Where Parents Talk: Evidence-based Expert Advice on Raising Kids Today

This week on Where Parents Talk radio on 105.9 The Region, host Lianne Castelino speaks to Dr. Jean Twenge, professor of psychology, author and mom about generations and better understanding generational divides.

This week on Where Parents Talk radio on 105.9 The Region, host Lianne Castelino speaks to Dr. Nadia Huq, Licensed Clinical Psychologist, therapist at TMB Psychological Services and mother of two about the criteria and benefits of trauma-informed parenting.

This week on Where Parents Talk radio on 105.9 The Region, host Lianne Castelino speaks to Elizabeth Galvin, Managing Editor of Project Youth Energy, an initiative created to help students who have been severely disrupted by school closures during the global pandemic, to the point that these students have abandoned school altogether.

This week on Where Parents Talk radio on 105.9 The Region, host Lianne Castelino speaks to Brooke Romney, writer, educator, speaker, best-selling author and mother of four boys, shares tips for parents for teaching modern manners.

This week on Where Parents Talk radio on 105.9 The Region, host Lianne Castelino speaks to Dr. Cara Natterson, pediatrician and Vanessa Kroll Bennett, puberty educator, about modern puberty.

This week on Where Parents Talk radio on 105.9 The Region, host Lianne Castelino speaks to Jack Armstrong, award-winning sports broadcaster, colour analyst for the Toronto Raptors NBA team, former NCAA Division I coach and father of three about transracial parenting and adoption.

This week on Where Parents Talk radio on 105.9 The Region, host Lianne Castelino speaks to parenting journalist, best-selling author, resident parenting expert on Dr. Phil, former tv reporter, a former elementary school teacher and a mother of two teens Donna Tetreault, about foundational building block for families.

This week on Where Parents Talk radio on 105.9 The Region, host Lianne Castelino speaks to Dr. Viorica Marian, a cognitive scientist, leading global researcher in the field of bilingualism and multilingualism, Endowed Professor of Communication Sciences and Disorders, and professor of psychology at Northwestern University. Her research focuses on how language operates in the brain. She is a psycho...

This week on Where Parents Talk radio on 105.9 The Region, host Lianne Castelino speaks to Jeff Nelligan, political communications executive, author and father of three sons, all of whom are in the military --- about crafting and deploying a parenting strategy.

This week on Where Parents Talk radio on 105.9 The Region, host Lianne Castelino speaks to Dr. Cristine Legare, professor of psychology at The University of Texas at Austin, a researcher, whose work has appeared in more 100 scientific journals, Director of the Centres for Applied Cognitive Science and mom about how a parent can better support a child's learning.

This week on Where Parents Talk radio on 105.9 The Region, host Lianne Castelino speaks to Matthew McKean, Chief Research and Development Officer at the Business and Higher Education Roundtable, speaker, writer and dad about how parents can support kids with skills needed for the workplace and future careers.

This week on Where Parents Talk radio on 105.9 The Region, host Lianne Castelino speaks to Col. Jeremy Hansen, Canadian Space Agency astronaut, CF-18 fighter pilot physicist, crew member of the Artemis II mission and father of three, along with his wife, Dr. Catherine Hansen, obstetrician-gynecologist, menopause practitioner, speaker and mother of three about parenting through high-pressure career...

This week on Where Parents Talk radio on 105.9 The Region, host Lianne Castelino speaks to Kory Wilson, Executive Director of Indigenous Initiatives and Partnerships at the British Columbia Institute of Technology, an educator with more than 20 years of experience in post-secondary institutions, a former family law and criminal defence attorney and a mother, about Indigenous education at home.

This week on Where Parents Talk radio on 105.9 The Region, host Lianne Castelino speaks to Dr. Lisa Damour, clinical psychologist, researcher (education & child development), podcast co-host, multiple New York Times bestselling author and mom about untangling teenage emotions to better understand them.

This week on Where Parents Talk radio on 105.9 The Region, host Lianne Castelino speaks to Jennifer Breheny Wallace, award-winning journalist, contributor (Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post), author and mother of 3 about overcoming toxic achievement culture and mattering.

This week on Where Parents Talk radio on 105.9 The Region, host Lianne Castelino speaks to Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Psychotherapist, Associate Professor at the University of Denver, suicidologist, author and mother Dr. Stacey Freedenthal about how to talk about suicide.

This week on Where Parents Talk radio on 105.9 The Region, host Lianne Castelino speaks to the Hon. Karina Gould, Government House Leader, Federal Member of Parliament and expectant mother about parenting in the public eye.

This week on Where Parents Talk radio on 105.9 The Region, host Lianne Castelino speaks to Jennifer Fink, nurse, speaker, author and mother of four boys about better understanding how to build boys.

This week on Where Parents Talk radio on 105.9 The Region, host Lianne Castelino speaks to Amber Trueblood, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, MBA, best-selling author who has 25 years+ experience in mental health, author and a mother of 4, about anxiety styles and how they impact parenting.

This week on Where Parents Talk radio on 105.9 The Region, host Lianne Castelino speaks to Katherine Martinko, Journalist, author and mother of three sons about strategies to unplug kids from screens and devices using digital minimalism.

This week on Where Parents Talk radio on 105.9 The Region, host Lianne Castelino speaks to Phyllis Fagell, Licensed Clinical Professional Counsellor, Certified Professional School Counsellor, author, therapist in private practice working with children and families, media contributor and mother of 3 about how parents can support tweens / middle schoolers to thrive.

This week on Where Parents Talk radio on 105.9 The Region, host Lianne Castelino speaks to Dr. David Bjorklund, Professor of Psychology at Florida Atlantic University, researcher and author, who was a co-author of a study examining the impact of independent play and independent activity on youth mental health conditions.

This week on Where Parents Talk radio on 105.9 The Region, host Lianne Castelino speaks to Jenna Hermans , Certified high-performance coach, entrepreneur, author and mother of four about tips and strategies for parents to move from chaos to calm.

This week on Where Parents Talk radio on 105.9 The Region, host Lianne Castelino speaks to Dr. Erika Bocknek, Adjunct Professor, University of Michigan Medical, Marriage and Family Therapist, Researcher and Mom of three about what a social-emotional approach to parenting entails.

This week on Where Parents Talk radio on 105.9 The Region, host Lianne Castelino speaks to Kirsten Jones, performance coach, motivational speaker, author and mom about the decline in youth sports participation and the role and impact of parents.