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Parenting

Talking To Kids About Sex & Sexuality with Layne Gregory

December 19, 2016 by ssradmin

Social worker Layne Gregory shares strategies for navigating the subject of sex and sexuality that she used with her own kids and gives 6 basic principles that are important for kids to understand.

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Filed Under: Family and Lifecycle, Sexuality Tagged With: Parenting, sex, Sexuality

Advocating for a Child with Autism with Ellen Jennings

December 12, 2016 by ssradmin

Ellen Jennings’ son is living with high-functioning autism. She talks with Anne about the long and difficult path to his diagnosis, and about the many ways she has had to push for him to get the services he needs and help him thrive.

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Filed Under: Family and Lifecycle, Mental Health Tagged With: advocacy, Autism, Parenting

Stigma and Teen Pregnancy with Meredith Hall

November 28, 2016 by ssradmin

This episode revisits Anne’s 2012 conversation with Meredith Hall about her pregnancy at age 16. Meredith remembers being shunned by her family and school and forced to give the child up for adoption. Her memoir, Without a Map, explores how silence can be an impediment to healing.

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Filed Under: Family and Lifecycle, Mental Health, Sexuality Tagged With: Adoption, Parenting, pregnancy

Soldier or Mother? with Meosha Thomas

June 6, 2016 by ssradmin

Meosha Thomas talks about the trauma of a helicopter crash that killed a close friend, and the PTSD symptoms that followed after she returned home. She also describes the impossible choices she has to make while trying to be both a mother and a soldier.

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Filed Under: Family and Lifecycle, Mental Health, Veterans Tagged With: army, military, military trauma, mothering, Parenting, PTSD, Recovery, war

The Scars of Silence with Nubar Alexanian

April 17, 2016 by ssradmin

This episode features Armenian-American photographer and filmmaker Nubar Alexanian. He discusses making a film with his daughter about their journey to their ancestors’ homeland, the site of the Armenian genocide which began in 1915, the silence that surrounds the genocide and how it has impacted his sense of self and his place in the world. …read more »

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Filed Under: Emotions, Family and Lifecycle, Mental Health, Social Justice Tagged With: Family, geneology, genocide, history, identity, Parenting

Child Welfare and Native Families with Shawn Yardley

June 1, 2015 by ssradmin

This episode of Safe Space Radio features Department of Health and Human Services worker Shawn Yardley. He talks about the Maine Wabanaki Truth and Reconciliation Commission, why children are removed from native families at disproportionate rates, and what it’s been like for him, as a white man, to raise three girls with Native heritage.

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Filed Under: Conflict, Social Justice Tagged With: Adoption, assimilation, daughters, DHHS, father, Forced adoption, indigenous, maine, native, Parenting, parenting adopted children, Restorative Justice, Wabanaki, Whiteness

Guilt When a Parent Dies

April 13, 2015 by ssradmin

Part of Safe Space Radio’s series on hidden feelings, this episode features two stories about guilt we might feel when we believe we didn’t do enough at the end of a parent’s life. We hear from people who were troubled by the way they failed to show up for their parents, and discuss the process …read more »

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Filed Under: Emotions, Family and Lifecycle, Mental Health Tagged With: confusion, death, dying, end of life, father, Guilt, mother, Parenting, Parents, relief, secret, Shame, stigma

Disrupting the Vicious Cycle with Sandy White Hawk

March 2, 2015 by ssradmin

Maine Wabanaki Truth and Reconciliation Commissioner Sandy White Hawk discusses the ways in which centuries of removing native children from their families have created a pattern of trauma and corresponding struggle that has made ongoing removal of children more likely. She talks about alternative approaches that support families in difficulty and expresses her hopes for …read more »

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Filed Under: Conflict, Family and Lifecycle, Social Justice Tagged With: Adoption, childhood trauma, Forced adoption, identity, indigenous, native, Parenting, Restorative Justice, Truth and Reconciliation, Wabanaki

Being Out Adopted with Sandy White Hawk

February 16, 2015 by ssradmin

Maine Wabanaki Truth and Reconciliation Commissioner Sandy White Hawk talks about being taken for adoption by a white missionary family who believed they were saving her from the poverty of the reservation. She describes the power of being reunited with her tribe at 35, and the deep feeling of belonging and safety she felt as …read more »

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Filed Under: Conflict, Family and Lifecycle, Social Justice Tagged With: Forced adoption, identity, indigenous, maine, native, Parenting, Restorative Justice, Truth and Reconciliation, Wabanaki

Childhood Phobia with Maiya

October 8, 2014 by ssradmin

Ten-year-old Maiya takes us into the world of childhood phobias, describing what it was like to live with overwhelming anxiety about sickness, and how she found help. Now she is creating a website of fear-reducing games to help other kids who suffer with anxiety.

