Parental Development

Dr. Leah Featherstone & Beka Dean
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Parental Development Podcast

Parenting is one of the hardest jobs we'll ever have. Dr. Leah Featherstone, clinical psychologist, and her sister, Beka Dean both grew up in a very traditional, conservative family, with a parenting style to match. Through her education and experience, Leah has moved away from that approach and now uses principles of attachment, relational neurobiology, and positive parenting to raise her own kids. The sisters talk through this new approach, with the goal of promoting cooperation and enhancing relationships between adults and the children they help to nurture, support, and raise.

  1. 1 DAY AGO

    Food for Thought

    What do you do when people start talking to you kids about things or in ways you don't agree with? This episode explores when Lincoln's pediatrician made comments about his weight in front of him. Say it with me: we do not comment on people's bodies!!!There are absolutely ways to talk to kids about health, nutrition, food, and more in ways that shares information and guides behavior without shaming them or making them self conscious about how they look.Subscribe, rate, and review us on P...

    36 min

  2. 11 SEPT

    Guess Who's Back

    We're back, baby! We needed some time away for our own sanity, so now we're back and ready to keep sharing our conversations!Subscribe, rate, and review us on Podchaser, Apple, or wherever you listen to podcasts!Follow us on social media to join the conversation!!!FacebookInstagram

    24 min

  3. 21 FEB

    Replay: Expectations (Part 2)

    We cut last week's episode short, so we needed another one to finish our conversation about expectations.In last week's episode we talked about the need to lower expectations if our kids are showing us with their behavior that they can't do the task. But what if your kid has done it in the past and now all of a sudden they are refusing or saying they can't do something anymore? There is still a function behind this behavior, and I choose to see this behavior as a CAN'T do as opposed to a WON'...

    37 min

  4. 14 FEB

    Replay: Lower Your Expectations

    This episode talks through the expectations we have for our kids, how to make sure they're realistic and look at them differently, through this new parenting lens.Can we differentiate our DESIRES for our kids from the EXPECTATIONS of our kids. Expectations feel like boundaries or rules, which can lead to the punishment, control, shame, or coercion we're trying to change in this type of parenting.If we truly believe that "bad" behavior is a lack of a skill, lack of connection, etc. and that al...

    41 min

  5. 7 FEB

    All That Really Matters

    The moral of this week's episode: Nothing matters other than your relationship with your child!What doesn't matter: grades; behavior; attitude; sportsWhat does matter: Our relationship My job as a parent isn't to control my kids' behavior, get them to act a certain way, make sure they're making other people comfortable. It's to show them love and acceptance and show them what a healthy, loving relationship is supposed to look like.So much pressure is put on parents to make sure our kids...

    29 min

  6. 31 JAN

    Knowledge Is Power

    How do we treat our kids like full human people without treating them like adults and forcing them to grow up too quickly. Let's talk about it!Treating our kids like full people simply means that we welcome all of their humanness and don't try to minimize or talk them out of their experiences. It means that they deserve as much respect as any adult.There is not a topic that's off limits with my kids. There is a spectrum of the amount, intensity, and way information is shared.For hard topics:&...

    37 min

  7. 24 JAN

    Not Quite Done Yet

    This episode finishes our conversation about bias, inclusion, and how our brains are wired for sameness , making these changes hard.In order to start to change our unconscious beliefs, we first have to bring it into our conscious awareness so we can then override those that are unhealthy, dangerous, wrong, etc.We have to consciously choose to access the parts of our brains that challenge our biases and help us develop new pathways regarding people and situations that are "other." Interac...

    36 min

  8. 17 JAN

    Unconscious Bias

    This episode talks about what can sometimes be a taboo or hard topic: bias, diversity, and race. We utilize science to talk through how our brains are wired for sameness and build bias into our system, in order to protect us.For more information about this topic, check out this book, that we used to start our conversation. Understanding the science can help take the shame and judgment out of this topic, which can then make it easier to have productive conversations.Our brains are designed to ...

    47 min
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About

Parenting is one of the hardest jobs we'll ever have. Dr. Leah Featherstone, clinical psychologist, and her sister, Beka Dean both grew up in a very traditional, conservative family, with a parenting style to match. Through her education and experience, Leah has moved away from that approach and now uses principles of attachment, relational neurobiology, and positive parenting to raise her own kids. The sisters talk through this new approach, with the goal of promoting cooperation and enhancing relationships between adults and the children they help to nurture, support, and raise.

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  • Creator
    Dr. Leah Featherstone & Beka Dean
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2024
  • Episodes
    120
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2024 Parental Development
  • Show Website
    Parental Development

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