The Crucial Years, Parenting In The Six to Twelve (6-12) Years with Dr. Sheryl Gonzalez Ziegler: Episode 199

Update: 2025-06-18

Description

In this episode of The Peaceful Parenting Podcast, is a conversation with Dr. Sheryl Gonzalez Ziegler, a psychologist and the author of the new book The Crucial Years, the Essential Guide to Mental Health and Modern Puberty In Middle Childhood. We cover how to normalize and celebrate puberty, how to teach moderation with screens, and red/yellow flags of disordered eating in middle childhood.

We talk about:

10:45 Why we need to talk to children about puberty in middle childhood
12:00 Historical context- how the timing of puberty has changed
16:00 Red parties and celebrating/normalizing puberty
29:00 Normalizing having conversations about tough topics in age-appropriate ways before kids ask questions
35:00 What you can do to teach your kids moderation with screens and technology
43:00 Making a small pod with other families who are delaying smartphones
46:33 Signs that kids are engaging in disordered eating in middle childhood

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