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Filed Under: Emotions, Mental Health Tagged With: Anxiety & Fear, childhood, childhood trauma, children, fear, germaphobia, health, illness, Parenting, phobia

Raising a Child with Anxiety with Valery

September 22, 2014 by ssradmin

Therapist and mother Valery discusses how she grew to understand her daughter’s difficulty with social situations as the result of severe social anxiety, and her seemingly excessive internet use as a positive and healthy adaptation.

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Filed Under: Family and Lifecycle, Mental Health Tagged With: Anxiety & Fear, childhood, daughter, internal family systems, introvert, mothering, Parenting, phobia, shy, social anxiety, technology

Parenting on the Spectrum

June 2, 2014 by ssradmin

This episode of Safe Space Radio features multiple stories from the lives of parents of children on the autism spectrum.

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Filed Under: Emotions, Family and Lifecycle, Mental Health Tagged With: Aspergers, Autism, autism spectrum, childhood, children, father, mothering, Parenting, story, storytelling

Autism from a Father’s Perspective with Nathan Poore

May 26, 2014 by ssradmin

Nathan Poore talks about how the experience of raising his 11-year-old son, who is on the autism spectrum, has defied his expectations again and again.

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Filed Under: Family and Lifecycle, Mental Health Tagged With: Autism, childhood, children, father, Parenting, son

Creating Connection with a Child with Autism with Susan Levin

May 12, 2014 by ssradmin

This episode of Safe Space Radio features a conversation with Susan Levin about her son Ben, who is now 11. She tells the story of discovering his autism, and talks about the ways she blamed herself for his difficulties. She explains the techniques she used to develop a stronger bond with Ben, and how he …read more »

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Filed Under: Emotions, Family and Lifecycle, Mental Health Tagged With: Autism, childhood, Parenting, parenting on the spectrum, Parents, son, spectrum

Helping Children with Autism to Succeed with Temple Grandin

April 21, 2014 by ssradmin

This episode of Safe Space Radio features Temple Grandin as she vividly describes the various sensory ways that autistic people like herself experience the world differently from the neurotypical majority. She also discusses a number of strategies to help autistic children reach their full potential.

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Filed Under: Family and Lifecycle, Mental Health Tagged With: autism spectrum, childhood, Parenting, parenting on the spectrum, special education

Parents and Teachers as Allies with Sue and Abby

March 17, 2014 by ssradmin

Sue, a mother of a transgender teen, and Abby, a teacher who advises her school’s Gay-Straight-Trans Alliance, talk about what they’ve learned about supporting the young LGBTQ people in their lives.

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Filed Under: Mental Health, Sexuality Tagged With: coming out, conversation, education, Gay, gay straight alliance, GSA, High School, LGBTQ, LGBTQ Issues, Parenting, queer, Sexuality, teacher, teenagers, Teens, transgender rights, transitioning

On Being Outed with Samantha

February 17, 2014 by ssradmin

This episode of Safe Space Radio features Samantha, who was outed as a lesbian to her parents by a teacher at her school. She remembers the turmoil this has created in her life, being rejected by some important people after they learned she was gay, and how that experience has inspired her to be a …read more »

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Filed Under: Family and Lifecycle, Mental Health, Sexuality Tagged With: advocacy, allies, coming out, High School, LGBTQ, Parenting, Parents, queer, rejection, School, teacher, teenagers, Teens

On the Experience of Arrest and Imprisonment with Liz

December 9, 2013 by ssradmin

This episode of Safe Space Radio features Liz, who spoke with us only three days after her release from prison. She discusses her shame at being arrested, and the experience of exposure and intrusion from a public trial. She also describes the surprising support she received from other women in prison, and the experiences she …read more »

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Filed Under: Conflict, Mental Health, Social Justice Tagged With: arrest, community, criminal justice reform, criminal justice system, Incarceration, motherhood, Parenting, police, prison system, release, teenagers, Teens

Sibling Conflicts Around Caregiving with Carol Bradley Bursack

November 4, 2013 by ssradmin

An interview with elder-caregiving expert Carol Bradley Bursack about sibling conflict in the care of a parent with Dementia. Carol reports that most adult children caregivers are still women, and that typically the responsibilities of caregiving fall mostly to one child within a family.  This creates the conditions for old resentments, jealousies, and conflicts to …read more »

