Nov 30, 2022

For the next six weeks, we will be re-airing episodes as we work on a brand new line up starting January 3rd, 2023. Wishing you and your loved ones a joyous holiday season, and thank you all for being a part of our Parenting Understood community! 

Bloom is Michelle's monthly parenting group to solve your child's...

Nov 23, 2022

On today’s episode of Pinot and Parenting we are chatting with Olya Valenta, marketing director of the toy company Magna-Tiles. Olya discusses the history of Magna-Tiles. We also speak about the role of play in children’s development, and how play can be facilitated. Finally, Olya discusses what it is like to be a...

Nov 16, 2022

In this episode of Pinot and Parenting, we had the pleasure of speaking with filmmaker Olivier Bernier. Olivier speaks about he and his wife’s journey with their son, Emilio, from his birth through to his start of preschool. Olivier outlines the challenges they faced with the New York City public school system when...

Nov 9, 2022

In this brief episode, Erin reflects on how her career as a researcher has helped her as a mom. She especially focuses on how her knowledge of attachment theory and science helped her through her daughter’s NICU experience. 

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Nov 2, 2022

We are thrilled today to discuss with Dr. Maria Gilmour a topic we often hear or read about but may not fully understand - Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA). Dr. Gilmour will explain what ABA is and how it is used in practice. She will also discuss with us the contrasting ways in which ABA has seen pushback and can also...