That's Good Parenting: Expert Tips to Reduce Parenting Stress

By Dori Durbin

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Parenting stress, child development, confident kids, and strong family relationships all start with effective parent-child communication, emotional support, and practical tools to treduce overwhelm, anxiety, and frustration.


“That’s Good Parenting” is your trusted family resource for simple, expert-backed strategies that help busy parents navigate the challenges of raising resilient, happy children while building deeper connection and harmony at home. Whether you’re dealing with exhaustion, guilt, or feeling stuck, you’ll find guidance from family experts, proven methods for fostering growth and resiliency, and actionable steps to create more “good parent” moments so you can confidently guide your kids and nurture a thriving family environment.


Join host Dori Durbin - children's book illustrator, book coach, ghostwriter, former high school teacher, and happily married Christian mom of two young adults- as she searches alongside you to find practical parenting tools and guidance that create confident and resilient kids without losing yourself in the process. 


Through expert interviews with hundreds of family professionals, authors, and experienced parents, Dori delivers fast and effective parenting solutions tailored to your particular family challenges.

Every Tuesday, you'll discover simple steps, tools, and resources from trusted family experts who have your family's best interests at heart. Whether you're dealing with parenting stress, seeking better communication with your children, or wanting support for your child's growth and development, these interviews provide the practical help and guidance busy parents need.

We discuss tools and strategies to help with: 

PARENTING STRESS & OVERWHELM


How can I reduce parenting stress and overwhelm while raising happy kids?


What parenting tools can help me manage frustration and anxiety?


What are simple steps to feel less exhausted and more confident as a parent?



PARENT-CHILD COMMUNICATION & CONNECTION

How can I improve parent-child communication at home?


How can I strengthen my family relationships and emotional connection?



RAISING CONFIDENT & RESILIENT KIDS

How do I help my children develop both confidence and resiliency?

How do I support my kids’ growth and well-being every day?



CHILD DEVELOPMENT & EXPERT PARENTING ADVISE


Is this normal for my child’s age? When should I get additional help?


What child development tips do family experts recommend for busy parents?


Join the thousands of parents who are transforming their family experience with expert guidance, practical tools, and the encouragement to end each day cheering: "Now, That's Good Parenting!"

Subscribe to "That's Good Parenting" and discover the simple steps, expert guidance, and practical resources that will help you create confident, resilient kids while reducing your parenting stress and rediscovering the joy in your parenting journey.