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Filed Under: Conflict, Family and Lifecycle, Mental Health Tagged With: Aging, Alzheimers, brothers, Caregiver, caregiving, Dementia, eldercare, elders, families, healthcare, Parenting, Siblings, sisters

Parenting Life-Threatening Depression with Rachel

October 31, 2012 by ssradmin

This episode of Safe Space Radio features Rachel talking about her son’s severe depression and multiple suicide attempts. Rachel names the sense of ambiguous loss she feels now that her son lives in a state mental hospital, and how her daily visits to him can bring their own sense of shame and self-doubt. She offers …read more »

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Filed Under: Emotions, Family and Lifecycle, Mental Health Tagged With: ambiguous loss, depression, healing, mental hospitals, mental illness, mothering, NAMI, National Alliance on Mental Illness, Parenting, psychiatric care, psychiatric institution, Shame, son, Suicide, Trauma

Self-Care and Intergenerational Mental Illness with Beth Erlichman

October 17, 2012 by ssradmin

This Safe Space Radio episode features personal trainer Beth Erlichman, whose mother and daughter both live with mental illness. Beth describes how her experiences growing up with her mother transformed the way she supported her daughter after a psychotic break, and how internal family systems therapy helped her befriend the young, frightened parts of herself …read more »

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Filed Under: Family and Lifecycle, Mental Health Tagged With: daughter, families, internal family systems, major mental illness, mental illness, mothers, Parenting, psychiatric care, psychosis, Therapy

Parenting a Son with Schizophrenia with Rosemary Radford Ruether

October 10, 2012 by ssradmin

Theologian and academic Rosemary Radford Ruether talks with Safe Space Radio about her son David’s schizophrenia and the challenges her family has faced in supporting him. She questions whether medications have helped or hurt him, and offers a critique of the mental health system which she feels is more interested in warehousing and pacifying people …read more »

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Filed Under: Family and Lifecycle, Mental Health Tagged With: caregiving, creative care, medication, mental health systems, mental hospitals, motherhood, mothers, Parenting, psychiatric care, schizophrenia, sons

Having a Child with Schizophrenia with Cheryl Ramsay

September 26, 2012 by ssradmin

Safe Space Radio interviews Cheryl Ramsay about her two sons, one with schizophrenia who is in treatment and one with an undiagnosed mental illness and addiction who avoids the mental health system. Cheryl describes the deep self-doubt she feels about whether she somehow could have made a difference at each step of the way. She …read more »

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Filed Under: Emotions, Family and Lifecycle, Mental Health Tagged With: Addiction & Recovery, community, doubt, Family, mental hospitals, mental illness, Parenting, psychiatric care, schizophrenia, Shame, sons

Pediatric Medical Trauma with Nancy Kassam-Adams

May 19, 2012 by ssradmin

This episode of Safe Space Radio features psychologist and researcher Dr. Nancy Kassam-Adams. She talks about children’s medical experiences as a source of PTSD and gives helpful suggestions for how parents can identify trauma in their kids after painful medical procedures or hospitalizations. Nancy described an innovative program to treat adolescent cancer survivors and their …read more »

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Filed Under: Mental Health, Sexuality Tagged With: childhood trauma, children, hospitalization, hospitals, medical encounter, Medical Trauma, Parenting, PTSD, teenagers, Teens

Parenting Siblings with Adele Faber

February 22, 2012 by ssradmin

Parenting expert Adele Faber is co-author of the best-selling Siblings Without Rivalry and How to Talk So Kids Will Listen.  Adele speaks about the importance of listening to and validating kids feelings, especially around their siblings. She uses the analogy of how you would feel if your spouse brought home another spouse you were expected …read more »

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Filed Under: Emotions, Family and Lifecycle Tagged With: brothers, competition, empathy, listening, Parenting, psychology, sibling relationships, sibling rivalry, sisters

Sibling Abuse with Vernon Wiehe

February 15, 2012 by ssradmin

This episode of Safe Space Radio features author and professor Dr. Vernon Wiehe. He talks about sibling abuse and how it differs from sibling rivalry in a pattern of frequent victimization of one sibling at the hands of another. Dr. Wiehe points out that sibling abuse is even more common that domestic violence or child …read more »

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Filed Under: Conflict, Family and Lifecycle Tagged With: brothers, Emotional Abuse, Family, family dynamics, Parenting, sibling abuse, sibling relationships, sibling rivalry, Siblings, sisters

