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The People Who Raise Us episodes
- Preschool on the Brink: Rethinking Discipline and Co-Regulation
Dr. Curtis Peterson and early childhood educator Elsa Peterson examine the crisis in early childhood behavior, explaining how young children's neurobiology drives meltdowns and why traditional compliance-based discipline fuels exclusion and expulsion.
They introduce co-regulation and trauma-informed classroom strategies—sensory "time-in" spaces, universal design for learning, and early childhood mental health consultation—and preview the next episode on educator burnout and workforce instability.
26 min - The People Who Raise Us Podcast Coming October 24th
The People Who Raise Us is a podcast about children, development, and all the people who help shape the person a child becomes.
Hosted by Elsa and Dr. Curtis Peterson, the show brings together real-world experience in early childhood care and education with developmental and social psychology to explore the everyday questions that come with helping children grow. First full episode coming October 24th.
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About The People Who Raise Us
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The People Who Raise Us is a podcast about children, development, and all the people who help shape the person a child becomes.
Hosted by Elsa and Dr. Curtis Peterson, the show brings together real-world experience in early childhood care and education with developmental and social psychology to explore the everyday questions that come with helping children grow.
And when we say caregivers, we mean everyone. Parents, grandparents, older siblings, relatives, childcare providers, teachers, and the other important people who become part of a child's world.
Why does a three-year-old suddenly say “no” to everything? What should we do when children have big emotions? How much does play really matter? What happens when grandparents and parents have different ideas about discipline? How do children develop confidence, identity, independence, empathy, and a sense that they belong?
Each episode takes something happening in the real world of childhood and looks at what child development can teach us about it—without expecting listeners to be psychologists or professional educators.
Because children don't grow up in isolation. They grow through relationships, experiences, families, cultures, schools, and communities.
And behind every growing child are the people who raise us.