Podcasts about amazon kids

This week, we welcome New York Times Bestselling author, Jessica Lahey to The Hamilton Review!  In this conversation, Jessica discusses her two books: The Gift of Failure: How the Best Parents Learn to Let Go So Their Children Can Succeed and The Addiction Inoculation: Raising Healthy Kids in a Culture of Dependence. Enjoy this conversation! Jessica Lahey is the author of the New York Times bestselling book, The Gift of Failure: How the Best Parents Learn to Let Go So Their Children Can Succeed and The Addiction Inoculation: Raising Healthy Kids in a Culture of Dependence. Jess was awarded the Research Society on Alcohol's Media Award for “outstanding journalistic efforts of writers who cover empirical research on alcohol” […] “for her book The Addiction Inoculation and advocacy for the recovery community.” Over twenty years, Jess has taught every grade from sixth to twelfth in both public and private schools, and spent five years teaching in a drug and alcohol rehab for adolescents in Vermont. She has written about education, parenting, and child welfare for The Washington Post, The Atlantic, and her biweekly column “The Parent Teacher Conference” ran for three years at the New York Times. She designed and wrote the educational curriculum for Amazon Kids' award-winning animated series The Stinky and Dirty Show, and was a 2019 Pushcart Prize nominee. Jess holds the dubious honor of having written an article that was later adapted as a writing prompt for the 2018 SAT. She co-hosts the #AmWriting podcast from her empty nest in Vermont   How to contact Jessica Lahey: Jessica Lahey Official Website   How to contact Dr. Bob: Dr. Bob on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChztMVtPCLJkiXvv7H5tpDQ Dr. Bob on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drroberthamilton/ Dr. Bob on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bob.hamilton.1656 Dr. Bob's Seven Secrets Of The Newborn website: https://7secretsofthenewborn.com/ Dr. Bob's website: https://roberthamiltonmd.com/ Pacific Ocean Pediatrics: http://www.pacificoceanpediatrics.com/    

「Amazon、「Fire HD 8」にメモリー／カメラ強化モデル。ディズニー／マーベルデザインのキッズモデルも」　Amazonは、内蔵メモリー（RAM）およびリアカメラの性能を強化した8.0型タブレット「Fire HD 8」、およびその子供向けモデル「Fire HD 8 キッズモデル」「Fire HD 8 キッズプロ」を10月3日より発売。また、Amazon Kids＋においてディズニー／マーベルの教育コンテンツも配信開始する。