Sibling Ambivalence with Laurie Kramer

February 1, 2012 by ssradmin

Laurie Kramer is a researcher and directs the More Fun with Sisters and Brothers program, which supports kids ages 4-8 getting along with their siblings. Laurie explains that parental attempts at conflict resolution often result in separating the kids. Her program teaches siblings core skills of taking each other’s perspective, managing their own strong emotions, …read more »

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Filed Under: Conflict, Family and Lifecycle Tagged With: brothers, children, communication, Conflict Resolution, emotional regulation, empathy, family dynamics, mediation, Parenting, play, sibling relationships, Siblings, sisters

Being a Gay Father with Frank

January 11, 2012 by ssradmin

Frank is the father of two boys, and he is also a gay man. In this interview, Frank talks about always wanting children and how he and his husband have taken steps to protect their children from homophobia and find welcoming communities. Frank also describes his experience of finding a surrogate to conceive and bear …read more »

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Filed Under: Family and Lifecycle, Sexuality Tagged With: discrimination, father, Fathers, gay men, gay parents, Homophobia, internal family systems, LGBTQ, Parenting, raising children, surrogacy, surrogate parents

Step-Families and Step-Parenting with Patricia Papernow

January 4, 2012 by ssradmin

Psychologist and author Dr. Patricia Papernow talks about the challenges of step-family living, including insider/outsider dynamics and the complicated set of losses and loyalty that step-parents can represent for a child. Patricia talks about her book, Surviving and Thriving in Stepfamily Relationships: What Works and What Doesn’t. 

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Filed Under: Emotions, Family and Lifecycle Tagged With: children, Divorce, family dynamics, internal family systems, Parenting, re-marriage, remarriage, Siblings, step parents, step-families, step-parenting

Interracial Adoption with Catherine Anderson

December 14, 2011 by ssradmin

Catherine Anderson is a white public school teacher and writer. In this episode of Safe Space Radio she talks about adopting her son Sam, who is Black. Catherine describes her decision to adopt and how she thought she understood racism before parenting. She describes her experience of those “grocery store moments”  when she has to …read more »

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Filed Under: Conflict, Social Justice Tagged With: Adoption, interracial, interracial relationships, masculinity, Parenting, Racism, White Privilege, Whiteness

Giving Up a Child For Adoption with Marilyn Bronzi

November 30, 2011 by ssradmin

This episode features clinical social worker and birth mother Marilyn Bronzi, who had a child “out of wedlock” in 1966. She remembers the shame of her choice and how she’s made peace with it in different ways over the years. She also describes the experience of reunification with her daughter Lisa, and the ways that …read more »

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Filed Under: Emotions, Family and Lifecycle Tagged With: Adoption, birth mother, family dynamics, Parenting, Shame, teen pregnancy

Donor-Assisted Reproduction with Diane Ehrensaft

November 23, 2011 by ssradmin

Psychologist, researcher and author Diane Ehrensaft talks about the psychological experience of parenting children conceived through the assistance of a donor. Diane describes the challenges parents face in coping with “genetic assymetry” between the parents, and fears that disclosing to the child will undermine bonding with the non-biological parent. Diane also speaks of the challenges …read more »

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Filed Under: Family and Lifecycle Tagged With: biological parents, conception, donor, family dynamics, geneological bewilderment, Genetics, identity, Parenting, pregnancy, reproduction

Adoption and Parenting with Joyce Maguire Pavao

November 16, 2011 by ssradmin

This episode of Safe Space Radio features author, adoptee and clinician Joyce Maguire Pavao as she talks about parenting an adopted child. Joyce describes the changing demographics of adopted children, and how adopted children are increasingly older and may have experienced trauma as well as the loss of their birth family. Joyce asserts that “adoption …read more »

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Filed Under: Emotions, Family and Lifecycle Tagged With: Adoption, biological parents, birth family, birth parents, childhood trauma, children, family dynamics, identity, loss, Parenting, parenting adopted children, youth

Single Child Families with Susan Newman

November 9, 2011 by ssradmin

Social psychologist and author Susan Newman talks about the stereotypes of and misinformation about only children. Studies show that only children do not suffer from the lack of siblings and even show improved academic achievement. She reports that the stereotypes of being spoiled, bossy, or lonely do not hold up to research. Only children families …read more »

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Filed Under: Family and Lifecycle Tagged With: alone, family dynamics, Loneliness, only child, only children, Parenting, personality, psychology, sibling relationships, Siblings

