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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 Daughters
036: How to Prepare Your 5 Year Old for College – Part I
Stop pushing your daughters to follow the unhealthy prescribed path of gaining admittance into top tier colleges and making lots of money. Here are 5 tips on…
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034: Texting and Sexting: Teen Girls Speak Out on Technology
Don’t miss this fascinating discussion with four 18 year old women sharing candidly about the good, the bad, and the ugly of technology and social media…
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032: No Phones at Camp! The need for breaks from technology
Spending on average 9 hours a day using technology costs girls in many ways. This podcasts lays out those costs, including lacking a sense of community. Dr…
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031: Girls Who Want More: What Belle, Moana, and a Frog Have in Common
Fairy tale heroines weren’t looking for a prince to marry. Rather, as Ariel, Belle, and Moana all sang, “I want more!” They longed for more adventure, to get…
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030: Hookups, Drinking, Drugs, and Fads: Parents Should Stop Being Hypocrites!
Included in this week’s podcast: Parents have been worried about teen behavior since the dawn of womankind, and teens in the 1960’s and 1970’s, i.e. today’s…
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029: Parents Should be Seen, Not Heard
Included in this week’s podcast: Kids are always watching us: how we treat our spouse, our friends, and ourselves; and how we live our lives. They learn more…
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028: Should Girls be Allowed to Wear Sexy Outfits? Yes and No
In this week’s podcast, listeners will learn: The different ways parents judge girl’s outfits Understand why girls wear revealing clothes Why girls feel…
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027: Feelings
Many girls and young women are disconnected from their emotions, and they pay a price for this. In this podcast, Dr. Jordan will discuss: The reasons why girls…
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026: What Parents Need to Know About Social Media
Included in this week’s podcast: The real reasons girls love social media How we are shrinking girls’ geographic freedom Life lessons we learned by having…
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025: Girls with Anxiety: Why They Are the Most Courageous People I Know
Included in this week’s podcast: Why anxious girls are incredibly courageous Why girls have school anxiety including issues with friends, dating partners…
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024: Ghosts in the Nursery
In this podcast, Dr. Jordan will use many anecdotal stories to help you: Understand the concept of “Ghosts in the nursery” and how it affects parenting…
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023: Best Remedy for Stressed Girls: Down Time
Included in this week’s podcast: Why down time is therapeutic for stressed girls The benefits of unplugged time without screens Activities that calm girls down…
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022: End with the Beginning in Mind
Included in this week’s podcast: Rediscovering qualities of little girls before launching out into the world What girls need to keep those qualities alive How…
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021: Redefining Leadership
Included in this week’s podcast: What kinds of courage/ leadership are most prized by culture? Who gets the most attention/ seen as leaders at school? Other…
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020: Stop Victimizing Your Daughter!
Included in this week’s podcast: How we are teaching girls to be victims by the way we handle relationship aggression How to teach girls to be responsible for…
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019: How are we missing the forest for the trees with adolescent girls? The answer lies in fairy tales
Included in this week’s podcast: Understanding the Heroine’s Journey girls are undergoing Understanding the symptoms arising from the adolescent Touch Point…
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018: The ins and outs of the mom-daughter relationship
Dr. Jordan’s candid interviews with 3 high school girls about the relationship with their moms: How and why the relationship has changed over time What the…
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017: The Hardest Job a Parent will Have: Letting Go
Included in this week’s podcast: Why it’s so hard to let go A new framework to understand the letting go process Ways parents let go from infancy to adulthood…
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016: Taming the Body Image Monster
Included in this week’s podcast, a frank discussion with 3 adolescent girls about body image: At what age and why girls started worrying about their bodies…
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015: Sex-Ed 2.0
Included in this week’s podcast: Why the majority of sex-ed should be ‘relationship education’ How to build a healthy template at home for all future…
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014: Supporting Your Daughter’s Adjustment to College
Interesting interview with 2 college women about their adjustment to 1st year of college: Common adjustment experience for 1st year college students How girls…
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013: How Girls Can Keep Their Power
Included in this week’s podcast: Many ways that girls can keep their power Redefining power and leadership on their terms Parent’s role in teaching girls about…
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012: How Girls Give Their Power Away
Included in this week’s podcast: – reasons why girls give up their power – ways that girls give their power away – the cost to girls when they give up their…
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011: The Pressure for A’s is Senseless!
Included in this week’s podcast: Value of remembering when, why, and how most adults got motivated in school Fun, insightful stories of how some successful…
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009: We Are Setting Kids Up To Be Miserable Adults
Included in this week’s podcast: The unhealthy mantra girls are conditioned to follow The cost of being driven by externals Supporting your daughter’s passions…
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007: Raising Generous and Grateful Daughters
Included in this week’s podcast: How an authoritative parenting style lends itself to generosity The importance of perspective taking The importance of…
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006: How to Teach your Daughter to Develop a Growth Mindset
Included in this podcast: The difference between a fixed vs. growth mindset Research on how a growth mindset keeps girls in line for STEM careers Long-term…
Raising Daughters005: Absent Dads
Included in this podcast: Interview with 3 high school girls candidly discussing the effects of not having a dad present in their lives, the negative decisions…
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004: Would You Want Your Daughter To Be President of the United States?
Included in this podcast: Why elected office has lost it’s luster Encouraging kids to get in the shoes of leaders and ask, “How would I handle that issue?”…
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003: The Hookup Culture
Included in this podcast: A candid, enlightening interview with 3 women in college in which they discuss: The prevalence of hookups and what it actually means…
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002: Teach Your Daughter To Keep Her Power
Included in this week’s podcast: How girls give away their power when teased How to teach girls they are in charge of their feelings and reactions How to use…
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000: Welcome to Raising Daughters!
Everything you need to know to raise daughters begins here… Listen to our first podcast! Why you should listen to “Raising Daughters” podcasts: raise awareness…