My guest today is Dr. Pamela Ellis. She conducts research into the areas of high school of college transition
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Kids, Sex, and Screens: Upping Your Parenting Game
If you’re curious whether you should stalk your kids online (spoiler: you should, at least for a while), this is the woman to ask.

Montessori Parenting Without a Montessori School
You’ve no doubt heard that Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin were educated at Montessori schools and attribute much of their success to that upbringing.

Teaching Your Kids to Think Critically and Detect C.R.A.P. Online
This week I got a chance to chat with digital literacy educator Diana Graber. Diana is the author of RAISING HUMANS IN A DIGITAL WORLD: Helping Kids Build a Healthy Relationship with Technology

Curiosity, and the Invention that Almost Never Happened
One day, nine-year-old James was in the kitchen with his mom’s sister. Well, while Auntie was sitting at the table having a cup of tea

"Is that really what I need to be happy?": How one Summer in Bombay Changed Me Forever
Ami Desai Mathur was born in New York, a first-generation natural-born American citizen. Her parents were born in India and immigrated to the United States after getting married.

The Shared Blanket: Life's Most Important Lesson in a Single Story
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Why I Wish I'd Never Bought That Fancy Red Sport Car
http://traffic.libsyn.com/leadwithastory/PWAS_095.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: RSShttp://traffic.libsyn.com/leadwithastory/PWAS_095.mp3Podcast (parenting-with-a-story-podcast-series): Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: RSSJun-seo’s father loved fine automobiles. He always drove nice cars himself, and went to all the high-performance car shows — a real car aficionado. So Jun-seo grew up with a taste for fine cars himself. Having…

The Gift We Love to Receive But Hate to Give
http://traffic.libsyn.com/leadwithastory/PWAS_094.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: RSShttp://traffic.libsyn.com/leadwithastory/PWAS_094.mp3Podcast (parenting-with-a-story-podcast-series): Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: RSSNot too long ago, “ropes” courses were all the rage. Remember those? Outdoor team-building programs where people climb through trees on ropes and ladders. The idea is that going through some hardship together builds camaraderie and…

How to Build Confidence in New Situations
http://traffic.libsyn.com/leadwithastory/PWAS_093.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: RSShttp://traffic.libsyn.com/leadwithastory/PWAS_093.mp3Podcast (parenting-with-a-story-podcast-series): Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: RSSI think all parents want their kids to have a healthy sense of confidence, especially when they’re going into a new or unfamiliar situation — like attending a new school, or moving to a new neighborhood. Wouldn’t…