Episodes

Wouldn't it be great if boys came with a magic decoder ring to help you decode their mysteries and moods? Dr. Cara Natterson's book, Decoding Boys: New Science Behind the Subtle Art of Raising Sons, is the next best thing. If you have boys, you'll want to add this one to your bookshelf (or check it out from your library) right now -- and you'll definitely want to read it before your son hits puberty. Which may come a lot sooner than you expected. According to Dr. Natterson -- a pediatrician, m...

Managing emotions -- our boys, & our own -- is challenging in the best of times. - This, most definitely is not the best of times. We're cooped up in our houses with kids who miss their friends and activities.

Kara Kinney Cartwright has a message for teenage boys & young men: just don't be an asshole. - The mom of two grown sons, Kara began writing Just Don't Be an Asshole: A Surprisingly Necessary Guide to Being a Good Guy as her sons were preparing to...

Photo by Valerie Everett via Flickr - Raising boys brings up all kinds of questions. - No matter how long you've been parenting, educating or working with boys, you're bound to stumble into a situation that you don't quite know how to handle -- on a ...

How are you coping with coronavirus? - Our lives have undergone some pretty massive disruptions over the past few weeks, and it looks like more changes may be on the horizon. We'll all learning new ways of connecting and communicating -- and we're al...

Two years. - More than 100 episodes covering important topics such as boys & sex, masculinity, ADHD, mental health, honesty & so much more. - But on our SECOND anniversary, we're most grateful for the relationships we've created.

Do you know what the term "2e" means? - Photo by Jesper Sehested Pluslexia via Flickr - 2e is short for "twice exceptional," a term used to refer to people who are both highly gifted and learning disabled. As you might imagine, meeting the social,

Talking about boys and sex can be uncomfortable. But if want our boys (and girls and non-binary children) to have healthy, safe, fulfilling sexual relationships, it's essential. And there's the hitch, right? A lot of us don't even want to think about our children having sexual relationships -- and when we do talk to our kids about sex, it's typically because we don't want them to become pregnant, we don't want them to get a disease, and we don't them to be hurt or arrested. Rarely is our focus ...

Approximately 3-10% of children have ADHD (attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder). Many of them -- the majority, in fact -- are boys. Today's guest, Ryan Wexelblatt (aka ADHD Dude) describes ADHD as "an executive function developmental delay." What that means: In all humans, the brain's prefrontal cortex (or "frontal lobe") acts as the operating system for the brain. It controls impulses, understand time and helps us weigh the potential consequences of our actions. In kids who have ADHD, the...