Telling Secrets with Evan Imber-Black

October 19, 2011 by ssradmin

Family therapist and author Evan Imber-Black talks about how to tell a family secret thoughtfully and well. She tells stories from her work about the impact of secrets on family members, creating ever widening circles of silence and distance in relationships.  Children may not know a secret, but their behavior is nonetheless deeply affected by …read more »

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Filed Under: Emotions, Family and Lifecycle Tagged With: children, family dynamics, Parenting, Parents, Secrets, Therapy, trust

Parenting and Cancer with Susan Conley

September 7, 2011 by ssradmin

Susan Conley is author of The Foremost Good Fortune and co-founder of The Telling Room in Portland, Maine. In this interview she talks about coping with breast cancer in China while parenting two young boys, and how writing helped her survive. Susan describes her decision to write as honestly as possible, exposing less-than-ideal parenting or …read more »

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Filed Under: Emotions, Family and Lifecycle Tagged With: art, body, breast cancer, cancer, china, coping techniques, difficult conversations, health, identity, illness, isolation, journaling, living abroad, Parenting, physical health, relationships, Sickness, storytelling, teenagers, Teens, Therapy, treatment, writing, youth

Gender Role Non-Conformity with Frank Brooks

April 20, 2011 by ssradmin

Frank Brooks is a doctor of clinical social work who studies gender role non-conformity, particularly the link between gender role non-conformity in boys and the risk of suicide. Frank describes his experiences of feeling different and facing prejudice as he grew up. He now works with families with gender role non-conforming kids to help them …read more »

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Filed Under: Mental Health, Sexuality Tagged With: Bullying, children, Gender, gender binary, gender nonconformity, genderqueer, LGBTQ, nonbinary, Parenting, puberty, social work, Suicide, teenagers, Teens, Therapy, youth

TransParenting, or Parenting Trans Kids with Sandy Lovell

April 13, 2011 by ssradmin

Sexuality educator and mother Sandy Lovell talks about parenting her trans son. As a feminist mother she celebrated his early gender non-conformism, but it never occurred to her that he might be trans. Sandy named parental concerns for her child’s safety, his ability to find love, her grief over losing the daughter, and her struggle …read more »

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Filed Under: Family and Lifecycle, Mental Health, Sexuality Tagged With: ambiguous loss, daughter, family dynamics, feminism, FTM, Gender, gender non-conformity, gender variant, identity, LGBTQ, loss, motherhood, mothering, mothers, nonbinary, Parenting, puberty, queer, son, tomboy, Transgender

The Relational Dynamics of Feeding Your Child with Ellyn Satter

October 20, 2010 by ssradmin

This episode of Safe Space Radio features nutritionist and family therapist Ellyn Satter talking about the feeding relationship between parent and child. Ellyn describes what she calls “Division of Responsibility,” wherein the parent is in charge of the when, where and what of a meal and the child is responsible for the how much and …read more »

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Filed Under: Family and Lifecycle, Mental Health Tagged With: children, diet culture, division of responsibility, eating, healthy eating, nutrition, Parenting

Understanding Anorexia and Eating Disorders with Lori Galperin

October 13, 2010 by ssradmin

An interview with therapist Lori Galperin about how to have a non-judgmental relationship to an eating disorder. Lori describes the many roles that eating disorders serve in the life of a young person, and the importance of not getting into power struggles to try to remove it. She highlights anorexia as an attempt to turn …read more »

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Filed Under: Emotions, Mental Health Tagged With: anorexia, body image, bulemia, bulimia, diet culture, Eating Disorders, food, internal family systems, mental illness, non judgement, Parenting, teenagers, Teens, Therapy, trauma in the body

The Suicide of a Child with Patricia Ellen

April 21, 2010 by ssradmin

Patricia Ellen’s son killed himself when he was fourteen. Patricia describes the process of trying to understand what led up to it, and the signs that were and were not there. She describes the bullying incident at school that she believes led her son to suicide. Patricia movingly describes the many years long process of …read more »

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Filed Under: Emotions, Family and Lifecycle, Mental Health Tagged With: blame, Bullying, children, death and dying, death of a child, grief, grieving, loss of a child, Parenting, Parents, Shame, sons, Suicide, teenagers, Teens, Trauma

Choosing Not to Have Children with Jeanne Safer

September 2, 2009 by ssradmin

Dr. Jeanne Safer discusses her decision not to have children. Jeanne describes the intense internal and external pressure she felt to have kids, and the sense that choosing not to meant she was somehow deficient in her ability to love. She talks about how she came to her decision and affirm that having kids was …read more »

