This podcast has saved my life, my sanity, and my relationship with my children. It inspired me to go back to school to be a therapist for kids and their parents. I am graduating in December. Been listening and going to school for 4 years now. Thank you, from the bottom of my heart.

I’ve been practicing similar tips about how to not be annoying that I learned in therapy but it’s a great reinforcement and a reminder of our role in our kid’s life as they grow. To support and be their backup, not to manage and own their lives. Content is AWESOME. but more and more 2-3 min long ads.

I really appreciate the practical advice. The host and her guest give great advice in many of her episodes. I just listen to the 10 tips on how to be less annoying to your children and I definitely recognize myself in many! Being aware of it hopefully help me do better going forward.

I have three things to say. 1. I don’t know the relationship between this podcast and the book of the same name, but the podcast host is not the author of the book. Just in case you’re coming here from the book expecting that. 2. The actual advice and content is great. But 3. Good lord, the advertising. So much advertising. like cable TV. It might be 20% the length of each episode? Which would be way too much. But it feels like 75%. It’s aggressive that they literally just gave one advertiser an entire episode to just rant about their product. I can’t imagine how other people endure it. It honestly casts doubt on the hosts fundamental credibility. This much advertising makes the whole show seem dubious and untrustworthy. I want to like it. Loved the book. But can’t tolerate the sponsorship. Christ I would never agree to making this show this way, no matter how much I believed in the content and its importance.

Your advice has been so helpful. One thing that has helped me and my relationship with my kids is giving them a choice. It has seriously been life changing. Thank you so much for sharing your wealth of knowledge!

I listen to your podcasts while nursing my newborn at 2 AM every night. I love your parenting tips, especially the solo episodes. The one I recently really liked and wrote notes was the one titled 'How to not annoy your kids'. Started applying some of them for my 3 year old. Thank you for the advice.

Updated review: Dr. Aliza Pressman and her guests offer consistent support for parents in today’s world. I particularly loved the recent episode with Dr. Tovah Klein in which it was mentioned that ALL generations of parents have had a tough time in one way or another, and that focusing on our emotional centering and wellness through whatever challenges arise will always support children. The nod of appreciation for more old-school limits (one sport per kid) was so nice to hear spoken publicly. I cannot overstate how formative this podcast has been in my parenting. I am so grateful to be able to access such thorough, research-backed support. Thank you so much for this work! Past review: Three kids in, I continue to rely on this podcast for research related support or direction. Love the recent content from episodes with Dan Siegel and the Harvard Happiness study. Screen time related content is so incredibly insightful and presented in a way that avoids condemning families for their choices.

“More often than not, I’m a parent I want to be. More often than not, I’m a parent that my child need.” Instantaneous teary eyes. I love your solo episodes! And I also appreciate your guest speakers.

This is my first podcast review. I’ve listened to a few of your episodes and while all are great, this has been by far the most helpful and practical. I wish I heard it before my kids aged into teens. However, there’s no time like the present to improve my parenting skills and in turn improve our relationship. Thank you for the tips !

Your healing all of our children through your words! I’m so grateful for being an instrument and making me a better mom and human!

Great information and love Aliza Pressman. I really enjoy listening to her. The sponsor breaks are insanely long though.

I love podcasts and listen to many. This show has an exceedingly high number of ads per episode which distract from the content. There are some good takeaways in the show, if you can rifle through the ads to find them.

For anyone who wants to improve their parenting skills, this podcast is a great resource. I also highly recommend “5 Principles of Parenting “ from Dr. Aliza Pressman, very well written and informative for whoever cares for their child’s development.

Love the advice without it adding any extra pressure on parents

In the author’s book, she advises parents lock their children in their bedrooms at night if the children won’t stay in their rooms. She does it in the most friendly and loving possible way — the “door helper will help us so you’re not tired tomorrow” — but it is nonetheless something that could traumatize certain children. I’m sure it will work on some children who are less sensitive, but I would have been traumatized as a child, and it would’ve traumatized my children. She admits a couple of minutes later that most of her clients are people with very intense children who process things deeply. I can only imagine processing deeply being locked in a room at night as a child. The main advice difference between this psychologist and the typical parent is that the typical parent becomes angry and punitive whereas the host here is just very nice about it. Yes, that’s important, but some children truly need accommodation when the limits are harming them. Adults are assumed to always know best, and it’s just a matter of how you enforce the limits evidently. A few of the guests have been interesting, but for some reason I never liked the host, and now I know why. I would’ve hated having this type of person as a mother. Unfollowing.

I feel like I am not navigating this journey alone

The episode between everything is possible. We’re so excited for this episode, but I think that the host should go back and read her description of what they were gonna talk about and then listen to the episode. They were completely unrelated. You should’ve just said it was going to be a story of your lives. Completely wasted my hour time.

I love listening to this podcast! It helps me feel better as a parent, I’ve learned better ways to interact with my children and there’s always so much good information to help them actually grow to be good humans.

I love the level-headed and calm demeanor of Dr. Aliza and look forward to these episodes. They’ve helped me as a parent and person.

