Wonder of Parenting - A Brain-Science Approach to Parenting
By: Parenting
Language: en
Categories: Kids, Family, Parenting
Wouldn’t it be great if your child came with an owner’s manual? A how-to book on how to raise your child? And if your child came with such a manual, wouldn’t it be helpful to have someone walk you through it, making that owner’s manual come alive? Michael Gurian and Tim Wright serve as your guides through what they believe is the owner’s manual for your child: Your child’s brain. While the brain doesn’t tell the whole story, it does offer a treasure trove of insights into your son or daughter. Michael and Tim each have...
Episodes
Best of: Listener Question: Calming Strategies for Students
Jan 08, 2026From December, 2020: A teacher writes concerned about one of her students and wonders how she can help all of her students learn calming techniques.
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Duration: 00:32:55My Son Gets Overly Fixated
Jan 05, 2026A mom writes in on Facebook concerned about how fixed her son becomes on little things to the detriment of other things like his studies. Michael helps clarify between OCD, ADHD and ADD.
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Duration: 00:31:58Best Of : Listener Question—Screens, Naps, and Bedtime
Dec 29, 2025From January, 2021: A mom writes in trying to juggle naps and screens, learning to issues around bedtime.
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Duration: 00:31:57Best Of: The Wonder of Parenting Holiday Extravaganza
Dec 22, 2025From December, 2023: The Wonder of Parenting Holiday Extravaganza. Michael and Tim share a brief holiday podcast to wish you happy holidays.
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Duration: 00:13:03"Best Of" The Holiday Episode: The Power of Traditions
Dec 15, 2025From December 2018: Michael and Tim talk about the values and memories shaping power of traditions not only during the holidays but throughout the year.
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Duration: 00:20:34Navigating Grief through the Holidays
Dec 08, 2025Michael shares from his personal experience of losing his wife Gail insights into handling grief during the holidays, with a special focus on how to help our kids when they grieve.
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Duration: 00:35:16Best Of : Listener Question: How Can I Get My Husband to help with the Kids?
Dec 04, 2025From September, 2020: With many parents now working at home and helping their kids navigate online school, this mom wonders how to help her husband help out more.
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Duration: 00:30:21Best Of : Holidays, Consumerism, and Your Kids
Dec 01, 2025From December, 2023: Michael and Tim offer insights into navigating the consumerism of the holidays.
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Duration: 00:33:38Best Of: Listener Question—The Pessimistic Child
Nov 27, 2025From August 2020: A mom writes in wondering how to help her son who wrestles with pessimism.
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Duration: 00:33:21How To Help Kids Move From Trauma to Resilience. Guest Dr. Fletch.
Nov 24, 2025Dr Fletch is back to talk about her experience with trauma as a child and how we can help our kids move from their own trauma to resilience.
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Duration: 00:33:42Best Of: Listener Question: My Brain Made Me Do It!
Nov 20, 2025From February 2020: A 3 year old is wrestling with impulse control and blames his brain. Michael and Tim dig into the brain science to talk about how to help our kids manage their impulses as they grow into adults.
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Duration: 00:32:24Celebrating Birthdays Without Breaking the Bank! Guest Nikki McPhetridge
Nov 17, 2025Nikki McPhetridge, author of Maya's Birthday Wish, joins the show to help parents find simpler, more joy-filled ways to celebrate birthdays without breaking the bank.
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Duration: 00:32:13Best Of: Listener Question: The Child Who Talks Too Much
Nov 13, 2025From July 2019: Michael and Tim answer a question from a mom concerned about her overly talkative child who seems to be disrupting the class.
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Duration: 00:33:08My Child is Autistic. Now What? With Dr. Theresa Lyons
Nov 10, 2025Dr. Lyons joins the podcast to talk about her experience raising an autistic daughter and practical, science-based insights into navigating autism. Visit www.awetism..net
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Duration: 00:37:27Best Of: Listener Questions: Stapled fingers and rough with animals
Nov 06, 2025From September, 2019: Listeners Questions: Michael and Tim answer two questions; the first from a mom whose son staples his finger and the second about a son who is rough with his cat.
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Duration: 00:33:30How Can I Help My Son Discover His Purpose in Life?
Nov 03, 2025Michael and Tim discuss why purpose is so important for boys and how to help them discover it for themselves.
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Duration: 00:36:39Best Of: Listener Question—The Exhausted Mom
Oct 30, 2025From February, 2021: A homeschooling mom is at her wits end being a mom and a teacher.