This week the KIDS are taking over! These little nepo babies are getting the rights to this entertainment legacy. It's MOTHERS DAY and these little kiddos are giving these mom's a break by doing all the hard work of interviewing shooting the shit. Sebastian interviews ChaCha Shen one of the stars of the new show SURPRISE AND SEEK on Amazon Kids+. As always we have your #TITSANDSHITS and #SWAGBAG.Don't forget to LEAVE US A REVIEW!  Watch ChaCha and all of her friends in SURPRISE AND SEEK on Amazon Kids+ out now! #SWAGBAG Sebastian: His Ipad Luna: Bitty Baby ASK US ANYTHING! HAPPY TO GIVE ADVICE. Email us at hello@momtouragepodcast.com For more Momtourage:  iTunes: https://tinyurl.com/y6xrpx8e Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/y5f6ahn4 Instagram: www.instagram.com/momtouragepodcast  Facebook: www.facebook.com/MomtouragePodcast  YouTube: https://tinyurl.com/y4re9sca Website: www.MomtouragePodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to episode 223. Do you rush to fix your child's mistakes, shielding them from failure?  Many moms do!  Maybe it's a forgotten homework assignment or a missed deadline.  This episode is your guide! New York Times bestselling author Jessica Lahey shares a relatable story of when she had to decide: intervene and save her daughter, or let her face the consequences of forgetting homework.  In this episode, you'll learn: •    How Jessica handled the homework situation (and the surprising lesson her daughter took away!) •    The #1 thing moms can do to avoid over-parenting or under-parenting •    How to create situations where your child feels empowered to solve their own problems •    Techniques to raise a confident, capable child who embraces challenges •    Empower your child, not enable them!  Listen to this episode now! This podcast is perfect for you if: •    You want your child to learn from mistakes and build resilience. •    You're worried you might be preventing your child from developing independence. •    You crave tips on raising a strong, capable adult. •    Don't miss out on these valuable strategies! Tune in today! Love this episode? Let's connect: https://www.instagram.com/melissallarena/ This episode is brought to you by Fertile Imagination: A Guide for Stretching Every Mom's Superpower for Maximum Impact Feeling Lost and Uninspired as a Mom? Reignite Your Spark Today! Do you long to rediscover the things that truly light you up as a mom? Feeling stuck in the daily grind can leave even the most passionate moms feeling drained and uninspired. But what if you could recapture that spark, that creative energy that makes you, you? Fertile Imagination is your guide to unlocking your inner powerhouse. This #1 Amazon bestseller, written by a mom who's been there, will help you: •    Uncover your hidden passions and talents. •    Develop a clear vision for your future as a mom and an individual. •    Learn powerful strategies to overcome overwhelm and rediscover your joy. Stop feeling like you're just going through the motions. Light a fire under your dreams and become the best version of yourself for your family! Visit Melissa Llarena: https://www.melissallarena.com/fertileideas/ right now and grab a FREE chapter of Fertile Imagination! Don't wait! Your most inspired and fulfilling life as a mom is waiting to be discovered. On the same website, we also have a limited-time offer for mom entrepreneurs who want to speak to the right people and catapult their business success in 30 days or less! Not sure how to go first in networking, or perhaps what to say in a follow-up? Answers to these strategic networking questions are addressed in a free resource that has helped me and my clients talk to the right people in way less time than it would take using traditional networking methods! Download my FREE playbook, "From Contact to Connection," and learn: •    Easy steps to find the right contacts and reach out confidently. •    Unconventional follow-up tips to stand out and build relationships. •    Templates to personalize your outreach for maximum impact. Stop feeling lost and reignite your spark! Download your free playbook now and watch your business thrive. Click here: https://www.melissallarena.com/fertileideas/ Limited time offer! Official bio for Jessica Lahey  Jessica Lahey is the author of the New York Times bestselling book, The Gift of Failure: How the Best Parents Learn to Let Go So Their Children Can Succeed and The Addiction Inoculation: Raising Healthy Kids in a Culture of Dependence. Jess was awarded the Research Society on Alcohol's Media Award for “outstanding journalistic efforts of writers who cover empirical research on alcohol” […] “for her book The Addiction Inoculation and advocacy for the recovery community.” Over twenty years, Jess has taught every grade from sixth to twelfth in both public and private schools, and spent five years teaching in a drug and alcohol rehab for adolescents in Vermont. She has written about education, parenting, and child welfare for The Washington Post, The Atlantic, and her biweekly column “The Parent Teacher Conference” ran for three years at the New York Times. She designed and wrote the educational curriculum for Amazon Kids' award-winning animated series The Stinky and Dirty Show, and was a 2019 Pushcart Prize nominee. Jess holds the dubious honor of having written an article that was later adapted as a writing prompt for the 2018 SAT. She co-hosts the #AmWriting podcast from her empty nest in Vermont. Links to connect with Jessica Lahey •    https://jessicalahey.com •    https://www.instagram.com/teacherlahey/ •    https://www.facebook.com/jessicapottslahey/ TRANSCRIPT Enjoy the conversation. Jessica Lahey. Thank you so much. And welcome to unimaginable wellness. I am thrilled to have you here. How are you?  I am great looking out on a snowy Vermont woods through my office windows.   Oh, New England. I remember,  New Hampshire and I got a big, thick coat that was for the Arctic weather.  Sounds about right. Yeah, that's about right. And that started at the end of October. So that's, that was always interesting, but yeah. Thank you so much for being here. And why don't you share with listeners a little bit about you, your book, your wisdom, and then we will jump into something that listeners definitely need help with, which is our mental bandwidth. So take it away, Jessica.   Thank you. So I was a teacher for 20 years. I've taught every grade from sixth to 12th grade, but my heart, I have to admit, lies in middle school. I love, love, love teaching middle school. I also taught for five years in a drug and alcohol rehab for adolescents. So I've sort of taught in hoity toity private schools and in public schools and all across the, the range. And about the same time that I was teaching middle school, I had kids in middle school and I was Finding that  a lot. And I was also at the, at the same time writing, I was a education journalist. So I, as a teacher and as a parent, I was really interested in how kids learn, how to create a situation, a home, a home life that sort of got kids excited about. Inquiry and curiosity and all that sort of stuff. And at the same time, sort of battling my demons of how much do I step in and help with my kids? And how much do I step back and encourage them to be independent? And then saw my students,  a lot of my students parents were doing things that were sort of doing an end run around a lot of learning opportunities. And that was getting frustrating to me. And so I was on kind of a high horse about that and, and sort of, Just irritated with some of the parents of my students, which is really bad, like the better the homeschool relationship is the better kids learn. We know that. But then the journalist side of me, I was writing for the Atlantic and the New York Times and eventually started writing a column for the New York Times called the Parent Teacher Conference, which was a biweekly column sort of for the Parents wanting to ask questions about education and teachers wanting to ask questions about sort of the, it was at the intersection of education and parenting. And so my brain was constantly thinking of what is the impact of this learning environment or this parenting thing. And, you know, what I was sort of seeing was that some aspects of over parenting, whether it's highly directive parenting or controlling parenting, were  undermining. Learning in many respects, but I wasn't really clear on how that was happening or even if that was happening. And so the journalist in me got to go out and research that for like two years, and then write a book about what I found in terms of how parenting styles affect learning, motivation, engagement, all that kind of stuff. And, and then I had to get real about my own parenting. Cause it turns out I was doing the same thing. To my own kids  that I was irritated for the parents of my students were doing. So it became something I had to look at both as a parent and a teacher. And it became personal for me, which was where I had to be quite humbled to take a deep breath and look at my own, my own,  my own habits and what I was doing to my own kids.  I love how you brought both sides of the same coin together, just like being part of the experiment and then also like trying to figure out what's going on in this experiment, like, are we too involved? Are we not? Well, no, we are definitely not not involved. But it's it's just interesting how then you had to almost take your own medicine in a way. Yeah, I appreciate it. Like I said,  Humbling, especially since, well, so much of what I write about, I mean, the gift of failure was my first book and it was very much about the impact of parenting styles over parenting, directive parenting and autonomy, the alternate, the alternative autonomy, supportive parenting and what that does to kids ability to learn and their motivation and stuff like that. And that's based on research that's out there in the field. And then my second book. Was about my coming to terms of the fact that I am an alcoholic and getting control of my own drinking, not really getting control of it, but not drinking anymore, and then having to think about, okay, well, what has the impact been on my children and what will the intact impact continue to be on my children in terms of their own risks? So I have really what I consider to be one of the coolest jobs in the world, which is to get curious about a topic and then. Go in my hidey hole in the woods of Vermont and research the heck out of it for a couple of years and then translate that research for people who don't necessarily want to go around reading studies and, and having to learn the statistics and all that other stuff in order to translate it to real life and how that actually translates to parenting and education and what we do in the classroom and all of that sort of stuff. It's, it's a really, it's perfect for me as a job. Yeah, I mean, it's so interesting, too, that you have this like, or had this fascination for middle school. May I ask, before we move on, why? Because I have kids in middle school and I'm like, who would be fascinated with middle school?  Well, I actually, uh, my very first teaching gig was with kids, was at the Duke Talent Identification Program. And it, there were, they were sort of gifted or really advanced middle school kids, but they weren't, they were so mature for their age in many ways that it, so I moved directly into teaching.  And I thought that's where I would stay. And I had applied for a new teaching job in a high school that I really admired. And I got a note from the head of a middle school saying, is there any way you would come and interview for this job? Would really love to talk to you about it. And I'm like, Middle school. I, I, I don't know. They, they freak me out. I didn't like middle school myself. I can't imagine that I would want to teach kids that young. And she said, look, just come meet them, which was the kiss of death. I went and I met them and I fell in love with them immediately. And it was,  there's something about the fact that they are still. Children, in the sense that their guard isn't completely up, they still need hugs, they still,  there's, there's something really magical about this, this age, and I think the more you understand about the adolescent brain and cognitive development during adolescence, the more  You can understand why middle school is so magical. They, we give them far more than they can handle from the perspective of where their brain development is. And so the expectation is if you're a middle school teacher who absolutely loves this age group, and I don't know why you would teach middle school if you didn't, because it would be maddening.  The expectation is, is that we will watch them screw up all day long over and over and over again, and find those learning moments because Kids aren't always teachable on our schedule. Sometimes it requires us to sort of step back and say, okay, in the back of my mind, I know I'm going to have to talk to this kid about his total lack of organization, but I can't do it right now because he hasn't had lunch yet or his Guinea pig died last night or whatever is happening at home. His parents are getting divorced and now isn't the best time to be talking. It's more than he can handle. So you wait for just that right moment. And over. I was really lucky. I got to teach sixth grade and seventh grade and eighth grade. So I had these kids for three full years, something that education is, is really starting to realize is important, which is sort of tracking teachers along with kids for more than one year. You really get the opportunity to get to know them. And so if anyone's ever parented a middle school kid, sixth grade and eighth grade are like two different planets. So getting to watch them grow from sixth grade to the end of eighth grade and heading off to high school. It just, it's amazing. It's incredible. I love it so much. I have a seventh grader, so I'm smack in the middle. I'm seeing a little metamorphosis. It's kind of like, oh my goodness, what's coming out on the other side. But, but I'll say this, I'll say this. I think as far as this idea of how much a kid can handle, depending on their age. Is it, oh, of course. It's an idea that even it involves us moms too, and how much we can handle. And on that note, I thought we would totally talk about one of your viral videos. I'm going to say Instagram  with regards to a topic that I think a lot of us. might not be able to handle. Like if we have kids and, and we're kind of focused on grades and we want to be sure that they get to like the right high school, the right college and all of that, the topic that you shared your perspective on was my kid left her homework at home. Should I take it to school for her? And the reason why that topic resonated with me is because here's my theory. My theory is. The reason why a lot of moms are challenged in terms of their mental bandwidth, like, why does it feel so stretched? My hypothesis is because they're also taking ownership of our kids burdens and challenges and problems to solve. And along the lines of how much they can handle and how much we can handle, I would love your thoughts. thoughts on this idea of, of homework. It's like, I feel like there's got to be a lot more to it than just a piece of like paper giving to school. There's got to be a lot behind that. So say more.  Yeah. So this story actually is in the book, the gift of failure and is  It's a cool story because since gift to failure came out, there has been a long period of time in which I've seen how the choices I made that day have played out over a long period of time. So you have to understand the backstory, which I explained in gift to failure, which is that my daughter had real issues with organization. I mean, again, this was for her, this was fourth grade, but this is something that could come up any, at any period in time. And what. We understood was that she just at first was that her homework just wasn't getting done. That's what I heard from the teacher like homework is not happening. Well, it turns out that wasn't exactly true. What we did was we talked to her about the homework issue. And what we found out was that actually the homework was getting done. It was just that she was either not handing it in. It was getting lost. It was stuck in the bottom of her backpack. So what was fascinating about that to me is that my assumption was that she was just not doing it. That's Turns out wasn't true. It was a whole different piece of this. So we had to lay out really clear expectations for homework and then really clear consequences for if she didn't hand it in. So our really clear expectations were you'll do it, you'll do it to the best of your ability. You'll put it in your backpack, you'll take it back out of your backpack and you will hand it in to your teacher so that your teacher can give you feedback because homework is all about feedback.  And  So by the time this homework was left on this coffee table and my daughter was already out at the bus stop.  And we knew that her major problem was putting the homework in the backpack, taking it out of the backpack, handing it to the teacher. And we'd had a whole conversation about this and we'd been working on this specific thing. And so I went back and forth and back and forth. Do I take it? Do I not take it? In fact, I had to go to the school for something later that day anyway, so it would have been super easy for me to take it. And I actually even went to Facebook and put up on Facebook that this was a challenge for me. I was right in the middle of writing the gift of failure. What I do, blah, blah, blah. And a friend of mine who helps run this website called Grown and Flown and wrote the book Grown and Flown about helping your older kids sort of out of, out of the nest, she said, Jess, I really respect you and I love your work, but I disagree if, if. If this were  your husband and he forgot his, his charging cord at home, then you'd take it to him. Right? Because family, if no one else has your back, right? We show each other, we have their backs and we love each other. And if no one else in the world supports us, our family supports us. And I'm like, Oh crud, what do I do now? Because my instinct is I can't take the homework and not just because my entire very small community knew I was writing a book called the gift of failure about this exact thing. And so I didn't take the homework that day because I realized no, yes, I would take the, the charging cord to my husband, but my husband, always remembers his charging cord. Like that's not an issue we're working on with him. He's an incredibly careful and meticulous person. And so it would be an oddity, an outlier for him to forget something like that. But with my daughter, this is a very specific thing we've been working on. So I didn't take it. I'm also, by the way, not raising my husband. I was raising my daughter with this very specific blind spot in her, in her executive function skills. And so I didn't take it. And what ended up happening was  her teacher got fed up. Wonderful Mr. Dano. I love him so much. I talk about him all the time. Mr. Dano kept her in from lunch, which plus a minus I'm not in agreement with that. We, Kids need exercise, but kept her in from recess and said, this is something that's been going on for too long. It's time that you just, you have to come up with a strategy, like how is tomorrow going to be different from today? And that day, the day I didn't take the homework and did not rescue her, she was forced to sit down and come up with a strategy that would work for her. And that strategy won PS, I had been recommending for ages that she didn't. Listen to came up with her own strategy, which again was the one I had been recommending you forever, but it was the one that she thought she came up with all on her own, which is what matters, which was a checklist, like having a checklist at home so that she remembers everything. And what was so cool about that was.  She's very proud of herself when she told me all about this checklist thing. She had come up with clearly all on her own,  but it's the,  the tool she used, the strategy she used all the way through middle school, all the way through high school. I kept all of them. She would remake them from time to time, depending on what she needed. And she's in college now, and it continues to be the way she thinks about it. What she needs to leave house with or the dorm room with or whatever  And it stuck because it was her Strategy and if I had taken the homework that day She wouldn't have had this moment where she had to talk to an adult about how She needed to be supported in coming up with a solution to this ongoing problem that she wasn't hearing from me and I'm forever indebted to Mr. Dano for, for being that person that really pushed her to come up with something. So it was really hard to stay home that day, especially since it was for a subject that. She was having trouble with, it was kids who were starting to tease her about being the kid that forgets everything. I could have saved her from that if I had just taken the homework that day, but, and it would have made me feel great,  but I had to put off my own, Need to feel good about here's how much I love you. Here's visible evidence of how much I love you for what would benefit her long term, not necessarily that day. And I would have stolen that learning opportunity from her. And to your point,  it's not great at there's another story that I tell in the book, which is that former. Student of mine, we were working on some stuff together about her anxiety and her anxiety around homework and all that stuff. And it was because her parents were so, so invested in helping her with homework every single day, like literally on top of her. And it was causing major chaos, not just chaos, but anxiety in the home. When it came time for her to go off to college and I asked her what she was excited about, she's like, Oh yeah, I'm so excited for this, that, and the other thing. She said, but I'm really, really worried about my parents because I don't know what they're going to do with their time because she had never seen her parents have a life outside of her needs and wants  and schedule. And that's bad for kids. Like we shouldn't. They need to see that we have a life outside of their needs and wants and lives and that we are full people outside of our children. That's how we teach our children to be their own parents who can have a life outside of their own kids and think about things like their relationships and their career and their whatever those other things are outside of kids. So I think it's, we really, really have to balance that stuff and be thinking about what's important for our kids in the long term and what's important for us in the long term.  Absolutely. And as I think about what you're sharing, I'm thinking to myself, okay, so this was like a, a little moment that became a huge learning opportunity, lifelong benefits for your daughter. And I'm curious about for yourself and just like, is this now something that you never had to think about again? Like, how did it like.  Wouldn't that be nice? Wouldn't that be nice if I never had to think about it again? No, it was fourth grade and you know, this, she continued to be the kind of kid who needed more supports, especially for executive function stuff. And for those people who don't know, executive function stuff is frontal lobe stuff. It's adulting stuff. So the brain develops from the bottom up. We start with like the ability to breathe and the ability and reflexes and the ability to see our heart. But the higher up in our brain, we go, the more we're thinking about like time management, resource allocation, how we segue from one thing to another, starting a task, finishing a task, all that kind of like adulting stuff. That's all frontal lobe stuff. And that is the very last part of the brain to come online. And many, many. Kids, fourth grade, middle school, high school, that part of the brain is not fully online yet. It's not fully online until the early to mid twenties, which if you read my other book about substance use, it's the reason that using addictive substances is so much more harmful to the adolescent brain than it is to an adult brain that's done forming. So for me, I constantly had to think, okay, where is my kid along this continuum of developing executive function? And she's 20 now.  Is she fully cooked yet? No, she, her brain won't be fully cooked until the early to mid twenties. My older kid happened to get there a little bit sooner and my younger kid is getting there a little later and that's totally normal. But how I react to one kid might be a little different from how I react to my other kids simply because.  I know,  I have a pretty good sense of where they are in terms of what they need, and it's when we start  assuming that they need help all the time, when we start assuming that they're not competent enough to do stuff themselves, that's when we start sort of stepping in, doing too much, being overly directive, and possibly fostering what's called learned helplessness, which is teaching our kids Oh, no, I don't think you can do that thing. And then they start to believe it too. And so their immediate reaction becomes, Oh, I need help with this. I can't do it myself. There's no way I could do this on my own. And I see it from the classroom side as a teacher. And I see it at home from my own kids, it still pops up, but it still rears its ugly head sometimes, because is it easier to pretend you can't do it? So mom will do it. Absolutely. And that goes from laundry to loading the dishwasher to pretending that you didn't know that if the dishwasher is already clean, then you can unload it before you drop your stuff in the sink and just walk away. There's that learned helplessness thing is a really tempting  thing to fall into for kids until they're done developing and sometimes beyond. What's so what's so interesting, Jessica, in terms of just like my own experiences, is that. This dynamics of like an overly involved parent doing things for you is alien territory to me. I'm like, oh, that's so fascinating. I, I have a totally different life experience. So here's the challenge that I want to just share with you. Like how, How would a listener who has the opposite experience where she had to grow up very quickly because she was raised by a mom with manic depression? Like, how does someone like me and you, Jessica, teach our kids without breaking them? Because I don't know what they're capable of, but I'm really trying to figure out what are the edges and like, how does one before? For already, like what one kid could handle or not, how do you start like testing this just like, Oh, I think they got this or, Oh no, break them. If they do that. Yeah. So  I love this question because I hardly ever get this question. I, I was raised in a home with an alcoholic parent. I was raised along with some other stuff that I choose to keep private that  I had to grow up really fast and I was in charge of all my stuff. But part of that was really wonderful because part of it was that my parents trusted me to make good decisions and they, and I, you know, Very much wanted to fulfill that expectation. And so  from my perspective, some of that was really great. Like they trusted me to navigate the world and be able to speak up for myself. And they expected that I would speak up for myself and that I would be able to navigate the world. But there is, as you mentioned, so there's, There's a really interesting divide between kids who have, there's this thing called self efficacy, which is the feeling that if you take action, that you can change things. Like, let's say for example, I'm.  I really don't like my college roommate. We're just not getting along and I really think we should switch roommates. And so I know that I could go speak to an advisor or go talk to the college or talk to the roommate and either resolve things or change things up. That's a feeling of self efficacy. I know I can do that. So I tend to have a fairly high level of self efficacy, but there are two kinds of kids who have very low levels of self efficacy. And not only is that. which is terrible for them emotionally, but it's also a really big risk factor for substance use.  Kids who grow up in the foster care system, group homes, homes where they're being neglected or abused, where  you want to change the fact that you're getting hit or that you don't have anyone to turn to, but there isn't much you can do. Do to change that situation, a kid in foster care may have no control whatsoever over where they're living next week. And that can cause some kids to have really low levels of self efficacy. Like no matter what I do, nothing will change kind of thing. But then there are also kids who grow up with every support and financial support and parents doing everything for them. And even those kids can end up in a situation where they're like, well, I don't need to make decisions about things because all decisions are being made for me. Someone is going to figure that out for me. And that's also can foster a really low level of self efficacy. And these are the kids that I saw in my rehab classroom a lot, these two kinds of kids. And so I think One of the best things we can do is really get to know the kid that we have really well. What are their needs? What are their wants? What are, what are the things they love? And let them know that we love them no matter what the outcome is That we're, that we're really interested in the process of becoming, learning, practicing that when we focus overly on the end product, the trophy, the score, the grade, the points, that what we're saying is we don't care how you get there. We just want you to provide these results and. The way we react when they do or don't provide those results.  Can make them can make a lot of kids feel like they are loved more when they get high grades and less when they Get low grades. And in fact, I poll kids on this when i'm in schools And it's really stunning how many kids say? Yeah, I really do believe that i'm loved More when I get high grades and less when I get low grades so doing a lot of this sort of process talk will also get at the topic of Well, do you need support here? Do you want me to step back a lot of Parents don't think to ask those questions, especially when your come kids, your kid comes to you and they're really upset and like we go into that defensive mode and we just want to fix it for them because it's so horrible to hear about our kids being in distress. But a lot of teens will tell you that they don't want the problem solved. They just want to talk about it. They just want to be heard. So.  Making sure your kid feels heard is the number one thing that we can do to make sure that we're not under parenting or over parenting because they're going to tell us if they trust us and if they feel supported in the process of becoming and whoever it is, they're going to be, as opposed to just in the end product, then they hopefully will trust us enough to tell us when they need help and when they need support, and that's when you can get to know Are they asking for help because they're  being helpless here, or are they asking for help because they really, really need help? And it becomes fairly, it's different with each kid, but if I can learn it in a classroom of 30 students, I knew when my students needed real help or were just copping out for the day. And I knew when a student was in distress and not asking for help. That's a matter of looking and listening, listening, listening. And paying attention to who the kid is. And there's one thing I say a lot when I'm talking in schools, talking to parents about gift to failure stuff, which is  that we have to love the kid. We have not the kid we wish we had, because when we love the kid, we have not some imaginary version of our child. We really do get  a feel for their emotional state and their,  their levers for what they want and need from us. And, and that's.  Knowing the kid you have and, and not just the kid you wish you had is sort of the most important thing that I think we can do as a parent.  Yeah, I would agree totally. I think some kids can handle more than other kids, which is an obvious point. But I think as a parent, it's the onus is on us to really like understand, like maybe what are their limits and challenge them a little bit. I mean, I have several anecdotes, which I'll definitely share in the show notes a bit more, but. Yeah. Thank you, Jessica, for this. I think this is important. And so one final question before you share all your socials and where we could get your books and such, but here's the question. So you personally, as a mom, as an author, a New York Times bestselling author, help us understand how you personally have bubble wrapped your sanity along your journey.  Yeah, at the, my ability to say no to things has gotten better. When I first sold The Gift of Failure, I was working full time over more than full time as a middle school teacher. I was teaching six, six class. So I was teaching six individual different classes out of seven periods a day. And I was also working part time as an education journalist. And then I sold my book and I did not want to stop teaching. But I also. I had to weigh sort of what I wanted from my career, and I had always wanted to be a writer, and this was my big chance to sort of do it or not do it right. And I had to, I, the day I quit, I was just Weeping. It was awful. I luckily was able to find a part time job teaching so that I was able to juggle everything, but I couldn't do everything I wanted to do. And granted, this isn't from a perspective of, Oh my gosh, I have choice. That's a place of incredible privilege. And I totally understand that. But being able to say no to some of the things that are shiny objects that I would love to like have on my CV, or that I think could sell a couple extra books, or that might give me, give me another opportunity. I've had to realize that I can't be all things to all people. I can't do everything. In order to be the parent that my teenagers needed, I couldn't also. Teach full time. I just couldn't do it no matter how much I wanted to stay.  And it was really sad, but it was a decision that was really, really good and allowed me, as I said, to find a part time job that did allow me to have a taste of this and a taste of that, and still be there for my kids when they needed me to be. Thank you for that. I think that's helpful. I think saying no is ultimately saying yes to the thing that you really want. So it makes, it makes sense. And I know it's really, really hard, especially when those objects are extra super shiny. So Jessica, share with us where we can continue to follow along your journey and buy your books and support you and learn more about them. Your gift of failure.  So everything is at Jessica Lahey. com, including the daily videos. I was putting up for a while and I'm hoping to return to both on the addiction inoculation and the gift of failure. I do that on Instagram but they're all indexed in the little table of contents on there. You can find out about more about. Possibly getting me to come to your kid's school or some nonprofit organization in your area to speak about either topic. But again, everything is at Jessica Lahey. com and I'm on all of the social places at, at Jess Lahey. Thank you so much. Or at Teacher Lahey, sorry, at Teacher Lahey. Someone over on Instagram took at Jess Lahey, so I couldn't have it. So I'm at Teacher Lahey over on Instagram. Thank you so much, Jessica. I appreciate this.  Thank you so much. This is such, such a fun conversation. Absolutely. Thanks again.  What an amazing conversation with Jessica, and here's why I was so smitten to have a conversation with her. First of all, I think it's so interesting that the topic of over parenting is such a big deal these days because I see it, I'm a witness, I understand it visually. But personally, and maybe you too, I wasn't over parented. I don't know if I would say I was under parented, but maybe right sized parented for my personality and my abilities. So, it's something for you to consider. I think there's two ends, two ways of approaching parenting, probably several. But ultimately, it's something important to understand as far as For each individual child. So here's my quick recap. Number one, kids do need to see that we have lives outside of our kids. And I think that is even more important and possible with the internet, making it more accessible to us. Second point, we have to give kids more credit. We can't assume that they don't know how to do something. I will even add this point. Not only can we not assume that they don't know how to do something. But dare I say, and I'm just saying this cause it's easier to say than to do. What if they actually can do something more simply and better? Right? So that's an opportunity that I think is really helpful. Here's the third one, self efficacy. So for different kids, there's different quote unquote. Levels of abilities, right? And capabilities. So it's beyond just the age because you could have two 12 year olds that have totally different ways of handling the exact same stressful moment. And I think. You see that in one home where you have siblings who see certain situations favorably, potentially, and others, not as much. So it's really important for us as moms, even at the helm of really growing businesses. To really pay attention to the different parenting style needs that our individual children have. And as someone with identical twins, that goes for me too, and maybe for you too. So hope you enjoyed the conversation. I definitely want to invite you to learn more about Jessica. She shared how to reach out to her. And I also want to invite you to head on over to fertile ideas. com. When I say that I am beyond, beyond excited that I am sharing. You know, everything that I've learned over these four years on how to rediscover my own imagination so that this way I could actually have a business that thrives and something that I'm excited about and I feel fully aligned to, which is supporting mom entrepreneurs. It is not an understatement. Your imagination is something that you might not even know has been paused for a decade. And once we hit that play button. And that is a little bit of a pun because that is part of my framework playing with your imagination. There's no telling at how many wonderful ideas you could activate and turn into reality and actually make an impact in the world and on your terms. So head on over to www.fertileideas.com

In this episode we revisit Amazon Kids Plus. We take a look at how easy it is to surface content on the Echo, using the Kids Plus features. An annoyance I have with Amazon blocking Podcasts entirely for parents using the free tool, and not granting some sort of whitelisting option.

