HeyJaredClimbing Fish Parenting
Your kid isn't broken. Your parenting isn't broken. Sometimes, we're just asking our fish to climb trees.If you're an exhausted parent who's tried everything and nothing has worked—this podcast is for you. You're carrying guilt about your parenting.
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Back to School Stress for Teens (opens the original)
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Picture a teenager who was moderately engaged all summer — around, at dinner, saying yes to things. Then school gets close, and the door starts closing a little harder than it needs to. Moodier. Doesn't want to do anything, or only wants to be out with friends. Every question lands like too much. You didn't lose your kid. This is back-to-school anxiety, grown up. In this episode: Why teen overwhelm withdraws instead of exploding — and why a wired-differently teen who held it together all day com
Your School Year Reset (opens the original)
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You built the beautiful plan — the one where this is finally the year it all runs like a machine. And by day three you're standing in the kitchen realizing you've fed everyone but yourself, running on cold coffee and getting short with everyone, thinking: this is not sustainable. In this episode: Why the "fix everything" plan falls apart every year — and why it's a design problem, not a discipline problem The two questions that tell you which one or two things are actually worth changing Four di
Back-to-school anxiety (opens the original)
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Your kid was thriving all summer — handling things that used to be hard, genuinely in their element. And then, a couple weeks before school, they couldn't be in the same room as their siblings without it exploding, and refused fun activities they love. You have no idea what is wrong. Nothing was wrong. School was coming. In this episode: Why anxiety so often comes out sideways — as anger and meltdowns at home — instead of as worry Why the place causing the anxiety is often the place your kid loo
The Fear of Finding Out: Should You Get Your Child a Diagnosis? (opens the original)
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You've wondered — maybe more than once — whether there's something going on with your kid that has a name. And you've decided you'd rather not find out. Not because you don't care, but because a diagnosis feels scary, or final, or like it might change everything. In this episode: Why not knowing doesn't protect your child from who they are — and what it costs to keep guessing instead of understanding The four things a diagnosis actually gives your kid, from understanding all the way to the suppo
Why "Just Get Him Evaluated" Is Such Confusing Advice (opens the original)
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It's eleven at night, everyone's finally asleep, and you're on your phone with a list of providers open in front of you — no idea how to tell one from the next, feeling like you were supposed to already know the difference. Nobody handed you the glossary. So let's sort it out. In this episode: Why an evaluation isn't a fixed product you buy — it's a judgment about what your specific kid actually needs The range of people who "evaluate" children, and how far each one really gets toward the answer
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