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Dr. Dan interviews husband-and-wife team Jean Linscott, Ph.D. and Kenneth Ruoff, Ph.D.about their new book What is the Goal?: The Truth About the Youth Sports Industry. With Dr. Dan, Dr. Ken and Dr. Jean explore how the current youth sports industry, pay-to-play sports, and the quest for prestige can cause unintended harm to young athletes and their families. This episode explores how children and parents can both experience the pressures of belonging to a sports team along with feeling the need to have a "return on investment" and how this can lead to resentment, poor mental health, and injuries that can stop a career before it even starts. Dr. Dan, Dr. Jean, and Dr. Ken also ask: since sports can be a ticket into prestigious schools are the benefits worth the risks? Kenneth Ruoff, Ph.D., is a professor of history at Portland State University and the author of several award-winning books. From the perspective of a historian, he is astonished, in comparison to what he experienced as a kid, at how drastically different a youth-sports environment his family has faced these past two decades. He was a member of the 1987 Harvard College Men’s Soccer Final Four team. Jean Linscott, Ph.D., is a clinical child psychologist. She has been working professionally with children and families for over thirty years in hospital-based, clinic, and private-practice settings.  She and Kenneth Ruoff are the parents of three athletes who are veterans of the Youth Sports Industry.For more information visit: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/what-is-the-goal-jean-linscott/1145009474?ean=9798990114302 Email your parenting questions to Dr. Dan podcast@drdanpeters.com (we might answer on a future episode). Follow us @parentfootprintpodcast (Instagram, Facebook) and @drdanpeters (X).  Learn about more podcasts @exactlyright on Instagram.Please listen, follow, rate, and review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts.Please support our podcast by shopping our latest sponsor deals and promotions at this link: https://bit.ly/4bqTWJ2For more information:www.exactlyrightmedia.com www.drdanpeters.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dr. Dan interviews Joanne De Simone about raising children with disabilities on this powerful episode. Joanne is a modern dancer turned mom and special education advocate. She faced profound challenges when her first child was diagnosed with a life-limiting brain malformation, and her second child with autism. Drawing from her colorful background in dance, Joanne discovered unexpected life lessons that shaped her approach to parenting and her advocacy work. Dr. Dan and Joanne discuss her parenting journey and Joanne's inspiring book Fall and Recovery. Joanne shares her wisdom with Dr. Dan and listeners: she accepts that life is messy and that motherhood can be hard and beautiful at the same time. For more information visit www.special-educationmom.com/Email your parenting questions to Dr. Dan podcast@drdanpeters.com (we might answer on a future episode). Follow us @parentfootprintpodcast (Instagram, Facebook) and @drdanpeters (X). Learn about more podcasts @exactlyright on Instagram.Please listen, follow, rate, and review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts.Please support our podcast by shopping our latest sponsor deals and promotions at this link: https://bit.ly/4bqTWJ2For more information:www.exactlyrightmedia.com www.drdanpeters.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Listen to the August Sitting Down with Dr. Dan episode! Today, Dr. Dan and Parent Footprint podcast producer (and twin mom) Laura answer your new listener questions about parental anxiety, social media & sexuality, tween Sephora hauls, and more. Every month Dr. Dan answers questions about parenting (and adulting, too!) on our Sitting Down with Dr. Dan episodes which drop the last Thursday of the month. Please email your parenting questions to podcast@drdanpeters.com or DM us on social media. We read every question and we want to consider yours for a future bonus episode. We love hearing from you!Follow us @parentfootprintpodcast (Instagram, Facebook) and @drdanpeters (X). Learn about more podcasts @exactlyright on Instagram.Please listen, follow, rate, and review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts.Please support our podcast by shopping our latest sponsor deals and promotions at this link: https://bit.ly/4bqTWJ2For more information:www.exactlyrightmedia.com www.drdanpeters.comDr. Dan’s expertise and wisdom is not a diagnosis or treatment. The information provided on the Parent Footprint podcast should not be used for diagnosing or treating a health problem or disease. Anyone seeking medical advice should consult with a licensed physician. Please reach out to your doctor for advice or a qualified health provider regarding medical conditions, questions, or situations. The information provided on Parent Footprint and by Dr. Dan is for entertainment purposes only, and does not substitute for professional medical advice. Dr. Dan does not know your child, is not your child’s doctor, and has not treated your child. