 04, 2022
Boys and Race.
Mar 28, 2022
Trying to be a Good Dad After a Divorce
Mar 21, 2022
Sibling nudity and boundaries.
Mar 14, 2022
Power Struggles
Mar 07, 2022
Raising an Adopted Child
Feb 28, 2022
Porn, Kids, and Screens
Feb 21, 2022
Screen Time And What Kids Really Need
Feb 14, 2022
Combating Negative Peer Pressure
Feb 07, 2022
Helping Our Kids Find Their Islands of Competence.
Jan 31, 2022
Moms and Dads parent differently
Jan 24, 2022
Guns, school, and our kids
Jan 17, 2022
How to be a Dad to a Teenage Daughter
Jan 10, 2022
Thumb sucking
Jan 03, 2022
How to Be A Mom to a Teenage Son.
Dec 27, 2021
Sports Parents
Dec 20, 2021
Sports and Aggression.
Dec 13, 2021
What’s on Gurian’s Mind Lately?
Dec 06, 2021
School, Discipline, and Behavior.
Nov 29, 2021
The Needy Son
Nov 22, 2021
No One Loves Me!
Nov 15, 2021
The Boy Who Lacks Empathy.
Nov 08, 2021
The Trouble with Chores
Nov 01, 2021
The Gifts Every Boy Needs to Grow into a Good Man.
Oct 25, 2021
Other Kids’ Parents
Oct 18, 2021
Pronouns, Breast-Binding, Science, and Politics.
Oct 11, 2021
The Son with the Annoying Behavior.
Oct 04, 2021
What to do When Kids Feel Three is a Crowd.
Sep 27, 2021
Phobias and Other Scary Things.
Sep 20, 2021
The Daughter Who Went Behind Her Parents Back
Sep 13, 2021
Preparing My Child for Healthy Relationships
Sep 06, 2021
The Daughter Who Invaded Our Privacy.
Aug 30, 2021
Back to School Special
Aug 23, 2021
Where Did that Mouth Come From?
Aug 16, 2021
Teenagers!
Aug 09, 2021
Does Violent Play Lead to Violent Children?
Aug 02, 2021
Food on the Brain
Jul 26, 2021
The Boy Who Cried Wolf.
Jul 19, 2021
Testosterone, Toddlers, and Tantrums.
Jul 12, 2021
Summer, Kids, Learning, and Routines.
Jul 05, 2021
My Kids Have a New Sibling on the Way
Jun 28, 2021
Restoring My Son’s Self-Esteem
Jun 21, 2021
How Do I Tell My Daughter About Her Birth Father?
Jun 14, 2021
Should I Have My Child Repeat 5th Grade
Jun 07, 2021
My Child is Having Nightmares
May 31, 2021
Should I be Bathing with My Kids?
May 24, 2021
Boys, Girls, and Male Violence
May 17, 2021
Boys, Bows, Painted Toenails, and Dresses
May 10, 2021
How to Blend a Blended Family
May 03, 2021
Circumcision
Apr 26, 2021
Single Parenting in a Challenging Cultural Context
Apr 19, 2021
What do I do about Grandpa?
Apr 12, 2021
The Boys Who Takes Pictures of Butts
Apr 05, 2021
What Should I Teach My Boys About How to Treat Girls?
Mar 29, 2021
To Move or Not to Move
Mar 22, 2021
Listener Question—The Time-Anxious Son
Mar 15, 2021
Listener Question—Should I Expect My Kids to Sit Through Family Meals?
Mar 08, 2021
Listener Question—Should My Son Hit Back?
Mar 01, 2021
Listener Question—The Exhausted Mom
Feb 22, 2021
Listener Question—Free Range Childhood
Feb 15, 2021
Listener Question—To Win or Not to Win
Feb 08, 2021
Helping Children Process National Trauma
Feb 01, 2021
Listener Question—The Isolated Boy
Jan 25, 2021
Listener Question—My Sisters Parenting Style is Nuts!