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Duration: 00:26:58How Can I Help My Daughter Discover a Vision for Her Life?
Oct 27, 2025Michael and Tim look at the ways girls discover fulfillment, vision, and self worth in life.
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Duration: 00:37:34Listener Question—My Sisters Parenting Style is Nuts!
Oct 23, 2025From January, 2021: This Aunt is having a hard time managing her sister’s kids because their parenting styles are so different.
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Duration: 00:31:01Suiting Our Boys Up for Manhood
Oct 20, 2025Michael and Tim are joined by Mark Ryan and Barry Shreiar from the Army and Navy Academy to talk about how to build emotionally, physically, and spiritually strong boys for manhood.
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Duration: 00:36:59Best Of: Listener Question—Genitalia Fascination
Oct 16, 2025From January, 2021: A dad is concerned about his young daughter’s fascination with her genitalia.
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Duration: 00:32:56Should Kids Watch the News? with Guest Lynn Smith
Oct 13, 2025Former news anchor and producer Lynn Smith joins the podcast to look at how the news impacts our kids.
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Duration: 00:38:48Best Of: Listener Question—Body Image and the 10 Year Old
Oct 09, 2025From November, 2020: A mom writes in with a moving question about her 10 year old daughter and body image issues.
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Duration: 00:44:33My Five Year Old Son Wants to be a Girl
Oct 06, 2025Michael and Tim respond to a parent who's young boy wants to be a girl.
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Duration: 00:35:36Best Of: Is Today’s Classroom a Therapy Session?
Oct 02, 2025From October 2020: Tim asks Michael about an editorial suggesting that too much of education today is about making kids safe and building self-esteem vs. challenging them with learning.
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Duration: 00:36:23Brain Bullies and Your Kids with Guest Lynn Smith
Sep 29, 2025Author, former news anchor, and consultant to CEOs, Lynn Smith joins the podcast to talk about how to build resiliency in our kids.
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Duration: 00:34:49Best of: Listener Question—To Preschool or Not to Preschool
Sep 25, 2025From August 2020: A mom asks about when to start a child in preschool, what to look for in a preschool, and specifically asks about language immersion preschools.
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Duration: 00:32:41Is Our Obsession with Feelings Good for Our Kids
Sep 22, 2025Michael makes the argument that while it's good to help kids identify their feelings, what's more important is how they act on them/
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Duration: 00:36:38Best of: Listener’s Questions—Boys and Hitting
Sep 18, 2025From August, 2020: Two moms write in about challenges around their young boys and hitting.
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Duration: 00:35:02Helping Our Kids Handle Disappointment
Sep 15, 2025Tim tells a personal story about fracturing his foot while training to walk a half marathon with his grandson, leading to the topic: How to help our kids handle disappointment.
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Duration: 00:35:21Best Of: Teenagers!
Sep 11, 2025From August, 2021: Teenagers! A mom requests an episode on the unique challenges teens face as they grow up in this new world.
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Duration: 00:32:48The Power of Grandparents with Guest Ted Page
Sep 08, 2025Grandpa and author of "Good Grandpa," Ted Page, joins the podcast to talk about the unique role grandparents can play in raising kids.
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Duration: 00:39:42Best Of: Sports Parents
Sep 04, 2025From December, 2021: Sports Parents. Michael and Tim offer practical advice for being sports parents while nurturing the nature of your child
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Duration: 00:30:03Rewiring the Parenting Manual in our Brains
Sep 01, 2025Michael and Tim respond to a listener's concern about parenting her children as the victim of childhood abuse. Michael offers person insights from his own story as a survivor.
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Duration: 00:35:02Best Of: Other Kids’ Parents
Aug 28, 2025From October, 2021: Other Kids’ Parents. A mom wants to know how to set boundaries when other kids play at her house.
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Duration: 00:28:26The Power of Hope with guest Neil Bierbaum
Aug 25, 2025Neil Bierbaum joins the podcast from South Africa to talk about the importance of building hope in our kids.
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Duration: 00:36:51Best Of: Phobias and Other Scary Things
Aug 21, 2025From September, 2021: Phobias and Other Scary Things. A mom writes in about her daughter’s fear of needles.
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Duration: 00:33:06Boys are from Mars, Girls are from Venus with Dr. John Gray
Aug 18, 2025Michael and Tim are joined by best-selling author of Men are From Mars, Women are From Venus, Dr. John Gray, to apply his insights into raising our sons and daughters.
