Hope Beyond Repair: Parenting Foster and Adoptive Children Without the Pressure to Fix A conversation with a family systems leadership coach, pastor, and foster and adoptive parent Michael DeRuyter about parenting children who have joined our families through fostering and adoption—and why these lessons matter for every parent. Drawing on both professional expertise and lived experience, we discuss the…
Just Tell Me What to Do!Helping Parents Find Their Own Way Through Parenting DilemmasReal Questions, Grounded Reflections – Ep 6 with Dr Jenny Brown & David Brown In this Grounded Reflections episode of the Parent Hope Podcast, David Brown talks with Jenny about a familiar parenting plea: “Just tell me what to do!” The conversation follows the previous episode, in which…
Recorded live at the Washington, DC launch of The Parenting Paradox, this special episode features Dr Jenny Brown in conversation with author, therapist, and Bowen family systems faculty member Dr Kathleen Smith. Drawing on decades of clinical experience and family systems research, Jenny explores why modern parenting has become increasingly intensive, how anxiety fuels the “worry…
Has our increasingly risk-averse society changed the way we see children? In this episode, David Brown chats to Jenny about this central question raised in her earlier discussion with Dr Peter Stearns Peter Stearns argues that parents have always worried about their children. What’s changed is that society has become increasingly risk-averse and our understanding…
In this episode of The Parent Hope Podcast, I’m joined by preeminent social historian Peter N. Stearns, whose work has been deeply influential in shaping my understanding of how childhood and parenting have evolved over time. We will explore the historical roots of today’s parenting culture—from rising anxiety about children’s outcomes to the growing expectations placed…
In this episode of Parent Hope Podcast: Real Questions, Grounded Reflections, Jenny Brown and David Brown revisit some of the key themes raised in Jenny’s conversation with Justin Coulson about raising boys. Rather than focusing on parenting techniques, they explore deeper questions: How do we raise boys without making them a project? How do parents avoid…
Jenny interviews Dr Justin Coulson, one of Australia’s most respected relationships speakers, authors, and researchers. Passionate about understanding what helps relationships flourish, Justin has spoken to tens of thousands of people about relationships in leadership, education, and, most importantly, family life. In this episode, Jenny and Justin discuss his new book: Boys: A Guide to…
With David and Jenny Brown The Parent Hope Podcast and its companion series Real Questions, Grounded Reflections are available on all streaming platforms. Find this episode and all others here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2073632 In this episode of the Parent Hope Podcast: Real Questions, Grounded Reflections: Jenny and David Brown unpack listener questions following their conversation with Elisabeth…
The Parent Hope Podcast and its companion series Real Questions, Grounded Reflections are available on all streaming platforms. Find this episode and all others here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2073632When a relationship ends, parenting continues—and how parents navigate that transition can shape a child’s long-term wellbeing. In this thoughtful and compassionate episode, Dr. Jenny Brown speaks with Elisabeth Shaw, CEO of Relationships Australia…
With David and Jenny Brown The Parent Hope Podcast and its companion series Real Questions, Grounded Reflections are available on all streaming platforms. Find this episode and all others here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2073632 This follow-up episode explores the real-life questions parents are still asking after the Parent Hope interview with Dr. Lyn Worsley. Together, David and Jenny…
With Dr Lyn Worsley Anxious kids and teens often begin to withdraw—from friends, from challenges, and increasingly, from school. But behind that disengagement lies a deeper need: resilience. In this episode, our guest Dr Lyn Worsley of The Resilience Centre helps us unpack exactly what resilience is—beyond the clichés—and why it matters so profoundly for anxious young people —and…
The Parent Hope Podcast and its companion series Real Questions, Grounded Reflections are available on all streaming platforms. Find this episode and all others here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2073632 In this first Real Questions, Grounded Reflections episode, Jenny and David Brown slow down the conversation following the Parent Hope interview with Dr. Marshal Ballantine Jones. Together, they explore…