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dr. Dan interviews Elizabeth Brunner, the Founder and CEO of StereoType, a disruptive kids' fashion brand that aims to break free from traditional gendered clothing by creating what she coined as "blended fashion" — a mix of girl and boy esthetics that are equal in value and defined by no one. On this episode, Dr. Dan and Elizabeth discuss why parents need to give their kids space to be themselves, gender-free fashion, conscious parenting and more.Elizabeth was inspired to start StereoType after often watching her young twins joyfully break the rules of traditional dressing by wearing pieces from each others' closets to create their own unique blended fashion style that authentically represented who they are and how they wanted to dress. StereoType offers a wide range of gender-free clothing and accessories for children ages 4-14, enabling them to express themselves through their wardrobe choices without being limited by societal expectations, limits, and stereotypes.StereoType is the second disruptive fashion company Elizabeth has started. After studying fashion design at California College of the Arts, she found herself at odds with wasteful fashion industry standards. This led her to launch her first fashion business Piece x Piece, a pioneering line of one-of-a-kind, high-end garments that reused discarded sample swatches and leftover fabric from larger fashion houses that would typically be sent to landfill. For more information visit www.stereotypekids.com.Email your parenting questions to Dr. Dan podcast@drdanpeters.com (we might answer on a future episode). Follow us @parentfootprintpodcast (Instagram, Facebook) and @drdanpeters (X). Learn about more podcasts @exactlyright on Instagram.Please listen, follow, rate, and review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts.Please support our podcast by shopping our latest sponsor deals and promotions at this link: https://bit.ly/4bqTWJ2For more information:www.exactlyrightmedia.com www.drdanpeters.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dr. Dan and public interest technologist, professor, and social worker Dr. Desmond Patton talk about his groundbreaking research exploring the relationship between social media and grief, trauma, gun violence, and loss — specifically how online communities can influence harmful offline behavior.  UPenn Professor Dr. Desmond Patton is a leading expert on how social media affects children and teens, especially Black youth. His work has established him as the most cited and recognized scholar in this vital area of social science. Dr. Patton is a National Academy of Medicine member, an Obama Foundation USA Leader, a Mozilla Rise 25 Change Agent, and a Presidential Leadership Scholar. For more information please visit his website www.desmonduptonpatton.com.Email your parenting questions to Dr. Dan podcast@drdanpeters.com (we might answer on a future episode). Follow us @parentfootprintpodcast (Instagram, Facebook) and @drdanpeters (X). Learn about more podcasts @exactlyright on Instagram.Please listen, follow, rate, and review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts.Please support our podcast by shopping our latest sponsor deals and promotions at this link: https://bit.ly/4bqTWJ2For more information:www.exactlyrightmedia.com www.drdanpeters.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dr. Dan interviews award-winning jazz musician, composer, educator, and author Hayes Greenfield, founder of Creative Sound Play (CSP), a sound-based, generative learning system for Pre-K. The two discuss his book, Creative Sound Play for Young Learners, which invites educators to use sound-making as collaborative educational play and more.A jazz musician, Hayes Greenfield has released 10 critically acclaimed CDs and has performed at festivals and venues throughout the US, Canada, and Europe. Hayes’ Jazz-A-Ma-Tazz school assembly program has reached over 300,000 young people and his music has been wonderfully received and reviewed in The New York Times, The New Yorker, Wall Street Journal, Billboard, Child Magazine, Downbeat, Jazz Times and more. As film composer, Hayes has scored more than 70 films, documentaries, commercials, animations, and TV specials.For more information visit: www.creativesoundplay.com and www.hayesgreenfield.com.Email your parenting questions to Dr. Dan podcast@drdanpeters.com (we might answer on a future episode). Follow us @parentfootprintpodcast (Instagram, Facebook) and @drdanpeters (X). Learn about more podcasts @exactlyright on Instagram.Please listen, follow, rate, and review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts.Please support our podcast by shopping our latest sponsor deals and promotions at this link: https://bit.ly/4bqTWJ2For more information:www.exactlyrightmedia.com www.drdanpeters.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dr. Dan interviews author Ann Leary about her new collection of essays I’ve Tried Being Nice.  