Calm scripts for complicated parenting moments.
Project Parenthood is a respectful parenting show built around everyday flashpoints: sibling fights, play resistance, teenage moodiness, ADHD, PDA, and major family transitions. Dr. Nanika Kaur turns clinical ideas into concrete scripts, reframes, and small practices parents can actually use at home.
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Project Parenthood is a respectful parenting show with a calm clinical backbone and a practical home-life focus. It is less about perfect techniques than about helping adults understand what is happening before they react. Dr. Nanika Kaur regularly starts with a familiar pressure point: siblings who keep fighting, a child who wants to play when a parent feels depleted, a teen whose mood seems to shift the room, or a demand-avoidant child who cannot move through ordinary routines. Then the show slows the moment down. The advice often begins by separating danger from discomfort. Common sibling bickering, for example, is framed differently from repeated conflict or physical aggression. That distinction matters because the parent is not asked to referee every irritation, but also not told to ignore harm. The same pattern shows up in episodes about mindfulness. Stress is treated as something parents can notice in the body before it spills into limit-setting, control, or self-righteousness. Simple practices, such as mindful eating, are used to build that observing capacity. In the play episode, resistance to joining a child's game becomes a window into shame, fear of being left out, or fear of being overwhelmed. It is tender material, handled without melodrama. The PDA episodes are similarly careful, describing extreme demand avoidance through anxiety, autonomy, stress load, and co-regulation. The show does not flatten neurodivergent children into behavior problems. It asks what adaptations might make participation possible. Episodes on ADHD emphasize deficient attention skills, impulse control, hyperactivity, hyperfocus, interruption, and the relational support children need as they grow. Episodes on adding a second child acknowledge logistics, guilt, jealousy, and the emotional upheaval of suddenly sharing a parent. The tone stays measured. There are frameworks, but also scripts, reframes, and small choices. For parents who want warmth without vagueness, Project Parenthood offers a steady place to think before acting.
Made for: For parents and caregivers who want respectful, connection-centered guidance through conflict, reactivity, neurodivergence, sibling dynamics, and family transitions. It especially suits listeners who appreciate clinical framing translated into everyday language.
What sets it apart: The show stands out for its patient movement from emotional pattern to practical response. Rather than treating challenging behavior as simple disobedience, it repeatedly looks at stress, development, autonomy, and the parent's own reactions.
Project Parenthood, hosted by clinical psychologist and respectful parenting advocate Dr. Nanika Coor, offers a refreshing alternative to traditional parenting advice. We believe raising the next generation involves fostering intentional, collaborative relationships with all children—whether you're a parent, teacher, mentor, or caregiver.Each week, we dive into the depths of childhood, giving voice to young people and exploring their complex humanity. Through real conversations, expert insights, and a commitment to intergenerational healing, we'll learn how to empower children, approach them with curiosity, and build inclusive communities where every child, especially those from marginalized…
Based on 5 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Project Parenthood turns difficult child behavior into understandable emotional patterns and gives caregivers specific, non-shaming ways to respond.
Project Parenthood begins with the moments that leave caregivers unsure what to do next. Dr. Nanika Kaur addresses sibling transitions, accountability after harm, and intense resistance to everyday demands with a calm focus on what may be happening beneath a child's behavior.
A forced apology becomes a bucket check; you get repair without the shame campaign.
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A calm, practical framework for accountability that avoids shame and gives families useful language for repair.
Project Parenthood focuses on a hard moment many parents would rather skip: when a child causes harm, denies it, or refuses to apologize. Dr. Nanika Kaur treats that as a teaching moment, not a chance to pile on shame.
A clear look at how children can absorb racial hierarchy, and what parents may notice early.
Dr. Nanika Kaur and Dr. Khadija Cyril frame the conversation around how children learn racial identity and how some come to place whiteness at the top of the hierarchy.
A clear, practical look at demand-avoidant kids through the episode's bucket model.
Project Parenthood focuses on kids who are deeply resistant to routine and everyday demands, and Dr. Nanika Kaur keeps that resistance rooted in the child's point of view.
A practical guide to helping an older child make room for a baby.
Project Parenthood takes on a difficult family transition with a steady, practical focus: moving from one child to two, and helping the oldest child adjust to a new sibling. Dr.
A practical postpartum guide for building support before sleep loss and chaos set in.
Project Parenthood centers postpartum planning with California-based perinatal therapist Guyana Aramian, and it keeps its focus on what new parents may need once a child arrives: support, sleep, therapy, and ways for a couple to stay connected when life gets chaotic.
Two friends, one microphone, no polite silences.
Messy parenting, made practical and warm.
School runs, stain tips and mom-group drama, compared out loud.
Practical hope for raising sturdy kids.
Faithful help for the hard parts of mothering.
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Chelsea Dorsage opens Project Parenthood with a focus on postpartum support.
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Project Parenthood's reissue asks whether ADHD tweens are deliberately uncooperative, using bedtime and screen-time conflicts as its central examples.
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This episode explores how parents can reduce stress and improve relationships with their children by incorporating mindfulness practices into daily routines.
This episode discusses understanding and strategies for parents dealing with children who are extremely resistant to routine and everyday demands, focusing on connection and collaboration.
This episode provides tips for parents on how to manage the emotional and logistical challenges of transitioning from one to two children, focusing on respectful parenting practices.
This episode provides guidance for parents on managing sibling conflicts using respectful parenting techniques to help children learn to live together constructively.
This episode explores how understanding teenage brain development, using Dr.
This episode provides insights and tips for parents on managing ADHD in children, emphasizing the importance of the parent-child relationship and explaining key ADHD symptoms.
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This episode features therapist Abby Hasberry discussing practical strategies for white parents raising black children, including preparing them for racism and acknowledging adoption-related losses.
The episode starts with a familiar, painfully awkward family moment.
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