Parenting Understood

Today we are excited to be joined by Emma Hubbard to speak with us on ways to create and foster play with infants. We will discover how understanding what play looks like, especially in the early months, can be beneficial in the development of children.  

Pediatric Occupational Therapist and mum to a whip-smart 5 year old and a very cheeky little 3 year old, Emma is the Founder of Brightest Beginning, which provides online courses and resources for parents. She is also the creator of the Youtube channel Emma Hubbard, which is a free resource for new parents, where Emma shares all the tips and tricks she has learnt practicing as a pediatric occupational therapist, including how to help your little one to roll over, how to introduce solids, newborn sleep plus lots more.

You can learn more about Emma by visiting her pagel https://brightestbeginning.com/about/

You can also follow Emma on Instagram @brightest.beginning, Youtube Channel: Emma Hubbard

For more information on Thriving Toddler’s Playing with Intention program, please visit:

https://www.thrivingtoddler.com/playing-with-intention

Today we continue with part 2 of our conversation with Dr. Jeanne Donaldson. We will continue to discuss using token economies with children to help them establish positive behaviors. Today’s focus will be on the types of rewards/tokens that can be used, pricing strategies, selecting backups and using variety, troubleshooting common problems with token economies, implementing savings, and discussing taking away tokens as a form of punishment. 

Dr. Jeanne Donaldson earned her Ph.D. in Psychology from the University of Florida and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the John Hopkins University School of Medicine at the Kennedy Krieger Institute. Her research focuses on solving issues common in early childhood and assessing child and adult interventions.

Some key tokens mentioned include:

Passes/privileges

• TV show/video game time
• Extra book/chapter at bedtime
• Outings – library, park, children’s museum
• Sleepover
• Parent cleans my room
• Breakfast for dinner
• Dance party
• Pick the restaurant
• Stay up late

 

Tangible items

• School/office supplies
• Art supplies
• Craft items 
• Stickers
• Scented lip balm
• Books
• Bubbles
• Squishy toys
• Glow sticks/bracelets 
• Clothing
• Holiday-themed and seasonal items

To learn more or contact Dr. Donaldson, you can reach out to her via email at [email protected].

For more information on Thriving Toddler’s Backpocket Essentials program, please visit:

https://www.thrivingtoddler.com/backpocket-essentials

In today’s first of two episodes with Dr. Jeanne Donaldson, we discuss using token economies with children to help them establish positive behaviors. Dr. Donaldson defines what a reward/token economy is and how the functions of a reward system can be used, as well as how to avoid misusing them.

Dr. Jeanne Donaldson earned her Ph.D. in Psychology from the University of Florida and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the John Hopkins University School of Medicine at the Kennedy Krieger Institute. Her research focuses on solving issues common in early childhood and assessing child and adult interventions. To learn more or contact Dr. Donaldson, you can reach out to her via email at [email protected].

We are thrilled to have Dr. Dana Charles McCoy join us again on Parenting Understood. In this episode, Dr. McCoy speaks with us about her recent research on the impacts of COVID on child development (emotional, social, and learning). In particular, she summarizes her and colleagues’ research focused on forecasting the long term consequences of closing early childhood centers on children’s development with special attention to children in low and middle income countries.Dr. McCoy is an Associate Professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE). Her work focuses on understanding the ways that poverty-related risk factors in children's home, school, and neighborhood environments affect the their cognitive and socioemotional development in early childhood. Her research looks at both domestic and international contexts. 

To learn more about Dana and her research, please visit:

https://seed.gse.harvard.edu/ or you can reach out to her via Twitter @DanaCMcCoy or

[email protected]

In today’s episode, we are excited to be joined by Melinda Wenner Moyer. Melinda Wenner Moyer is a contributing editor at Scientific American magazine and a regular contributor to The New York Times, Washington Post, and other national magazines and newspapers. She is a faculty member in the Science, Health & Environmental Reporting program at NYU’s Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute. Her first book, How To Raise Kids Who Aren’t Assholes, was published in July 2021 by J.P. Putnam’s Sons. We speak with Melinda on her research, publications, and being a mother. We also discuss how she and other journalists can help parents wade through the large amounts of data and information on parenting and child development that is now available.