With wit and candor, Ann Leary casts a wry backward glance at a life spent trying—and often failing—to be nice. She reveals to Dr. Dan how reaching a certain age finally put an end to her lifetime of people-pleasing. Today’s interview is filled with equal parts humor and wisdom.Ann Leary is a New York Times bestselling author. Her novel, The Good House was adapted as a motion picture starring Sigourney Weaver and Kevin Kline. Ann and her husband actor and comedian Denis Leary live in New York.Email your parenting questions to Dr. Dan podcast@drdanpeters.com (we might answer on a future episode). Follow us @parentfootprintpodcast (Instagram, Facebook) and @drdanpeters (X). Learn about more podcasts @exactlyright on Instagram.Please listen, follow, rate, and review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts.Please support our podcast by shopping our latest sponsor deals and promotions at this link: https://bit.ly/4bqTWJ2For more information:www.exactlyrightmedia.com www.drdanpeters.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Listen to our new Sitting Down with Dr. Dan episode! On today’s episode, Dr. Dan and Parent Footprint audio engineer (and #GirlDad) Phil answer your new listener questions about Disability Pride Month, summer jobs, racism, and more.Every month Dr. Dan answers questions about parenting (and adulting, too!) on our Sitting Down with Dr. Dan episodes which drop the last Thursday of the month. Please email your parenting questions to podcast@drdanpeters.com or DM us on social media. We read every question and we want to consider yours for a future bonus episode. We love hearing from you!Follow us @parentfootprintpodcast (Instagram, Facebook) and @drdanpeters (X). Learn about more podcasts @exactlyright on Instagram.Please listen, follow, rate, and review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts.Please support our podcast by shopping our latest sponsor deals and promotions at this link: https://bit.ly/4bqTWJ2For more information:www.exactlyrightmedia.com www.drdanpeters.comDr. Dan’s expertise and wisdom is not a diagnosis or treatment. The information provided on the Parent Footprint podcast should not be used for diagnosing or treating a health problem or disease. Anyone seeking medical advice should consult with a licensed physician. Please reach out to your doctor for advice or a qualified health provider regarding medical conditions, questions, or situations. The information provided on Parent Footprint and by Dr. Dan is for entertainment purposes only, and does not substitute for professional medical advice. Dr. Dan does not know your child, is not your child’s doctor, and has not treated your child. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dr. Dan interviews award-winning journalist Mary Beth Albright, a food expert with a wide-ranging experience – from food attorney to finalist on Food Network Star, to award-winning food journalist to Iron Chef competitor. Mary Beth’s cumulative knowledge, and her science-based understanding of how what we consume affects our physical and emotional health are served up in her groundbreaking book Eat And Flourish: How Food Supports Emotional Well-Being. On this new episode Dr. Dan and Mary Beth focus on the science-based connection between food and mental health. Mary Beth is an important expert on the food-mood connection and listeners will learn a lot - including why what we feed kids matters.Mary Beth Albright is the host of Eat You’ll Feel Better podcast. For more visit her website www.marybethalbright.com.Email your parenting questions to Dr. Dan podcast@drdanpeters.com (we might answer on a future episode). Follow us @parentfootprintpodcast (Instagram, Facebook) and @drdanpeters (X). Learn about more podcasts @exactlyright on Instagram.Please listen, follow, rate, and review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts.Please support our podcast by shopping our latest sponsor deals and promotions at this link: https://bit.ly/4bqTWJ2For more information:www.exactlyrightmedia.com www.drdanpeters.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dr. Dan speaks to author Erin Geddes (who proudly looks at the world and life differently) about her mission is to support all kinds of families and all kinds of kids to celebrate viewing the world just a little bit differently. On this episode, Dr. Dan and Erin talk about her life story and her children’s book And That’s Okay: I’m Wired Differently which celebrates the vibrant, silent world of neurodivergent kids and their loved ones. Erin is autistic and ADHD and was formally diagnosed as an adult. Her children’s book will help parents, children, and teachers. Erin Geddes has used her way of looking at the world to communicate creatively, professionally, and personally using striking visuals married with copywriting. She sees life differently, and she thinks that’s okay. Her children see the world differently, and that’s okay. Erin enjoys fine woodworking, photography, and many other creative mediums the wind may blow her to while living in the Midwest. For more information follow Erin on Instagram @and_thats_okay_book.Email your parenting questions to Dr. Dan podcast@drdanpeters.com (we might answer on a future episode). Follow us @parentfootprintpodcast (Instagram, Facebook) and @drdanpeters (X). Learn about more podcasts @exactlyright on Instagram.Please listen, follow, rate, and review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts.Please support our podcast by shopping our latest sponsor deals and promotions at this link: https://bit.ly/4bqTWJ2For more information:www.exactlyrightmedia.com www.drdanpeters.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices