15-Minute Parenting.
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
15 Minute-Parenting: Blending your blended family
06 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Joanna answers the most common questions that arise when someone is living within a blended family unit. She covers everything from mi...
15 Minute-Parenting: Eco-Anxiety
29 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Joanna responds to a listeners question about how to better understand their child's feelings about climate change. She explains what...
15 Minute-Parenting: Understanding the trauma of war
22 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Joanna talks us through the impact of the trauma on war on those who are arriving into our Country. It can be hard to understand why o...
15-Minute Parenting: Focus on self-esteem in boys
15 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Joanna speaks a lot about self-esteem and our young people but also parental-esteem. We know that self-esteem is something all children, regardless of...
15-Minute Parenting: Affection - it’s not all hugs and kisses
18 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Joanna is referring to a question posed to her by a parent concerned that their child withholds affection as they do not like hugs. ...
15 Minute-Parenting: Relational Aggression in young children
11 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
What do you do when your child tells you that their friend in school said they can't be friends anymore or if your child declares that someone is not...
15-Minute Parenting: What’s in a name?
04 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Joanna is answering a question from a listener who is in a stand-off with their partner over what they should name their baby. Joanna explores ho...
15-Minute Parenting: The Imperfection of Perfectionism
25 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Are you raising a perfectionist child? Were you a perfectionist child? Perhaps you are a perfectionist parent or you were raised by one? If any or a...
15 Minute-Parenting: Making sense of our senses part 2
11 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This is the second part of our sensory discussion and this week Joanna is speaking about the lesser discussed senses of proprioception, Vestibular a...
15-Minute Parenting: Making Sense of our senses part 1
04 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Joanna talks us through 5 of our senses, the ones that we will all be most familiar with Touch, Taste, Smell, Sight, Hearing and will ...
15-Minute Parenting: How to be your child’s influencer
28 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week Joanna is talking about how we parents can be our children's influencer in a sea of social media influencers. This involves that all too f...
15-Minute Parenting: Talking with your children about difficult news events
21 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Joanna responds to recent tragic news events with some practical suggestions and guidance as to how we can find the words and means to explain difficu...
15 Minute-Parenting: The incompatibility of solo play and young children
14 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Joanna responds to a parents question about how much time their 1-year-old should be able to play alone by talking us through the phases of play in th...
15-Minute Parenting: Sharing is caring...or is it??
17 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Joanna responds to a number of questions she has received about how best to encourage our children to share and why does it matter? She emphasises tha...
15-Minute Parenting: Responding to body exploration/self-touch in toddlers
10 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Joanna tables the touchy subject of self-touch in young children. She talks us through how body curiosity in children is both normal and healthy and h...
15-Minute Parenting: A Christmas Tale
03 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Joanna takes 2 questions from parents to explore creative ways to slow down or structure the Christmas hype for children and also how to manage those ...
15-Minute Parenting: The Teenage Years
26 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Joanna is taking a short break from recording so this episode is an excerpt from her 15-Minute Parenting series of books. Today's excerpt is from her ...
15- Minute Parenting: 8-12 Years
19 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Joanna is taking a short break from recording so this episode is an excerpt from her 15-Minute Parenting series of books. Today's excerpt is from he...
15-Minute Parenting: 0-7 Years
12 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Joanna is taking a short break from recording so this episode is an excerpt from her 15-Minute Parenting series of books. Today's excerpt is from he...
15 Minute-Parenting: The joy of a joyful mindset
05 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Joanna talks about why joy and the experience of shared joy isn't just a nice experience but is an essential one as we grow and develop throughout our...
15 Minute-Parenting: How to manage the distress of a distressed child
29 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In today's episode Joanna talks to us about how to reflect on what is getting triggered in us by our children's emotional expressions. She gives us ...
15 Minute-Parenting: Nightmares versus Night Terrors
22 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In answering a listener's question about how to respond to their child's nightmares, Joanna helps us to distinguish between a nightmare and a night te...