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Episode Date
The Big 6: Healthy Daily Habits to Help Anxious Teens Thrive with Becky Funk, EP 132
Dec 09, 2025
The Worry Garden: Helping Kids Overcome Fear of New Foods and Build Mealtime Confidence with Lum Frundi, EP 131
Nov 17, 2025
Helping Kids Handle Big Frustrations: Inside Sammy’s Super Stretchy Shoelaces with Parent Coach Mindy Green, EP 130
Nov 17, 2025
Before You Get That Pet: What Parents Should Know First with Amy Castro, Pet Parent Hotline EP 129
Oct 20, 2025
Is Your Teen’s “Attitude” Actually Anxiety? How to Build Calm & Confidence with Becky Funk, EP 128
Oct 13, 2025
Three Books for Courageous, Resilient, and Confident Kids with Dori Durbin EP 127
Sep 29, 2025
Brave & Daring Parenting: Tiny Habits that Build Big Courage with Jonathan Fanning EP 126
Sep 22, 2025
Turning Car Rides Into Confidence-Building Conversations with Eric Stevenson, EP 125
Sep 09, 2025
Why Stories Last a Lifetime: The Power of Picture Books for Parent-Child Connection With Dori Durbin EP 124
Aug 26, 2025
The 42-Minute Hour: How Busy Parents Can Reclaim Lost Time and Reduce Daily Stress with Michelle Oucharek-Deo, EP 123
Aug 12, 2025
How Every Parent Can Write a Book (And Get Your Kids Get Into College, too) with Mila Johansen, EP 122
Aug 04, 2025
How to Build Your Teen Daughter's Confidence Before (and in) College with Suzanne Hanna, EP 121
Jul 08, 2025
Beyond Sleep: Creating Safety, Connection, and Rest for Sleepless Kids with Ahna de Vena EP 120
Apr 29, 2025
Cuddle Chemistry: How Baby Wearing Creates Unbreakable Bonds & Brilliant Brains with Azja Pryor E119
Apr 21, 2025
Get Neuroscience-Backed Strategies to Curb Your Kids' Big Emotions with Ginny Ellsworth, EP 118
Mar 24, 2025
Growth Mindset for Young Athletes: Helping Kids Thrive in Sports with Eric Stevenson, P2 EP117
Mar 10, 2025
Growth Mindset for Young Athletes: Helping Kids Thrive in Sports with Eric Stevenson, PT1 EP116
Mar 03, 2025
No More "How Was Your Day?": Transforming Family Connections with Your Disruptive Coach Nikisha King EP115
Feb 04, 2025
5 Proven Ways to Strengthen Your Mother-Daughter Bond with Nellie Harden, EP114
Jan 20, 2025
How You Can Support Anxious Teens: Practical Strategies for Overcoming Anxiety with Monica Crnogorac EP113
Jan 06, 2025
Is It Picky Eating or PFD? Expert Advice for Concerned Parents with Jaclyn Pederson EP112
Dec 16, 2024
How Teen Moms Can Overcome Challenges & Build Powerful Futures with Lisa Steven EP111
Dec 09, 2024
How You Can Still Thrive While Parenting Solo with Dr. Gila, Ep 110
Nov 18, 2024
How to Play Without Guilt & Connect Deeper with Your Kids with Jill Lerman EP 109
Nov 13, 2024
How You Can Use Video Games to Build Stronger Family Bonds, with Velma Gentzsch EP108
Nov 11, 2024
Help Your Teens Find Food Freedom with Melissa Rohlfs EP107
Oct 30, 2024
How You Can Stop Fixing & Start Helping Your Anxious Teens with Keri Cooper Ep 106
Oct 29, 2024
You Can Close the Reading Gap: Effective Strategies for Parents and Educators with Linda Rumpf EP 105
Oct 16, 2024
How You Can Grow Joy and Resilience for Yourself and Your Kids with Autumn Carter EP 104
Oct 14, 2024
You Can Rewrite Your Family Story: Challenging the Limits of Generational Trauma with Marina O'Connor EP 103
Oct 01, 2024
How You Can Joyfully Parent Neurodivergent Children with Mitra Cummins E102
Sep 16, 2024
How You Can Yell Less and C.A.R.E. More with Claire Cetti
Sep 02, 2024
How to Raise Safety-Savvy Kids in a Complex World with Carrie Conrad 100
Aug 19, 2024
Beyond Gummies: What Parents Need to Know with Dr. Gina Nick 099
Jul 29, 2024
How Parents Can Overcome Conflicts and Effectively Co-Parent with JP Marsh 098
Jul 15, 2024
How to Navigating Girl Drama & Empower Girls with Sheri Gazitt 097
Jul 01, 2024
The Good, Bad, and the Finish: Raising the Next Generation of Marathoners with Tom & Olivia Durbin 096
Jun 17, 2024
How to Guide, Not Push: Raising Kids to Discover Their Own Careers with Karen Summerville
Jun 03, 2024
Get Your Kids Ready for Middle School: Principal's Top Summer Advice with Tom Durbin 094
May 20, 2024
How You Can Solve Parent-Child Conflicts with the DISC Personality System and Mindy Green 093
May 06, 2024
The Science Behind Dogs' Thoughts, Actions, and Why Your Family Needs a Dog with Jason Zackowski 092
Apr 29, 2024
How Prep Expert's SAT and ACT Prep Courses Can Help Unlock College Scholarships with Dr. Shaan Patel, EP 91
Apr 22, 2024
90 How to Communicate with Your Kids in Their Grief Storms with Annette Athy
Apr 15, 2024