Jan 18, 2021
Listener Question—Screens, naps, and bedtime
Jan 11, 2021
Listener Question—Genitalia Fascination
Jan 04, 2021
Listener Question—The Shadow Boy
Dec 28, 2020
Listener Question-Gender Dysphoria
Dec 21, 2020
Listener Question: Calming Strategies for Students
Dec 14, 2020
Listener Question—My Son Attempted Suicide
Dec 07, 2020
Listener Question—Should I Intervene When My Teenage Boys Get Into It?
Nov 30, 2020
Girls and STEM
Nov 23, 2020
Listener Question—Body Image and the 10 Year Old
Nov 16, 2020
Helping Girls Thrive
Nov 09, 2020
Listener Question: Is This What Puberty Looks Like?
Nov 02, 2020
Is Today’s Classroom a Therapy Session
Oct 26, 2020
Listener Question: The Gifted Boy
Oct 19, 2020
Listener Question: School in a Covid World
Oct 12, 2020
Listener Question: Boys, The Media, and Crickets
Oct 05, 2020
Listener Question: The Vaping Son
Sep 28, 2020
Listener Question: My Son is “Locked Down” in Video Games
Sep 21, 2020
Listener Question: How Can I Get My Husband to help with the Kids?
Sep 14, 2020
Listener Question: How Do I Talk about Death and Dying to my Kids?
Sep 07, 2020
Listener Question—To Preschool or Not to Preschool
Aug 31, 2020
Listener Question—The Sleepwalking Daughter
Aug 24, 2020
2nd Anniversary Gurian on the Hot Seat
Aug 17, 2020
Listener Question—The Pessimistic Child
Aug 10, 2020
Listener’s Questions—Boys and Hitting
Aug 03, 2020
Listener Question—The Boy with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
Jul 20, 2020
Listener Question—How do I Get My Son’s Attention
Jul 13, 2020
Racism and Your Child
Jul 06, 2020
Listener Question: When Daddy Comes Home From Deployment
Jun 15, 2020
Education, Your Child, and the New Normal
May 25, 2020
Listener Question: My Niece is a Handful
May 18, 2020
Special: How to Keep Your Kids Brains Engaged while Sheltered in Home
Apr 27, 2020
Special: How to Keep Parents Sane while Sheltered in Home
Apr 20, 2020
Listener Question: What Do I Tell My Son about His Dad?
Apr 06, 2020
Special Edition: Talking to Your Kids About the Coronavirus
Mar 18, 2020
Helping Boys Thrive
Feb 24, 2020
Listener Question: My Brain Made Me Do It!
Feb 17, 2020
Listener Question: The Best School for Boys
Jan 27, 2020
Listener Question: Boy, Girls, and Pornography
Jan 13, 2020
Listeners Questions: The Three Year Old Wrecking Ball and the “Color Blind” Grandson
Dec 30, 2019
Listener Questions: Empowering a Daughter and The Independent Preschooler
Nov 18, 2019
Listener Questions: The Teen who Won’t Study and Language Immersion
Nov 04, 2019
Listener Questions: Stapled fingers and rough with animals
Sep 30, 2019
Listener Question: The Smart but Challenging Four Year Old
Sep 16, 2019
Listener Question: The Disposable Boy
Aug 12, 2019
Listener Question: The Child Who Talks Too Much
Jul 15, 2019
Father’s Day Special
Jun 10, 2019
Mother’s Day Edition
May 06, 2019
Boys, Boy Behavior, and Preschool
Feb 25, 2019
Strategies for Navigating our Kids through the #MeToo World
Feb 11, 2019
Boys, Girls, and Sex in a #MeToo World
Feb 04, 2019
Empowering Daughters in a #MeToo World
Jan 28, 2019
Helping Boys Thrive in a #MeToo World
Jan 21, 2019
Listener Question: Toddlers and Tantrums
Jan 14, 2019
Raising Kids in a Gender-Fluid World
Dec 10, 2018
Listener Question: Gross Boy Behavior?
Dec 03, 2018
Raising Boys in a Kryptonite World, Part 2: Boys and their Emotions
Nov 26, 2018
Raising HEROIC Boys in a Kryptonite World—Part 1
Nov 19, 2018
Video Games and Your Child’s Brain
Nov 12, 2018
What Are Boys Made Of?  
Sep 14, 2018
What Are Girls Made Of?
Sep 14, 2018
Help: I'm a Parent
Sep 14, 2018