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 we are getting dangerously wrong about school shootings with David Riedman

Release date: October 7, 2024 By several measures, 2024 is on course to be one of the worst ever in terms of gun violence on school...

What we know about school-based mental health services with Ezra Golberstein

Release date: September 30, 2024 The U.S. is in the middle of what many experts are a calling a “mental health crisis.” As a result,...

How to help a child cope with the loss of a pet with Anne Marie Farage-Smith

Release date: September 23, 2024 I doubt that anyone listening to the Talking About Kids podcast needs science to tell them that kids...

Why we need more leadership from pediatricians with Timothy McKnight

Release date: September 16, 2024 My guest this episode is Timothy McKnight, a respected pediatrician, a second-generation Black...

What you need to know about bullying perpetration and the implications of working with adolescent bullies with Kevin Runions

Release date: September 9, 2024 Bullying comes up a lot on Talking About Kids. When it does, we typically are discussing statistics and...

How to teach kids about the real people of Capitol Hill with Kitty Felde

Release date: September 2, 2024 Talking About Kids is kicking off our fourth season with a very special guest, Kitty Felde. Kitty is a...

Summer Episode 6: What we know about the volunteerism of kids

Release date: August 26, 2024 This is the final mini summer episode of Talking About Kids. In it, I share some statistics about kids...

Summer Episode 5: Why we should look for positive indicators of child development

Release date: August 19, 2024 In this fifth mini summer episode of Talking About Kids, I introduce the Positive Indicators Project,...

Summer Episode 4: What we know about the delinquent behaviors of kids

Release date: August 12, 2024 This is the fourth mini summer episode of Talking About Kids. In it, I share some favorable statistics...

Summer Episode 3: What we know about adolescents and drug use

Release date: August 5, 2024 This is the third mini summer episode of Talking About Kids. In it, I share some encouraging statistics...

Summer Episode 2: What we know about adolescents and sex

Release date: July 29, 2024 This is the second mini summer episode of Talking About Kids. In it, I share some encouraging statistics...

Summer Episode 1: Why we need research on kids

Release date: July 22, 2024 This is the first mini episode of Talking About Kids for summer 2024. In it, I share some little-known facts...

How the legal choices you make during a divorce impact family well-being with Charles Jamieson

Release date: July 15, 2024 Divorce is hard on kids. My guest this episode is the attorney Charles Jamieson. Charles has spent over 40...

What LGBTQ+ activists have to say about banning books from school libraries

Release date: July 8, 2024 Nationwide, school libraries – often refuges for students who are being othered by their classmates – are...

What LGBTQ+ activists want for all families

Release date: July 1, 2024 For the second year in a row, Talking About Kids was granted media access to all of NYC Pride’s events,...

How to support perinatal care for queer individuals with Bianca Sprague

The perinatal care that queer individuals receive because it can be stressful and dehumanizing in ways that have negative short-term and lon

What you need to know about the rights of LGBTQ+ youth with Gaelle Esposito

Release date: June 17, 2024 During Pride Month, Talking About Kids is devoted to LGBTQ+ issues. This third installment is about the...

How to support Two Spirit and LGBTQ+ youth with Jerico Cummings

Release date: June 10, 2024 During Pride Month, Talking About Kids is devoted to LGBTQ+ issues. This second installment is about...

How understanding history can help LGBTQ+ youth with Marshall Shore

Release date: June 3, 2024 In honor of Pride Month, Talking About Kids is devoting its June episodes to LGBT+ issues. This first...

What kids learn from wordless novels and relief printmaking with George Walker

Release date: May 27, 2024 George Walker is an artist, educator, and historian, who is best known for his books about public figures...

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