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Duration: 00:42:42Listener Question: Teens, Food, and Eating! Oh My!
Aug 18, 2025A mom, who raised her daughter to eat healthy foods, is frustrated that now, at 13, her daughter seems to only be eating junk food.
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Duration: 00:35:52"Best of" My Kids Have a New Sibling on the Way
Aug 14, 2025From June, 2021: My Kids Have a New Sibling on the Way. A mom asks how to navigate the soon birth of her third child with her other two children, all of whom will be under the age of 4.
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Duration: 00:29:08Listener Question: The Moody Teenager
Aug 11, 2025A mom writes in grieving the change in her daughter and their relationship as her daughter moves into puberty.
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Duration: 00:34:28"Best Of" What Should I Teach My Boys About How to Treat Girls?
Aug 07, 2025From March, 2021: Listener Question: What Should I Teach My Boys About How to Treat Girls? This mom writes: how do I raise my boys to believe girls shouldn’t be seen or treated any differently but also they actually should treat girls differently in some ways?
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Duration: 00:31:14Reading: It Does a Brain Good with Guest Doug Lemov
Aug 04, 2025Tim is joined by author Doug Lemov who dives into the science of reading and why reading is essential for our kids.
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Duration: 00:35:36End of July Bonus Episode: Back To School Tech Tips
Jul 31, 2025As kids get ready to go back to school, guest Jen Kelman, LCSW, offers some strategies for managing screen time and school responsibilities.
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Duration: 00:33:11Building Perseverance in our Kids-Listener Question
Jul 28, 2025A mom writes in with a question everyone parent asks at some point--when do I push my child to keep trying and when do I let it go?
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Duration: 00:33:14Best Of: Reading With Your Kids
Jul 24, 2025From August, 2022: Reading With Your Kids. Michael and Tim are joined by Jed Doherty to talk about the importance of reading with our kids.
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Duration: 00:35:45A Pathway to Manhood with Guest Paul Cumbo
Jul 21, 2025Michael and Tim are joined by author and educator Paul Cumbo who shares insights from his new book, A Pathway to Manhood as we continue our mini-series on Helping Boys Thrive.
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Duration: 00:34:03Best Of: The Sassy Daughter
Jul 17, 2025From May of 2022: The Sassy Daughter. A mom writes in about her 10 year old daughter whose behavior is causing concern in the family.
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Duration: 00:27:40Boys: A UK Perspective with Nick Isles
Jul 14, 2025Nick Isles, of the newly formed Centre for Policy Research on Men and Boys in the UK joins the show to talk about the issues of boys from a UK perspective.
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Duration: 00:37:09Best of: Helping Girls Thrive
Jul 10, 2025From November 2020: Tim asks Michael about some of the key issues girls face today and how we as parents can support them and help them thrive.
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Duration: 00:33:18Screens, Play, and the Magic of the Outdoors with Guest Susie Spikol
Jul 07, 2025Author and Naturalist Susie Spikol joins the podcast to offer creative, imaginative ways to get our kids outside and why it's good for their brains.
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Duration: 00:37:04Best of: What Are Girls Made Of?
Jul 03, 2025From September 20, 2018. The second episode of the show. What Are Girls Made Of? Michael Gurian and Tim Wright take the 30,000 foot view of a girl’s brain and some of the insights it can give you for raising your daughter.
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Duration: 00:28:30Male Mental Health
Jun 30, 2025Michael and Tim look at the challenges our boys have in expressing their emotional challenges and how we can help them thrive in the midst of them.
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Duration: 00:33:53Best Of: Listener Question: How Do I Talk about Death and Dying to my Kids?
Jun 26, 2025From September, 2020: A mom asks how she can talk about dying and death with her four year old.
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Duration: 00:32:09The Manosphere and Boys with guest Rachel Hale
Jun 23, 2025USAToday journalist Rachel Hale joins the show to offer insights into the manosphere and how to protect our boys from it.
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Duration: 00:28:39Best Of: Listener Question: Is This What Puberty Looks Like?
Jun 19, 2025From November, 2020: A mom writes in about her 10 year old son and how his behavior seems to be changing. She wonders what might be puberty and what might be other issues.
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Duration: 00:33:36Grandfatherly Advice for Dads with Guest Ted Page
Jun 16, 2025Ted Page, author of the new book, Good Grandpa, joins Michael and Tim as they offer wisdom to dads.
