Pop Culture Parenting
by Dr Billy Garvey, Nick McCormack
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Episode 142: Let's talk about sex & Superbad
Episode 142: Let's talk about sex & Superbad
About this podcast
This podcast is about finding the sweetspot between the textbooks and real life when it comes to parenting. Dr Billy (a developmental pediatrician) and Nick (a developing parent) are a couple of dads having honest discussions about parenting day to day
We'll be using iconic TV and cinema scenes from the 80's & 90's to give context to Billy's parenting advice.
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Episodes
The newest 20 of 153 episodes
- Episode 142: Let's talk about sex & Superbad · 1 h 7 min · Episode 152How do you talk to kids about sex? Learn how to start sex education early, teaching body safety, boundaries and consent from toddlers to teens. Discover how to protect children…
- PCP Collabs: Understanding Boys with The Man Cave Ep. 3 · 1 h 12 min · Episode 151In the final part of this special three-part series with The Man Cave, Billy, Al and Callum answer your biggest questions about raising boys — from play fighting and superheroes…
- Episode 141: Lost boys reflection · 1 h 55 min · Episode 150Billy responds solo to the most moving content PCP has ever received. Raw stories about lost boys, masculinity and what it truly costs when we get this wrong, and why there is…
- PCP Collabs: Understanding Boys with The Man Cave Ep. 2 · 53 min · Episode 149"Yeah, but what do I actually say to my boys?" If Part One of this series reframed how we see the boys in our lives, Part Two is about what comes next: the words. In Part Two…
- PCP Collabs: Understanding Boys with The Man Cave Ep. 1 · 1 h 24 min · Episode 148"Why won't he tell me what's going on?" It's one of the questions Billy hears most from parents. Inside schools across Australia, The Man Cave hears boys asking something…
- Episode 140: Lost boys & The Lost Boys · 1 h 18 min · Episode 147What does it mean to be a man? The Lost Boys gives us a window into one version of that answer and it isn't pretty. In this episode we use the film to explore masculinity and…
- Episode 139: Sensory sensitivities reflection · 2 h 2 min · Episode 146The response to our Sensory Sensitivities episode reminded us just how personal and powerful this topic is. Our polls revealed that 85% of our community find the world too full…
- Episode 138: Sensory sensitivities & Mad Max Fury Road · 1 h 0 min · Episode 145Every child experiences the world differently, and Mad Max: Fury Road gives us the perfect lens to explore why. In this episode on Sensory Sensitivities we dive into the science…
- Episode 137: Anger reflection · 2 h 4 min · Episode 144The response to our anger episode was one of the most moving we have ever received. In this reflection we hear from parents who grew up around anger they couldn't name and are…
- Episode 136: Anger & Lethal Weapon · 1 h 6 min · Episode 143Every parent knows the feeling. Your kid goes from zero to meltdown in seconds, over something that seems completely trivial. In this episode we use Lethal Weapon as our…
- Episode 135: Healthy habits reflection · 1 h 57 min · Episode 142Episode 135 is out now! Healthy habits reflection goes deep into the gap between the habits we want and the reality of our lives. We hear extraordinary listener stories…
- Episode 134: Healthy habits & Whiplash · 1 h 3 min · Episode 141Healthy habits. We all want them for our kids and for ourselves, but as Whiplash reminds us, the pursuit of improvement can sometimes drift into pressure, perfectionism and…
- Episode 133: Arrival of a baby reflection · 1 h 41 min · Episode 140What an episode. We asked the PCP community and they delivered some of the most beautiful reflections and advice about the arrival of a baby. We answer question about feeling…
- Episode 132: Arrival of a baby & The Incredibles · 1 h 14 min · Episode 139This one might seem like it's just for new parents but it's for all of us. There's no moment quite like a new baby. You're handed the most enormous responsibility of your life…
- Episode 131: Rewards & punishments reflection · 1 h 53 min · Episode 138Episode 131 is out now! Rewards and punishments reflection goes deeply into how developmental theory and the evidence can be used in the real world to guide our kids. We hear…
- PCP Guides: supporting neurodivergent kids - Q&A · 1 h 1 min · Episode 137To finish up our first PCP Guides series we ran a live Q&A with our amazing Patreon community. People seemed to think it was helpful so we thought we would share it more broadly…
- Episode 130: Rewards, punishments & Star Wars · 1 h 5 min · Episode 136Rewards and punishments are a part of daily life for anyone supporting children, sometimes consciously but often without us even realising. In this episode we discuss the…
- PCP Guides: supporting neurodivergent kids - nurturing neurodiversity · 1 h 19 min · Episode 135In this final reflection episode of supporting neurodivergent kids we explore how we can true nurture the kids we love and care for. We explore safety, masking, communication and…
- Episode 129: Chaos & control reflection · 2 h 2 min · Episode 134Well this was a big one diving deeply into chaos and control. We go deep into the balance between chaos and control in family life, especially when anxiety, neurodivergence, and…
- PCP Guides: supporting neurodivergent kids - survival · 1 h 12 min · Episode 133A heavy but important re-listen this week about survival. So many of us feel like we are constantly in the arena battling to survive and in this ep we discuss how real and tough…