You can learn more about Melinda and her research, as well as order her book and subscribe to her newsletter at melindawennermoyer.com.

Today we are thrilled to be joined by Joan Nguyen for an episode of Pinot and Parenting to speak with us regarding Bümo. Bümo Work offers co-working space on site with licensed child care and Bümo Brain provides online live classes for children 7 and under.

Joan is the co-founder and CEO of Bümo. Raised by refugee parents, Nguyen spent much of her childhood living in poverty. Her father finished 7th grade; and her mother, high school — as a result, she was raised with the understanding that education was not only important, but also a privilege that she needed to wholeheartedly pursue. With a budding passion for education and learning, Nguyen started MeriEducation, an INC5000 company, at 20 years old with $3,000 she saved, giving educational services ranging from SAT preparation to academic tutoring.

As a mother of two toddlers, Nguyen co-founded with Chriselle Lim with the mission of changing the landscape of virtual early childhood education as a robust resource for parents and children who desire to learn through exploration, imagination, innovation, and creativity.

You can learn more about Joan and Bümo at:

https://www.bumowork.com/https://bumobrain.com/

You can follow Bümo and Joan on Instagram @bumoparent and @joan.bumo

 

Today we are excited to be joined by Dr. Jason Kahn, Chief Science Officer and co-founder of “Mightier”, a biofeedback gaming system that helps children age 6 and older build emotional coping skills. He combines his expertise in developmental psychology and mental health to create video games that help children build emotional strength: the ability to harness their emotions to overcome behavioral challenges. Dr. Kahn also holds appointments at Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, where he creates and researches new technology addressing acute problems in pediatric mental health.Dr. Kahn will explain to us what “Mightier” is and how children can use “Mightier” to build their own emotional strength through video games! 

You can learn more about Dr. Kahn and “Mightier” by visiting their website https://www.mightier.com/scientific-overview/ and by following their Instagram and Twitter @bemightier

Today we are excited to be joined by Dr. Megan Aclan. Dr. Aclan is an adjunct faculty member within the graduate program of Applied Behavioral Analysis at USC. Her career experience is focused on both the individual and business level. At the individual level, Dr. Aclan works in the areas of feeding/eating disorders, anxiety, depression, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), and addiction. In this episode, Dr. Aclan will describe what feeding issues look like, how environments can impact feeding disorders, and what intervention approaches have been used to support families. We hope after this episode you can have some useful techniques for creating healthier eating habits with your children!

You can find more information about Dr. Aclan at [email protected]

Today we are excited to be joined by Eve Rodsky, a mom of 3, an attorney, an activist, and NY Times Best Seller Author of “Fair Play” and new book “Find Your Unicorn Space.” We will discuss with Eve what is a “Unicorn Space” and what we can do to help discover this space for themselves. We hope this episode will help our listeners reclaim their creativity and avoid the traps that are preventing it from occurring. You can learn more about Eve Rodsky and purchase “Find Your Unicorn Space” at her website:

https://www.everodsky.com/ and by following her on Instagram @everodsky 

We are thrilled to be back with our first new episode of 2022! Today, we will be interviewing Dr. Eric Dearing a Professor of Applied Psychology in the Lynch School of Education at Boston College. Dr. Dearing’s work focuses on the consequences of young children’s lives outside of school on their performance in school and their overall well-being. As a member of the DREME Network, he is partnering with community organizations to better understand how families, early childhood educators, and other family-facing professionals can best support early math learning for children facing social or economic disadvantages.

In this episode, we discuss methods to bring math into everyday interactions with children, and research on the topic. We also talk about how knowledge of developmental research can inform parenting decisions and techniques.

For more information on Dr. Dearing, DREME, and the book, The Gardner and the Carpenter, referenced in this episode, please see below:

Gopnik, A. (2016). The Gardener and the Carpenter: What the new science of child development tells us about the relationship between parents and children. 

Development and Research in Early Mathematics Education | (dreme.stanford.edu)

Eric Dearing - Lynch School of Education and Human Development - Boston College (bc.edu)