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The Whole Parent Podcast

Jon Fogel - WholeParent

Welcome to "The Whole Parent Podcast," where we dive deep into evidence-based parenting strategies, blending cutting-edge psychology with real-world experience. Each episode offers insightful discussions, expert interviews, and practical tips to empower you and your family through the joys and challenges of raising children. Join us as we explore not just the highs of parenting, but navigate the complexities and embrace the journey together.

kids & family parenting

All Episodes

47:00

Gift Overload, Meltdowns, And Real Gratitude #48

The Whole Parent Podcast ·

2025/12/05

Episode Summary Jon unpacks why kids often look “ungrateful” or overwhelmed during gift-heavy holidays—and why it has nothing to do with entitlement and everything to do with biology, routine disruption, and emotional overload. Through real parent questions, he explores what’s happening underneath the behavior, why forced gratitude backfires, and how parents can set expectations, model appreciation, and protect connection without trying to manufacture a perfect holiday moment. Listeners walk...

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52:02

Parenting Brilliant, Awesome, Neurodivergent, Kids #47

The Whole Parent Podcast ·

2025/12/04

To support the podcast, head over to Substack and become a monthly or annual paid subscriber. It's the only way Jon gets paid for this. In this episode, Jon answers a parent’s question about neurodivergence and walks through how to think about kids who are more intense, more sensitive, or more easily overwhelmed. He breaks down what neurodivergence actually means, why some kids struggle more with regulation, and what parents can do to support them. Key Topics Covered • Why Some Kids Are...

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51:00

How To Stay Regulated While Your Kids Battle Over A...

The Whole Parent Podcast ·

2025/12/02

Subscribe on Substack to support the show! Buy Punishment-Free Parenting (Jon's book) now In today’s episode, Jon returns to the show’s original format—raw, unscripted, brain-based parenting questions—this time focused entirely on sibling dynamics. If you have more than one child (or plan to), this might be one of the most clarifying episodes you ever listen to. Inside this episode: Why kids compete… why they fight over nothing… why your nervous system spirals in the cross-fire… and the real...

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41:08

How to Make the Morning Madness Suck Less (#45)

The Whole Parent Podcast ·

2025/11/25

If your mornings feel like a daily emotional avalanche, lost shoes, floppy limbs, scratchy socks, MELTDOWNS, you’re not alone. In this episode, Jon goes back to the original Whole Parent format and answers real listener questions about morning routines, meltdowns, and the brain science behind why kids fall apart at the exact same time every day. Instead of asking “What am I doing wrong?”, we flip the script: What if the problem isn’t you… it’s the lack of brutal predictability? Jon breaks do...

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15:19

When Approval Becomes Addition: The Cost Of Praise #44

The Whole Parent Podcast ·

2025/11/04

It all started with a gold star. A single shining sticker on a kindergarten chart that—without me realizing it—began rewiring my understanding of love, worth, and motivation. In this episode of The Whole Parent Podcast, we dive into the hidden cost of praise—why “good job” might be doing more harm than good, and how something as innocent as a sticker chart can turn play into performance. Drawing on groundbreaking research from psychologists like Edward Deci and Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, I unra...

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25:00

Breaking The Cycle Of Love And Control (Premium...

The Whole Parent Podcast ·

2025/10/21

A grainy home video from 1993 opens a door many parents avoid: the thin line where love and control blur. From that single forced smile, we follow the thread into cognitive dissonance, exploring why we promise ourselves we won’t yell and still end up yelling, and why small justifications feel so necessary when our identity as a “good parent” is on the line. Leon Festinger’s doomsday research gives language to our everyday contradictions, showing how, when identity is threatened, we don’t chan...

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10:17

What to do about hitting? (Mini Episode)

The Whole Parent Podcast ·

2025/10/16

This is one of my shorter mini-episodes where I read this weeks Substack article. We answer here the simple and yet extremely common question "What are we supposed to do when our kid hits us or someone else?" If you would like to support my work consider subscribing on Substack for $5 per month. It is the best way to support my work and keep the podcast episodes coming! Send us a text Support the show

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29:34

Picture Books and Other Threats (with Betsy Bird) #41

The Whole Parent Podcast ·

2025/10/07

Stories aren’t just how we pass time—they’re how we pass on what it means to be human. We sit down with librarian and children’s literature expert Betsy Bird to unpack why reading aloud is more than a bedtime ritual. It’s brain food during the fastest phase of neural growth; a daily practice that builds language, attention, and the social skill that holds every relationship together: empathy. We dive into research showing how literary fiction boosts theory of mind, helping kids understand th...

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16:53

How My 7-Year-Old Learned to Read (Without Me...

The Whole Parent Podcast ·

2025/09/17

My oldest son couldn’t read at seven. And me? I was writing a parenting book for a major publisher. Being asked to speak to thousands of parents. Teaching emotional development, brain-based learning, and motivation. The irony wasn’t lost on me. In this episode, I tells the vulnerable and surprising story of how we stopped trying to teach how to read, and started teaching why to read instead. What happened next wasn’t magic. It was science, patience, and a little bit of kiwi bird trivia. Along...

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36:35

How to Not Raise a Nazi (with Alfie Kohn).... #39

The Whole Parent Podcast ·

2025/02/20

Key Links: 📖 Get My Book: Punishment-Free Parenting: The Brain-Based Way to Raise Kids Without Raising Your Voice – Available Now 📖 Get Alfie Kohn's Books: Unconditional Parenting and Punished By Rewards 📝 Join My Email List for exclusive insights, parenting tips, and updates – Sign Up Here Episode Description: What if the very thing we’ve been striving for as parents—obedience—wasn’t actually a virtue? What if, instead of making our kids good, it made them vulnerable? In this e...

