11 episodes

Parenting can be tough. But you don’t have to go it alone. Encouraged Parents, Encouraged Kids is brought to you by the Parent Encouragement Program (PEP), a nonprofit, positive parenting education organization that has provided valuable support to thousands of parents, teachers, grandparents and other caregivers since 1982. PEP’s programs are based on research-tested best practices for positive parenting education and support. We offer some of this same information so that you can feel supported and encouraged anytime, anywhere, to get you through the tough times of parenting kids in today’s especially challenging world. We hope you’ll join us so that we can learn, laugh and sometimes even cry together as we join hands virtually to raise the next generation of young adults.Visit us at www.PEPparent.org. 

Encouraged Parents, Encouraged Kids Parent Encouragement Program

    • Kids & Family
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Parenting can be tough. But you don’t have to go it alone. Encouraged Parents, Encouraged Kids is brought to you by the Parent Encouragement Program (PEP), a nonprofit, positive parenting education organization that has provided valuable support to thousands of parents, teachers, grandparents and other caregivers since 1982. PEP’s programs are based on research-tested best practices for positive parenting education and support. We offer some of this same information so that you can feel supported and encouraged anytime, anywhere, to get you through the tough times of parenting kids in today’s especially challenging world. We hope you’ll join us so that we can learn, laugh and sometimes even cry together as we join hands virtually to raise the next generation of young adults.Visit us at www.PEPparent.org. 

    When Asking Kids to ‘Hang Up and Hang Out’ Isn’t Enough – with Devorah Heitner, PhD

    When Asking Kids to ‘Hang Up and Hang Out’ Isn’t Enough – with Devorah Heitner, PhD

    We followed up with Dr. Devorah Heitner, a professional on helping children thrive in the age of technology, after appearing on a PEP webinar, Critical Topics in Parenting: Talking with Kids about Social Media and Mental Health. This podcast hits on the addictiveness of technology, social media’s influence on your child’s mental health, how to talk about technology, and best practices for sleep and 'mentoring over monitoring'.

    Devorah is the author of Screenwise, and her new bestselling book, Growing Up in Public, was released in September 2023.

    Visit PEPparent.org to see our program schedule of live webinars, master classes, and on-demand videos, plus blog posts and other resources for parents of preschoolers through teens. Thanks for listening.
    Support the showwww.PEPparent.org

    • 37 min
    How Are the Kids Doing? With Emory Luce Baldwin

    How Are the Kids Doing? With Emory Luce Baldwin

    Emory Luce Baldwin, a Licensed Counselor and Marriage and Family Therapist and a Certified Parent Educator with the Parent Encouragement Program, returns to share observations on kids’ mental health in 2023: what they learned over the past 3 years, how they are faring now, and how parents and kids can avoid emotional overload. With host and PEP Parent Educator Robbye Fox.
    Resources:

    Emory Luce Baldwin's website
    Free PEP webinar: Critical Topics in Parenting: 10 Tips to Help Stressed & Anxious Children When You Can’t Find Therapy, featuring an interview by Emory of a teen boy to demonstrate how parents can support a child who is struggling. 
    Daniel Siegel, MD and UCLA Clinical Professor of Psychiatry. Executive Director of the Mindsight Institute, which examines the interface of human relationships and the brain. Author of numerous books. 
    Resource on child development by age. Also Healthychildren.org from the American Academy of Pediatrics. 
    Support the showwww.PEPparent.org

    • 35 min
    9. Better boys, better men

    9. Better boys, better men

    Host Robbye Fox sits down with Andrew Reiner, author of the new book Better Boys, Better Men: The New Masculinity That Creates Greater Courage and Emotional Resiliency, to discuss how parents of sons can encourage improved communication to help men and boys develop the emotional intelligence they need to live more authentic, connected lives. 
    Support the showwww.PEPparent.org

    • 51 min
    8. Are The Kids Alright? Talking about Mental Health with our Children

    8. Are The Kids Alright? Talking about Mental Health with our Children

    There's no question that the life-limiting impact of the pandemic and concern about other current events are affecting our emotional and mental health, but how do we talk with our kids about it? This episode includes a conversation with Rachel Larkin, MSW, LCSW, and director of crisis prevention and intervention services at EveryMind, a nonprofit organization dedicated to the mental wellness of every mind, as she shares not-to-be-missed insights and information about what our children might be thinking and feeling and how we can determine when to worry and what to do when we are.

     Rachel is a social worker who has been running the 24/7 Montgomery County Hotline for more than a decade. 

    The American Association of Suicidology accredited program is part of the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline network. Rachel has a MSW from The National Catholic School of Social Service and a MA from Vanderbilt University. She is co-chair of the Montgomery County MD Suicide Prevention Coalition. In addition, she speaks throughout the state on mental health and suicide and spent 7 years as a trainer for the Mental Health First Aid program.

    National Suicide Prevention Hotline is 800-273-8255. The Montgomery County, MD hotline run by EveryMind is 301-738-2255 or www.every-mind.org/chat/. 
    Support the showwww.PEPparent.org

    • 51 min
    7. A Dad's Perspective on Pandemic Parenting

    7. A Dad's Perspective on Pandemic Parenting

    The latest episode of Parenting With PEP During the Pandemic is all about the dad's perspective. Covering the challenges and opportunities of working and schooling at home including: keeping the family organized, who cooks dinner, who takes out the trash,  who cleans the dishes and tips for connecting with your kids. 
    Support the showwww.PEPparent.org

    • 34 min
    6. A Conversation about Parenting and Race

    6. A Conversation about Parenting and Race

    The events of Summer 2020 laid bare the racial injustices we face in this country. Parents want to raise the next generation to embrace the diverse communities we live in and take action to spark conversations and action with their children.
    Join host Robbye Fox and fellow PEP Parent Educator Carol Muleta, founder of Parenting 411, for a conversation about parenting and race. Carol shares her experience raising twin black boys and the skills and values she hoped to inspire in them. Discover a few perspectives about parenting and what we can all do to raise racially conscious children.
    Support the showwww.PEPparent.org

    • 36 min

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