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We always say that it takes a village to raise a kid. But, what about the parents? Do you think all your present knowledge is enough for all the parenting shenanigans you’ll encounter? But, not to worry! Raising Parents is here to help you out! That’s why Parenting Science Labs, a division of LMSL, the Life Management Science Labs, has created Raising Parents: The parenting science insights podcast.We know that being a parent is a never-ending educational experience, so we invited guests experienced in both academia and life to give you the knowledge you need in your jour...
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Dina Sargent connects parenting research to the emotions, decisions and developmental changes that shape everyday family life.
Raising Parents turns child-development research into questions that arise inside family life. Dina Sargent interviews guests about toddler agency and adolescent morality, while several conversations examine postpartum well-being from physical recovery through changes in…
That rejected yellow cup has a plot twist: your toddler has ideas, and you get the backstory.
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A thoughtful episode on how family attention and everyday food choices can shape a child's relationship with eating.
Food anchors this parenting-focused episode, as Dr. Chris Gilbert connects eating habits with family interaction, mental health, and physical well-being.
A grounded look at how partners maintain emotional safety and model connection for the children watching them.
Raising Parents places the parent-partner bond within the larger family system, where it has to coexist with the ordinary strain of raising children.
A thoughtful guide to helping children notice their strengths, values, and growing sense of self.
Self-discovery lands here as a practical parenting concern: how children start to notice their values, identity, strengths, and possible futures.
A clear, parent-facing look at how eating disorders can affect a child's mood, relationships, and school life.
Eating disorders can reach well beyond food, and this episode gives parents a measured clinical frame for understanding those changes. Riccardo Dallegrave, MD describes how low weight, starvation, and eating disorder psychopathology can affect a child's physical, psychological,…
A parent's basketball outing becomes a grounded lesson in shared needs and self-care.
Parental self-care is treated as something practical rather than indulgent, with a trauma therapist making the case that a parent's needs can sit inside the work of caring for a child.
A grounded look at teen sleep that links bullying, phones, and parent reactions to why some adolescents cannot settle at night.
The piece makes a plain case that a teenager's sleep trouble can come from more than late-night video games. It links restless nights to bullying, social media, and the awkwardness teens can feel when they do not know how to tell a parent what is going on.
A clear, parent-level look at why close-up screen use can stress young eyes.
Dina Sargent shapes the episode around a concern many parents already carry: what screen time may be doing to children's vision. Dr. Longis Michaud keeps it grounded by linking the issue to lighting, viewing distance, and the habits children pick up around devices, so the…
Co-parenting is framed around trust, honesty, and attachment.
Carol Hughes frames co-parenting around trust, honesty, and attachment, with a clear point: children often learn more from parents who admit what they do not know than from parents who pretend otherwise.
Practical help for raising confident communicators.
Raw motherhood talk with a backbone.
Practical dyslexia parenting without the overwhelm.
Michael Karson defines parenting as anything that affects children “from utero to adult,” then argues that culture, biology, luck, and personality matter more than technique.
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Cara Hoppe MA, MFT links partner intimacy to parenting quality on Raising Parents #91, arguing that co-parenting is built on mutual respect, vulnerability, and daily repair.
Rachael Cody, Ph.D., connects self-discovery to children’s independence in Raising Parents #93, drawing on her dissertation work with 11 high-achieving students and her research on agency.
Raising Parents looks at a question many parents already have about children’s vision and screen time.
Dina Sargent frames co-parenting as shared work.
Raising Parents #78 features licensed psychologist Dr.
Rachel Schichtl Ph.D., RD, CFCS, FAND discusses introducing solid foods in infant nutrition on Raising Parents #89, with Marie and host Dina Sargent framing the episode around when to start, what to offer, and how to handle common challenges.
Chris Gilbert, MD, Ph.D., ties Gestalt therapy to food relationships and parenting, starting with the idea that the 'present moment' links a specific food with a specific emotion.
Riccardo Dalle Grave, M.D., says eating disorders rose during the COVID pandemic and cites a 15% increase in incidence in one year, with social media now part of the risk picture.
Phil Reed explains how a child's repeated 'Can I have a rabbit?' breaks a stressed parent's limit setting.
Psychologist Deborah Serani discusses postpartum mental health, covering baby blues, the seven types of postpartum disorders, and the importance of support.
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Dina Sargent welcomes psychotherapist Erin Leonard to talk about secure attachment and practical parenting moves.
Dina Sargent opens by naming the pressure to make family life look like nothing but smiles.
Maria Gertstein joins Dina Sargent to discuss postpartum wellbeing and how the postpartum period affects both mother and baby.
Dina Sargent opens with a warm welcome and treats neurodivergence as a topic parents are hearing more often.
Dina Sargent opens a conversation about the many things that shape emerging adults’ political and social beliefs.
Raising Parents looks at adolescent sleep.
The episode begins with a question about moral character and adolescence.
The host opens on a familiar parenting edge, where a tantrum is peaking and patience is wearing thin.
Raising Parents opens with a land acknowledgment and Dina Surgeon framing toddler milestones as a mix of firsts, regressions, and fast-moving change.
Dina Sargent opens the episode by treating parenting as a relationship that has to be built, not just assumed.
Vanessa LoBue, a psychology professor at Rutgers University, explains how infants move from general positive or negative affect to specific emotions like happiness, anger, fear, and shame.
Andrea Matthews defines the bully identity as a “mask and costume” that can replace authenticity, and she ties it to shame, powerlessness, and hidden anger.
Danielle Render Turmaud, M.S., NCC, frames parenting through trauma as a question of both child care and self-care, and she ties that to the show’s focus on caring for yourself and healing your child.
Dina Sargent opens by pushing back on the easy lines people repeat after childbirth.