Talking About Kids
by R. Bradley Snyder
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How spatial awareness affects kids with Meenal Agarwal
How spatial awareness affects kids with Meenal Agarwal
About this podcast
Talking About Kids is a weekly podcast for parents, educators, and direct service providers that explores the latest information on issues impacting children and adolescents, from preventing bullying to unlocking creativity. Hosted by R. Bradley Snyder, author of The 5 Simple Truths of Raising Kids, each episode presents a new topic and introduces listeners to authors, academics, and visionaries from around the globe.
Episodes
The newest 20 of 246 episodes
- How spatial awareness affects kids with Meenal Agarwal · 36 min · Season 6 Episode 13Send us Fan Mail An underexamined consequence of screen time is the effect it has on kids’ spatial awareness. My guest this episode, Meenal Agarwal, is a board-certified…
- What you need to know about the newborn gut microbiome with Stephanie Culler · 31 min · Season 6 Episode 12Send us Fan Mail The infant gut microbiome supports immune development and may help prevent noncommunicable diseases, yet many infants lack essential microbes. In this episode…
- What you need to know about picky eaters with Katie Kimball · 37 min · Season 6 Episode 11Send us Fan Mail Picky eaters are not born. They are created. For over 17 years, Katie Kimball has been helping families come to grips with this fact so that they can undo…
- Indigenous People's Day Episode: What kids need to know about migration · 4 minSend us Fan Mail This episode is being released on Indigenous Peoples Day or Columbus Day, depending on which you observe. Humans have always migrated. Out of desperation…
- What you need to know children’s exposure to plastics (part 2 of 2) with Imogen Napper · 37 min · Season 6 Episode 10Send us Fan Mail My guest for the second part of Talking About Kids’ miniseries on children and plastics is Imogen Napper. Imogen is a Post Doctoral Researcher at The University…
- What you need to know children’s exposure to plastics (part 1 of 2) with Chris DeArmitt · 42 min · Season 6 Episode 9Send us Fan Mail As people who care about kids, we are ripe for exploitation by all sorts of bad actors who use fear to peddle products, sell books, and get clicks. Countering…
- How an AI-powered app can help you co-parent with Sol Kennedy · 28 min · Season 6 Episode 8Send us Fan Mail Business taglines featuring phrases like “AI” and “AI powered” are everywhere, as are stories about AI errors, its harmful impact on education, its bad counsel…
- Why be useless, be empty, and live a better story might be good advice for kids with Curtis White · 42 min · Season 6 Episode 7Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Curtis White returns to discuss his latest book, On Resistance: A Manifesto, and to explain why his advice to “make yourself useless,” “take…
- What young people can teach us all about resilience and how to flourish with Lawrence C Harris · 39 min · Season 6 Episode 6Send us Fan Mail When Lawrence C. Harris was 14, he was failing in school, playing videogames all day, and existing on junk food. He was unhappy and unhealthy, and, as Lawrence…
- What parents need to know about AI chatbots with Jeremy Heffner · 38 min · Season 6 Episode 5Send us Fan Mail Jeremy Heffner is a successful trauma surgeon, entrepreneur, and self-described systems thinker. To vet some of his ideas about complex systems, Jeremy started a…
- How mindfulness, meditation, and intuitive learning benefit children and families with Veronica Moya · 36 min · Season 6 Episode 4Send us Fan Mail Today on Talking About Kids, I am joined by Veronica Moya, a children's emotional wellness expert, mindfulness educator, author, and entertainer. Veronica and I…
- What chess reveals about kids with Daniel Shapiro · 34 min · Season 6 Episode 3Send us Fan Mail When Daniel Shapiro’s son demonstrated a passion for chess, Dan found himself learning alongside his son, playing games, attending tournaments, and exploring the…
- How speech-language pathologists help children and families with Luba Patlakh · 38 min · Season 6 Episode 2Send us Fan Mail Although it is difficult to admit, most of us need help with our kids at one time or another. Thankfully, there are trained professionals. I am not just talking…
- How cooking activities benefit kids and families with Maegan Zelner · 29 min · Season 6 Episode 1Send us Fan Mail The benefits of preparing and sharing homecooked meals with kids are many. Unfortunately, our schedules and other pressures often prevent us from doing it…
- Summer Episode 4: What to watch or listen to this summer · 4 minSend us Fan Mail This is the fourth and final summer vacation episode of Talking About Kids for 2026. For the second year in a row, I am devoting these mini episodes to movies…
- Summer Episode 3: What to watch or listen to this summer · 4 minSend us Fan Mail This is the third summer vacation episode of Talking About Kids. For the second year in a row, I am devoting these mini episodes to movies, TV shows, or songs…
- Summer Episode 2: What to watch or listen to this summer · 4 minSend us Fan Mail This is the second summer vacation episode of Talking About Kids. For the second year in a row, I am devoting these mini episodes to movies, TV shows, or songs…
- Summer Episode 1: What to watch or listen to this summer · 3 minSend us Fan Mail This is the first summer vacation episode of Talking About Kids, and, for the second year in a row, I am devoting these mini episodes to movies, TV shows, or…
- How to organize your photos to bring your family closer together with Megan O’Hare · 39 min · Season 5 Episode 36Send us Fan Mail Family photos can help build resilience in kids by connecting them with their heritages or reminding them of times when they felt competent, safe, and loved. In…
- How 12 years of mentoring benefits kids with Jorie Das · 34 min · Season 5 Episode 35Send us Fan Mail Research shows that mentoring improves health, mental health, and other outcomes for mentees. But these outcomes can be compromised and even worsened when mentor…
