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Raising Daughters
Raising a daughter can be deeply rewarding, but understanding what she is thinking, feeling, and experiencing is not always easy. Raising Daughters helps parents build stronger relationships with their daughters and confidently navigate the challenges of childhood, adolescence, and young adulthood.
Hosted by developmental and behavioral pediatrician Dr. Tim Jordan, each episode provides practical guidance on the real issues girls and their families face today, including anxiety, confidence…
Episodes
Raising DaughtersDifferent Ways That Hurting Girls Express, “What About Me!”
Description: In this new podcast using real life stories of 5 girls, Dr. Jordan describes different ways kids whose needs are not being met express “What about…
Raising DaughtersAll Adolescent Girls Are Vulnerable: Here’s What They Need to Bloom and Thrive
Description: In this new podcast, Dr. Jordan explains how the molting process of blue crabs is similar to the vulnerability adolescent girls feel as they…
Raising DaughtersThis Is How Kids Feel Who Are Different, Lonely, and Hurting
Using stories from Fredrik Backman’s new book, My Friends, Dr. Jordan helps listeners get below the surface and into the hearts of how kids feel who are…
Raising DaughtersDrama Busters Every Girl Needs To Begin the School Year
Listen in to Dr. Jordan’s new podcast describing the effects of past friendship dramas on girls and how to find loyal, inclusive, mature friends that they…
Raising DaughtersHow to Maximize Your Daughter’s Study Space and Homework Breaks, and Avoid Procrastination
This new podcast will help you get your daughter off to a great start to the school year by maximizing her study space, teaching her about the 3 factors needed…
Raising DaughtersHere's How Working Moms Can Regain Balance and Joy With Julia Sewell
Working moms are often defined by their career achievements, pushed around by social pressures, and limited by stress at all fronts. This hinders them from…
Raising DaughtersCollege Women Share How to Best Prepare Your Daughter For Success In College
Description: 2 college sophomores share about their experiences during their first year in college including: social and academic challenges, the dating scene…
Raising DaughtersHow Can I Tell If My Daughter Is Ready For College With Joanna Lilley
Dr. Tim Jordan is joined by Joanna Lilley, a professional consultant for young adults, to discuss the most important attributes to look for to know your…
Raising DaughtersGirls Who Give Their Power Away Are Not Ready For Social Media
Description: In this new podcast, Dr. Jordan describes how girls can show parents they are keeping their power and thus earn the ability to start social…
Raising DaughtersTeach Girls How to Switch Out of Stinking Thinking
In this new podcast, learn how to help girls understand and switch out of their negative thinking patterns. Resources related to this podcast topic:Previous…
Raising DaughtersBuilding A Strong Family Culture With Avital Levy
There are many valuable strategies that parents can learn from business owners when building a strong family culture. Dr. Tim Jordan explores these…
Raising DaughtersWhy Grandparents Are Essential to Raising Healthy Children
Description: Listen in as Dr. Jordan describes the many benefits grandparents bring to their grandchildren, including providing unconditional love and support…
Raising DaughtersHow To Protect Your Daughters From Online Predators
Kids are not necessarily safe just by staying at home anymore. Once they go online through their phones, they are already at risk in meeting and being preyed…
Raising DaughtersAbsolute Best Place for Your Daughter this Summer? Camp!
Description: Dr. Jordan describes the incredible benefits for overnight camps including: time in nature, a break from technologies, a slower pace, a break from…
Raising DaughtersWhat To Do When You’re Daughter Won’t Share With You
In this new podcast, Dr. Jordan describes ways to discover the best context in which your daughter is most likely to share with you, including a…
Raising DaughtersHow To Help Girls Deal With The Uncertainties Of Their Teen Years And Their 20’s With Kate Berski
20’s has always been a decade of uncertainty. Most people in this age range face tons of doubts and are often unsure what they should do with their lives. In…
Raising DaughtersThe Absolute Best Process For Teaching Your Daughter to Learn From Her Mistakes
Description: In this podcast, Dr. Jordan describes a tried and true process for teaching your daughters how to learn from their mistakes. Girls can learn to…
Raising DaughtersWhy Have Our Teenagers Become So Socially Awkward?
