by Liz Gumbinner | Spawned Podcast, Health, Fitness + Wellbeing
Recently, I wrote about that article, the one about Instagram, teens, body image and self-esteem — and the conversation I had about it with my 14-year-old daughter. It generated so much great conversation on our social feeds, that Kristen and I wanted to chat...
by Kristen Chase | Spawned Podcast, Books for Kids, Doing Good
With the recent news of the York Central School District book ban (only just a few hours from where Kristen lives, by the way), we thought it was important to re-share this amazing episode with the delightful, brilliant Meena Harris. She’s an activist,...
by Cool Mom Team | Spawned Podcast
We keep saying that we often get our best parenting podcast topic ideas from our readers, and a lot of you have asked for support navigating step-parenting. And that’s just what we’re talking about, in this dynamic, wonderful chat with Certified Parenting...
by Kristen Chase | Spawned Podcast
We’ve had a slew of amazing guests on our Spawned podcast recently, who have offered helpful advice on how to raise our kids. This week, we add another one to the list: Dr. Madeline Levine, a New York Times bestselling author, whose book Ready or Not: Preparing...
by Liz Gumbinner | Spawned Podcast
With everything going on in the world right now, kids are extra-stressed, they’re extra-restless, they’re extra-anxious, and, if they have siblings, they’re fighting. Yay! So what’s a parent to do to help manage it all? After a few listeners...
by Cool Mom Team | Spawned Podcast
We often ask ourselves what it takes to raise strong, wonderful kids who are kind, empathic (aka not assholes), which is why we were so excited to chat with Melinda Wenner Moyer, author of the new book How to Raise Kids Who Aren’t Assholes. She’s a science...
by Cool Mom Team | Spawned Podcast
Just when we thought back to school 2021 would be less stressful than 2020, the Delta variant decided to throw a huge, dangerous wrench into our decision. As so many parents struggle once again with sending their kids back to school, especially as many school...
by Liz Gumbinner | Spawned Podcast, Health, Fitness + Wellbeing
When Kristen wrote a viral post last week about wearing crop tops over 40, in response to a conversation with her daughter, the comments from our readers were so inspiring, we knew we wanted to discuss body positivity further on Spawned. Interestingly, we each have...
by Cool Mom Team | Spawned Podcast
On this week’s Spawned parenting podcast, we’re bringing back a vintage episode with one of our very favorite guests on a very serious subject. Lifesaving, even. Because even though we made it through the pandemic, what are we supposed to do about...
by Cool Mom Team | Spawned Podcast
When it comes to parenting teens, we’ve got lots of questions, which is why we were so thrilled to chat with Dr. Ken Ginsburg. Along with being a parent himself, Dr. Ginsburg has many years of experience from his work at the The Center for Parent and Teen...
by Cool Mom Team | Spawned Podcast
We love seeing kids who are thriving and living their passions, which is exactly how we’d describe 10-year old Camilla “Pepper” Persley, a podcaster and journalist who specializes in professional sports (especially women’s basketball). You...
by Kristen Chase | Spawned Podcast
We read a fair amount of parenting books, and lately we’ve seen the idea of “influence” popping up when it comes to the role we play with our children. That’s why we were so excited to welcome author Kelly Rippon as a guest on Spawned with...