089 How to Start New Routines, Improve Wellbeing, and Revamp Your Family's Health with Dr. Lum Frundi
Apr 08, 2024
088 How Confident Public Speaking Is Crucial in Your Kid’s Future with Anna Scoby
Apr 01, 2024
087 How You Can Have Honest Conversations with Your Teen Right Now with Laura Reagan
Mar 25, 2024
086 How You Can Be a Money-Making Stay-at-Home Mom with Katy Rothschild
Mar 18, 2024
085 How Parents Can Be C.A.L.M., Stop Yelling, and Start Communicating with Their Kids with Sapna Radhakrishnan
Mar 11, 2024
084 How Parents Can Prevent Kids' Athletic Burnout with Eric Stevenson
Mar 04, 2024
083 One-Word Answers? How to Restore Talking with Your Teen with Janet Krebs
Feb 26, 2024
082 How to Heal Your Trauma Before It Affects Your Kids with Occam Wood
Feb 19, 2024
081 How Expert Advice Inspired "That's Good Parenting" with Dori Durbin
Feb 12, 2024
080 Meaningful Ways to Help Your Kids Cherish Time With Aging Relatives with Jill Pietroburgo
Feb 05, 2024
079 How to Transform Yourself From 'Burned Out Mom' to 'Joyful Mom' with Angela Dube
Jan 29, 2024
078 The Choking Game: A Mother's Warning Every Parent Needs to Hear with Dana Ziemiak
Jan 17, 2024
077 How to be the Super Sports Fan Parent that Your Kids Love to Talk to with Eric Stevenson
Jan 11, 2024
076 How Can I Use PR to Level Up My Parenting Skills? Tips for Communication, Resilience and More with Marjie Hadad
Jan 04, 2024
075 Can I Still Pursue My Goals With Kids at Home? with Kesley Smith
Dec 21, 2023
074 How You Can Understand Anxiety in Teens: Top Causes and Actionable Coping Techniques from Mental Health Counselor Stacie Boyar
Dec 19, 2023
073 How Do We Raise Brave Kids Who Can Take Risks? Tips from Children's Author Bradley Poore
Dec 14, 2023
072 How Can Parents Inspire Their Kids Musically Without Pushing Their Own Expectations with Carolyn Sloan
Dec 11, 2023
071 How Do We Help Our Kids Have Meaningful Friendships Across All Abilities with Lindsey Larsen
Dec 08, 2023
070 Are You Ready for Adoption? Exploring Honest Truths and Transformational Insights with Angie Grandt
Dec 04, 2023
069 How Do Moms (and Dads!) Overcome Anxiety and Find Calm Confidence? with Carli Saber
Nov 30, 2023
068 What's the Difference Between Neurodiversity vs Neurodivergence? Could My Kids Have It? with Amanda Riley
Nov 20, 2023
067 I Never Thought I Could Write a Book: How Parents Can Beat Imposter Syndrome with Eleanor Baggaley
Nov 16, 2023
066 How You Can Get Your Child to Sleep Through the Night Without Feeling Exhausted as a Parent with Missy Morrison Charko
Nov 14, 2023
065 Why We All Need a Little More 'Shakti' with Shetal Shah
Nov 09, 2023
That's Good Parenting Trailer
Nov 08, 2023
064 How a Journey with Epilepsy and a Mom's Instincts Created Hope with Jennifer Simmons
Nov 06, 2023
How History and a Mysterious Belsnickel Character Can Help Teach Your Kids with Bonnie Swinehart
Oct 30, 2023
How Children's Books Can Teach Individuality and Intentionality to Kids with Alistair Gilbert
Oct 23, 2023
Why Dyslexic Kids Have Superpowers: The Greenbergs Explain
Oct 23, 2023
How You Can Share Kwanzaa's Principles with Kids Through Storytelling
Oct 20, 2023
How Susan Koehler Hooks Readers and Makes History Exciting with Charlie's Song
Oct 16, 2023
Why Dinos Don't Have to Eat Dinos: Life Lessons with Jason Singleton and 'Dino Mike'
Oct 12, 2023
How Teens Can Journey to the Stone Age: Teen Fiction with Brian Hayden
Oct 10, 2023
How We Can End Generational Trauma Recovery for Our Kids: Sandra Cooze's Expert Insights
Oct 02, 2023
Why Every Child Sparkles: Aditi Wardhan Singh's Mission
Sep 25, 2023
How Math Doesn't Have to Be a Nightmare: 'Make it a Game!' with Betsy Mays
Sep 20, 2023
How You Can Avoid Unintentional Trauma by Utilizing Relational Parenting with Jennifer Hayes
Sep 11, 2023
How Your Baby Can Go From Binky to Blooming: Strategies for Baby Brain Development with Michelle Mintz
Sep 05, 2023
Why Kids CAN Do Hard Things: Help Inspire Your Kids to Achieve More with Jared Styan
Aug 29, 2023
How to Halt Your Triggers and Be a Better Parent with Sharon Epstein
Aug 22, 2023
What Were You Thinking?! How You Can Help Kids Shift from Dino Brain to 'Team Brain' with Tara Gratto
Aug 06, 2023
How Kids Can Still Thrive with Chronic Illness: Resiliency, Life Style, and Juvenile Arthritis with Dr. Saimun Singla
Jul 31, 2023
How to Teach Kids to Appreciate Their Bodies: 'B is for Bellies' with Rennie Dyball
Jul 24, 2023
Protecting Your Kids During Divorce: Expert Tips with Anna Krolikowska
Jul 24, 2023