In this riveting episode, we delve into the intricate world of Alexa's AI Beta. Buckle up as we revisit key discussions from previous episodes (286 and 262) and uncover the truth: blocking this elusive Beta is akin to chasing shadows. Blueprints, tools, and even routines stumble in their attempts to shield us from the AI Beta. Why the fuss? Because Alexa's Beta isn't your run-of-the-mill digital assistant. It's a Pandora's box that can conjure anything—from innocent queries to downright eyebrow-raising content. Imagine your curious kiddo innocently asking about dinosaurs, only to be presented with fake information or worse presented with inappropriate content, for his age. But fear not! We've got a glimmer of hope: Amazon Kids, the trusty sidekick. It wields the power to thwart Alexa's Beta, but—brace yourselves—there's a catch. The Parental Dashboard, designed with all the grace of a hippo on on roller skates, leaves much to be desired. And don't get us started on Amazon Music's Explicit Filter—it's like a sieve trying to catch Niagara Falls. Our host and fellow listeners are passionate about their Alexa devices. We're not here to bash them; we're here because we care. So join us as we navigate the murky waters of AI, parental controls, and the delicate dance between convenience and caution. HOW TO PROVIDE FEATURE FEEDBACK TO AMAZON 1. Open Alexa App 2. Go to "More" Button in bottom right. 3. Tap on "Help & Feedback", then feedback. ALTERNATIVELY 1. Say to your Echo, "Alexa, feedback". AMAZON MUSIC FEATURE REQUESTS https://bit.ly/AmazonMusicFail

On episode 212, Emily Kircher-Morris and Jess Lahey discuss the importance of understanding and supporting neurodivergent students. Jess highlights the need for teachers to question traditional teaching methods and adapt their practices to meet the diverse needs of their students. They talk about the value of formative assessments, peer-to-peer teaching, and creating an inclusive learning environment. They also explore the overlap between substance abuse and learning differences, emphasizing the importance of early intervention and support. They discuss the need for teachers to gradually release responsibility to students, and empower them to advocate for themselves. Open-minded, reflective, and responsive classrooms best serve the individual needs of students. Takeaways: Question traditional teaching methods and adapt practices to meet the diverse needs of students. Use formative assessments to gauge student understanding and provide targeted support. Create an inclusive learning environment that values peer-to-peer teaching and individual learning styles. Recognize the overlap between substance abuse and learning differences, and provide early intervention and support. Gradually release responsibility to students and empower them to advocate for themselves. This episode is brought to you by the Council for Exceptional Children, dedicated to high-quality education that is inclusive and equitable for individuals with disabilities and/or gifts and talents. Attend their Annual Convention & Expo, March 13-16, 2024 in San Antonio, Texas. Register now at cecconvention.org/, and if you're a school principal, receive free registration by using the code 24CEC100. If you see value in rethinking education and building a stronger classroom, consider joining the Neurodiversity University Educator Hub! It's a group built for educators, and we'll open registration again soon! Sign up to be alerted, and join us for the learning, sharing, and fun! Jessica Lahey is the author of the New York Times bestselling book, The Gift of Failure: How the Best Parents Learn to Let Go So Their Children Can Succeed, and The Addiction Inoculation: Raising Healthy Kids in a Culture of Dependence. Over twenty years, Jess has taught every grade from sixth to twelfth in both public and private schools, and has written about education, parenting, and child welfare for The Washington Post and The Atlantic, and her biweekly column, The Parent Teacher Conference, ran for three years at the New York Times. She also designed and wrote the educational curriculum for Amazon Kids' award-winning animated series The Stinky and Dirty Show, and was a 2019 Pushcart Prize nominee. She co-hosts the #AmWriting podcast from her empty nest in Vermont. BACKGROUND READING Jessica's website Instagram Threads Facebook LinkedIn The Neurodiversity Podcast is on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter/X, and you're invited to join our Facebook Group. For more information go to www.NeurodiversityPodcast.com

In the 286th episode of the Echo Tips Podcast, hosted by David Ward, we delve into a crucial topic: how to block the new Alexa AI Beta on your Amazon Echo. If you're concerned about preventing youths or others from encountering explicit language or content, this episode is a must-listen. We explore whether it's possible to block this beta feature and whether Amazon Kids' parental filters can provide a safeguard. Tune in to discover practical solutions and insights!

Amazonのタブレット「Fire HD 10 キッズプロ」を小学校低学年の子どもに使ってもらった結果。　アマゾンジャパン（Amazon）が2024年10月、タブレット端末「Fire HD 10 キッズプロ」を発売しました。Amazon.co.jpでの販売価格は2万3980円（税込み、以下同）で、「Amazon Kids+」を1年間無料で使える権利も付帯します。

LIFE CLUES: Unlocking the Lessons to an Exceptional Life Angela Santomero co-created the award-winning children's television series Blue's Clues, manifesting as television episodes, authored books, Paramount movies, live shows at Radio City Music Hall, and countless spin-offs. This extraordinary opportunity became the guiding light of my life's mission: to utilize my knowledge of kids, media, and education to change lives for the better. She went on to create Super Why: Super Readers, empowering young minds with the Power to Read (PBS), and Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood both on PBS, a heartfelt tribute to the legacy of her mentor, Fred Rogers, from Mister Roger's Neighborhood.  Angela doesn't let grass grow under her feet as she also created Creative Galaxy (Amazon Kids) emerged as an endeavor to nurture kids' artistic inclinations, while Wishenpoof (Amazon Kids) aimed to empower children through captivating anthems. Angela's newest series, Dee & Friends in Oz, a magical, musical re-telling of the infamous Wizard of Oz story through the eyes of a preschooler, will premiere on Netflix, February 2024. #purpose #destiny #lifelessons #selfhelp #selfcare #selfempowerment #lifeclues #purposedriven #bluesclues #misterrogers #childrenstelevision #nickelodeon #PBS #sesamestreet 

Fab friend of the show, David Ward (dward@goodwillvalleys.com), brings us another great demo of a new AI application to the cool Kids+ service. Feedback, comments, demos pleas to ✉️ thedottodotpodcast@gmail.com

Amazon's announced AI and Large Language Models come first to Amazon Kids Plus, a paid for service by parents around the world. In this episode we demo some of its features, some work... some obviously are still a work in progress. See below for some of the latest articles on the topic. References: Tech Crunch https://techcrunch.com/2023/10/25/amazon-brings-conversational-ai-to-kids-with-launch-of-explore-with-alexa/ PC Mag https://www.pcmag.com/reviews/amazon-echo-show-8-3rd-gen-2023

This week on The Perinatal Podcast, Jessica Lahey joins me to chat about how to set our kids up for success in regard to what they put in their bodies even from a young age, what to have intentional conversations about quitting things like piano and soccer, even how to be a happier parent. What a delight it was having Jessica on to share about the effects of over-parenting, how to help build autonomy in our children, and how all of this is not done in one simple conversation, and I'm so excited to share our discussion with you! About Jessica: Jessica Lahey is the author of the New York Times bestselling book, The Gift of Failure: How the Best Parents Learn to Let Go So Their Children Can Succeed and The Addiction Inoculation: Raising Healthy Kids in a Culture of Dependence. Jess was awarded the Research Society on Alcohol's Media Award for “outstanding journalistic efforts of writers who cover empirical research on alcohol” […] “for her book The Addiction Inoculation and advocacy for the recovery community.” Over twenty years, Jess has taught every grade from sixth to twelfth in both public and private schools, and spent five years teaching in a drug and alcohol rehab for adolescents in Vermont. She has written about education, parenting, and child welfare for The Washington Post, The Atlantic, and her biweekly column “The Parent Teacher Conference” ran for three years at the New York Times. She designed and wrote the educational curriculum for Amazon Kids' award-winning animated series The Stinky and Dirty Show, and was a 2019 Pushcart Prize nominee. Jess holds the dubious honor of having written an article that was later adapted as a writing prompt for the 2018 SAT. She co-hosts the #AmWriting podcast from her empty nest in Vermont. Thanks for joining us on The Perinatal Podcast! Find Jessica! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/teacherlahey/ Website Links: https://linktr.ee/teacherlahey Thanks so much for joining me for this episode of The Perinatal Podcast. I'd love for you to write a review of my show on your app, and don't forget to subscribe so you get a notification when new content is posted. Take a moment to leave a 5-star rating, too! You can access additional mental wellness content and ad-free episodes by purchasing a monthly subscription at ⁠https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/theperinatalpodcast/subscribe⁠ or ⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-perinatal-podcast/id1590957531⁠. Follow me at @AmplifyWellnessWithMeg on Instagram and find Meg Duke LCSW on Facebook. You can also look for The Perinatal Podcast content by searching the hashtag, #ThePerinatalPodcast. Our show is executive produced by David Presley and produced by Meg Duke. Our theme song was written and performed by Antwone McDuffie.

Jessica Lahey is the author of the New York Times bestselling book, The Gift of Failure: How the Best Parents Learn to Let Go So Their Children Can Succeed and The Addiction Inoculation: Raising Healthy Kids in a Culture of Dependence. Jess was awarded the Research Society on Alcohol's Media Award for “outstanding journalistic efforts of writers who cover empirical research on alcohol” […] “for her book The Addiction Inoculation and advocacy for the recovery community.” Over twenty years, Jess has taught every grade from sixth to twelfth in both public and private schools, and spent five years teaching in a drug and alcohol rehab for adolescents in Vermont, and serves as a prevention and recovery coach at Sana, a medical detox and recovery center in Stowe, Vermont. She has written about education, parenting, and child welfare for The Washington Post, The Atlantic, and her biweekly column “The Parent Teacher Conference” ran for three years at the New York Times. She designed and wrote the educational curriculum for Amazon Kids' award-winning animated series The Stinky and Dirty Show, and was a 2019 Pushcart Prize nominee. Jess holds the dubious honor of having written an article that was later adapted as a writing prompt for the 2018 SAT. She co-hosts the #AmWriting podcast from her empty nest in Vermont. This week as Jeff and Tricia launch the new Social Emotional Learning series they talk with Jessica specifically about her book The Gift of Failure. Find your copy: On Sale Now via Bookshop Learn about Jessica Lahey's other work: https://www.jessicalahey.com/ We are so grateful to the team at Mackin for sponsoring this episode and the full SEL series. Learn more about them: Mackin  Want to discuss your thoughts on this episode? Join us at our camp! camp.shiftingschools.com Continue your learning with Jeff and Tricia Learn how www.shiftingschools.com

A debt deal awaits a vote. Will it pass? If it does will it change anything? We weigh in. Amazon workers walk off the job today to protest the company's climate goals and its return to the office policy. A couple more Republicans will run for president. And 1 in 6 retirees have to go back to work. Join us.

Capítulo 2272 en el que te cuento cómo he configurado un Kindle para mi hija Isabel, con los reducidos servicios que Amazon Kids ofrece en España, con sus ventajas e inconvenientes.Este podcast te llega gracias a Zurich Klinc el seguro para tu móvil que enciendes y apagas cuando quieres, en función de si estás en casa, en el monte o pasando un día en la playa; así pagas sólo por el tiempo que lo necesites. En 2 minutos la web de Zurich Klinc te calcula el importe de tu seguro y te permite contratarlo 100% digitalmente. Desde 4€/mes puedes asegurar un iPhone. Daños accidentales, robos, líquidos, daños eléctricos... puedes personalizar tu seguro tanto como necesites, y con la tranquilidad de que Zurich Klinc hace reparaciones oficiales, por lo que no pierdes la garantía. Asegura teléfonos pero también tablets, portátiles, smartwatches, auriculares, cámaras o consolas. Descubre más información sobre Zurich Klinc, el seguro que enciendes y apagas cuando quieres, en emilcar.fm/klinc

In this week's episode we delve into Character Alarms for kids, connected with the Amazon Kiks+ service.

One of the hardest and scariest parts of parenting is learning how to navigate substance abuse and dependency within our kids.   Of course we don't want our kids to use drugs or alcohol- and we know we can't control them.    So in a society with rising dependency on harmful substances, how can we help our children stay safe and make conscious choices?   Joining me for this conversation is Jessica Lahey, the author of the New York Times bestselling book, The Gift of Failure: How the Best Parents Learn to Let Go So Their Children Can Succeed and The Addiction Inoculation: Raising Healthy Kids in a Culture of Dependence.    We talk about: [3:05] How Jessica came to write her new book [5:50] Using authoritative parenting styles to help kids not develop substance abuse problems [12:20] The important role connection to parents plays in kids growing up [15:30] Jessica's perspective on giving children alcohol at home [20:35] Where the ‘inoculation' theory comes from [29:05] Risk factors for teens [34:35] How to handle if your kids ask if you've done drugs or alcohol [39:35] The dopamine risk  [44:20] Post-pandemic statistics on drug and alcohol abuse [46:05] How Jessica chose to raise her kids differently  [48:20] Jessica's advice to her younger parent self   Over twenty years, Jess has taught every grade from sixth to twelfth in both public and private schools, and spent five years teaching in a drug and alcohol rehab for adolescents in Vermont, and serves as a prevention and recovery coach at Sana, a medical detox and recovery center in Stowe, Vermont. She has written about education, parenting, and child welfare for The Washington Post, The Atlantic, and her biweekly column “The Parent Teacher Conference” ran for three years at the New York Times.    She designed and wrote the educational curriculum for Amazon Kids' award-winning animated series The Stinky and Dirty Show, and was a 2019 Pushcart Prize nominee. Jess holds the dubious honor of having written an article that was later adapted as a writing prompt for the 2018 SAT. She co-hosts the #AmWriting podcast from her empty nest in Vermont.   Resources mentioned in this episode: Free ‘How to Stop Yelling' Course: www.sarahrosensweet.com/yelling  Purchase Jessica's books here: https://www.jessicalahey.com/books   Connect with Jessica Lahey On YouTube On Twitter On LinkedIn On Facebook https://www.jessicalahey.com/   Connect with Sarah Rosensweet   On Instagram On Facebook https://www.sarahrosensweet.com  Book a short consult or coaching session call

In this episode we take a look at two games that are part of the Amazon Kids+ premium skills for kids. We'll look at Star Wars: Sound Journeys and Marvel's Project Mind.

In this episode we delve back into the Amazon Kids+ service, for little Johnny. We take a look at voices again, story time, news, and a super cool literacy feature for kids.

These new character voices for kids are pretty wild. They are only available to Amazon Kids+ subscribers.

During Amazon's recent announcements, they mentioned updates to Amazon Kids to make Alexa more kid friendly and educational. Learn more in this episode.