Description: In this new podcast, Dr. Jordan describes how technology and social media have caused teenagers and young adults to feel so socially awkward…
Raising DaughtersWhy Your Daughter Struggles With Never Feeling Good Enough
In this new podcast, Dr. Jordan describes how girls today are experiencing debilitating stress from pressures/expectations to be perfect and a sense of never…
Raising DaughtersHow To Raise A Female Leader With Melissa Saleh
Dive into a captivating conversation where Dr. Tim Jordan and the unstoppable serial entrepreneur Melissa Saleh dissect the very DNA of female leadership. They…
Raising DaughtersFlexible, Authoritative Parenting Teaches Kids to Problem-Solve and Create Win-Win Agreements
Description Flexible, Authoritative Parenting Teaches Kids to Problem-Solve and Create Win-Win Agreements: In this new podcast, Dr. Jordan encourages parents…
Raising DaughtersHow Parents Can Take Back Their Daughter’s Childhood
How can I get my children and myself unplugged from technology? How can I provide opportunities for what kids really need—downtime, boredom, unsupervised free…
Raising DaughtersBest Remedy for Girls Who Think They Are Dumb
In this new podcast, Dr. Jordan describes girls who decide they are dumb and will have a poor future because they struggle in school due to learning…
Raising Daughters5 Step Method For Teenagers to Wean Off Social Media
In this new podcast, Dr. Jordan interviews Gabriela Nguyen, founder of Appstinent, about her 5D Step Method to wean off social media. Despite teens’ fears of…
Raising DaughtersStressed Out Teen Girls Need to Refuel: Here's How
Description: In this podcast, Dr. Jordan describes 2 girls, a 4th grader and an 11th grader, who are stressed out due to over full schedules. Dr. Tim also…
Raising DaughtersVacationing Without Your Children Is Critical For Your Marriage:
Description: In this new podcast, Dr. Jordan describes the importance of parents spending time together so that when the last child leaves the nest, they…
Raising DaughtersHow To Tell When Your Daughter Is Responsible Enough To Try Social Media
In this new podcast, Dr. Tim Jordan highlights critical ways girls can demonstrate to their parents that they possess the maturity and responsibility needed to…
Raising DaughtersThe Absolute Most Critical Factor in Girls Overcoming Adversity
Learn how your daughter’s connectedness to parents, family, community, and culture is more predictive of their mental health than their history of adversity…
Raising DaughtersWhat Buffalos and Lions Can Teach Your Daughters About Facing Adversity
Dr. Jordan offers 2 powerful metaphors about how your daughters can learn to face and overcome adversities. Unlike cows, buffalos charge directly into storms…
Raising DaughtersWorried About Unhealthy Messages About Beauty on Social Media? Teach Your Daughter to Become Media and Image Savvy
In this new podcast, Dr. Jordan describes how to teach your daughters how to become media and image savvy in order to combat the onslaught of unhealthy…
Raising DaughtersButterflies and Children Need to Overcome Adversity to Be Able to Fly
Dr. Jordan uses stories of eminent people like scientist Marie Curie, violinist Itzhak Perlman, and actor James Earl Jones to demonstrate how allowing girls to…
Raising DaughtersHow Parents Can Help Their Daughters Develop Into Critical Thinkers And Lifelong Learners
Ever wonder how to rekindle your child's love of learning and develop them into critical thinkers? Join Dr. Tim Jordan as he sits down with Jerry Kolber, the…
Raising DaughtersYour Daughter Comparing Herself to Other People is a Soul Killer
Do you ever hear your daughter negatively comparing herself to other people and feel at a loss as to how to help her? Today’s podcast will offer parents a…
Raising DaughtersHow Parents Can Teach Daughters to Stop Overwhelming Rumination
Does your daughter get overwhelmed by overthinking and overanalyzing everyone and everything in her life? If you have a middle or high schooler living under…
Raising DaughtersI Hate My Body! When And Why It Starts And What Parents Can Do About It With Dr. Ashleigh Gallagher And Dr. Janet Boseovski
“I Hate My Body!” is a phrase many girls silently struggle with, often shaped by societal pressures and unhealthy body image messages they encounter daily. In…
Raising DaughtersThe Great Barrier Reef Holds Lessons About Raising Confident, Resilient Daughters
Ever worry that your daughter lacks the confidence to solve her own problems and advocate for herself? Dr. Jordan describes how parents need to stop doing for…
Raising DaughtersA Holiday Wish: Look For Kindness in Others and You Will Find More of it
Election: discouragement, people pushed to extremes, culture and families can feel fractured, polarized:Rousseau believe man is naturally good but institutions…
Raising DaughtersThe Best Antidote For Anxious, Stressed Out Teenage Girls
The best antidote parents can teach their teenage daughters for dealing with the stresses in their lives is to learn to focus on what they do have control…
Raising DaughtersHow Your Daughter’s Self-Esteem Is Like a Crumpled $100 Bill
Dr. Jordan describes how parents can help their daughter make good sense of the adversities she’s faced so that she doesn’t lose sight of who she really is or…
Raising DaughtersIs Your Daughter Ungrateful? George Bailey Gratitude Will Help
Parents who worry that their daughter is overindulged, spoiled, or ungrateful can use the “George Bailey effect” to help them become more grateful for the…
Raising DaughtersA Bird Nest On Your Head? Teach Your Daughter How To Be In Charge Of Their Negative Self-Talk
Does your preteen or teenage daughter ever suffer with negative self-talk? Get overwhelmed by ruminating worst case scenarios about her friendships and…
Raising DaughtersThe Best Cure For Children’s Anxiety? Free Play!