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Duration: 00:37:32Best of: 2019 Father's Day Special
Jun 12, 2025From June 2019: Michael and Tim talk about their dads and about their lives as dads with an emphasis on what makes dads special.
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Duration: 00:33:54Fragile Masculinity?
Jun 09, 2025Most of what we hear about masculinity has to do with toughness, toxicity, and being the alpha male. Michael suggests that the male brain is actually quite fragile and that our call is to build boys who are compassionate and resilient.
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Duration: 00:36:59Best Of: Listener Question: The Vaping Son
Jun 05, 2025From September, 2020: A mom writes concerned about her 13 year son who is consistently lying about his behavior.
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Duration: 00:31:41Helping Boys Thrive in School with guest Daniel Parlato
Jun 02, 2025Michael and Tim are joined by teacher Daniel Parlato to look at why boys are falling behind in school and strategies for helping them thrive throughout their educational experience.
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Duration: 00:41:21Best of: Listener Question: Boys, Girls, and Pornography
May 29, 2025From January, 2020: Michael and Tim look at the effects of pornography on a boy’s brain and the legal issues surrounding online porn when it comes to our boys and girls
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Duration: 00:31:58Netflix's Adolescence and Toxic Boys
May 26, 2025Michael and Tim review the Netflix show, Adolescence, and offer some insights into toxic masculinity, the Manosphere, and raising our sons with a positive vision for manhood.
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Duration: 00:37:40Best of--Video Games and Your Child’s Brain
May 22, 2025From Nov. 2018: Michael and Tim look at the impact of video games on your kids—especially your sons.
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Duration: 00:32:38What About Homeschooling?
May 19, 2025A mom is struggling with keeping her 9-year-old son engaged with school. Is homeschooling an option?
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Duration: 00:36:53Best of: Girls and STEM
May 15, 2025From November 2020: Michael and Tim talk about the current state of Girls and STEM in schools and the workplace, with strategies for helping them succeed in those arenas.
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Duration: 00:33:522025 Mother's Day Special: Three Minutes for Mom with Guest Erin Morrison
May 12, 2025Erin Morrison joins the show to share with moms how to make time for themselves.
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Duration: 00:33:20Best Of: Mother's Day Edition 2019
May 08, 2025This May, 2019 Episode celebrates moms
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Duration: 00:31:56Is There a Gay Brain?
May 05, 2025A mom writes in asking if there is such a thing as a Gay Brain.
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Duration: 00:35:50Best of: Gurian on the Hot Seat
May 01, 2025From August, 2020: As the Podcast celebrates its second anniversary Tim gives Michael the chance to share his heart for raising boys and girls.
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Duration: 00:31:25Raising a Neuro-divergent Child with Guest Daryl Potter
Apr 28, 2025Daryl Potter shares the journey he and his family have been on the last 24 years with their neuro-divergent daughter.
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Duration: 00:37:09Best Of Listener Question: Personality or Trauma?
Apr 24, 2025From May, 2020: A Grandmother writes about a trauma her granddaughter experienced at two weeks of age and wonders if that might have affected the granddaughter’s personality.
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Duration: 00:31:17The Bombastic Toddler-Listener Question
Apr 21, 2025A mom asks Michael and Tim for advice on her overly angry daughter.
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Duration: 00:27:48Best of: Listener Question—Motivating a 6th Grader to Learn
Apr 17, 2025From March 2020
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Duration: 00:26:21Preparing Your Kids for Adulting with Guest David Krasky
Apr 14, 2025Guest David Krasky shares his insights into how to raise our kids to be healthy, productive adults.
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Duration: 00:35:41Best Of: Listener Question--Raising Boys in a Gay Household
Apr 10, 2025From January, 2020: Two dads are looking to adopt sons and have questions about how raising their sons in a Gay Household.
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Duration: 00:30:39Managing Parental Expectations
Apr 07, 2025One of the top concerns of parents is their own expectations. Michael and Tim offer some advice to manage them better.
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Duration: 00:33:03Best Of: Listener Questions: Parental Social Media Use and the Boy who Reads too Much
Apr 03, 2025From November 2019: A parent writes in wondering about the impact parental use of social media can have on kids and a mom is concerned that her son might be reading too much.
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Duration: 00:32:01Three Things We Want Our Daughters/Granddaughters to Know
Mar 31, 2025Michael and Tim share the wisdom they have have passed along to their daughters and will pass on to the grandddaughters.