Dopo l'annuncio di qualche settimana, arriva ufficialmente in Italia Amazon Kids, che propone contenuti per i ragazzi fino a 13 anni. Lufthansa fa marcia indietro: gli AirTag non verranno banditi. Pixel 7 Pro al primo posto per DxOMark, ha la miglior fotocamera del mercato. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If we would teach an MBA class on how to hire what would we have in the curriculum? What are the essentials that all business leaders should learn when it comes to effective hiring and interviewing?Well, it is all great to talk about the theory but one of the things that we all too often fear talking about is failure. It is easy to find a leader who is happy to discuss their success story or the theory behind it but finding one who is prepared to dig into their past and discuss their mistakes, take account of them, reflect on them and discuss what they learned is another thing altogether.In this episode I am tremendously grateful to be joined by the Nate Glissmeyer who has spent a lot of his career at Amazon where he worked in the emerging Digital Services and Devices world, then called Kindle, but today spanning Fire TV and Alexa, as well as the tablet and e-reader businesses. Later he worked on the development of the hugely successful Amazon Kids+ product, which included a bespoke interface for kids before they could read or type.Nate has a passion for customer-centric innovation and breaking paradigms have always been at the core. His approach is most clearly defined as one of harmonize the three aspects of “What are we doing for our customers?” (Product), “Do they know about us?” (Marketing), and “are we building it in a way that keeps us flexible and responsive to their needs?” (Tech). Over the years, Nate has been a part of not only Amazon but also founded companies and helped scale organisations within various sectors including, ecommerce, travel, and SaaS. At his own admittance, he has made plenty of mistakes and learned from them. From first hand experience of working with Nate as a hiring executive, I can only attest to this. He is the most engaged and engaging hiring manager I have had the pleasure of working with. His processes are based on exceptional clarity of communication and intent. There is little margin for error and yet candidates unanimously rate him as the best interviewer they have spoken with in their career.So how would we structure the MBA class on effective hiring with Nate?In this episode you will learn:1. What hiring failures to avoid.2. What can we learn from some past failures (both Nate's and mine)3. If we were to teach an MBA class on hiring what would be in the curriculumFor more insights head over to www.schoolofhiring.com

Hoy nos vamos a Zaragoza a un espacio llamado Etopía en el que se habla, se debate y se crea arte digital. Estos días están albergando las creaciones de "Botto" un algoritmo con capacidad autónoma para crear arte. Esto nos va a dar pie a un interesante debate sobre la tecnología y la creación. Luego conoceremos Amazon Kids for Alexa, el nuevo proyecto dentro de los altavoces inteligentes dirigido especialmente a los más pequeños de la casa.   Escuchar audio

Arriva finalmente anche in Italia Amazon Kids, il servizio dedicato ai più giovani, per interagire con Alexa ottenendo risultati pertinenti per i più piccoli. Non è questo l'unico tema rilevante della giornata di oggi, che ha visto tante novità importanti, come l'annuncio del nuovo Windows 11 2022, la nuova versione del sistema operativo di Microsoft, che innova soprattutto sul fronte dell'accessibilità. Sembra incredibile, ma si comincia già a parlare del prossimo iPhone.

If you have teenagers like I do, or have kids that will become teenagers, or are considering having kids that will become teenagers, or even know anyone with a teenager… …you've probably thought about kids and substance abuse. Of course, all parents want to give their kids the best possible resources and support to prevent problems with drugs and alcohol. But what does that look like? Is it teaching moderation or prohibiting substances before the legal age? How much does genetics play into it? Those are big, important questions, considering that according to the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse, teen drug addiction is the nation's largest preventable and costly health problem. And nine out of 10 adults with substance use disorder report they began drinking and taking drugs before age 18. My guest on this podcast, Jessica Lahey, was born into a family with a long history of alcoholism and drug abuse. Despite her efforts to avoid that path, Jessica struggled with alcoholism herself until 2013, when she got sober in her early 40s. Her latest book, The Addiction Inoculation: Raising Healthy Kids in a Culture of Dependence, is a comprehensive resource that parents and educators can use to help prevent substance abuse in children. A parent herself, Jessica has also learned firsthand how to navigate this highly sensitive and important topic. Jessica is also the author of the New York Times bestselling book The Gift of Failure: How the Best Parents Learn to Let Go So Their Children Can Succeed. For more than twenty years, Jessica has taught every grade from sixth to twelfth in both public and private schools, spent five years teaching in a drug and alcohol rehab for adolescents in Vermont, and serves as a prevention and recovery coach at Sana at Stowe, a medical detox and recovery center in Stowe, Vermont. Jessica writes about education, parenting, and child welfare for The Washington Post, The Atlantic, is a book critic for Air Mail, and her biweekly column “The Parent Teacher Conference” for three years at the New York Times. Jessica designed and wrote the educational curriculum for Amazon Kids' award-winning animated series The Stinky and Dirty Show, and was a 2019 Pushcart Prize nominee for her Creative Nonfiction magazine essay, “I've Taught Monsters.” The co-host of the #AmWriting podcast, with bestselling authors KJ Dell'Antonia and Sarina Bowen, Jessica also holds the dubious honor of having written an article that was later adapted as a writing prompt for the 2018 SAT. Jessica will be soon featured in a special chapter of my Boundless Parenting book, for which this podcast interview is part of a series leading up to the official book launch in late 2022. She lives in Vermont with her husband, two sons, and many dogs. Episode Sponsors: DNA COMPANY: If you value your health and want the tools to help you avoid serious diseases, then go ahead and order this DNA test from The DNA Company. All listeners are eligible to receive a $50 discount using code BEN at checkout.  BGL Careers: Check out our open positions at BenGreenfieldLife.com/Careers Wild Health: Wild Health, a precision medicine company, is hosting a series of events with some amazing guests, with the intention of providing people the opportunity to heal their spirit, connect with their true nature and wake up to reality, they're calling it the ‘Awake and Aware Series.' If you'd like to join, visit bengreenfieldlife.com/wildhealthprinciples and use code BG15 to get 15% off the event price.  Clearlight Sauna If you want to sweat buckets in the privacy of your own home, go to HealwithHeat.com use code: BEN for a discount and free shipping – this is a huge savings because these saunas are big, and heavy and well-made.  Joy Mode: Want to spice things up in the bedroom and boost your sexual performance? And do it naturally without nasty prescription drugs? We have a special offer for the Ben Greenfield audience. Go to usejoymode.com/GREENFIELD or enter GREENFIELD at checkout for 20% off your first order.  WATER & WELLNESS: Use code GREENFIELD to save 10% on all orders. Go to WaterAndWellness.com/Greenfield

Amazon's New Kindle 11th Generation Links Click here to buy the new Kindle for $99.99 - ships October 12, 2022 Kevin Keith on TKC 533 October 19, 2018 - New Kindle Paperwhite! Steven King at launch of Kindle 2 - February 10, 2009 (YouTube) Full Press Release: Introducing Kindle and Kindle Kids: Now with 300 ppi High-Resolution Display, USB-C Charging, and 2X Storage The lightest and most compact Kindle provides a glare-free, 6-inch, high-resolution display, up to six weeks of battery life and USB-C charging, adjustable front light, dark mode, and 16 GB of storage—all for only $99.99 Kindle Kids comes with a kid-friendly cover, one year of Amazon Kids+ providing unlimited access to thousands of age-appropriate books, and a two-year worry-free guarantee—for only $119.99 A free, four-month Kindle Unlimited membership is included with Kindle for a limited time, offering access to over 2 million titles, thousands of audiobooks, and more SEATTLE—September 13, 2022—Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) today announced the next generation of Kindle—the lightest and smallest Kindle. Starting at just $99.99, the new Kindle combines premium features with an affordable price, including a 300 ppi high-resolution 6-inch display, USB-C charging, longer battery life of up to six weeks, and room for thousands of books with twice the storage. The same features also come with Kindle Kids, which includes a one-year subscription to Amazon Kids+ that provides kids with unlimited access to thousands of books. Kindle and Kindle Kids pre-orders start today and will begin shipping October 12. Learn more at http://www.amazon.com/kindle. “With a high-resolution display that delivers three-times more pixels than our previous base Kindle, USB-C charging, 16GB of storage, and built-in adjustable front light, the new ultralight Kindle is the latest example of how we continue to bring premium features to our entry-level devices for even more customers to enjoy,” said Kevin Keith, vice president of Amazon Devices and Services. “And since we launched Kindle Kids three years ago, kids have logged nearly 3 billion minutes reading on Kindle devices. The new Kindle Kids provides an even better reading experience to help kids become lifelong readers.” All-New High-Resolution Display Kindle and Kindle Kids feature an all-new 6-inch, glare-free, 300 ppi high-resolution display with three-times more pixels for laser-quality text and sharp images that read like paper. Dark mode and adjustable front light provide a comfortable reading experience in all conditions, including bright sunlight or no light at all. The device comes packed with customer favorites like X-Ray, which provides important details about people or places mentioned in a book, and a built-in dictionary to quickly look up any word. Simplified setup on the Kindle app for iOS and Android offers an option to register your device in fewer steps and to jump into a book even faster. Lightest and Most Compact Kindle Kindle and Kindle Kids are the lightest and most compact Kindle models available—carry them in your pocket and comfortably read one-handed for even longer. The device's longer battery life of up to six weeks maximizes the time you can spend reading, and the USB-C port makes charging more effortless than ever. The all-new Kindle comes with 16GB of storage—twice the storage of the previous generation—enough to hold thousands of titles, so you can take your library with you. More for Young Readers Since the first Kindle Kids device debuted three years ago, kids have logged nearly 3 billion minutes of reading time on their Kindle devices, with no distractions on their devices from games, videos, social media, or apps. In fact, when the average kid reader sits down with their Kindle, they read more than an hour a day, making Kindle Kids the perfect reading companion for kids between 7-13 years old. Every Kindle Kids comes with a one-year subscription of Amazon Kids+, providing unlimited access to thousands of books, from timeless classics to newer, popular page-turners. Kids can explore and discover their favorite titles from a large selection of content, opening new opportunities to fall in love with reading. The Amazon Kids+ experience on Kindle Kids includes: · Latest hits and award-winners: Explore popular titles like Divergent, Artemis Fowl, and Diary of a Wimpy Kid; books from series like Big Nate, Percy Jackson, Enchanted Forest Chronicles, and Harry Potter; and titles that have won the Newbery Medal, Coretta Scott King Award, Children's Choice Award, and other awards, all in the Amazon Kids+ library. · Add from your library: Get instant access to new releases and bestsellers, plus over a million titles, each $2.99 or less to add even more stories to your child's Kindle Kids library. · Switch between reading and listening: When kids want to listen to a book instead of reading one, they can use Bluetooth-enabled speakers or headphones with Audible. With Amazon Kids+, hundreds of Audible books are available, including gaming and tween books like Escape from the Overworld, classics like The Secret Garden and Peter Pan, and Audible Originals like Interview with the Robot and The Mystwick School of Musicraft. The Amazon Parent Dashboard for Kindle Kids also provides complete control for parents to set reading and bedtime schedules. Kids can request books for parents and guardians to add to their library, while literacy tools like Word Wise and Vocabulary Builder assist with showing definitions of unfamiliar words and enriching vocabulary through flashcards. With the lightweight design, kid-friendly features, and longer battery life, Kindle Kids makes reading fun, easy, and convenient. The World's Best eBook Store All Kindle devices come with instant access to the world's best eBook store, which includes: Massive selection—Discover millions of books, including the latest best sellers on Amazon Charts and reading recommendations from the Amazon Book Review. Kindle Unlimited—Get unlimited access to an ever-growing selection of over 2 million eBooks, thousands of audiobooks, and more. For a limited time, Kindle will come with a free four-month Kindle Unlimited membership. Amazon Original Stories—Read or listen to binge-worthy short fiction and nonfiction from best-selling authors, acclaimed storytellers, and new voices including Dean Koontz, Mindy Kaling, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Margaret Atwood, Taylor Jenkins Reid, and Andy Weir, all included at no additional cost for Prime and Kindle Unlimited members. A diverse set of voices: Access a variety of stories from millions of self-published authors around the world with Kindle Direct Publishing. Additionally, Prime members can read from a rotating selection of thousands of books, magazines, and more—at no additional cost to their Prime membership. Designed with Sustainability in Mind The all-new Kindle and Kindle Kids were designed with sustainability in mind and carry the Climate Pledge Friendly badge, acknowledging further reduction in carbon emissions from previous product generations. Both devices were thoughtfully sourced and built with 90% recycled magnesium. Plus, following our goal to make Amazon device packaging 100% recyclable by 2023, for the first time ever, Kindle device packaging is 100% recyclable in the U.S. and is also made of 100% wood fiber-based materials from responsibly managed forests or recycled sources. In addition, Kindle accessory covers follow suit with packaging made from 99% wood fiber-based materials. Amazon continues to reduce impact on the planet through decreasing waste and providing more-sustainable options, and our efforts with Kindle and Kindle Kids are no different. Pricing and Availability The all-new Kindle will be available starting at $99.99 in 16GB and in Black or Denim colors. New fabric covers for Kindle will be available in Black, Rose, Denim, and Dark Emerald. Kindle Kids will be available starting at $119.99 in 16GB in Black. Customers can select from three kid-friendly cover designs: Space Whale, Unicorn Valley, and Ocean Explorer. Each Kindle Kids device comes with a two-year, worry-free guarantee and one year of Amazon Kids+, an award-winning, all-in-one kid-friendly content service with thousands of ad-free books, games, videos, apps, and Alexa Skills from brands like Disney, LEGO, and National Geographic. On Kindle Kids, Amazon Kids+ provides access to thousands of age-appropriate books. Amazon Kids+ auto-renews after one year starting at $4.99 a month and can be canceled at any time. Both devices are available today for pre-order http://www.amazon.com/kindle. About Amazon Amazon is guided by four principles: customer obsession rather than competitor focus, passion for invention, commitment to operational excellence, and long-term thinking. Amazon strives to be Earth's Most Customer-Centric Company, Earth's Best Employer, and Earth's Safest Place to Work. Customer reviews, 1-Click shopping, personalized recommendations, Prime, Fulfillment by Amazon, AWS, Kindle Direct Publishing, Kindle, Career Choice, Fire tablets, Fire TV, Amazon Echo, Alexa, Just Walk Out technology, Amazon Studios, and The Climate Pledge are some of the things pioneered by Amazon. For more information, visit amazon.com/about and follow @AmazonNews. ### If you'd like brief updates on technology, books, marriage, and puppies, you can follow along with my Morning Journal flash briefing. tFrom your Echo device, just say, “Alexa, enable Morning Journal.” Then each morning say, “Alexa, what's my flash briefing?” I post a five-minute audio journal each weekday except usually by 8 a.m. Eastern Time. Right-click here and then click "Save Link As..." to download the audio to your computer, phone, or MP3 player.   If you'd like brief updates on technology, books, marriage, and puppies, you can follow along with my Morning Journal flash briefing. tFrom your Echo device, just say, “Alexa, enable Morning Journal.” Then each morning say, “Alexa, what's my flash briefing?” I post a five-minute audio journal each weekday except usually by 8 a.m. Eastern Time.  Right-click here and then click "Save Link As..." to download the audio to your computer, phone, or MP3 player.  