15 Minute-Parenting: ”What if I‘m not even a good enough parent?”
15 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Joanna responds to a listener who doesn't feel she is even a good enough parent. Joanna highlights effort over outcome, empathy over sympathy and ...
15 Minute-Parenting: Stealing in middle childhood
08 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Joanna responds to a parents distress at having discovered her 11 year old has been stealing. She helps us to reflect on what may be underpinning be...
15-Minute Parenting: Parenting on very different pages
01 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Joanna responds to a listener's question about the frustration and relational impact of parenting when not on the same page. She highlights the imp...
15-Minute Parenting: Autumnal Play
24 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Joanna talks about changing our play content in line with the seasons and specifically how to play with the changing colours and textu...
15-Minute Parenting: School refusal
17 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We may be only a few weeks back to school but this discussion on what school refusal really is, what it may be about and how to respond to your child ...
15-Minute Parenting: Changing the stories we live by
10 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Joanna talks us through the importance of developing an intergenerational self, for ourselves but also for our children. She talks about how, in our...
15-Minute Parenting: Play while waiting and the hands-free play while driving
03 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Following on from last week's episode Joanna shares a variety of fun activities we can use while we are sitting waiting, be that in a queue or a waiti...
15-Minute Parenting: The Activity Episode
27 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Joanna shares a variety of fun family activities we can start playing with our 0-7 year olds, 8-12 year olds and teenagers. If you f...
15-Minute Parenting: Make room for a little one
20 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Joanna responds to questions from parents about how to handle their toddlers' behaviour in the lead up to a new baby coming home. Jo...
15-Minute Parenting: Hi-Ho, Hi-Ho, it's Back-to-school we go
13 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Joanna gives us practical tips and tools for getting back to school ready with an emphasis on preparing our younger children for big school in a mask ...
15-Minute Parenting: When behavioural Progression collides with Regression
30 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
What do you do when your capable child takes a step backwards behaviourally? What about when your "big child" starts behaving like a "little child" ...
15-Minute Parenting: Social Anxiety
24 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
As our societies (re)open Joanna responds to rising queries from parents about social anxiety in their children. What do we do when social engagemen...
15-Minute Parenting: The Brain science behind your family holiday
16 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
What is a family holiday all about for you? Did you know that the change of environment, increased time together as afamily can support your child...
15-Minute Parenting: The not-so-social side to social media
09 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Joanna answers a listeners question about their 11 year olds behaviour on social media by giving us insight as to why it is so hard for this age group...
15-Minute Parenting: "Everybody is looking at me" - the ego-centrism of pre-adolescence
02 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Joanna helps us to better understand the healthy (albeit challenging) role that ego-centrism plays in our pre-adolescents behaviour and how we can ref...
15-Minute Parenting: The self-holding child
25 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Joanna answers a question from a listener that came in after last weeks episode on sensitive children to help us think about the "self-holding" child,...
15-Minute Parenting: Parenting the Sensitive Child
18 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Joanna explains what it is like to feel the world in such a deep way and how emotional sensitivity can amplify our emotional states. She provides us...
15-Minute Parenting: Is Self-Esteem at crisis point?
11 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Joanna talks about self-esteem in our children and teenagers and how we can practically parent with esteem. She draws on research conducted by the D...
15-Minute Parenting: The problem with problem solving
04 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Following on from a past episode where Joanna advised how to avoid jumping in with a fix/change agenda today she responds to a question from a listene...
15-Minute Parenting: Teen Aggression/Violence
28 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week Joanna responds to your questions and comments on the topic of teen aggression and addresses the question of how the recent pandemic circums...
15-Minute Parenting: Emotional Connection is the best predictor for learning outcomes
21 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Joanna reflects on the findings of recent research that highlights the role of emotional connections between teachers and students to enhance learning...
15-Minute Parenting: Breaking the news of a break-up
14 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Joanna responds to a question from a parent who is wondering how to tell their children that their parents are separating. She talks...
15-Minute Parenting: Making and keeping friends in the Teenage Years
07 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Friendships are very important in adolescence. In this episode Joanna talks us through how the patterns of friendship change during adolescence and ...