These topics get right to the heart of what I’m experiencing as a parent of three adolescents. Thank you for sharing so many helpful insights. I listen to some episodes multiple times.

Dr. Pressman is SO spot on with real life scenarios and logical reactions/interventions. She’s down to earth, honest, relatable, and easy to follow along. Love her podcast and book!

I really like this podcast overall, it provides a far more balanced approach to parenting vs some other podcasts I’ve listened to that go way too far in the gentle/no discipline parenting direction. I enjoy listening and have heard some great takeaways. More what to do in real life scenarios would be great. I would also love it if there was less talk about politics, it comes up often and there is clearly a bias, I just want to listen to content about parenting! Overall, I absolutely recommend this podcast!

I’m a new listener. I am beyond grateful for this podcast. It’s helped me tremendously with learning so much about different parenting techniques. It’s so good to see some of these issues from a different perspective. So amazing.

Excited to gain information after starting to listen to the podcast!

I don’t agree with some comments but still I consider this podcast a good listening

This podcast is one of my favorites. Dr. Aliza Pressman has a wealth of knowledge and the experts on her podcast are incredibly helpful giving easy to use actionable advice. Thank you Dr Pressman. You inspire me!

I love this podcast & have learned so much. This is a great resource for a very tired parent of three young kids, I love listening to Dr Aliza break it down for me!

I’ve listened to several episodes of this podcast. I generally enjoy parenting podcasts but after I listen to this one I’m like what did I just listen to? For example, the woman who went on and on about her dead mom? I’m sorry but that isn’t helpful or interesting.

One of my go-to podcasts for simple, science-based info that helps you be a more connected, less reactive parent.

If you’re here, you’re trying to be a better parent and Dr. Aliza is great at helping us navigate the challenging world of parenting! So much to learn and implement! Such relevant topics that all or most parents stress about. Renown guest speakers to provide psych concepts to raise good humans! Thank you!

This podcast is incredibly helpful as a dad, this gives me tools to continue to improve as parent and a person.

I love all of Dr Aliza’s episodes—but the Science of Spirituality episode particularly knocked me off my seat. While both basic and simple, so many of us in the world miss the inclusion of spirituality entirely. Connection. Knowing you’re loved. Understanding spirituality comes in many forms and creates such depth and dimension. This was super powerful. Thank you❤️

What a great reminder to be tender and teach emotional expression to boys - and to not indict innocent boys with the acts of adults.

Always a great listen!

Thank you for acknowledging and giving credit to fathers. I’m a single parent of two boys and oftentimes I find myself feeling culturally unequipped to effectively parent. Being raised in a culture and a community that assumes parenting is only a mothers job is a common misconception that we battle daily. Every conversation started about my loved ones garners the response “oh I’m sorry” like it’s some kind of tragedy. The truth is parenting is the greatest joy and accomplishment of my life. Love being a father all year long not just on Father’s Day. Wish society could remove gender related titles and preconceptions regarding parenting… I’m a single parent and proud of it!

Such a great perspective on parenting. In my top 3 must listen to parenting podcasts. Add this one to the list for sure.

Really enjoy this podcast!! Thank you!!

Love love love love love. Such great research-based advice. Never accusatory or shaming.

Way too many ads. I appreciate the parenting support.

Started to listen to the Truth about Raising Boys episode and didn’t realize it would be focused on disgust for conservative men rather than how to raise emotionally intelligent boys.

I love her variety of guests and the questions she asks them. I feel she truly understands how hard parenting is. She doesn’t assume everyone has the same resources and circumstances. Can’t wait for new episodes :)

Every postcast I have listened to by Aliza Pressman has been so amazingly eye opening, informative, easy and interesting. Can’t get enough. Thank you!

I loved this episode. What is so great about this episode and all of Dr. Aliza’s episodes is she focusing on informing parents and giving them the tools to make or help shape their children. She does not spend time shaming parents or causing more stress. I also highly recommend her book The Five Principals of Parenting.

I really hadn’t thought about the unrealistic bar these words were setting. Thanks for bringing this to my attention.

I appreciate the insight and knowledge this podcast brings. The topics are relevant and I often find myself sharing it with others. Thank you for being great content to learn and grow as a parent.

Fantastic podcast!! Expert content with levity, science and a trusted voice of reason.

I loved the beyond the screen episode. It was very helpful as my stepchildren enter the preteen years and we are navigating the question on phones. Thank you for recording this episode!

The episode w author Jon Haidt should be required listening for all new parents. The phone-based childhood so many of us are giving our children will have lasting detrimental effects. It’s so encouraging to see this important topic being highlighted. Thank you!

If you are a parent you need Dr. Pressman in your life. From her podcast to her book to her Substack, you need it all!

No matter who Dr. Pressman is interviewing it’s always informative and encouraging. There is no purpose in shaming parents or scaring parents to change their actions. And Dr. pressman is so conscientious of not doing that. I really enjoy all of her interviews regardless of the person or the topic which is not true for most podcasts!!!