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Filed Under: Emotions, Family and Lifecycle Tagged With: children, expectations, love, motherhood, mothering, no kids, Parenting, preganancy, raising children, social expectation

Parenting Wounds with Kathryn Black

August 26, 2009 by ssradmin

Kathryn Black is author of Mothering Without a Map: Finding the Good Mother Within. Kathryn talks about her own experience with feeling “under-mothered,” and her fear of passing on a painful legacy to her children. She talks about changing and healing her own behavior, and the pervasive cultural fantasy that childhood is perfectible and of …read more »

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Filed Under: Conflict, Emotions, Family and Lifecycle Tagged With: Bad Mother Anxiety, intergenerational trauma, motherhood, mothering, mothers, Parenting

Childbirth and Self-Judgment with Martha Tole

August 19, 2009 by ssradmin

Medical assistant and doula Martha Tole talks about bad mother anxiety and childbirth. Martha affirms that bad mother anxiety can begin before birth and may continue indefinitely. She describes how so many mothers’ tendency to compare themselves to others and to judge themselves in other spheres of life is especially painful when it comes to …read more »

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Filed Under: Emotions, Family and Lifecycle Tagged With: Bad Mother Anxiety, childbirth, comparison, motherhood, mothering, mothers, Parenting, raising children, self esteem

Intergenerational Mothering Struggles with Raye Tibbetts

August 5, 2009 by ssradmin

Raye Tibbetts is author of The Bad Mother Chronicles and a new blog called Good Enough. In this episode she speaks about intergenerational patterns of painful mothering. She describes the legacy of her mother having given away a child to adoption and the impact that had on her ability to bond with Raye, followed by …read more »

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Filed Under: Emotions, Family and Lifecycle Tagged With: Adoption, Bad Mother Anxiety, intergenerational trauma, motherhood, mothering, mothers, Parenting, raising children

Balancing Mothering and Medicine with Amy Gottlieb

July 22, 2009 by ssradmin

Women’s health doctor Amy Gottlieb describes her bad mother anxiety due to her absences from her child necessitated by her training. She talks about how balancing work and family can affect mothering and often results in fears that we are doing both badly. She also names some legislative and employment reforms that are needed in …read more »

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Filed Under: Family and Lifecycle, Social Justice Tagged With: Bad Mother Anxiety, doctors, motherhood, mothering, mothers, Parenting, professions, raising children, women in the workplace, womens health, work, working mothers, workplace

Mothering as Hero’s Journey with Nicole Chaison

July 15, 2009 by ssradmin

Nicole Chaison is author of The Passion of the Hausfrau about the experience of motherhood as a form of the mythic hero’s journey. She speaks about the courage it took to write honestly about her experiences as a mother and her struggles with both shame and loyalty in deciding to go public with her stories.

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Filed Under: Emotions, Family and Lifecycle Tagged With: Bad Mother Anxiety, hero's journey, Hidden Emotions, motherhood, mothering, mothers, myth, Parenting, personal narrative, raising children, Shame, vulnerability

Bad Mother Anxiety with Ayelet Waldman

July 8, 2009 by ssradmin

Writer Ayelet Waldman is author of Bad Mother. In this episode of Safe Space Radio, Ayelet talks about the differences between her and her mother’s generation, and the difficulties of living up to the impossible expectations that fit our ideal of a “good mother.” Ayelet argues that being honest with your children about maternal ambivalence helps …read more »

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Filed Under: Emotions, Family and Lifecycle Tagged With: Bad Mother Anxiety, intergenerational difference, motherhood, mothering, mothers, Parenting, raising children

Lesbian Parenting with Jen Hodsden

June 17, 2009 by ssradmin

Jen Hodsden and her 11 year old daughter Soleil talk about the impact of homophobia on their lives, especially on their relationships with friends, other kids, and men.

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Filed Under: Family and Lifecycle, Sexuality Tagged With: Bullying, conversation, discrimination, Homophobia, lesbian parents, LGBTQ, LGBTQ families, Parenting, Parents, raising children, relationships, same sex parents

Underage Drinking with Jo Morrissey

May 27, 2009 by ssradmin

An interview with Jo Morrissey, program director of 21 Reasons. Jo describes common myths that keep parents from being effective at preventing their kids from using alcohol.

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Filed Under: Family and Lifecycle Tagged With: Alcohol, difficult conversations, drinking age, High School, Parenting, Parents, peer pressure, substance abuse prevention, substance use, teenagers, Teens, underage drinking

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