Spawned Parenting Podcast with Liz of Cool Mom Picks
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Spawned Parenting Podcast with Liz of Cool Mom Picks
Discover practical parenting tips, relatable insights, and lots of commiseration from host Liz Gumbinner, of Cool Mom Picks and Mom-101, and her incredible expert guests. (Celebrities! Authors! Activists!) For more than a decade, Liz has been helping us all navigate the ups and downs of parenting wi...
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How to help your chid identify and develop their passions, with Alyse Levine of Premium Prep
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Have we been thinking about kindness all wrong? With guest Jaclyn Lindsey of Kindness.org
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Parenting kids in a gender-nonconforming world: Kate Brookes of Transister | Ep 299
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Dr. Devorah Heitner on Keeping Kids Healthy on Social Media | Ep 298
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Dr. Lisa Damour on the emotional lives of teenagers | Episode 297
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Luvvie Ajayi Jones on raising "good troublemakers" | Ep 296
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Dr. Ken Ginsburg: The ultimate guide to parenting teens | Episode 295
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Michelle Icard: The hard talks we need to have with our kids (and how to have them) | Episode 294
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Melinda Wenner Moyer: Parenting strategies for raising good kids into great adults | Ep 293
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Reaching your organizational goals: Sarah-Hart Unger on prioritizing, organizing, and managing time | Ep 292
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Being mixed race in America: A conversation with author Lauren Kung Jessen | Episode 291
As a mixed-race Chinese American, I've struggled to feel a sense of belonging. I grew up feeling more accepted by the German (white) side of my family...

Preserving memories in the 21st century | Spawned Ep 290
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The Best of 2022 } Spawned 289
We've talked to so many incredible guests in 2022 -- film directors, authors, journalists, political pundits, activists. So we thought we'd share some...

Moms need more fun over the holidays! | Ep 288
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Why the sex talk with your kids is more important than ever | Episode 287
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Why our teens are so darn tired, with author Lisa L. Lewis | Episode 286
Just when I thought I was pretty aware of what I needed to know about teens and sleep, I got my hands on Lisa L. Lewis's book The Sleep-Deprived Teen:...

Anya Kamenetz: The impact of Covid on kids - what we know and what we don't yet | Spawned Ep 285
What's been the impact of Covid on kids? On mothers? How about on education? On class division? On our careers? On healthcare? Today I'm welcoming bac...

Let's talk about perimenopause, with Dr. Makeba Williams | Episode 284
If you're like Kristen and in the throes of perimenopause, then you're probably wondering why no one talks about it. Well, that's about to change as K...

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How to raise media-savvy kids and BS-proof our brains: Dr Seema Yasmin | Ep 282
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The world needs funny women. With Wendi Aarons. | Ep 280
You wouldn't think in 2022 that an author would have to fight to keep a female protagonist in a book, and yet that's just what happened to award-winni...

How our relationship with mobile phones has changed (and changed us) | Spawned Ep 279
Since I got my first smartphone back in 2006, my relationship with my phone has certainly changed my life. It's also changed how I function as a perso...

How to get into college: Invaluable tips and fascinating insights from Ned Johnson | Ep 278
Author, educator, and Prep Matters founder Ned Johnson joins Liz once again to talk us through -- or talk us down from -- the college application proc...

Helping kids foster positive relationships and learn effective communication, with author Catherine Newman | Episode 277
We often forget that social skills are taught, which seems especially important after two years in a pandemic. We're so grateful for authors, like Cat...

Roo Powell of Undercover Underage on her experience catching online child predators | Ep 276
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