Embracing Ethnicity: Rediscovering & Celebrating Your Bilingual Heritage with Janny Perez
Jul 18, 2023
Bilingual Canine Tales: Creating Bilingual Books Kids Love with Alondra Bustos
Jul 18, 2023
Chirp's Real Journey: with Massage Therapist-Author-Future Physician, Rebecca Gladney
Jul 10, 2023
From Legal Briefs to Children's Books: A Quest to Represent with Tiffany Obeng
Jul 10, 2023
The Magic of 'Dragon's Breath': The Inspirational Influence of Dr. Dawn Menge"
Jul 03, 2023
The "Effie" Effect: Diversity, Kindness, & Empathy with Jennifer Morhaime
Jul 03, 2023
6-Steps for Parenting with More Joy & Less Yelling with Susan Morley
Jun 26, 2023
Building Faith Through Fiction: A Teen Christian Author's Journey with Verity Lucia
Jun 26, 2023
Thriving as a Parent: Boundaries, Respect, Self-Care, and Healthy Relationships with Daniela Schweiger
Jun 20, 2023
From Poultry-Raising Military Man to Children's Book Author with Douglas Berry
Jun 20, 2023
How a Grandma Turned Her Grandson's Baby Talk Into a Hilarious Children's Book with Donna Watson
Jun 07, 2023
Connected Family Wealth & Health: Exploring the Link Between Money and Well-being with Matt Paradise
Jun 07, 2023
Parenting Without a Power Struggle: Simple Strategies with Dr. Tamara Soles
Jun 06, 2023
Creating Clear Vision for Kids: Exploring the Bate's Method and Beyond with Orit Kruglanski
Jun 06, 2023
Two Weeks to Perfect Sleep: Changing the Game for Tired Families with Kim Davis
May 29, 2023
Eggcellent Support: The Children's Picture Book Series of Egg-Freezing Coach Vanessa Hunt
May 23, 2023
Perfectly Imperfect Pictures: Embracing Authenticity in Family Photography with Anouk Briere-Godbout
May 23, 2023
Path to Greatness: Juan Arroyo's Insights on Equipping Kids for Success
May 11, 2023
Unleashing Your Kidpreneurs: Patrick Elkins and the Toytle App
May 11, 2023
Emotions Only Last 90 Seconds: A Somatic Coaching Perspective with Rachel Friedman
May 08, 2023
Sleepless Nights with Cindy Davies: Navigating Pregnancy Insomnia and Beyond
May 08, 2023
Decluttering Your Life: The Benefits of Intentional Living with Suzanne Goulden
May 01, 2023
Snap Happy: Insights for Inspiring Your Kids' Love for Photography with Stacy Canzonieri
Apr 27, 2023
The Invisible Disability Unveiled (CVI): Empowering Families Through the "Eyeless Mind" with Stephanie Duesing
Apr 24, 2023
Joy in the Journey: Embracing the Precious Gift of a Special Needs Child with God's Help with Colleen Keefe Faul
Apr 17, 2023
Where Your Beginning Began: Exploring the Power of Adoption in Family and Faith with Steve & Courtney Cohen
Apr 17, 2023
Solving Kid's Curly Hair Frustrations: Tips and Tricks from Curly Hair Guru, Scott Musgrave
Apr 11, 2023
The 'Unconditional Love' that Transforms Lives : 'Loved As You Are' by Steve & Courtney Cohen
Apr 03, 2023
Fostering, Love, and Stability in 'However Long Forever' with Steve & Courtney Cohen
Apr 03, 2023
Unlocking Effective Communication with Autistic Children: Insights from 'Let's Talk' author Lisa Jacovsky
Mar 27, 2023
Education for All: Megan Prendergast's Book 'Included' for Fostering Inclusion in the Classroom
Mar 27, 2023
Discovering Caring in “Lani Rae's Marvelous Hair”: A Conversation on Kids' Books and Identity with Yesenia Rodriguez
Mar 19, 2023
The Rainbow After the Storm: Understanding Miscarriage and Celebrating New Life with Lindsey Leask
Mar 19, 2023
What Essential Things Kids Should Know Before Getting a Puppy: Insights from Shaylyn Matthews
Mar 10, 2023
Transforming Reading into a Fun and Active Experience: An Interview with Jackie Freeman on 'Bend Your Knees, Louise'
Mar 02, 2023
How "The Kindness Machine" Reaches and Teaches with Christina Dankert
Mar 02, 2023
How You Can Empower Your Teen to Say, "It'$ My Money" with Patrina Dixon
Feb 26, 2023
How Passion and Mission Can Create International Change with Shawnee Penkacik
Feb 26, 2023
Why "My Friend Toothy" will KICKSTART Your Kids' Toothbrushing with Stacey Laviolette
Feb 19, 2023
Seeing Beyond the Surface: Jill Monaco's "Miranda's Mirror" for Teaching Girls About Inner Beauty
Feb 19, 2023
How Jedlie Took His Books From the Stage to Page to Make "Real Magic"
Feb 13, 2023
Why Storytelling Just May Be Genetic with Dori Durbin
Feb 07, 2023
How "Nobody Kills Uncle Buster and Gets Away with It" with Susan Koehler
Feb 06, 2023
Getting Kids' Wheels Turning about Disabilities with Shameka Andrews
Jan 30, 2023
Simple Steps to Making Teens F.I.E.R.C.E. with Erin Tarr
Jan 22, 2023
Teaching Kids that Mistakes are "A-Okay with Calvin Wayman
Jan 22, 2023