During this episode of the Vision Driven Mom podcast, Jessica Lahey shares gold nuggets from her book The Gift of Failure: How the Best Parents Learn to Let Go So Their Children Can Succeed and the important lessons we can learn alongside our kids when we, as parents, get out of the way. WE TALK ABOUT: What executive functioning is and why it's crucial to foster these skills during adolescence Puberty is so much more than hormones. The human brain goes through an incredible growth spurt during adolescence Middle school is the ideal time to let our kids fail. Our job during this time is to be there when they screw up. Her amazing new book The Addiction Inoculation: Raising Healthy Kids In A Culture of Dependence ………….. GUEST RESOURCES Jessica Lahey is a teacher, writer, and mom. Over twenty years, she's taught every grade from sixth to twelfth in both public and private schools. She writes about education, parenting, and child welfare for The Washington Post the New York Times and various other outlets, and is the author of the New York Times bestselling book, The Gift of Failure: How the Best Parents Learn to Let Go So Their Children Can Succeed. She is a member of the Amazon Studios Thought Leader Board and wrote the educational curriculum for Amazon Kids' The Stinky and Dirty Show. Jessica earned a J.D. with a concentration in juvenile and education law from the University of North Carolina School of Law. She lives in Vermont with her husband and two sons. Her second book, The Addiction Inoculation: Raising Healthy Kids in a Culture of Dependence was released in April 2021. Website: http://www.jessicalahey.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/jesslahey Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/teacherlahey Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jessicapottslahey Podcast: https://amwriting.substack.com/ *If you enjoyed this episode, I'd love to hear about your biggest takeaway. Screenshot the episode on your device, post it on your Facebook profile and tag me @visiondrivenmomwithadhd ………….. SPONSOR Radical Mother Village Foundations Course by Christa Bevan for emotional regulation: bit.ly/vdm-radicalmother-foundations * I am an affiliate of Christa's so if you decide to purchase the course I'll get a little love from her. I only recommend and allow sponsors that I have personal experience with and Christa and her offerings are the real deal. ………….. VISION DRIVEN MOM RESOURCES Share: #visiondrivenmompodcast Website: http://www.visiondrivenmom.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/visiondrivenmom/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/visiondrivenmomwithadhd VIBE-CARE TOOLKIT: www.vibecaretoolkit.com THE OVERWHELM CURE: www.overwhelmcureguide.com VISION WALK AUDIO GUIDE: www.visiondrivenmomwalk.com ………….. SUBSCRIBE Apple | Google | Spotify | iHeart | Audible | Stitcher If you're enjoying the podcast, subscribe, rate and review it in iTunes. It's one of the best ways you can help new listeners find us.

In the latest weekly news and podcast after-show (sponsored by https://business.yougov.com/sectors/gaming-esports/boe (YouGov)), we discuss Niantic's new augmented reality virtual pet game, Microsoft wanting ads in free-to-play games, Apple patenting mobile controllers, Nimo TV shutting down operations, Tencent blocking access to foreign games, Blizzard polling fans about NFTs and P2E games, Amazon launching its first Amazon Kids+ original mobile game, an expansion coming to Cyberpunk 2077 next year, Coachella joining forces with Fortnite, Irish Spring creating the world's first gaming shower, and so much more!

Jessica Lahey is the author of the New York Times bestselling book, The Gift of Failure: How the Best Parents Learn to Let Go So Their Children Can Succeed and The Addiction Inoculation: Raising Healthy Kids in a Culture of Dependence. Over twenty years, Jess has taught every grade from sixth to twelfth in both public and private schools, and spent five years teaching in a drug and alcohol rehab for adolescents in Vermont, and serves as a prevention and recovery coach at Sana at Stowe, a medical detox and recovery center in Stowe, Vermont. She writes about education, parenting, and child welfare for The Washington Post, The Atlantic, is a book critic for Air Mail, and her biweekly column “The Parent Teacher Conference” ran for three years at the New York Times. She designed and wrote the educational curriculum for Amazon Kids' award-winning animated series The Stinky and Dirty Show, and was a 2019 Pushcart Prize nominee for her Creative Nonfiction magazine essay, “I've Taught Monsters.” Jess holds the dubious honor of having written an article that was later adapted as a writing prompt for the 2018 SAT. She co-hosts the #AmWriting podcast with bestselling authors KJ Dell'Antonia and Sarina Bowen, and lives in Vermont with her husband, two sons, and a lot of dogs. On this episode, we are truly thrilled to welcome multi-talented genius Jessica Lahey to chat with us about parenting, how drugs and alcohol affect brain development, what getting sober many years into a marriage looks like. On this episode it's Louisa flying solo as host as Lily and Rose had last minute emergencies but this is a great chat nonetheless!

Jan 3, 2022 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Jessica Lahey on Parenting, Desirable Difficulties, The Gift of Failure, Self-Efficacy, and The Addiction Inoculation | Brought to you by Wealthfront automated investing, Athletic Greens all-in-one nutritional supplement, and BlockFi crypto platform. More on all three below.Jessica Lahey (@jesslahey) is the author of the New York Times bestselling book The Gift of Failure: How the Best Parents Learn to Let Go So Their Children Can Succeed and The Addiction Inoculation: Raising Healthy Kids in a Culture of Dependence. Over twenty years, Jessica has taught every grade from sixth to twelfth in both public and private schools and spent five years teaching in a drug and alcohol rehab for adolescents in Vermont. She currently serves as a recovery coach at Sana at Stowe, a medical detox and recovery center in Stowe, Vermont, where 100 percent of her salary goes to a scholarship fund for young adults.Jessica writes about education, parenting, and child welfare for The Washington Post, New York Times, and The Atlantic, is a book critic for Air Mail, and wrote the educational curriculum for Amazon Kids' award-winning The Stinky and Dirty Show. She co-hosts the #AmWriting podcast with bestselling authors K.J. Dell'Antonia and Sarina Bowen from her house in Vermont, where she lives with her husband, two sons, and a lot of dogs.Please enjoy!This episode is brought to you by Athletic Greens. I get asked all the time, “If you could only use one supplement, what would it be?” My answer is usually Athletic Greens, my all-in-one nutritional insurance. I recommended it in The 4-Hour Body in 2010 and did not get paid to do so. I do my best with nutrient-dense meals, of course, but AG further covers my bases with vitamins, minerals, and whole-food-sourced micronutrients that support gut health and the immune system. Right now, Athletic Greens is offering you their Vitamin D Liquid Formula free with your first subscription purchase—a vital nutrient for a strong immune system and strong bones. Visit AthleticGreens.com/Tim to claim this special offer today and receive the free Vitamin D Liquid Formula (and five free travel packs) with your first subscription purchase! That's up to a one-year supply of Vitamin D as added value when you try their delicious and comprehensive all-in-one daily greens product.*This episode is also brought to you by Wealthfront! Wealthfront pioneered the automated investing movement, sometimes referred to as ‘robo-advising,' and they currently oversee $20 billion of assets for their clients. It takes about three minutes to sign up, and then Wealthfront will build you a globally diversified portfolio of ETFs based on your risk appetite and manage it for you at an incredibly low cost. Smart investing should not feel like a rollercoaster ride. Let the professionals do the work for you. Go to Wealthfront.com/Tim and open a Wealthfront account today, and you'll get your first $5,000 managed for free, for life. Wealthfront will automate your investments for the long term. Get started today at Wealthfront.com/Tim.*This episode is also brought to you by BlockFi! BlockFi is building a bridge between cryptocurrencies and traditional financial and wealth-management products. I became excited enough about this company that I ended up becoming an investor.Their BlockFi Rewards Visa® Signature Credit Card provides an easy way to earn more Bitcoin because you can earn 3.5% in Bitcoin back on all purchases in your first 3 months and 1.5% forever after, with no annual fee. BlockFi also lets you easily buy or sell cryptocurrencies. For a limited time, you can earn a crypto bonus of $15–$250 in value when you open a new account. Get started today at BlockFi.com/Tim and use code TIM at sign up.For show notes and past guests, please visit tim.blog/podcast.Sign up for Tim's email newsletter (“5-Bullet Friday”) at tim.blog/friday.For transcripts of episodes, go to tim.blog/transcripts.Discover Tim's books: tim.blog/books.Follow Tim:Twitter: twitter.com/tferriss Instagram: instagram.com/timferrissFacebook: facebook.com/timferriss YouTube: youtube.com/timferrissPast guests on The Tim Ferriss Show include Jerry Seinfeld, Hugh Jackman, Dr. Jane Goodall, LeBron James, Kevin Hart, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Jamie Foxx, Matthew McConaughey, Esther Perel, Elizabeth Gilbert, Terry Crews, Sia, Yuval Noah Harari, Malcolm Gladwell, Madeleine Albright, Cheryl Strayed, Jim Collins, Mary Karr, Maria Popova, Sam Harris, Michael Phelps, Bob Iger, Edward Norton, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Neil Strauss, Ken Burns, Maria Sharapova, Marc Andreessen, Neil Gaiman, Neil de Grasse Tyson, Jocko Willink, Daniel Ek, Kelly Slater, Dr. Peter Attia, Seth Godin, Howard Marks, Dr. Brené Brown, Eric Schmidt, Michael Lewis, Joe Gebbia, Michael Pollan, Dr. Jordan Peterson, Vince Vaughn, Brian Koppelman, Ramit Sethi, Dax Shepard, Tony Robbins, Jim Dethmer, Dan Harris, Ray Dalio, Naval Ravikant, Vitalik Buterin, Elizabeth Lesser, Amanda Palmer, Katie Haun, Sir Richard Branson, Chuck Palahniuk, Arianna Huffington, Reid Hoffman, Bill Burr, Whitney Cummings, Rick Rubin, Dr. Vivek Murthy, Darren Aronofsky, and many more.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This week we are talking to the REAL BLIPPI! We know we can't believe it either. Blippi has a new show with all new friends and we are talking to one of them Meekah along with the man, the myth, and the legend himself. Then we talk to a childhood mainstay turned adult actor that WE LOVE, Gaby Hoffmann! She is in a new film that made both of us cry and is gonna be one to watch during awards season, C'mon, C'mon. Now you can get your Momtourage TWO ways! Head over to Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts every Wednesday for a NEW episode of our show: https://tinyurl.com/y6xrpx8e Then catch our LIVE sister show, MOMTOURAGE: Live From Your Couch. It's LIVE & ON- CAMERA, select Thursday's at 9pm EST/6pm PST on over at facebook.com/MomtouragePodcast. Don't forget to LEAVE US A REVIEW! We will read them on air until we get to 1,000. Blippi has a new show called “Blippi's Treehouse” on Amazon Kids+ out today: https://blippi.com/pages/treehouse Gaby's new film C'mon, C'mon, an A24 film, is out in theaters now: https://a24films.com/films/cmon-cmon This week's #SwagBag picks: For both Ashley and Keri: Blewish Website: Blewishshortfilm.com Instagram: @blewishshortfilm Ezra: @ezraedmond.com Momtourage phone number: 201-677-2428 For more Momtourage:  iTunes: https://tinyurl.com/y6xrpx8e Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/y5f6ahn4 Instagram: www.instagram.com/momtouragepodcast  Facebook: www.facebook.com/MomtouragePodcast  YouTube: https://tinyurl.com/y4re9sca Website: www.MomtouragePodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this supportive, life-saving resource, the New York Times bestselling author of The Gift of Failure helps parents and educators understand the roots of substance abuse and identify who is most at risk for addiction, and offers practical steps for prevention.Jessica Lahey was born into a family with a long history of alcoholism and drug abuse. Despite her desire to thwart her genetic legacy, she became an alcoholic and didn't find her way out until her early forties. Jessica has worked as a teacher in substance abuse programs for teens, and was determined to inoculate her two adolescent sons against their most dangerous inheritance. All children, regardless of their genetics, are at some risk for substance abuse. According to the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse, teen drug addiction is the nation's largest preventable and costly health problem. Despite the existence of proven preventive strategies, nine out of ten adults with substance use disorder report they began drinking and taking drugs before age eighteen. The Two Jess(es) welcome this incredible third Jess, once again, for another rattling WeSTAT conversation on the topic of alcohol, your kids, substance abuse disorder, and how our relationship to ALL of it, desperately needs to be examined- for the sake of our children's brain development.Meet Jessica!Jessica Lahey writes about education, parenting, and child welfare for The Washington Post, the New York Times, and The Atlantic and is the author of the New York Times bestselling book, The Gift of Failure: How the Best Parents Learn to Let Go So Their Children Can Succeed. She is a member of the Amazon Studios Thought Leader Board and wrote the curriculum for Amazon Kids' The Stinky and Dirty Show. She lives in Vermont with her husband and two sons.To learn more, go to: https://www.jessicalahey.com/Support the show (http://www.paypal.com)

This week is BIG! Like REAL BIG! We have Kristen Bell and Jackie Tohn to talk about their new Amazon Original series DO, RE, & MI. You heard it right we are talking to Anna from FROZEN and MelRose from GLOW. As if that wasn't enough we are also taking a little rest in self sabotage corner talking stuff we can't stop doing even though we know its a bad idea and as always we have all your favorites like the Tits and the Shits and #SWAGBAG. Phew! Its a lot of AWESOME! Now you can get your Momtourage TWO ways! Head over to Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts every Wednesday for a NEW episode of our show: https://tinyurl.com/y6xrpx8e Then catch our LIVE sister show, MOMTOURAGE: Live From Your Couch. It's LIVE & ON- CAMERA, select Thursday's at 9pm EST/6pm PST on over at facebook.com/MomtouragePodcast. For more info on DO, RE & MI It launches September 17th on Amazon Prime Video and Amazon Kids+ https://www.awn.com/news/prime-video-releases-do-re-me-musical-trailer This week's #SwagBag picks: Ashley: Necklace Stand: https://tinyurl.com/58c6xuar Keri: Thermacell Repellant: https://tinyurl.com/mphhs8bd Momtourage phone number: 201-677-2428 For more Momtourage:  iTunes: https://tinyurl.com/y6xrpx8e Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/y5f6ahn4 Instagram: www.instagram.com/momtouragepodcast  Facebook: www.facebook.com/MomtouragePodcast  YouTube: https://tinyurl.com/y4re9sca Website: www.MomtouragePodcast.com   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jessica Lahey is the author of the New York Times bestselling book, The Gift of Failure: How the Best Parents Learn to Let Go So Their Children Can Succeed and The Addiction Inoculation: Raising Healthy Kids in a Culture of Dependence. Over twenty years, Jess has taught every grade from sixth to twelfth in both public and private schools, and spent five years teaching in a drug and alcohol rehab for adolescents in Vermont. She currently serves as a recovery coach at Sana at Stowe, a medical detox and recovery center in Stowe, Vermont, where 100% of her salary goes to a scholarship fund for young adults. She writes about education, parenting, and child welfare for The Washington Post, New York Times, and The Atlantic, is a book critic for Air Mail, and wrote the educational curriculum for Amazon Kids' award-winning The Stinky and Dirty Show. She co-hosts the #AmWriting podcast with bestselling authors K.J. Dell'Antonia and Sarina Bowen from her house in Vermont, where she lives with her husband, two sons and a lot of dogs.Support the show (https://pod.fan/the-dude-therapist)

My guest today is Jessica Lahey. Jessica is the author of the New York Times bestselling book, The Gift of Failure: How the Best Parents Learn to Let Go So Their Children Can Succeed and The Addiction Inoculation: Raising Healthy Kids in a Culture of Dependence. Over twenty years, Jess has taught every grade from sixth to twelfth in both public and private schools, and spent five years teaching in a drug and alcohol rehab for adolescents in Vermont. She currently serves as a recovery coach at Sana at Stowe, a medical detox and recovery center in Stowe, Vermont, where 100% of her salary goes to a scholarship fund for young adults. She writes about education, parenting, and child welfare for The Washington Post, New York Times, and The Atlantic, is a book critic for Air Mail, and wrote the educational curriculum for Amazon Kids' award-winning The Stinky and Dirty Show. She co-hosts the #AmWriting podcast with bestselling authors K.J. Dell'Antonia and Sarina Bowen from her house in Vermont, where she lives with her husband, two sons and a lot of dogs.In this episode we explore:- Jessica's new book, The Addiction Inoculation- The complexity of whether adolescents develop substance use issues- Jessica's personal experiences later in life with addiction - The role that AA has played in her recovery - The missing gaps in our education system for preventing substance use disorders- What it means to live in a culture of dependence—————————————————————————Jessica's website: https://www.jessicalahey.com/Her books: https://www.jessicalahey.com/books#AmWriting Podcast: https://amwriting.substack.com/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jplaheyTwitter: https://twitter.com/jesslahey—————————————————————————If you find value in the podcast, would you please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes? It only takes 30 seconds and plays an important role in being able to get new guests. I also love reading them! Connect with me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mentallyflexible/Explore the website: https://mentallyflexible.com/Check out my song “Glimpse at Truth” that you hear in the intro/outro of every episode: https://tomparkes.bandcamp.com/track/glimpse-at-truth

In episode 135 Julie Daniel Davis suggests ways to enhance classroom learning and communicate with students by using Amazon devices. Where do you start: Buy a device and enable Amazon Kids to protect students from unwanted information. Rename the wake word. Set up some classroom efficiencies for yourself. Check out the Education & Reference category of Skills inside the Alexa App. Create your own skills that personalize learning for YOUR classroom using Amazon Blueprints. Follow the hashtag #VoiceEDU, listen to this podcast, and reach out to juliedavisedu@gmail.com if you have questions.