15-Minute Parenting: The value of being curious over certain - Mentalising Mentalisation
30 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Joanna talks us through the psychological process of mentalisation and how we use this process to fill in the gaps of stories/life eve...
15-Minute Parenting: Why adults also need and benefit from play in their lives
23 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
You are used to hearing Joanna speak about the importance of play in children's lives, well in this episode she is spotlighting the value of play in a...
15-Minute Parenting: Keeping imaginative play alive through middle childhood (& beyond)
16 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Joanna refers to a parenting event she did where she spoke about why our older children still need and benefit from imaginative play after which she r...
15-Minute Parenting: Eating Disorders
09 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Joanna talks about eating disorders and disordered thinking around food. She focuses in this episode on the impact an eating disorder ...
15-Minute Parenting: Fears and Phobias of childhood
02 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Joanna has received many questions from parents about the fears and phobias their children have developed in recent months. In this episode she differ...
15-Minute Parenting: The quirky habits children have
26 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Joanna responds to a question from a grossed out parent of a dedicated nose picker while reflecting on the pro-social benefits of habit formation and ...
15-Minute Parenting: Parental responses to self-harming behaviour
19 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This episode discusses self-harm. Joanna responds to a question from a parent who feels they did not respond appropriately when they discovered thei...
15-Minute Parenting: Whining and why it works!
12 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Joanna answers a question from a parent who is struggling to stay calm in the face of their whining child. Joanna explains what whinin...
15-Minute Parenting: Do I need to play with my infant?
05 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Joanna talks us through the early emotional development of our infant babies and how this need to connect with us through play is there from the very ...
15-Minute Parenting: The touchy subject of touch
26 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Touch is the first sense we experience in life and is the last one to leave us when we die. We are tactile, touch seeking beings and we need healthy...
15-Minute Parenting: Parental Stamina
19 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We are parenting under greater pressure than ever in this pandemic lockdown and the signs of this are evident in the drop in our parental energy or st...
15-Minute Parenting: Exam Pressure
12 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Our exam students are under more pressure than ever during a pandemic and in this episode Joanna talks us through how to spot the signs of stress in o...
15-Minute Parenting: Home-Based Learning
05 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Joanna talks us through creative and playful ways to approach home-based learning during this pandemic lockdown and the good news us, ...
15-Minute Parenting: Avoid a fix or change agenda in parenting
29 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Joanna highlights the damage we can do if we approach every problem our children or teens have with a fix or change agenda. Joanna won...
15-Minute Parenting: Bedtime Battles
22 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Bedtime is a classic example of a parental want clashing with a child's need...we WANT them to go to sleep and they NEED to wake and check in with us....
15-Minute Parenting: The rupture and repair roller coaster of adolescence
15 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Joanna looks at how important relational repair following rupture is in our relationship with our teenagers. Joanna explains this in t...
15-Minute Parenting: Tween years parenting
08 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Joanna responds to a parents question about what is "normal" behaviour for these tween years and why this stage of developmental can be like walking a...
15-Minute Parenting: Parenting in an LGBTQ+ positive way
18 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Sexual and gender identity has become more complex, nuanced, rich and inclusive than ever before but this is more than knowing your LGBTQ+ alphabet. J...
15-Minute Parenting: A covid-Christmas
11 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This has been a year like no other and this may well be a Christmas like no other but rather than look upon this with sadness Joanna suggests we posit...
15-Minute Parenting: Help-my teenager has been shoplifting
04 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Joanna explores the relationship between stealing and a sense of entitlement, wondering if entitlement is at the root of stealing. She...
15-Minute Parenting: Dark themes in Teen TV
28 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Joanna explores the function of the dark themes prevalent in so many Teen TV shows has in the lives of our teenagers. Why is it our te...
15-Minute Parenting: Adolescence the age of anxiety
20 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Is some degree of anxiety normal in adolescence? How do you recognise what might be a developmentally normal level of anxiety versus something over an...