One of the main causes of the increasing levels of anxiety in children today is the lack of free play. If they cannot have unstructured and unsupervised play…
Raising DaughtersMr. Rogers Learned How To Overcome Bullying And So Can Your Daughter
In this episode, Dr. Tim Jordan shares how Mr. Rogers overcame bullying as a child and how his story can inspire your daughter to overcome bullying, too…
Raising DaughtersHow Parents Can Know Their Daughter Is Ready For Social Media
When is the right time to allow your daughters to go online and get on social media? Dr. Tim Jordan describes many examples of social behaviors your daughter…
Raising DaughtersThe Most Important Factor in Girls Gaining Confidence and Resilience
In this episode, Dr. Tim Jordan describes the concept of parents being a “safe base” that allows their daughter to have the courage to venture out, take risks…
Raising Daughters12 Phrases Daughters Need To Hear From Their Parents
Parents are often accused of being overprotective of their children, to the point that they micromanage and babysit them way too much. Therefore, Dr. Tim…
Raising DaughtersWhat Parents Can Do When You Hate Your Daughter's Best Friend
Why can’t your daughter let go of her toxic best friend? In this episode, we explore the unique brain wiring that makes it difficult for girls to move on from…
Raising DaughtersIn Defense Of Helicopter Parents
Dr. Tim Jordan takes a closer look at helicopter parents and explores the numerous factors that have driven parents to micromanage and overprotect their…
Raising DaughtersHow Kids Find Their Intrinsic, Lifelong Motivation
In this podcast, Dr. Jordan shares a collection of inspiring stories from girls who express why they love the activities they are passionate about. Through…
Raising DaughtersDoes My Daughter Have An Anxiety Disorder?
Learn how to differentiate between normal anxiety and an anxiety disorder in girls, and discover when professional help might be necessary. This episode covers…
Raising DaughtersHow To Connect And Stay Connected With Your Teen Daughter
Learn ways to connect with your teenager to increase closeness so that you remain an influence in her life. Through heartwarming anecdotes and practical tips…
Raising DaughtersWhy Your Daughter MUST Set Her Own Intentions For The School Year
In this insightful episode, Dr. Tim Jordan delves into the importance of allowing your daughter to take charge of her own motivation by setting her intentions…
Raising DaughtersHow To Survive And Thrive Freshman Year: Advice From High School Seniors
The transition into freshman can be exciting and overwhelming at the same time. But fret not, because Dr. Tim Jordan brings some high school seniors to share…
Raising DaughtersWhy Are New Parents So Anxious Today And How Can We Better Support Them With Kristin Revere
Dr. Jordan interviews Doula Kristin Revere about her new book, Supported: Your Guide to Birth and Baby. They discuss why new parents seem more anxious today…
Raising DaughtersHow To Afford Your Daughter’s Dream College
College and cash may sometimes not be a perfect mix to think about, but that doesn't have to be the case because we've got it covered for you! In today's…
Raising DaughtersThe Best Ways To Connect With Children
Dr. Jordan shares his favorite ways to make connections with kids, whether they are yours or others, including: knowing their names, doing the unexpected…
Raising DaughtersTeaching Girls Prosocial Skills Can Start Early: Here's How With Danielle Lindner
Author Danielle Lindner discusses how to teach prosocial skills as early as preschool and how to help forge a lifelong love of learning in children. For more…
Raising DaughtersHow To Support Girls Through Their Grief
In this podcast, Dr. Jordan describes how to normalize a child's grief and support them through the process of grieving instead of pathologizing, diagnosing…
Raising DaughtersWhat Parents Are Really Saying Underneath Their Nagging
In this podcast, Dr. Tim Jordan describes how parents’ past unresolved issues and emotions can be at the root of why they nag, overparent, and get triggered by…
Raising DaughtersWhy Rushed Kids Are Lonely And Stressed
In today’s fast-paced world, girls often find themselves caught up in a whirlwind of responsibilities, leaving little time for them to pause. Dr. Tim Jordan…