Adrienne Rice is an Associate Director at the performance marketing agency, M&C Saatchi Performance. She manages user acquisition and re-engagement campaigns for multiple Amazon-owned apps, including Amazon Shopping, Zappos, and Amazon Kids+.Questions Adrienne Answered in this Episode:What are some deal-breakers or tactics that have helped your work-life balance and prevented burnout?What's the first thing you do when you close your computer? Do you have some sort of routine?How do you help others on your team that you are leading avoid burnout?What is a leadership lesson that you've learned through your career that you've been able to go back to time and time again?How have you been able to turn a challenging career experience into a positive?What advice would you give to women who are just starting their careers in mobile?How do you encourage others to stay involved in meetings?Timestamp:1:14 Adrienne's background7:05 A day working around the world8:40 Preventing agency burnout12:41 The gift of feedback16:30 Shooting for jobs we think we're “unqualified” for19:44 Advice for others beginning their careers23:28 Sources of inspirationQuotes:(12:41-13:02) “I think one of my most valuable lessons is that feedback is a gift. And to me that means that anytime someone's giving you feedback, whether that's criticism or positive feedback, that's really valuable and that's really something you should want to get.”(19:52-20:16) “Take it all in, work really hard, learn everything you possibly can, and have a positive attitude because that really does take you far. People want to work with people that are pleasant and positive and enthusiastic. Even if you don't have the best set of skills or you're struggling in some things, if you just stay positive, people will want to help you and want to keep working with you.”Mentioned in this Episode:Adrienne Rice's LinkedInM&C Saatchi PerformanceBook: The Making of a Manager by Julie ZhuoFilm: This Changes Everything

Was wäre, wenn ihr nach 5 Jahren Vaterschaft herausfinden würdet, dass euer Kind nicht von euch ist? Würdet ihr weiter für das Kind sorgen und es sehen wollen (das Kind kann ja nichts dafür) oder würdet ihr den Kontakt zum Kind abbrechen? Der Sponsor dieser Woche ist: Amazon KIDS+ Amazon Kids+ kann einen Monat gratis genutzt werden. Danach kostet die Mitgliedschaft ab 2,99 € pro Monat für Prime-Mitglieder und ab 4,99 € pro Monat für Nicht-Prime-Mitglieder. Weitere Informationen zu Amazon Kids+ findet ihr unter www.amazon.de/kidsplus und **Europa** präsentiert Die Fuchsbande. Drei Kinder und ein Fuchs lösen gemeinsam spannende Fälle. Mehr Infos zur Hörspiel-Serie findet ihr unter www.meine-fuchsbande.de  Und hier geht's direkt zur aktuellen Folge: https://fuchsbande.lnk.to/-22

Is it possible to help our kids succeed by allowing them to fail? During this episode of the Vision Driven Mom podcast, Jessica Lahey shares gold nuggets from her book The Gift of Failure: How the Best Parents Learn to Let Go So Their Children Can Succeed and the important lessons we can learn alongside our kids when we, as parents, get out of the way.Guest Resources: Jessica Lahey is a teacher, writer, and mom. Over twenty years, she's taught every grade from sixth to twelfth in both public and private schools. She writes about education, parenting, and child welfare for The Washington Post the New York Times and various other outlets, and is the author of the New York Times bestselling book, The Gift of Failure: How the Best Parents Learn to Let Go So Their Children Can Succeed.She is a member of the Amazon Studios Thought Leader Board and wrote the educational curriculum for Amazon Kids' The Stinky and Dirty Show. Jessica earned a J.D. with a concentration in juvenile and education law from the University of North Carolina School of Law.She lives in Vermont with her husband and two sons. Her second book, The Addiction Inoculation: Raising Healthy Kids in a Culture of Dependence was released in April 2021.Website: http://www.jessicalahey.comTwitter: https://twitter.com/jesslaheyInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/teacherlaheyFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/jessicapottslaheyPodcast: https://amwriting.substack.com/…………..Vision Driven Mom ResourcesShare: #visiondrivenmompodcastWebsite: http://www.visiondrivenmom.comFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/visiondrivenmomsInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/visiondrivenmom/Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/visiondrivenmom/Email: visiondrivenmompodcast@gmail.comRaise Your Vibe Toolkit: A Mom's Guide to Taking Yoga Off The Mat And Into Life http://www.highvibetoolkit.com

Ob wir beziehungsängstlich werden oder sichere Bindungen eingehen können, hängt stark davon ab, was wir mit unseren Bindungspersonen in der Kindheit erleben. Unser Sponsor von dieser Woche ist: **Hello Fresh ** Mit dem Rabattcode BESTEVATERFREUDEN70 erhaltet ihr 70€ Rabatt auf die ersten 4 Kochboxen Das Angebot gilt bis zum 11.7 und solltet ihr dieses Angebot verpasst haben erhaltet ihr mit dem Rabattcode BESTEVATERFREUDEN 60€ Rabatt Mehr Infos findet ihr unter https://hlfr.sh/rKsrRV und Amazon KIDS+ Amazon Kids+ kann einen Monat gratis genutzt werden. Danach kostet die Mitgliedschaft ab 2,99 € pro Monat für Prime-Mitglieder und ab 4,99 € pro Monat für Nicht-Prime-Mitglieder. Weitere Informationen zu Amazon Kids+ findet ihr unter www.amazon.de/kidsplus

In episode 128, Julie Daniel Davis talks about the newly released Alexa Voice Profiles for Kids and how it works with Reading Sidekick. This is a step towards personalized learning for children that helps reduce the friction between the interface and the ultimate goal. The Alexa Voice Profiles for Kids work exclusively with the purchase of Amazon Kids +, where parents can set up parameters for up to 4 kids voice profiles. This is the first step towards personalized learning for children with Alexa, what's next and what should we be concerned about?

COMMUNITY IS EVERYTHING! Join the Joyful Courage Tribe in our community Facebook groups: Live and Love with Joyful CourageJoyful Courage for Parents of Teens :::: My guest today is Jessica Lahey. Jessica is the author of the New York Times bestselling book, The Gift of Failure: How the Best Parents Learn to Let Go So Their Children Can Succeed and The Addiction Inoculation: Raising Healthy Kids in a Culture of Dependence.  Over twenty years, Jess has taught every grade from sixth to twelfth in both public and private schools, and spent five years teaching in a drug and alcohol rehab for adolescents in Vermont. She writes about education, parenting, and child welfare for The Washington Post, New York Times, and The Atlantic, is a book critic for Air Mail, and wrote the educational curriculum for Amazon Kids' award-winning The Stinky and Dirty Show. She co-hosts the #AmWriting podcast with bestselling authors K.J. Dell'Antonia and Sarina Bowen from her house in Vermont, where she lives with her husband, two sons and a lot of dogs. Takeaways from the show: Secrecy and shame around substance abuse Jessica's story The process of recovery The normalization of adult drinking Pluralistic ignorance Authoritative parenting Knowledge about raising kids and substances Teaching kids why they shouldn't be using substances Knowing risk factors of substance abuse can help you protect your kids Understanding the teen brain Scripts to give your kids to get out of situations Relationship matters Where to find Jessica: Hot Wings article | Website | Instagram | FaceBook What does Joyful Courage mean to you? This whole book I wrote has been a massive exercise of joyful courage to me. This was the book that all of that crap that I've been through has led to and I'm so proud and happy. It has also been terrifying to put my story out there into the world knowing that substance use disorder is really encamped so there's people with really strong feelings around how things are expressed. The whole thing has been sheer happiness that this thing is out there but also I've been using a lot of courage because it's really scary to put your story out into the world but it is also incredibly empowering. See you next week!! :) :::: MAMA'S RETREAT I see you mamas working hard to support your kids. I can feel you walking the edge of sticking to boundaries and letting things go.  It is exhausting. So…. How about you take a little time to yourself? How about you block out 3 hours to explore your needs and nurture your desires? Give yourself the reset you need to move into the summer months feeling really good. You deserve to be seen mama. Let yourself be seen. Join me and a circle of other amazing women June 27 from 12-3pm PST as we move, ground, and reflect our way to our inner voice, our soul's song. Head over to joyfulcourage.com/retreat to get yourself enrolled!!! :::: The Book, The Coaching Joyful Courage is so much more than a podcast! I know that you love listening in every week AND I want to encourage you to dig deeper into the learning with me, INVEST in your parenting journey. READ THE BOOK - Joyful Courage, Calming the Drama and Taking Control of Your Parenting Journey is all about how to show up as a Joyful Courage parent so that you have better access to the tools you need in hot parenting moments – tools that are helpful and maintain connection with your child. Available both in book and audio book form → http://www.joyfulcourage.com/book CONSIDER ONE ON ONE COACHING - The most POWERFUL of investments offered by Joyful Courage, one on one coaching allows for parents to really tease apart the current issues they are having with their child, while also developing a clear compass for guiding them in the direction they want to be going in. Coaching happens every other week, and is open for parents with kids 4 years old through the teen years. Go to my coaching page to book a free exploratory call and see if we are the right fit. → http://www.joyfulcourage.com/jccoaching ::::: Be a Subscriber Make sure to SUBSCRIBE to the Joyful Courage Podcast on Apple Podcast to get the latest shows STRAIGHT to your device!!  AND PLEASE rate and review the Joyful Courage Parenting Podcast to help me spread the show to an ever-larger audience!! CLICK HERE to watch a video that shows up how to subscribe with your iPhone!

Anything and everything can be bought on Amazon. Use this feature of Amazon to make sure your kid is accessing & purchasing only the things you approve!   FREE DOWNLOAD: Tips for using Bark + Digital Resources FREE DOWNLOAD: Digital Resources Get your BARK subscription today! Use code BETHATMOM at https://www.bark.us Stay connected with the Be THAT Mom Movement via our channel in the Telegram app: Subscribe HERE or search for @bethatmom on the app. Get tips and tools for your own wellness using the Align Your Life Wellness channel on the Telegram app: Subscribe HERE or search for @alignyourlife on the app. You can also get more info at https:.//www.dollydenson.com For a FREE DIGITAL RESOURCE GUIDE download CLICK HERE or go to https://www.dollydenson.com/digitalresources For more info on the Tick Talk Watch: CLICK HERE. Use code BETHATMOM for $10 off!! Grab the Pinwheel phone for your kid's first phone, and avoid the addiction and battle created by giving a smartphone too soon: Click here or go to https://www.pinwheel.com and use code BETHATMOMTEN for a discount!  More info on the Gabb Wireless phone: CLICK HERE or use code BETHATMOM for a discount at https://www.gabbwireless.com Add a BARK subscription to your Pinwheel phone or smart phone for added security. Use code BETHATMOM for 20% off for life! https://www.bark.us BARK HOME: CLICK here!! Covenant Eyes 30 day free trial CLICK HERE!!   Full Transcription: Speaker 1 (00:00): As if your mind, isn't already like overwhelmed with navigating all the digital things today, I'm going to share something with you that you may have not thought about, but I think you need to know about that enough information to do the intro. I think so. Okay. Stay tuned. Speaker 2 (00:17): Welcome to your source for tips, tools, and support to help you be that mom that is tuned in and proactive for yourself, your family, and for the wild ride of raising kids in this digital age, inspired by a mother's love with a relatable real life. Proud to be that mom flair. This is the bead that mom movement with your host, Dolly Denson. Speaker 3 (00:42): Check this out. If you are a mom that is looking to give your kiddo a phone, but you don't want to open up the world of the smartphone to them yet, check out the pinwheel phone. The pinwheel phone is the latest and greatest for dumb, smart phones. It gives you absolute control over what they do and who they can contact, and we'll help them to develop healthy habits around using a phone, check out pinwheel@pennwell.com use code be that mom 10 for a discount. Speaker 1 (01:09): Okay. So, you know, my podcast is just all about giving you a heads up, right? Giving you a heads up and giving you a few pointers to help you along this wonderful world of raising kids in the digital age. Right. That's what we're here for. So today I just want to talk about, and kind of open your mind to a couple of possibilities in give you some specific places to start. So was that not vague or was that not vague? I know that was vague. So what I'm talking about is do you use Amazon to buy things? And if you do say your kids need something, do they have their own account or do they use your account? I initially let my kids have their own account. I put my credit card on their account and it was like, okay, just let me know when you need something and we'll order it. Speaker 1 (01:55): I don't know why I did that. It was years ago now, but I found a feature just probably in the last year that I was like, oh yeah, this is another thing that I could have used back then. And like I've said before, my whole parenting days in the earlier years of the internet and all of that is like, whew, Guinea pig, Guinea pig. Like we have done all the mistakes. So if you have kids that are younger, be so very thankful that we have blazed the path for you and made some of these mistakes. So you can learn from them. Not that you won't make your own. I'm sure that there's always something because everything is always changing when it comes to the digital things. But here's one pointer that hopefully you can learn from my mistake on. Okay. So on Amazon, they now have a feature that's Amazon kids and there's different features to it. Speaker 1 (02:46): And I don't use all of it because some of it is like helps you to find educational things. But the way I have used it is I've set it up to where, when purchases are made on their accounts, I have credit card on there, but I get a text anytime they want to purchase something and I have to click to approve it in order for the order to go through. This could also be something to look into on other things where you have to put your credit card, that they didn't use to have things in place. Like we had kind of a horror story when it came to the early days of iTunes where one of the kids purchased like a ton of songs and thought that they were all included like in our, like monthly auto, not audible, but our monthly iTunes membership, but they weren't. Speaker 1 (03:31): And so we ended up with like a $700 bill and it was all like songs downloaded and you know, so, so I've heard. And I think we had this happen with one of the kids buying stuff through game where they thought it was just buying like the fake money of the game. And it turns out that it was actually buying things with our credit card that we had used one time to purchase something. So anytime you're putting your credit card in on anything that they're purchasing, look for those controls, but I wanted to just specifically highlight this about Amazon, that they have this in place now. And to just kind of expand your thinking a little bit, think of, you know, if you give free reign of that credit card, say they have themselves, or a friend wants to get something and they know that your kid has that account and your credit card is on there, like anything and everything is available on Amazon. Speaker 1 (04:27): Right? So think in terms of like the kids these days, some of them in, depending on where you live and what school they go to, and all of that experiments like experimenting with drugs and different things is such a very, very prevalent thing now. And it's so very dangerous, but I don't think that it's necessarily a new thing. I think there's always been experimentation in the teenage years, but it's just more accessible now, which makes it more dangerous. Well, think about some of the things that they may want to get hold of in order to experiment things like cold medicine, things like Benadryl, there are these things available on Amazon. So even if you think your kid's going to be responsible and would never purchase anything without talking to you first, it's still just a good idea to set up these parental controls on their account. Speaker 1 (05:17): And don't give them free reign. Even if it's not them, it could be a peer saying, Hey, order it, order this and I'll have it shipped to this address. So they'll never know whatever. I mean, you know, if your credit card, then you'd probably notice that there's been these purchases on there, but there's all kinds of ways that they may try to get around this. So I'm just speaking from the experience of having put my card on different things. And specifically with Amazon, it just kind of blows my mind to think of the possibilities. If they have free reign of buying things and don't have to have your approval first. There's just so many things that are available on Amazon. And it's not always like, you know, it's not a PG or it's not like a, what do I want to say? Like there are things on there that we would not want our kids to see or have access to. Speaker 1 (06:04): Right? And then there's the things like experimentation. That could be a concern. So just wanting to give you a heads up and let you know that there is this Amazon kids option, just go to your account. And then I think it's like your profile or something like that. And you can set it up to where your kid is underneath you and has an Amazon kids account. Then it texts you when they want to make a purchase. And then they can go ahead and make the purchase if you allow that much independence online. So, and then this could also be a place of education, no matter what their age is in terms of like budgeting and learning how to navigate different things while not having complete free reign of things. And I believe it also, when you set it up as the kids' account, it limits their browsing ability, which we know is not going to be foolproof. Speaker 1 (06:55): And we need to still kind of have a keen eye to the possibilities. But the fact that it's set up to provide more safeguards for that, both for yourself and for them. I think it's a pretty cool thing, a pretty awesome thing to have. And as always just, you know, keeping an ever expanding mind to the possibilities and never put it past a child or adolescent to push the boundaries of whatever we are setting in place with their natural childlike curiosity, you know, in discovery and all that. So this just is another way to help us navigate that. All right. So hope you found this helpful. I hope you will share this with other moms that may need these type of tips too. Don't forget to take that extra time for yourself and take care of yourself as well, so that you can be present for your kiddos. Like I've mentioned in the last couple episodes. Okay. I'll chat with you next time. Speaker 2 (07:50): Thanks for tuning in being that mom isn't easy, but together we can be that mom's strong. Don't forget to leave a review, connect on social and join Dolly's free community till next time either before you Speaker 3 (08:05): Go, I want to just give you a heads up on something. When things have been hardest in my role as a mom, the thing that was so very helpful for me was having a routine to take care of myself each day. I know that this whole thing around raising kids in a digital world is so very overwhelming. But if you have a place where you are taking care of yourself every single day with a simple routine that works despite where you are or what your schedule is, you will be able to be more present for your family and handle all of the ups and downs of this most amazing role that we could ever play in this world. So connect with me and let's get you connected to fitness and nutrition tools made by experts that will help you simplify this and then connect you with my fit club community that will support you, guide you and give you momentum and motivation to show up every day, take care of yourself first so that you could be better present for our digital native kids.

