How Do We Manage?

These days parents are presented with a minefield of conflicting information about fad diets, portion control, fussy eaters and weaning woes. So how do we feed our children in a way that feels manageable and healthy, even when they’re either refusing dinner or are seemingly never full?

Charlotte Stirling-Reed is one of the UK’s leading child nutritionists. She runs SR Nutrition and has written plenty of books on how to feed your children. Charlotte is passionate about making nutrition simple, practical and evidence-based, particularly when it comes to pregnancy, babies, children and family life.

In this episode, Charlotte joins Stephanie to cut through some of the confusion around what our children should be eating, when we should start weaning, how we can build healthy habits around food from a young age and how to feed a fussy eater.

Resources & Links

Find out more about SR Nutrition and Charlotte’s work here

Follow Charlotte on Instagram

Buy Charlotte’s books on weaning and family nutrition here

Host: Stephanie von Bismarck

Guest: Charlotte Stirling-Reed

Producer: Holly Fisher

Production Manager: Angela Crago

Executive Producer: Ellie Di Martino

The series was recorded and edited at PodShop studios

Have you ever been described as ‘too much’? Ever felt like your reaction was bigger than it should have been? Many of us feel emotions more deeply than others - but what if this isn’t something to suppress, but something to understand?

This is the premise of a new book called ‘Too Sensitive’ by Dr Sasha Hamdani, a board-certified psychiatrist and ADHD Expert. The book explores RSD - rejection sensitive dysphoria - an extreme form of emotional sensitivity.

In this episode of ‘How Do We Manage’ Stephanie asks Dr Hamdani how we can identify emotional sensitivity in ourselves and our children, and about its links to conditions such as ADHD.

Resources & Links

Buy Sasha’s book, ‘Too Sensitive’

Follow Dr Sasha Hamdani on Instagram

Host: Stephanie von Bismarck

Guest: Dr Sasha Hamdani

Producer: Holly Fisher

Production Manager: Angela Crago

Executive Producer: Ellie Di Martino

The series was recorded and edited at PodShop studios

Parenting has never come with more advice than it does today. Social media is full of people claiming that their style of raising a child is the right one, commenting on everything from discipline to nutrition to education. So how do you work out what to listen to?

Dr Aliza Pressman is a developmental psychologist, podcast host and author of the book, ‘The 5 Principles of Parenting: Your Essential Guide to Raising Good Humans’.

In this episode Dr Pressman joins Stephanie to talk about how we overcome parenting mistakes, the five principles of parenting that lead to resilient kids, and setting good boundaries.

Resources & Links

Buy Dr Aliza Pressman’s book ‘The 5 Principles of Parenting’

Follow Dr Aliza Pressman on Instagram

Host: Stephanie von Bismarck

Guest: Dr Aliza Pressman

Producer: Holly Fisher

Production Manager: Angela Crago

Executive Producer: Ellie Di Martino

The series was recorded and edited at PodShop studios

Navigating the online world for ourselves is hard enough, but trying to keep it safe for our children feels near impossible. We’ve talked a lot on the show lately about the dangers of posting pictures of our families, how children as young as three are using social media, and the sort of content that is being fed to our kids online. One thing that keeps coming up over and over is: how do we keep it under control?

‘Smartphone Nation: Why We’re All Addicted to Screens and What Your Family Can Do About It’ is a new book by Dr Kaitlyn Regehr, associate professor at UCL. It’s a toolkit for families to become more savvy about the ways that they use online technology. Dr Regehr is a world-leading expert on the cultural impacts of social media and is working on the guidelines accompanying the UK Government’s new social media ban for under 16s.

In this episode Dr Kaitlyn Regehr joins Stephanie in the studio to give us tips on activities we can do with our children to become more intentional about algorithms, and how we can navigate the online world with our kids in a way that feels less overwhelming.

Resources & Links

Buy ‘Smartphone Nation’ by Dr Kaitlyn Regehr

Follow Dr Kaitlyn Regehr on Instagram

Host: Stephanie von Bismarck

Guest: Dr Kaitlyn Regehr

Producer: Holly Fisher

Production Manager: Angela Crago

Executive Producer: Ellie Di Martino

The series was recorded and edited at PodShop studios

The term ‘sharenting’ describes the act of posting photos of your children on social media, something that many of us do today. In fact, it’s predicted that by 2030 two thirds of online fraud in young people will be caused by what their parents have uploaded about them. In a world where sharing images of your child to your social media account to celebrate a milestone, birthday or family holiday has become so normal, how do we challenge ourselves to really consider the longterm dangers of sharing these moments on the internet?

Today’s guest is Tatiana Kotlyarenko, an international human rights expert who specialises in human trafficking and gender-based violence. She answers questions such as: what sort of risks are we putting our children in by ‘sharenting’? Is it ok to post on a private profile? What about sending pictures on WhatsApp? Plus, she tells us what information you’re giving the world when you post a picture of your child’s birthday; and whether there is a safe way to share family moments online with friends and loved ones.

Resources & Links

If you think your pictures have been misused online use trusted removal services such as NCMEC's Take It Down and the UK's Report Remove, which help remove or prevent the sharing of sexual images of children online. (iwf.org.uk). Do not repeatedly search for the image, as this can unintentionally increase exposure and may be distressing for families. Contact the police if necessary.

Host: Stephanie von Bismarck

Guest: Tatiana Kotlyarenko

Producer: Holly Fisher

Production Manager: Angela Crago

Executive Producer: Ellie Di Martino

The series was recorded and edited at PodShop studios