Apr 17, 2018

This week's episode is a very special one - we're listening to you!

Abigail recorded the real-life "before and after" stories of parents using Hand in Hand Parenting's tools, and they are encouraging, inspirational, extraordinary.

Real Stories From Parents Using Hand in Hand

On this episode of the podcast, you'll...

Apr 10, 2018

If you read the title of our podcast this week and thought, "Huh? What does politics have to do with parenting," you aren't alone!

Elle asks this too after Abigail gets an email about parenting feeling "radical."

Do we mean marching for rights, or championing parenting causes? Not exactly.

We are talking about the...

Mar 27, 2018

Taa-daa! Today we are celebrating our first special guest on the podcast, the wonderful Dr. Lawrence J. Cohen, psychologist and the author of Playful Parenting, The Opposite of Worry and co-author of The Art of Roughhousing.

Talking Play

Talk on this episode turns to two of Larry's favorites styles of play  -...

Mar 20, 2018

Aggression, anger, yelling... Abigail and Elle talk about the times when parenting their kids made them crazy angry - and there are lots!

They go back to the very start of early years parenting and what set them off, right through to the cocktail of feelings that has emerged parenting tweens.

And they ask, what happens...

Mar 13, 2018

This week on the podcast talk turns to tweens and what it takes to parent through what can be turbulent times.

With Abigail parenting a double tween household and Elle raising a 10-year-old, there’s plenty of personal stories about the various trials (and joys) of having tweens at home.

We look at some common...