Jessica Lahey is a teacher, writer, and mom. Over twenty years, she's taught every grade from sixth to twelfth in both public and private schools. She writes about education, parenting, and child welfare for The Atlantic, Vermont Public Radio, The Washington Post and the New York Times and is the author of the New York Times bestselling book, The Gift of Failure: How the Best Parents Learn to Let Go So Their Children Can Succeed. She is a member of the Amazon Studios Thought Leader Board and wrote the educational curriculum for Amazon Kids' The Stinky and Dirty Show. Jessica earned a B.A. in Comparative Literature from the University of Massachusetts and a J.D. with a concentration in juvenile and education law from the University of North Carolina School of Law. She lives in Vermont with her husband and two sons. Her second book, The Addiction Inoculation: Raising Healthy Kids in a Culture of Dependence, will be released in April 2021.Connect with Jessica and buy her book: Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/teacherlahey/Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/jplaheyTwitter - https://twitter.com/jesslaheyBuy her New Book Here: https://www.jessicalahey.com/booksIf you enjoyed my conversations with Vishen Lakhiani & Marisa Peer then I am excited to share with you that I have partnered up with Mindvalley to give you THEIR FREE MASTERCLASSES! Did I mention they were free and filled with tremendous value for your growth! Vishen Lakhiani - Mindvalley MembershipLearn the 3 keys to transformative learning with Vishen's FREE Mindvalley masterclasshttps://mval.li/?a=9745&c=2806&p=r&s1Marisa Peer - Rapid Transformational Hypnotherapy for AbundanceDiscover the 5 steps to reprogram your mind for abundance with Marisa's FREE Mindvalley masterclasshttps://mval.li/?a=9745&c=2707&p=r&s1Follow The Story Box on Social MediaINSTAGRAM ► - https://www.instagram.com/thestoryboxpodcast/ TWITTER ► - https://twitter.com/jay_fantom FACEBOOK ► - https://www.facebook.com/thestoryboxpodcast WEBSITE ► - https://thestoryboxpodcast.com/SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE! Apple Podcast ► - https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/the-story-box/id1486295252 Spotify ► - https://open.spotify.com/show/7h8Qv3r2ZV29f7ktJOwmgM?si=FXxYC1JFSHesBv7_d1WtNQ WATCH HERE:YouTube ► - https://www.youtube.com/c/TheStoryBox If you enjoyed this episode please subscribe to YouTube & Apple Podcasts, and leave a 5-star positive rating and review over on Apple Podcasts. Share it around with your friends and family. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Conversation with Catherine Teitelbaum, Principal, Family Trust, Amazon Kids. Recorded February, 2021 for Safer Internet Day.

Conversation with Catherine Teitelbaum, Principal, Family Trust, Amazon Kids. Recorded February, 2021 for Safer Internet Day.

Jessica Lahey is a teacher, writer, and mom. Over twenty years, she's taught every grade from sixth to twelfth in both public and private schools. She writes about education, parenting, and child welfare for The Atlantic, Vermont Public Radio, The Washington Post and the New York Times and is the author of the New York Times bestselling book, The Gift of Failure: How the Best Parents Learn to Let Go So Their Children Can Succeed. She is a member of the Amazon Studios Thought Leader Board and wrote the educational curriculum for Amazon Kids' The Stinky and Dirty Show. Jessica earned a B.A. in Comparative Literature from the University of Massachusetts and a J.D. with a concentration in juvenile and education law from the University of North Carolina School of Law. She lives in Vermont with her husband and two sons. Her second book, The Addiction Inoculation: Raising Healthy Kids in a Culture of Dependence, will be released in April 2021. Key Takeaways: 00:25 Her favorite age group of learners to teach and why 07:24 How learning opportunities get lost when parents rescue their children 00:09 The effect of helicopter parenting on motivation and learning 11:01 The red flags about our parenting and teaching that we might need to take a look at 12:50 The difference between directive and autonomy-supportive teaching 17:52 Getting support in non-directive and free-range parenting styles 31:35 What parents should look for in a school 36:00 Her take on self-directed education 42:12 Screentimes and how students are learning differently during COVID 53:26 Building intrinsic motivation Quotes: “Kids who have had what's called autonomy-supportive parenting, teaching, coaching tend to have a little more comfort with frustration, tend to be the kind of kids who can take a breath, figure it out and push through without having to sort of go to someone else for the answer.” “What is great for learning is frequent formative assessments. It helps the kid exercise a little bit of metacognition, because they're on a constant basis having to reevaluate what they thought they knew and what they didn't know.” “The reason that so many colleges and universities are switching, moving away from lecture-based teaching and towards small group teaching is that we know it works better.” “There's all sorts of emotional engagement that has to happen. It's not just about interpersonal relationships, but engagement and relevance and all that stuff. That's where the secret sauce of teaching is.” “Being more controlling of kids has the opposite effect. It undermines their motivation to want to do the things that we're trying to get them to do. Giving control to kids will help them feel less out of control.” Social Links: Download Jessica's Bibliography: Click Here Jessica Lahey Website - https://www.jessicalahey.com/ LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jessica-lahey-b815a366/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/jesslahey Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/teacherlahey

People are still obsessed with Harry Styles wearing a dress. Ryan from Ryan's Toy Review got his own Amazon Kids show! Youtube changed its rules on where it'll place ads. Colleen is doing a Christmas Live Stream show! And much more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Matthew and Mikah talk about the new trend in iOS 14 wherein folks are customizing their iPhone and iPad Home screens with their own app icons. Amazon has announced an update to its FreeTime service, including its rebranding as "Amazon Kids" and "Amazon Kids+." Mikah finds joy and stress relief by way of the XPOWER A-2 Airrow Pro Multi-Use Electric Computer Duster Dryer Air Pump Blower - Black.APPLEHow to customize your iPhone's home screen with widgets and app icons | The Verge: https://bit.ly/3iTe6AntvOS 14 now available for your Apple TV: deeper HomeKit integration, 4K YouTube, Picture-in-Picture | 9to5Mac: https://bit.ly/33MtUiiHow to use Automatic Handwashing Detection on Apple Watch | iDownloadBlog: https://bit.ly/32Qlt67watchOS 7: The MacStories Review | MacStories: https://bit.ly/3iS7kuL GOOGLEGoogle app for iOS can now read articles aloud with a tap | 9to5Google: https://bit.ly/3hRUDi8You can stop Google Assistant alarms/timers from any room | 9to5Google: https://bit.ly/32QlM0L AMAZONAmazon rebrands FreeTime to Amazon Kids, expands paid catalog for Amazon Kids+ | TechCrunch: https://tcrn.ch/33QexVNAmazon's new Alexa partnership lets you link your AT&T number to turn your Echo into a phone | The Verge: https://bit.ly/2RJhTEJSam Jackson getting 30,000 new phrases | Variety: https://bit.ly/3j4G0tDAmazon makes Alexa Routines shareable | TechCrunch: https://tcrn.ch/35UFCtR Divoom Pixoo Pixel Art Digital Frame | Amazon: https://amzn.to/2HkGyxoMac Power Users 552: HomeKit in 2020, with Mikah Sargent | Relay.FM: https://www.relay.fm/mpu/552 PICKS OF THE WEEKMatthew: MacStories Pixel | MacStories: https://www.macstories.net/pixel/Mikah: XPOWER A-2 Airrow Pro Multi-Use Electric Computer Duster Dryer Air Pump Blower - Black | Amazon: https://amzn.to/3cgnVGi Hosts: Mikah Sargent and Matthew Cassinelli Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/smart-tech-today Show notes and links for this episode are available at: https://twit.tv/shows/smart-tech-today/episodes/46 Sponsors: BUYRAYCON.com/stt mintmobile.com/stt casper.com/stt promo code STT

Matthew and Mikah talk about the new trend in iOS 14 wherein folks are customizing their iPhone and iPad Home screens with their own app icons. Amazon has announced an update to its FreeTime service, including its rebranding as "Amazon Kids" and "Amazon Kids+." Mikah finds joy and stress relief by way of the XPOWER A-2 Airrow Pro Multi-Use Electric Computer Duster Dryer Air Pump Blower - Black.APPLEHow to customize your iPhone's home screen with widgets and app icons | The Verge: https://bit.ly/3iTe6AntvOS 14 now available for your Apple TV: deeper HomeKit integration, 4K YouTube, Picture-in-Picture | 9to5Mac: https://bit.ly/33MtUiiHow to use Automatic Handwashing Detection on Apple Watch | iDownloadBlog: https://bit.ly/32Qlt67watchOS 7: The MacStories Review | MacStories: https://bit.ly/3iS7kuL GOOGLEGoogle app for iOS can now read articles aloud with a tap | 9to5Google: https://bit.ly/3hRUDi8You can stop Google Assistant alarms/timers from any room | 9to5Google: https://bit.ly/32QlM0L AMAZONAmazon rebrands FreeTime to Amazon Kids, expands paid catalog for Amazon Kids+ | TechCrunch: https://tcrn.ch/33QexVNAmazon's new Alexa partnership lets you link your AT&T number to turn your Echo into a phone | The Verge: https://bit.ly/2RJhTEJSam Jackson getting 30,000 new phrases | Variety: https://bit.ly/3j4G0tDAmazon makes Alexa Routines shareable | TechCrunch: https://tcrn.ch/35UFCtR Divoom Pixoo Pixel Art Digital Frame | Amazon: https://amzn.to/2HkGyxoMac Power Users 552: HomeKit in 2020, with Mikah Sargent | Relay.FM: https://www.relay.fm/mpu/552 PICKS OF THE WEEKMatthew: MacStories Pixel | MacStories: https://www.macstories.net/pixel/Mikah: XPOWER A-2 Airrow Pro Multi-Use Electric Computer Duster Dryer Air Pump Blower - Black | Amazon: https://amzn.to/3cgnVGi Hosts: Mikah Sargent and Matthew Cassinelli Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/smart-tech-today Show notes and links for this episode are available at: https://twit.tv/shows/smart-tech-today/episodes/46 Sponsors: BUYRAYCON.com/stt mintmobile.com/stt casper.com/stt promo code STT

Matthew and Mikah talk about the new trend in iOS 14 wherein folks are customizing their iPhone and iPad Home screens with their own app icons. Amazon has announced an update to its FreeTime service, including its rebranding as "Amazon Kids" and "Amazon Kids+." Mikah finds joy and stress relief by way of the XPOWER A-2 Airrow Pro Multi-Use Electric Computer Duster Dryer Air Pump Blower - Black.APPLEHow to customize your iPhone's home screen with widgets and app icons | The Verge: https://bit.ly/3iTe6AntvOS 14 now available for your Apple TV: deeper HomeKit integration, 4K YouTube, Picture-in-Picture | 9to5Mac: https://bit.ly/33MtUiiHow to use Automatic Handwashing Detection on Apple Watch | iDownloadBlog: https://bit.ly/32Qlt67watchOS 7: The MacStories Review | MacStories: https://bit.ly/3iS7kuL GOOGLEGoogle app for iOS can now read articles aloud with a tap | 9to5Google: https://bit.ly/3hRUDi8You can stop Google Assistant alarms/timers from any room | 9to5Google: https://bit.ly/32QlM0L AMAZONAmazon rebrands FreeTime to Amazon Kids, expands paid catalog for Amazon Kids+ | TechCrunch: https://tcrn.ch/33QexVNAmazon's new Alexa partnership lets you link your AT&T number to turn your Echo into a phone | The Verge: https://bit.ly/2RJhTEJSam Jackson getting 30,000 new phrases | Variety: https://bit.ly/3j4G0tDAmazon makes Alexa Routines shareable | TechCrunch: https://tcrn.ch/35UFCtR Divoom Pixoo Pixel Art Digital Frame | Amazon: https://amzn.to/2HkGyxoMac Power Users 552: HomeKit in 2020, with Mikah Sargent | Relay.FM: https://www.relay.fm/mpu/552 PICKS OF THE WEEKMatthew: MacStories Pixel | MacStories: https://www.macstories.net/pixel/Mikah: XPOWER A-2 Airrow Pro Multi-Use Electric Computer Duster Dryer Air Pump Blower - Black | Amazon: https://amzn.to/3cgnVGi Hosts: Mikah Sargent and Matthew Cassinelli Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/smart-tech-today Show notes and links for this episode are available at: https://twit.tv/shows/smart-tech-today/episodes/46 Sponsors: BUYRAYCON.com/stt mintmobile.com/stt casper.com/stt promo code STT

