Talking About Kids is a weekly podcast for parents, educators, and direct service providers that explores the latest information on issues impacting children and adolescents, from preventing bullying to unlocking creativity. Hosted by me - R. Bradley Snyder, author of The 5 Simple Truths of Raising Kids - each episode presents a new topic and introduces listeners to authors, academics, and visionaries from around the globe.

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What a book from 1920 can teach us about caring for kids with KellyAnn Bonnell

Release date: October 2, 2023 For as long as there have been kids, people have offered advice on how to care for them. Talking About...

How to foster drawing and cartooning skills in kids with Art Roche

Release date: September 25, 2023 Incorporating the arts into education helps students succeed academically and socially. Despite this,...

How to balance saving for retirement and saving for college with Brad Baldridge

Release date: September 18, 2023 The rising cost of college is in the news once again, as are 529 plans and student loan repayment. As a...

How to Help Kids Prepare Emotionally for the Transition from High School to College with Amy McGrath

Release date: September 11, 2023 The transition from high school to college can be difficult for some students. Here to talk about that...

Labor Day Episode: What we know about juvenile employment

Release date: September 4, 2023 Millions of kids in the U.S. have jobs. For this mini Labor Day Episode of Talking About Kids, I want to...

Why we should emphasize the humanities in education with Curtis White

Release date: August 28, 2023 Not long ago, Rebecca Sugar, creator of Cartoon Network’s Steven Universe, and I were discussing things...

How to help kids with diverse body types stay fit and active with Pam Luk

Release date: August 21, 2023 Participation in sports declines during adolescence. There are many reasons for this, and I want to...

What you need to know about fentanyl and kids with Haley Coles

Release date: August 14, 2023 Adolescence is a time of experimenting, and that experimenting sometimes involves trying illicit drugs....

Summer Episode 2: What we can do to improve the care of kids with suicide-related symptoms

Release date: August 7, 2023 News about increases in adolescent suicide can seem overwhelming, so in this second mini summer vacation...

Summer Episode 1: What we know about lower back pain in kids

Release date: July 31, 2023 Back-to-school sales are underway, so in this a mini summer episode of Talking About Kids I decided to...

How to support adolescent-centered care with Veenod Chulani and Beheir Thompson

Release date: July 24, 2023 This episode was recorded in front of a live audience on July 19th, 2023, at the Adloscent Health Conference...

How your pharmacist can help you and your kids with Stephanie Young Moss

Release date: July 17, 2023 My guest for this episode is Stephanie Young Moss. Dr. Stephanie, as she is known professionally, approached...

How IEPs can help kids with Kimberly Robinson

Release date: July 10, 2023 All kids are unique, but some do better in typical classroom settings than others. The process of...

What advice LGBTQ+ activists have for kids

Release date: July 3, 2023 For this final episode honoring Pride Month, I attended four NYC Pride events and interviewed speakers,...

What LGBTQ+ activists want you to do to support kids

Release date: June 26, 2023 For this fourth episode of Pride Month, Talking About Kids was granted media access to The Rally, NYC...

What caregivers need to know to support transgender and nonbinary kids with Lane Kantor

Release date: June 19, 2023 Lane Kantor is my guest for this third episode of Pride Month. Lane is an MD with a Masters degree in...

Why me must support sexual orientation and gender identity development in kids with Stephen Russell

Release date: June 12, 2023 For the second episode of Pride Month, I asked Stephen Russell to describe what we know from research about...

What social sciences say about gender identity and gender expression in kids with Madelaine Adelman

Release date: June 5, 2023 In honor of Pride Month, I wanted to look at sexual orientation and gender identity and expression in kids....

What data suggest about school shootings with David Riedman

Release date: May 29, 2023 School shootings are all-too-frequently in the news. When they are, there is a good chance that my guest’s...

How desegregation impacted school discipline with Aaron Kupchik

Release date: May 22, 2023 Aaron Kupchik returns to Talking About Kids to discuss his new research on the origins of contemporary school...

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