Parenting

In each episode of the Healthy Parenting Handbook Podcast, Katie Kimball, the national voice of healthy kids cooking, interviews experts in fields like nutrition, medicine, psychology, parenting, technology, entrepreneurship and more to help parents get tools to raise healthy, independent kids.

I want my kids to be desperately good friends when they're in their thirties. -Katie Kimball

184: How to Raise Siblings Who Love Each Other

It’s a classic image: Family road trip. Brothers and sisters fighting in the back seat, often so severely that the parents have to “pull over this van right now!” To do what? To repair relationships that are broken? To fix something in one minute of yelling or cajoling that has taken years to develop? Whenever...

Parents never regret waiting to give their kids a smartphone, but they do regret when they do it too soon. -Andrea Davis

182: From a TV in the Corner to the Internet in Our Pockets: What Parents Can Do to Help Tweens and Teens Build a Healthy Relationship with Technology

Andrea Davis of Better Screen Time is back! I can’t tell you how much our own family needed these strategies and tech-use resets, and I know you need it too! Today we’re focusing more specifically on our tweens and teens and how to decide when (or if!) a child gets a personal device. We cover:...

For friendship to happen, somebody has to be brave. So be brave. -Dr. Franco's Niece

181: The Science of Friendship (and Why That Matters to Our Health) with Psychologist Dr. Marisa G. Franco

Will you be my friend? It’s easy for the 4-year-old in the sandbox to approach another kid and make a friend, but as adults, making new friends AND finding time to keep up with our old friends is a challenge! It was my delight to spend quality time connecting with Dr. Marisa G. Franco, a...

We are better parents when we have less mental fatigue and more energy to give to parenting and connecting with our kids. -Katie Kimball

178: 3 Ways to Simplify Your Schedule by Scheduling Your Food

A real food diet can be a time-consuming lifestyle – I might even venture to say that making unprocessed food from scratch and running around to specialty markets or farms for natural organic food to eat is a greater time-suck than (gasp) Facebook. As you balance your kids and your healthy eating goals, how about...

As adults, we're surrounded by temptations; food and otherwise. I want to raise kids who have self-control. -Katie Kimball

177: What Happened When the 8 Year Old Snuck Halloween Candy – Twice!

We’ve edited our “family dessert” policies many times over the years, and we’re always trying to balance moderation vs restriction, autonomy vs parental boundaries, and the risks of demonizing sugar and creating desire vs the reality that sugar is NOT good for humans. This fall, our 8yo is giving us a run for our money,...

Babies learn naturally and don't need to be taught. -Deborah McNelis

176: How Brain Science Can Help Us Raise More Balanced Kids with Deborah McNelis of The Neuro-Nurturing Model

Understanding is power, and when we understand the way our brains (and our kids’ brains!) work, we have the power to improve behavior, help our kids feel safe, and see what’s really going on “under the hood” when we’re trying to help our kids grow into people we’re all proud of. My guest today is...

Every symptom can be linked to a mineral deficiency. -Barton Scott

175: The Root Cause for Everything That’s Wrong with You with Barton Scott of Upgraded Formulas

This guest had me at, “All diets fail,” and the mineral pretty much every human being (at least in North America) is deficient in. I know what you’re thinking, smart readers—you think it’s magnesium. But it’s not! Put on your science geek caps for this interview, because biochemist and nutritionist Barton Scott will need your...

It's a big deal to be a "real adult" on your own for the first time. We need to give our kids the tools they need to be competent and confident. -Katie Kimball

173: How Mindset Builds Motivation & Confidence in the Kitchen

“How do I get my kids to WANT to cook?” parents often ask. Here’s your answer! (And pro tip: it starts with US and our own wants…) Want to get your kids started in the kitchen? Check out my Healthy Snacks SkillLab, a set of videos to help you and your kids make a variety...

I don't want my kids to eat healthily because mom forced them to. I want them to learn to honor and listen to their bodies. -Stephani Jenkins

171: Teaching Kids to Grocery Budget and Cook for Themselves (Even in Times of Inflation) with Stephani Jenkins of Cheapskate Cook

“We live in a culture with a lot of entitlement,” Steph Jenkins said during this interview. That’s not a word in her family’s vocabulary, because they’re all about boundaries, budgets, and priorities. When food prices rise, she doesn’t complain about how much she’s spending, she makes a conscious decision whether she’ll increase her grocery budget...

We have to look below the surface of our kids' behavior to find out what their brain is doing. -Noel Foy

170: How to Be the Boss of Anxiety with Noel Foy

I feel it, you feel it, our kids feel it…anxiety is real and is ballooning more and more in our lives lately, so what is a loving parent to do? Author and educational consultant Noel Foy is here today to tell us some of the do’s (and don’ts!) to help our kids with anxiety: DON’T...

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