Matthew and Mikah talk about the new trend in iOS 14 wherein folks are customizing their iPhone and iPad Home screens with their own app icons. Amazon has announced an update to its FreeTime service, including its rebranding as "Amazon Kids" and "Amazon Kids+." Mikah finds joy and stress relief by way of the XPOWER A-2 Airrow Pro Multi-Use Electric Computer Duster Dryer Air Pump Blower - Black.APPLEHow to customize your iPhone's home screen with widgets and app icons | The Verge: https://bit.ly/3iTe6AntvOS 14 now available for your Apple TV: deeper HomeKit integration, 4K YouTube, Picture-in-Picture | 9to5Mac: https://bit.ly/33MtUiiHow to use Automatic Handwashing Detection on Apple Watch | iDownloadBlog: https://bit.ly/32Qlt67watchOS 7: The MacStories Review | MacStories: https://bit.ly/3iS7kuL GOOGLEGoogle app for iOS can now read articles aloud with a tap | 9to5Google: https://bit.ly/3hRUDi8You can stop Google Assistant alarms/timers from any room | 9to5Google: https://bit.ly/32QlM0L AMAZONAmazon rebrands FreeTime to Amazon Kids, expands paid catalog for Amazon Kids+ | TechCrunch: https://tcrn.ch/33QexVNAmazon's new Alexa partnership lets you link your AT&T number to turn your Echo into a phone | The Verge: https://bit.ly/2RJhTEJSam Jackson getting 30,000 new phrases | Variety: https://bit.ly/3j4G0tDAmazon makes Alexa Routines shareable | TechCrunch: https://tcrn.ch/35UFCtR Divoom Pixoo Pixel Art Digital Frame | Amazon: https://amzn.to/2HkGyxoMac Power Users 552: HomeKit in 2020, with Mikah Sargent | Relay.FM: https://www.relay.fm/mpu/552 PICKS OF THE WEEKMatthew: MacStories Pixel | MacStories: https://www.macstories.net/pixel/Mikah: XPOWER A-2 Airrow Pro Multi-Use Electric Computer Duster Dryer Air Pump Blower - Black | Amazon: https://amzn.to/3cgnVGi Hosts: Mikah Sargent and Matthew Cassinelli Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/smart-tech-today Show notes and links for this episode are available at: https://twit.tv/shows/smart-tech-today/episodes/46 Sponsors: BUYRAYCON.com/stt mintmobile.com/stt casper.com/stt promo code STT

Author of  Repairing Jefferson's America: A Guide to Civility and Enlightened Citizenship Interview starts at 6:37 and ends at 48:46 Links “Amazon is developing the Kindle Paperwhite 5 with Glowlight” by Michael Kozlowski at Good EReader.com - September 17, 2020 Amazon Book Clubs early access “Amazon FreeTime Unlimited rebranded as Kids Plus with more videos, music” by Alison DeNisco at CNET - September 15, 2020 Amazon Kids announced at Day One Amazon blog - September 14, 2020 “Amazon Alexa can now connect to printers, here is how” by Cosmin Vasile at phoneArena.com - September 14, 2020 Clay Jenkinson's podcast, The Thomas Jefferson Hour, and recent book, Repairing Jefferson's America: A Guide to Civility and Enlightened Citizenship Eyeglass Nose Pads ($7.99 at Amazon.com) recommended by Dave Slusher of The Evil Genius Chronicles podcast for a better fit with Echo Frames Click here to enable my daily Morning Journal flash briefing at the Alexa Skills store. You will then hear each day's entry by saying, “Alexa, what's new?” or “Alexa, what's my flash briefing?” Right-click here and then click "Save Link As..." to download the audio to your computer, phone, or MP3 player.

TikTok: ByteDance und Oracle werden wohl ungleiche Partner Ikea goes Gaming: Zusammenarbeit mit Asus ROG angekündigt Commerzbank: Virtuelle Debitkarte steht nun auch für Google Pay bereit Amazon tauft FreeTime und FreeTime Unlimited zu Amazon Kids sowie Kids+ um Facebook Messenger: Auch hier kann man Medien zusammen schauen

Salve, salve nerdinhos, nerdinhas e simpatizantes! No WillTech dessa semana vamos falar mais sobre inteligência artificial em casa e nos carros com as novidades do Made by Google e a Toyota. Tem também as novidades da Amazon para crianças e os Games finalmente chegando nas nuvens com Microsoft e Google. Amazon Kindle para Crianças Carros autônomos da Toyota nas olimpíadas Caixas de som inteligente Google Nest Lançamentos do Google Stadia e Microsoft Project XCloud E os jogos de Dos do Internet Archive. Para ver detalhes e imagens comentadas no episódio visite nosso site: www.preteritos.com.br Participantes: Wilson Santos @willsantos Eduardo Willy @eduwilly Marcelo Murata @marcphx Produção e distribuição: Pretéritos Podcasts Edição de áudio: Wilson Santos Trilhas sonoras: Marcelo Murata

Today’s Hook: You are pursuing a vigilante who is killing city guards. The guards all have the same tattoo. (Game Hook #326 by Critical Dice on Instagram) Admittedly, most Adventure Hook episodes are kind of Halloween episodes. Nevertheless… this time it’s actuallyHalloween! So let’s get right to the spooky… The Adventure Hook guys start this holiday episode off with some delightfully campy old skool slasher mayhem and follow that up with a dose of some secret society creepy criminal cultish chaos… and then skip right past all that stuff and go darker than ever before by delving into some seriously real concepts of horror. A few of them end up becoming so intense that the guys end up needing a pallet cleanser, and so circle back around again to a much safer (yet still quite spooooky) Trick-or-Treat scenario for a charming Halloween themed game… again, at least to start with! Yet long after the episode ends… those horrors imagined in the town of South Alem will likely linger on with the listener still… Did Adventure Hook finally go too far this time? For some people, it’s quite possible. Whether it’s a True Detective inspired Southern Gothic-style the Crucible meets Cthulhu or an 80’s satanic panic kids on bikes-style Willy Wonka meets Halloween III, you’re in for the most nightmarish of mashup episodes imaginable. But, then again… too much additional explanation here simply risks spoiling the show. Banter Topic:  Our favorite holiday is here once more, and to celebrate the spookiest of days we skip right past the stacks of pennies and raisin boxes of bantering, and crunch right through such superficial candy coatings to get right to the teeth-rottenly sweet nougaty center of the Adventure Hook show… story development. LINKS Adventure Hook (on Patreon) Night of the Living Dead (on Amazon) The Monster Club (on Amazon) The Whisperer in Darkness by H.P. Lovecraft (on Amazon) The Shadow Out of Time by H.P. Lovecraft (on Amazon) Kids on Bikes RPG  (on Kickstarter… sorry Aaron, someone else already had this idea) Lovecraft Country: A Novel (on Amazon) The Crucible: A Play in Four Acts by Arthur Miller (on Amazon) Sandman Vol 1: Preludes and Nocturnes by Neil Gaiman and Sam Keith (on Amazon) True Detective Season 1 (on Amazon Prime) Angel Heart (on Amazon) Halloween III: Season of the Witch (on Amazon) Milton Hershey (on Wikipedia) Ol’ Man Campbell Preserves (art) Black Hole by Charles Burns (on Amazon) Stranger Things (on Netflix) Something Wicked this Way Comes (on Amazon) Stranger Things Boxed Set (on Amazon) Music by Kevin MacLeod of Incompetech.com made available for use under the Creative Commons By Attribution 4.0 License. Come Play with Me The House of Leaves Adventure Meme 8-Bit Dungeon Boss Be sure to submit your own Adventure Hook ideas using the hashtag #newadventurehook and they could end up the topic of a future episode! Also you can give us your worst #Critfail ideas to occupy a place on our dreaded Critical Failure Chart... Can we design a great adventure around a terrible hook? Try us! We love a challenge! And please consider supporting Adventure Hook on Patreon where you can now gain exclusive access to our back catalog of episodes. Blackspire RPG Campaign (Rob’s actual-play podcast)

A native of Tupelo, Mississippi, Tina Mabry graduated from the University of Southern California’s School of Cinematic Arts with an MFA in Film Production in 2005. A true hyphenate, Tina is a writer, director, and producer for television and film. Tina is currently a writer and produce on FOX’s upcoming PROVEN INNOCENT.  She was a co-producer, writer, and director for the second season of USA’s hit drama QUEEN OF THE SOUTH. Tina was also a producer, writer, and director on OWN’s QUEEN SUGAR created by Ava DuVernay and Oprah Winfrey. Tina produced and directed MELODY 1963: LOVE HAS TO WIN, an American Girl special for Amazon Kids. The special earned Tina a DGA Award and a NAACP Award. Tina’s other television directing credits include Netflix’s DEAR WHITE PEOPLE, ABC’s THE MAYOR, HBO’s INSECURE, FX’s POSE and STARZ’s POWER. In film, Tina began her career co-writing the feature screenplay ITTY BITTY TITTY COMMITTEE directed by Jamie Babbit. The film premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival in 2007 and won Best Feature Narrative at South by Southwest Film and Music Festival. Tina went on to write and direct her first feature film, MISSISSIPPI DAMNED, which garnered an impressive thirteen awards for participation in fifteen film festivals including awards for Best Feature Film and Best Screenplay at the Chicago International Film Festival in 2009.The film premiered on Showtime Networks in February 2011. Tina has worked on a number of short films, including her first film, the award-winning BROOKLYN’S BRIDGE TO JORDAN, which screened at more than fifty film festivals worldwide and aired on Showtime Networks, LOGO and Centric. Most recently, Tina wrote revisions for George Tillman Jr.’s upcoming feature at FOX 2000’s, THE HATE U GIVE, based on the best-selling novel of the same name, written by Angie Thomas. She is also writing CODE OF SILENCE for Madison Wells Media Studios, formerly OddLot Entertainment.  Tina was named among the “25 New Faces of Independent Film” in Filmmaker Magazine in July of 2009 and was recognized by Out Magazine as one of the most inspirational and outstanding people of the year. She was featured in the Advocate magazine as part of their “Top Forty Under 40” issue, which features the top 40 individuals who are raising the bar in their respective fields. Tina has participated in several talent development programs including Film Independent’s Writers’ Lab, Tribeca Film Institute’s All Access, and Sundance’s Screenwriters Intensive. www.morgansmark.com twitter.com/TinaMabry www.instagram.com/tinamabry/ Photo Credit: Ashly Convington  

A native of Tupelo, Mississippi, Tina Mabry graduated from the University of Southern California’s School of Cinematic Arts with an MFA in Film Production in 2005. A true hyphenate, Tina is a writer, director, and producer for television and film. She is currently a writer and producer for Fox’s upcoming series, PROVEN INNOCENT. She was a co-producer, writer, and director for the second season of USA’s hit drama QUEEN OF THE SOUTH. Tina was also a producer, writer, and director on OWN’s QUEEN SUGAR created by Ava DuVernay and Oprah Winfrey. Tina produced and directed MELODY 1963: LOVE HAS TO WIN, an American Girl special for Amazon Kids. The special earned Tina a DGA Award and a NAACP Award. Tina’s other television directing credits include Netflix’s DEAR WHITE PEOPLE, ABC’s THE MAYOR, HBO’s INSECURE, FX’s POSE, and STARZ’s POWER. In film, Tina began her career co-writing the feature screenplay ITTY BITTY TITTY COMMITTEE directed by Jamie Babbit. The film premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival in 2007 and won Best Feature Narrative at South by Southwest Film and Music Festival. Tina went on to write and direct her first feature film, MISSISSIPPI DAMNED, which garnered an impressive thirteen awards for participation in fifteen film festivals including awards for Best Feature Film and Best Screenplay at the Chicago International Film Festival in 2009.The film premiered on Showtime Networks in February 2011. Tina was named among the “25 New Faces of Independent Film” in Filmmaker Magazine in July of 2009 and was recognized by Out Magazine as one of the most inspirational and outstanding people of the year. She was featured in the Advocate magazine as part of their “Top Forty Under 40” issue, which features the top 40 individuals who are raising the bar in their respective fields. Tina has participated in several talent development programs including Film Independent’s Writers’ Lab, Tribeca Film Institute’s All Access, and Sundance’s Screenwriters Intensive.   Key Questions answered by Tina Mabry: How to become a writer/producer/director in TV & Film Do you need an MFA to be successful? Advice for creative on their journey Tina’s definition of success? How has Tina’s race, gender, and sexuality impacted her career and how has she challenged it?  Tina Mabry discusses: Deciding to stop studying for law school and applying for film school Having a tribe to read your writing and keep you honest Developing well-rounded characters in your writing How Tina linked up with Ava DuVernay and got distribution via Netflix Navigating the film festival circuit and creating a strategy to sell your film and yourself What steps Tina took to become a writer/director for hit shows such as Power, Insecure, Queen of the South, Queen Sugar and Dear White People How Tina turned her idols into mentors: Gina Prince-Bythewood and Kimberly Peirce How to build your brand to get noticed How Tina’s keeps improving herself and her craft How Tina got the opportunity to be part of the movie The Hate U Give and her review of the movie Why women cry (love this!) Advice to be successful – importance of patience, finding someone to shadow, and much more!   Tina Mabry’s Memorable Quotes: Fear can hold you back or it can drive you. It’s how you respond. It doesn’t matter about the “no’s” you get. It’s the one “yes” you get. It’s ok not to feel 100% confident. You have to build that muscle.   Listen on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Stitcher, Spotify and Google Play   Links mentioned on this episode Mississippi Damned Queen Sugar The Hate U Give Film Independent   Click here to subscribe via RSS feed (non-iTunes feed): https://funnybrowngirl.libsyn.com/rss   Announcements If you’re looking for a community of supportive creatives to elevate your journey to the next level, join me here: http://funnybrowngirl.com/subscribe Social Media Info Connect on Instagram: Tina Mabry – @TinaMabry FunnyBrownGirl – @funnybrowngirl   Connect on Twitter: Tina Mabry – @MorgansMark FunnyBrownGirl – @funnybrowngirl   #CreativeBreakthrough

From the awesome Amazon Kids series of skills, Squeak in the Night is a must for every child (of any age) lucky enough to have nerves of steel and at least two Echo Buttons. Help Sergeant Sunny, Field Agent Jade and their pals provide for the mouse clan - but watch out for Lucy the cat who lies in ambush.

Come with us on a fascinating adventure over the rainbow-coloured clouds and out across the snuggly Swooniverse in today's Amazon Kids installment of the podcast that is as sweet as saccharin and even less fattening. Recommended daily dose: 5 minutes.

Handing your child a teddy bear with an embedded camera is a bad idea. But a kid-friendly tablet, with carefully curated content under direct parental supervision, is another thing altogether. Our recommended tablet for kids is the Amazon Fire HD 8 for Kids, which we reviewed earlier this year. Its parental controls and rugged design make it ideal for your tot, but there are five things you should look for when you set up your Amazon Fire for Kids device for the first time.

Today's guest, Dr. Alice Wilder, is one of the creative geniuses behind some of the biggest kids' "edutainment" juggernauts in history, from Blues Clues to Speakaboos and the recent Emmy Award-winning Amazon Kids program, Tumble Leaf.Her entire journey, though, might never have happened but for the fact that one person, in her case a teacher, noticed something special and "sparked" her curiosity and, in turn, her life.In this week's conversation, we talk about her fantastic adventure. We discover how "being Josh" in the famed Tom Hanks movie, Big, fueled a dream that then turned into a profoundly rewarding living and life. We dive into what the word "sparking" is all about, how a single person or moment can change everything and how you can be that catalyst both for others and for yourself.And, we talk about the power of curiosity, of reconnecting with your inner kid, a willingness to try and fail and just move on. We explore the joy and illumination that comes along with learning from and working with kids and the absolute egoless honesty they bring with them.