Parenting Podcasts for All Ages of Children
Looking for a way to make parenting a little bit easier? Check out some of the best parenting podcasts around. These podcasts offer advice and tips on everything from potty training to discipline. So whether you’re a new parent or have been raising kids for years, there’s sure to be a podcast that can help you out.
- Good Inside with Dr. Becky: Join clinical psychologist and mom of three Dr. BeckyKennedy on her weekly podcast, as she takes on tough parenting questions and delivers actionable guidance—all in short episodes, because we know time is hard to find as a parent. Her breakthrough approach has enabled thousands of people to get more comfortable in discomfort, make repairs after mistakes, and always see the good inside. You’ll gain the tools to embody your authority while developing a stronger parent-child connection, helping you become the parent you want to be and helping your child develop the skills necessary for life success.
- The Mom Hour: Co-hosts Meagan Francis and Sarah Powers have eight kids between them, little to grown. Weekly conversations offer practical tips and real-life encouragement for moms who want to enjoy motherhood more, and cut back on comparison, worry, and stress. We’re not experts, we’re moms who’ve been there. We’re not perfect, we’re real. Welcome to The Mom Hour.
- TILT Parenting: Raising Differently Wired Kids: TiLT Parenting, from parenting activist, speaker, and author Debbie Reber, features transformational interviews and conversations with authors, parenting experts, educators, and other parents aimed at inspiring, informing, and supporting parents raising differently-wired kids (giftedness, ADHD, autism, 2e, learning differences, sensory processing issues, anxiety, and more). TiLT aims to help parents feel empowered and in choice in how they parent, have more peace in their daily lives, and parent and advocate for their child from a place of confidence and awareness so that our children can thrive in every way.
- Ask Lisa: The Psychology of Parenting: Raising kids can be a bumpy, stressful, and uncertain process – which is why Dr. Lisa Damour is here to help. The New York Times Adolescence columnist and author of bestsellers Untangled and Under Pressure brings her sane, informed, and practical perspective to your timely and timeless parenting questions. Cohost Reena Ninan, a world-class journalist who has covered the White House while packing a breast pump, makes sure to get you the answers you need.
- Your Parenting Mojo – Respectful, Research-Based Parenting Ideas to Help Kids Thrive: Jen Lumanlan always thought infancy would be the hardest part of parenting. Now she has a toddler and finds a whole new set of tools are needed, there are hundreds of books to read, and academic research to uncover that would otherwise never see the light of day. Join her on her journey to get a Masters in Psychology focusing on Child Development, as she researches topics of interest to parents of toddlers and preschoolers from all angles, and suggests tools parents can use to help kids thrive – and make their own lives a bit easier in the process. Like Janet Lansbury’s respectful approach to parenting? Appreciate the value of scientific research, but don’t have time to read it all? Then you’ll love Your Parenting Mojo.
- Mighty Parenting: Parenting teens and young adults in today’s world presents huge challenges and the Mighty Parenting podcast provides solutions. Sandy Fowler interviews experts, shares stories and gets real as she digs into relevant topics such as stress/anxiety relief, bullying, social media, peer pressure, healthy coping strategies, learning disabilities, behavioral health issues, communication, parenting strategies, and so much more. Designed for families looking to raise happy, successful, emotionally-healthy kids, the show goes upstream and focuses on sharing information that families, educators and mentors can use to empower teenagers and twenty-somethings in an effective way.
No matter what stage of parenting you’re in – whether it be newborn or teen – there are plenty of great podcasts out there that offer advice, tips, tricks, and research to help you be the best parent possible. Give these a listen and see what they have to offer!
***All podcast descriptions courtesy of Apple Podcasts
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