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May 28, 2025 43 mins

This episode of The Peaceful Parenting Podcast is a conversation with journalist Melinda Wenner Moyer about her new book Hello, cruel World Science-Based Strategies for Raising Terrific Kids in Terrifying Times. This is Melinda’s second time on the podcast, and this time we cover what the research says about teaching kids self-compassion, managing tech use, preventing addiction, achievement culture, and more! 

 

We talk about:

  • 5:00 Helping kids learn self-compassion

  • 9:30 The simple themes that keep coming up to help our kids in multiple domains

  • 11:45 How the research about tech use surprised Melinda

  • 15:00 Communication is the most important part of managing screens

  • 19:39 What the research says about preventing addiction and substance use

  • 29:30 Sneaky ways we pressure our kids to achieve

  • 36:20 Teaching Kids media literacy

 

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