Dec 30, 2025
Play is where development lives, even when it looks simple, repetitive, or messy.
In this conversation, Annamarie von Firley joins me to unpack why play is essential to early brain development and why children need hands-on experiences far more than screens, flashcards, or noisy battery powered toys. We talk about how...
Dec 23, 2025
Trouble ensues when we avoid saying what we actually need and expect the people we love to just know.
In this episode of Complicated Kids, I sit down with Kati Morton, a licensed marriage and family therapist and longtime mental health educator, to talk about why clear, direct communication is not just a nice-to-have,...
Dec 16, 2025
“Listening is fixing: what anxious teens wish their parents knew.”
In this episode of Complicated Kids, I talk with therapist and author Sophia Galano about what teenage anxiety actually looks like, and why it is so easy for even the most caring parents to miss. Sophia explains that teens are not...
Dec 9, 2025
Could a common gene variant be quietly clogging the system for you or your child?
In this episode of Complicated Kids, I sit down with holistic academic coach Elyse Dworin to talk about the MTHFR gene: what it is, what it does, and why it matters for neurodivergent kids and their parents. Elyse explains, in plain...
Dec 2, 2025
What happens when parenting doesn’t end when your child turns 18?
In this special episode of Complicated Kids, I sit down with my friend Dr. Sarah Wayland to talk about “forever parenting,” those situations where parents remain deeply involved in their child’s life and care well into adulthood, sometimes for the...