Playful Parenting Podcast
Playful Parenting is the newest season of Play Time made for those who are looking to parent in a different way than they were parented and who could use some support in figuring out what that looks like. Season 1 of this podcast is called 'Play Time' and while it has parenting content, many of the episodes are also about Child-Centered Play Therapy and other topics related to the mental health of children. Season 2 of the podcast is dedicated exclusively to exploring parenting. Andrew is a father and play therapist who lives in Asheville, North Carolina who is likely currently stewing over how to create a more child respectful world. For more work by Andrew, check out barnettchildtherapy.com.
Episodes
85 episodes
S2E4: On Talking with Your Children About Difficult Things
Playful Parenting tackles telling kids the truth this week, and discusses the complexities regarding talking to your children about some of the harsh realities in this world, and how we can learn about ourselves and grow as parents and people t...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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22:36
S2E3: The Complicated Dynamic Around Children and Technology
Do I have all the answers about children and technology? Of course not. Do I have some of the answers about children and technology? Unlikely. Have I spent enough time thinking and feeling about it that I can ramble on the topic for twenty minu...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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21:19
S2E2: Playful Parenting PSA: Have YOU Laughed at YOUR Child Today?
Playful Parenting comes at you with this PSA to help remind you to laugh at your child the next time they are disobeying you in a way that is hilarious. It's connective, fun, and can avoid some of those pesky power struggles that feel like they...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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15:13
S2E1: Introducing Playful Parenting!
Play Time is back for Season 2! This episode introduces the new season of Play Time, called 'Playful Parenting'. Missed being with you all, feels good to be back.
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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21:08
Episode 81: Bye for Now
Hello Playtimers, this is the last episode of Play Time. Stay subscribed if you want to see what I am up to next, I have a feeling I will make another podcast (or Season 2 of Play Time??) at some point, but I have said what I need to say for no...
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Season 1
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Episode 81
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6:20
Ep80: The Shadow Side of Empathy
Everything has a shadow side, yes? Empathy included. We explore empathy through the lens of how it can destabilize an individual, and highlight the value of grounding children and ourselves in the reality of our emotions, our body, and our expe...
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Season 1
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Episode 80
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17:10
Ep79: Reasons to Fire Your Therapist + Talking About Calling Social Services
Firing a therapist is sometimes the right thing to do. We talk about the importance of client's feeling power and autonomy in the therapeutic relationship, and then without getting into do's and don'ts, get into the sometimes complex question o...
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Season 1
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Episode 79
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24:28
Ep78: The Rapidly Evolving World of Parenting
On this very 78th episode, we take a look at being a parent in the modern world, name the trends towards deeper respect for emotions in both children and adults, and talking about working with parents with various systems of values and beliefs ...
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Season 1
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Episode 78
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18:29
Ep77: Life as a Game
On this one we name the value of connective and playful time with children, and of the instinctive ability of parents and caregivers to make aspects of life a game for children, as a way to help adults cultivate playfulness and game like qualit...
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Season 1
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Episode 77
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13:39
Ep76: Mailbag Episode! Creating a Free and Protected Space in Schools and in Relationship
For the second anniversary of Play Time, we open up the mailbag to answer some questions about helping students in school who are having a hard time, and also discuss the value of a free and protected space, and how to create it.The boo...
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Season 1
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Episode 76
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19:00
Ep75: Divorce and Family Separation
People get divorced all the time, and families separate all the time. These events are often discussed as being 'traumatic' in the life of a child, which can be the case, but is it always? Is it appropriate to put divorce in the same category a...
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Season 1
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Episode 75
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13:11
Ep74: BORED, BORED, BORED!
Children are brought to therapy by adults for all sorts of reasons, but from the child's perspective, the biggest problem they often face on a day to day basis is boredom. So let's talk about it!
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Season 1
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Episode 74
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14:58
Episode 73: Emotional Autonomy
As a field, we talk a whole heck of a lot about attachment these days, and with good reason, but emotional autonomy is not only an aspect of secure attachment but it is both the bedrock of being child-centered as well as a firm foundation for c...
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Season 1
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Episode 73
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14:22
Episode 72: Learning From Children
Of course we hope as adults that children are learning from us (and they are, constantly, whether we like it or not) but what do we learn from them? What knowledge can we gain about ourselves and our relationship to the world through spending t...
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Season 1
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Episode 72
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15:53
Episode 71: When Keeping it Child-Centered Goes Wrong...
Should we always honor children with their feelings? Is it possible that through being child-centered that we are actually creating little monsters who have little to no impulse control and who wreak havoc on their environments with their nefar...
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Season 1
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Episode 71
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15:52
Episode 70: Joy as Foundation
Let's chat about something that has been sorely lacking in 2020....joy! Children benefit on all levels when adults are enjoying their company, and on this Play Time, we dive into the very beautiful reality that we are entrusted with the privile...
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Season 1
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Episode 70
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14:22
Episode 69: Let's Talk About Santa Claus
As adults, we encourage children to have relationships with different magical beings. On this episode, we dive into Santa, and explore what children might learn through our current conception of Santa Claus, as well as what other ways of connec...
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Season 1
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Episode 69
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9:54
Episode 68: On Cultivating Thoughtfulness and Reclaiming Imagination
How does one go about helping a child be more oriented to their space? To cultivating an ability to notice when a space is messy, or when they are being disruptive? How do we help children navigate the complexities of the material world, and as...
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Season 1
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Episode 68
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15:36
Episode 67: On the Bearable Lightness of Play
Play is light enough, free enough, and distanced enough from reality to be capable of handling any pain or difficulty, and is therefore a safe space for children to be able to approach topics that can feel too heavy to discuss in conversation. ...
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Season 1
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Episode 67
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16:44
Episode 66: On Creating a Culture of Forgiveness
We often talk about children in terms of their struggles with anger, emotion regulation, and their conflicts with authority and peers, but rarely do we focus on a child's relationship to forgiveness, what forgiveness looks like in a child's hom...
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Season 1
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Episode 66
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14:50
Episode 65: The Relationship Between Cures and Explanations in Therapy
As therapists we all spend a fair amount of time speculating on how children and people come to struggle, but what exactly is the relationship between understanding why someone is struggling and finding a cure for the struggle? How does underst...
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Season 1
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Episode 65
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15:32
Episode 64: On Being a Witness
This week, we go back to basics to talk about witnessing, how it is a foundational skill that can be used in therapy with kids both online and in person, and how feeling witnessed is one of the greatest gifts we can offer to children as p...
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Season 1
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Episode 64
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15:08
Episode 63: On Boundaries
On this episode, we tackle boundaries, naming how children naturally have boundaries, and the importance of respecting children's boundaries when we can and even learning as adults how we can cultivate better boundaries for ourselves by witness...
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Season 1
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Episode 63
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18:22
Episode 62: Talking with Children about the Election
On this episode, we tackle talking with children about the election, and how the confrontation with ourselves as adults as we consider what we want to pass on to children can allow for deeper connection to our own values and less focus on whate...
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Season 1
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Episode 62
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18:10
Episode 61: The Purgatorial Nature of Therapy
On this one we compare purgatory and therapy, and name the uniqueness of every child's play and how the internal frictions that often arise in that play are important in terms of them having a confrontation with themselves and evolving towards ...
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Season 1
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Episode 61
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18:33