Brenna Thompson joins for this episode and brings her expertise as a nutritionist and a mom. Brenna teaches us the difference between picky eating and Avoidant restrictive food intake disorder or ARFID. Most parents will struggle with picky eating. We learned that some high sensory kids are afraid of eating! A facinating and informative conversation you won't want to miss.
Back to school is often an exciting time for kids because they get to see their friends, get new school supplies and sometimes clothes, meet new teachers, and get a fresh start. Then, there is after back to school. For some kids, the "honeymoon phase" of back to school can be very short lived and for other kids, it can be weeks or months before they get school fatigue and need a break. We talk about what to do when back to school excitement wears off.
Learn along with us when Dr. Shannon Goeke-Watson joins Rich and Dr. Bostwick to discuss the difficulties of parenting through domestic violence. Dr. Goeke-Watson is a specialist whose practice focuses on families experiencing domestic and/or sexual abuse. She explains how families enter into her care, how parents start the process of protection and how trauma therapy begins for parent and child. Difficult but important material.
How can kids be expected to behave or correct their behavior if bad behavior is a result of a medical condition? In this episode Dr. Bostwick discusses the top 7 medical problems that cause behavior problems in children and cause her to ask parents to see their pediatricians first.
Trichotillomania is a compulisve desire to pull out one's hair. Dr. Bostwick compassionately discusses what is often an embarrassing compulsion that often starts in young children with high sensory needs, when hormones shift in middle school, or during the stress of adolescence. It's one of the "hidden" problems of childhood and is often accompanied by pica.
It's hard being a dad, or father figure! Dr. Bostwick knows a little bit about being the figure of a father but has talked to thousands of father figures, dads, grandpas, mentors, uncles, aunts, and many others who take on the role of what we think of as a traditional fathers. So complex, but we give it a try.
The final episode of any season is always episode 13 celebrating all things quirky, spooky, or just strange. Episode 13 of season three is a lighthearted discussion about superstitions that we often just accept about being a kid. Did you avoid stepping on cracks? Does teaching or participating in superstitions with our kids hurt them, help them, does it matter? As usual, it's all in the presentation.
Past affects future. In this episode Dr. Bostwick and Rich discuss why it's important and the conscious effort it takes to keep good parenting practices and leave behind harmful or even traumatic parenting practices used by past generations.
Sometimes, the hardest part of parenting a child who is scared is managing our own fear as parents. In this episode Dr. Bostwick discusses childhood fears: when they are typical and when to get additional guidance.
When kids don't sleep, entire households can be disrupted. In this episode, Dr. Bostwick discusses sleep hygiene, sleep and ADHD, and when to get help when your child won't sleep.
Kids change their minds. It can be harder on parents to move on than kids! In this episode Dr. Bostwick talks about adjusting gracefully as parents when kids make big changes like career plans to every day changes such as what their favorite food is.
It is not always clear how to handle habits, such as nail biting and thumbsucking, as a parent. Dr. Bostwick applies research-based habit reversal techniques to both expected and unexpected parenting difficulties such as obsessive thoughts.
Rejection sensitivity is a relatively new label for an old concept. People pleasers, explosive emotions, and kids who often feel picked on and unloved are all signs of rejection sensitivity. Rejection sensitivity is often a little known part of an ADHD temperament.
Dr. Bostwick's daughter, Allie, joins the show! She dishes about what it is like to have a child psychologist as a mom. The conversation takes an interesting turn toward raising gifted and talented kids.
A mostly reverent reminder to stop and smell the parenting roses. In other words, remember why we had them in the first place! Kids are awesome. Most of the time.
Dr. Bostwick revisits discipline with elementary school-aged children and their electronics as the focus. Discipline is teaching; enjoy how predictable children react to the basic principles.
In this episode, Dr. Bostwick talks about depression and how it looks different in kids depending on age and circumstances.
So many girls and women are tested and told they do not have attention problems only to be told years later they have had them all along. After I diagnose their kids, some moms will say, "is that why antidepressants don't work for me?" This episode explores surprising characteristics that often accompany attention problems in girls.
Wow, it makes parents mad when kids lie, cheat, and defy our authority! Dr. Bostwick and Rich discuss what makes most parents angry and how to cope.
A little tongue-in-cheek, a little real? We talk about kids who are empathic or deep feelers. Empathic children feel everyone emotions. A highly sensitive empathic child brings joy and challenges every day.