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37:59

The invisible thing killing your marriage (with Eve...

The Whole Parent Podcast ·

2025/02/06

IT'S HERE! Get Punishment-Free Parenting on Audiobook Why does it feel like one partner carries the weight of managing the home and kids while the other thinks everything is equal? If you've ever felt exhausted by the invisible labor of parenting—or if you've ever felt like nothing you do measures up to your partner’s expectations—this episode is for you. In this episode of The Whole Parent Podcast, I sit down with Eve Rodsky, author of Fair Play, to unpack the division of labor i...

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27:56

What to do when we mess up [featuring an excerpt from...

The Whole Parent Podcast ·

2025/01/30

Get your own copy of the audiobook HEREWhat do we do when we mess up as parents? In this Episode of the Whole Parent Podcast, I read a long section from the Chapter on Repair from my brand new book Punishment-Free Parenting: The Brain-Based Way to Raise Kids Without Raising Your Voice. Every parent has moments they wish they could take back. Maybe it’s the sharp tone, the overreaction, or the moment frustration boiled over. But what happens next matters even more than the mistake itself. In ...

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42:36

Parenting ADHD Kids (with Dr. Josh & Dr. Tina Payne...

The Whole Parent Podcast ·

2025/01/23

Resources Mentioned:Punishment Free-Parenting The Way of Play Emotional Regulation Game GuideTraditional Parenting Fails for ADHD Kids.Growing up with ADHD this is the episode I wish my parents had... In this episode, I’m sharing why traditional, compliance-based parenting doesn’t work for kids with ADHD and what we can do instead. I sat down with Dr. Josh Wyner and Dr. Tina Payne Bryson—two incredible experts—to break down the science behind ADHD and offer practical, brain-based strategies y...

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33:33

5 Hacks: How to Speak Kid #35

The Whole Parent Podcast ·

2025/01/16

Help me out! My book Punishment-Free Parenting: The Brain-Based Way to Raise Kids Without Raising Your Voice comes out in LESS THAN TWO WEEKS! Preorder now so you can get it first! Have you ever felt like talking to your kids is like speaking an entirely different language? You tell them to put on their shoes, and suddenly it’s like you’ve asked them to climb a mountain. Believe me, I’ve been there. In this episode, I’m breaking down why our kids don’t always seem to get what we’re saying—and...

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26:20

New Year, New You?

The Whole Parent Podcast ·

2024/12/31

Help me out... My book is behind on pre-sales and I'm trying to make up a lot of ground before release on January 28th, 2025. If you love the podcast, please consider preordering—it’s the best way to support me right now. If you don't typically read parenting books, I also have the audiobook version! Thank you so much!Preorder the Book Preorder the AudiobookDescriptionThis week on The Whole Parent Podcast, why is change is so hard? How can we finally stick to our parenting resolutio...

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32:44

Managing [Holiday] Stress (with Dr. Aditi Narurkar)

The Whole Parent Podcast ·

2024/12/25

Want to get ME a Christmas Present? My book is behind on pre-sales and I'm trying to make up a lot of ground before release on January 28th, 2025. If you love the podcast, please consider preordering—it’s the best way to support me right now. If you don't typically read parenting books, I also have the audiobook version! Thank you so much!Preorder the Book Preorder the AudiobookMerry Christmas... sorta.The holidays are here, and if you’re anything like me, you’re juggling a million...

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39:20

The Big Santa Controversy

The Whole Parent Podcast ·

2024/12/19

I need your help! My book is behind on pre-sales and I'm trying to make up a lot of ground before release on January 28th, 2025. If you love the podcast, please consider preordering—it’s the best way to support me right now. If you don't typically read parenting books, I also have the audiobook version! Thank you so much!Preorder the Book Preorder the AudiobookIt’s the ultimate parenting conundrum: Do you tell your kids the truth about Santa? In this episode, I dive into the psychol...

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39:44

The Science of Feelings (with Dr. Marc Brackett)

The Whole Parent Podcast ·

2024/12/17

I need your help! My book is behind on pre-sales and I'm trying to make up a lot of ground before release on January 28th, 2025. If you love the podcast, please consider preordering—it’s the best way to support me right now. If you don't typically read parenting books, I also have the audiobook version! Thank you so much!Preorder the Book Preorder the Audiobook Episode Description:In this episode of the Whole Parent Podcast, Jon welcomes Dr. Marc Brackett, the founding director of t...

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38:09

Becoming Conscious (with Dr. Shefali) #30

The Whole Parent Podcast ·

2024/09/03

Podcast Title:Show Notes:Have you ever lashed out at your child and wondered "Where did that come from? Why am I so triggered?" Spoiler for this episode, it's your childhood... and the reason we do this is because most of us are totally unaware of this unwanted inheritance.Jon is joined by Dr. Shefali, the pioneer of conscious parenting, who shares her insights on how our childhood experiences shape our parenting styles. Together, they delve into the concept of the subconscious contract betwe...

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34:13

How to Get Your Toddler to LISTEN #29

The Whole Parent Podcast ·

2024/07/12

Get the Autonomy Guide HERE Episode Title: How To Get Your Toddler to LISTEN!Episode Number: #29Host: Jon @wholeparentTimestamps:0:00 - Introduction and Setting the Scene0:38 - The Frustration of Kids who WON'T LISTEN!2:40 - Why Toddlers Have Selective Hearing7:17 - Understanding Toddler Development and Autonomy16:18 - Effective Communication with Toddlers22:24 - Tips for Improving Toddler Listening Skills33:50 - Closing Thoughts and Call to ActionKey Takeaways:Toddlers often exhibit selectiv...

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