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The Rituals That Hold Us Together with Dimitris Xygalatas

Why does a bedtime routine feel so important? In this podcast epuisode, Dimitris Xygalatas studies rituals, from firewalking ceremonies to family traditions.

  • Childhood & Development
  • Health & Wellbeing
  • Parenthood & Caregiving

The Connected Mind with Vicky Leong

In this podcast episode, Vicky Leong studies uncovers how parents and children synchronize their minds and get ready to learn from one another.

  • Childhood & Development
  • Parenthood & Caregiving

The Dad Bod Theory with Lee Gettler

Why would evolution redesign a man's body after he has children? In this podcast episode, Anthropologist Lee Gettler helped uncover a surprising answer.

  • Childhood & Development
  • Parenthood & Caregiving

The Mom Brain Revolution with Susana Carmona

For centuries, scientists studied what pregnancy does to the body. Almost nobody studied what it does to the brain.

  • Parenthood & Caregiving

A Human Metamorphosis with Oren Harman

Three quarters of animal species undergo metamorphosis. Why are we so sure humans don't?

  • Childhood & Development
  • Parenthood & Caregiving

Trailer – Birth of a Parent Podcast

When a baby is born, a parent is born too. But what if that's more than a metaphor?

  • Childhood & Development
  • Parenthood & Caregiving

Inside the parental mind

Mila was 8 months old and it was my turn to take her to childcare.

  • Parenthood & Caregiving

The path of parenthood is full of uncertainty

Yet caregiving is not a retreat from the world – it’s how we shape it

  • Parenthood & Caregiving

“I built my own AI model specifically to help me parent my son”

Every new technology brings controversy and concern about how it might impact on children’s development

  • Health & Wellbeing
  • Parenthood & Caregiving

Pregnancy changes women’s brains profoundly

Neuroscience completely overlooked motherhood but now that’s changing

  • Childhood & Development
  • Environment & Cities

“Our essential commitment: to take care of the families of Belém”

Mayor Igor Normando shares his vision for a world where climate and early childhood agendas make progress hand in hand

  • Health & Wellbeing
  • Parenthood & Caregiving

Necessity is the mother of invention

Parenthood inspires entrepreneurs to build solutions parents actually need

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