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Duration: 00:33:36Best of: Your Child’s Brain and Screen Time
Mar 27, 2025From October, 2018
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Duration: 00:33:30Educating Boys into Men with Guest Barry Shreiar
Mar 24, 2025Michael and Tim are joined by Barry Shreiar of the Army and Navy Academy in Carlsbad, CA to talk about raising virtuous boys.
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Duration: 00:35:18Best of: Neurotoxins, Your Child, and Your Child’s Brain
Mar 20, 2025From March, 2020: Neurotoxins are everywhere. Tim asks Michael what they are, what they do to our brains, and how we can protect our children from them.
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Duration: 00:34:21Is Pokiness Nature or Something Else?
Mar 17, 2025A mom writes in concerned about her easy going, but slow-to-get-stuff done son.
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Duration: 00:30:48Best Of: Protecting Our Sons from Sexual Trauma Part 2
Mar 13, 2025From October, 2019: Tim asks Michael about how to protect our sons from sexual trauma and what signs of sexual trauma parents should look for.
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Duration: 00:34:43Crushes, First Loves, and Hormones
Mar 10, 2025Michael and Tim look at the brain science between love and attractions and how to help our children navigate the joys and heartaches of those early crushes
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Duration: 00:34:43Best of: Protecting Our Sons from Sexual Trauma Part 1
Mar 06, 2025From October, 2019: Tim interviews Michael about the sexual trauma Michael experienced as a 10 year old boy.
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Duration: 00:35:23Play! Featuring Guest Anna Housley Juster
Mar 03, 2025Anna Housley Juster is back to talk with Michael and Tim about the power of play.
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Duration: 00:37:37Best Of: Listener Question: The Lying Teenager
Feb 27, 2025From September, 2019: A mom writes in about the challenges she and her husband are facing with a son who lies about vaping and other issues.
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Duration: 00:31:42Keys to Helping Boys Thrive
Feb 24, 2025Michael and Tim look at some of the keys to helping boys thrive from Michael's new book--Boys: A Rescue Plan
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Duration: 00:31:22Best Of: Listeners Questions: Parents and Kids and Teachers, Oh My
Feb 20, 2025From July 2019: Michael and Tim offer strategies for helping teachers, schools, and school districts engage with brain science as they teach.
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Duration: 00:34:46Do Boys Need Rescuing?
Feb 17, 2025With the release of Michael's new book--Boys: A Rescue Plan, Tim asks Michael why boys need to be rescued.
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Duration: 00:33:31"Best Of" Listener Question: How to talk about Death and Suicide with Kids
Feb 13, 2025From January, 2020 "Best Of" Listener Question: How to talk about Death and Suicide with Kids
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Duration: 00:30:36The Wonder of Parenting Valentine's Special
Feb 10, 2025Special Guest Warren Farrell returns to join Michael and Tim in talking about how to model strong marriages for our kids.
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Duration: 00:33:29"Best Of" Listeners Questions: The New Mom and Nature vs. Nurture
Feb 06, 2025From December, 2-19: A new mom wants advice on how to raise her new son and another mom wants to know how to discern inborn traits vs. learned behavior.
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Duration: 00:32:33AI and Your Kids
Feb 03, 2025Tech and Social Media Expert Mark Weinstein returns to talk about the impact of AI on our kids
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Duration: 00:26:27"Best Of" Understanding the Effects of Trauma on our Boys and Girls
Jan 30, 2025From October, 2019: Michael and Tim focus on the broader issue of trauma, what forms it takes, what signs to look for, and how to respond when our kids are traumatized.
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Duration: 00:34:11Online Sanity or Insanity with Guest Mark Weinstein
Jan 27, 2025Tech and Social Media Guru Mark Weinstein offers insights into how to help our kids navigate social media.
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Duration: 00:35:58"Best Of" Listener Question: The Overly-Compliant Daughter
Jan 23, 2025From September, 2019: This mom is concerned about her people-pleasing daughter and how she can build resilience in her.
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Duration: 00:31:40Parenting a Child with ADHD
Jan 20, 2025A mom writes in asking about resources for raising her daughter dealing with ADHD
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Duration: 00:33:09"Best Of" Are You Raising A Toxic Son?
Jan 16, 2025From March, 2019: Is masculinity toxic? Should you raise the masculinity out of your son? Tim asks Michael to talk about the nature of masculinity and the current ideology behind the term, toxic masculinity.
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Duration: 00:35:48