Patrick Frato

Hands Full: A Parenting Podcast

Kids EN ↓ 28 episodes

Hands Full, hosted by Axel Balsa Dansey, Lic. and Patrick Frato Ed. S., SP. 597, explores a wide range of parenting topics and provides concrete solutions to common dilemmas. Axel and Patrick are longtime friends, parents, and educators. Axel is the Founder and Director of Escuela Pitagoras, a Montessori school in Colonia, Uruguay. Patrick is an Associate Lecturer in School Psychology at Cleveland State University in Cleveland, Ohio. Cross-cultural insights act as the foundation for recommendations on raising healthy children in tumultuous times.

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Patrick Frato

Episodes

3. Attention-Seeking Behaviors (Part 2) 08.08.2022 54:50

In this episode, Axel and Patrick conclude their discussion on the topic of attention-seeking. Part II focuses more intensely on concrete solutions to minimize attention-seeking and how to teach healthy alternatives. Thanks for listening, and be sure to follow the Hands Full Podcast on Social Media! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hands.full.pod/

2. An Argentinian Perspective on School Shootings 08.08.2022 1:00:24

Why do school and mass shootings only seem to happen in the U.S.? What can we do to make our schools, and country, a safer place for our children? In the wake of the tragedy in Uvalde, Texas, Axel offers insights from the perspective of someone outside the U.S.,  and our intense partisan divide. Thanks for listening, and be sure to follow the Hands Full Podcast on Social Media! Instagram: htt...

1. Attention-Seeking Behaviors (Part 1) 08.08.2022 1:00:15

Why do some kids hit, spit, kick, scream, and throw things (in addition to other upsetting behaviors) to get our attention? What can be done about it? In this first episode of Hands Full , Axel and Patrick begin to discuss A.) Potential causes of attention-seeking behaviors; B.) Concrete interventions for minimizing attention-seeking; and C) How to teach healthy alternative behaviors.  Thanks...