15-Minute Parenting: Emotional Fluency
13 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Emotional fluency is the ability to understand our inner-emotional world and why we might feel like we do in certain situations while developing a lan...
15-Minute Parenting: The 5 adjustments in adolescence
06 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Adolescence is a time of immense change for both you and your teenager. There are 5 key developmental adjustments that take place and each of these ...
15-Minute Parenting: The Three Stages of Adolescence
30 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Adolescence can be a challenging time but is certainly easier to manage when you break it down into stages. In this episode Joanna talks you throug...
BONUS episode: 15-Minute Parenting The Teenage Years
23 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
BONUS episode: Today is the launch of Joanna's brand new book, 15-Minute Parenting The Teenage Years and to celebrate we are sharing a 15-Minute tease...
15 Minute Parenting: The risky business of raising risk taking kids
23 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Joanna talks about how risk is an inherent part of our children's development starting in infancy and continuing right through adolesc...
15 Minute Parenting: Help! My child does/doesn't want ro be Independent
16 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Joanna reflects on how the job of parenting is to raise independent adults. This task starts in early childhood and as our children gr...
15 Minute Parenting: The politics of playdates
09 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Joanna explores the modern parenting phenomenon of playdates. From managing your children's friendships to disguising babysitting as a...
15 Minute Parenting: The beauty of boredom
02 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Joanna talks us through why she is such a fan of boredom and why she thinks the lack of opportunity to be bored could prove detrimenta...
15 Minute Parenting: Imaginary Friends
25 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Did you have an imaginary friend as a child or does your child have one? In this episode Joanna breaks down the psychology behind the imaginary friend...
15-Minute Parenting: Reading
18 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Joanna advocates that nurturing a love of reading is one of the greatest gifts you can give your child. In this episode she talks you through what the...
15-Minute Parenting. Outdoor Play
11 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Joanna talks about the benefits of outdoor play for children. Our children need 1-3 hours of outdoor play each day? Joanna will talk y...
15-Minute Parenting. A Therapeutic Approach To Parenting
21 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Have you ever felt like you are the one having the tantrums rather than your children? Perhaps you are "snapping" more than you like, or you are feeli...
15-Minute Parenting. Stages of Developmental Play
14 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Joanna talks through the different stages of developmental play. When to expect each stage, how to identify gaps and how to close tho...
15-Minute Parenting. Homework
07 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Homework: Joanna is not on the fence about her views on homework (not a fan) and talks us through why some children will struggle more than others wit...
15-Minute Parenting. Understanding Death
31 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Understanding Death. Between the ages of 4-6 years old children can become quite fascinated with death, as they learn to understand the concept. An ...
15-Minute Parenting. Body Image
24 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Body Image is part of a child's whole self-image and sense of self. Having a good body image helps children to feel confident and to know that there i...
15-Minute Parenting. Confident Child
17 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Confidence. It is natural for parents to want confident children because we believe in our children and want them to feel about themselves, as we fee...
15-Minute Parenting. Covid-19 & Social Distancing
10 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Covid-19 has introduced some new challenges for parents with children. In this episode, Joanna discusses the possible effects of Covid related social ...
15-MinuteParenting. Developing Friendship (Part 2)
10 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Friendships Part 2. This episode takes a closer look at challenges that can emerge in children's friendships, especially around that middle childhood...
15-MinuteParenting. Developing Friendship (Part1)
04 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Friendship Part 1. This podcast focuses on younger children and how they develop and grow their friendships. Joanna talks us through the developmen...
15-Minute Parenting. Lying.
26 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Joanna asserts that lying is a part of life and that learning to lie is as developmentally important as learning to tell the truth. Joanna talks us ...
15-Minute Parenting. Discipline.
18 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In order to be effective, Joanna believes that discipline should aim to teach rather than punish behaviour. Joanna talks you through creative approach...
15-Minute Parenting. Lets Talk About Screentime.
08 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
How young is too young for screen-time? How long is too long for screen-time? Joanna talks you through the pros and cons of screen-time for children i...