Navigating Parenthood Through Social Media, Covid, & Life
Ever wonder if the way you were parented impacts your parenting now?
What about if your kid is getting enough socialization during the pandemic?
Or what happens to your brain when you read flashy & fear inducing headlines on social media & the news?
Today on the What Nik Knows Podcast I have child psychologists Drs. Jenna Elgin & Shanna Alvarez the amazing creators behind @helpingfamiliesthrive. Together we debunk myths spread via social media and learn how to set your self up for success in your parenting.
These incredible researchers are on a mission is to bring parenting science to the real world. As moms of 3 kids each, they relate to the struggles and joys of parenting. They want to bring the gap between the information most parents have access to and the rigorously researched tools they have from their training to bring parents real peace of mind.
Here are some of the things you’ll hear today:
- How to respond to certain behavior
- The transition from infancy to toddlerhood in your parenting
- How to understand flashy and fear inducing headlines in the news and on social media
- Understanding your own childhood trauma and how you were parented & why it’s important to do the self work
- How much time should you actually be spending with your kids?
- Parenting during the pandemic
- How to create resiliency in your kids during the pandemic
- Where to find quality evidence based research that you can trust!
- And a special Q&A from the Becoming Mama & Beyond community!
This episode is jam packed with gems that you can implement today!
Make sure to check out their new course: Parenting Essentials, a comprehensive parenting course for children 2-10 that puts the power of the most studied evidence-based parenting programs in the palms of parents’ hands. Their course launches for the pre-sale on 3/8 and will be live on 3/15. Use this code (HFTNIK) for 20% off. They will be doing presale March 8-14 at $197. After that will be $247. The 20% will be good for either!
Here are the research based website recommendations they mentioned in the episode:
1. Google Scholar
2. https://www.zerotothree.org
4. John Gottman & The Gottman Institute