Parent Footprint with Dr. Dan

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For anyone who has been parented, is a parent or dreams of being a parent, Parent Footprint with Dr. Dan teaches us all how to make the world a more loving, accepting and compassionate place -- one parent, one person and one child at a time. Every episode features a “Sitting Down with Dr. Dan” segment to help listeners discover ways to be the best version of themselves. With more than 25 years of experience as a psychologist, author and father, Dr. Dan Peters understands the key to raising happy and aware kids is for parents to seek the same joy and mindfulness in their own lives. Through diverse and timely discussions, every episode of Parent Footprint explores and explains how (and why) the way we were parented impacts the way we parent. Aimed at any parental figure in a child's life, Dr. Dan helps any caregiver lead with purpose. With over 200 episodes, Dr. Dan has hosted adolescent and child development experts, mental health professionals and of course, parents. Plus, he takes listener questions! Submit yours to podcast@drdanpeters.com and you may get an answer on a future episode. Parent Footprint With Dr. Dan is part of the Exactly Right podcast network that provides a platform for bold, creative voices to bring to life provocative, entertaining and relatable stories for audiences everywhere. The Exactly Right roster of podcasts covers a variety of topics including true crime, comedic interviews, science, pop culture and more. Podcasts on the network include My Favorite Murder with Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark, That's Messed Up: An SVU Podcast, This Podcast Will Kill You, I Said No Gifts! and more. read less
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Episodes

Sitting Down with Dr. Dan (October 2024)
10-10-2024
Sitting Down with Dr. Dan (October 2024)
This is the October Sitting Down with Dr. Dan episode. On today’s episode, Dr. Dan and Parent Footprint podcast producer Laura answer your new listener questions about back-to-school night, Halloween, book banning, early decision college admissions, and more.  Dr. Dan also shares some exciting news: over the next couple of months, each week we will release one our favorite episodes on the Exactly Right network, all of which feature your favorite hilarious hosts (Georgia Hardstark, Karen Kilgariff, Kurt Braunohler and more) and include new intros and added commentary for your enjoyment.  Every month Dr. Dan answers questions about parenting (and adulting, too!) on our Sitting Down with Dr. Dan episodes which drop the last Thursday of the month. Please email your parenting questions to podcast@drdanpeters.com or DM us on social media. We read every question and we want to consider yours for a future bonus episode. We love hearing from you! Follow us @parentfootprintpodcast (Instagram, Facebook) and @drdanpeters (X). Learn about more podcasts @exactlyright on Instagram. Please listen, follow, rate, and review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts. Please support our podcast by shopping our latest sponsor deals and promotions at this link: https://bit.ly/4bqTWJ2 For more information: www.exactlyrightmedia.com  www.drdanpeters.com Dr. Dan’s expertise and wisdom is not a diagnosis or treatment. The information provided on the Parent Footprint podcast should not be used for diagnosing or treating a health problem or disease. Anyone seeking medical advice should consult with a licensed physician. Please reach out to your doctor for advice or a qualified health provider regarding medical conditions, questions, or situations. The information provided on Parent Footprint and by Dr. Dan is for entertainment purposes only, and does not substitute for professional medical advice. Dr. Dan does not know your child, is not your child’s doctor, and has not treated your child. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sitting Down with Dr. Dan (September 2024)
26-09-2024
Sitting Down with Dr. Dan (September 2024)
Listen to the September Sitting Down with Dr. Dan episode. Today, Dr. Dan and Parent Footprint audio engineer Phil answer your new listener questions about the surgeon general’s new report on parental stress, back to school sleep schedules, and making new friends. Every month Dr. Dan answers questions about parenting (and adulting, too!) on our Sitting Down with Dr. Dan episodes which drop the last Thursday of the month. Please email your parenting questions to podcast@drdanpeters.com or DM us on social media. We read every question and we want to consider yours for a future bonus episode. We love hearing from you! Follow us @parentfootprintpodcast (Instagram, Facebook) and @drdanpeters (X).  Learn about more podcasts @exactlyright on Instagram. Please listen, follow, rate, and review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts. Please support our podcast by shopping our latest sponsor deals and promotions at this link: https://bit.ly/4bqTWJ2 For more information: www.exactlyrightmedia.com  www.drdanpeters.com Dr. Dan’s expertise and wisdom is not a diagnosis or treatment. The information provided on the Parent Footprint podcast should not be used for diagnosing or treating a health problem or disease. Anyone seeking medical advice should consult with a licensed physician. Please reach out to your doctor for advice or a qualified health provider regarding medical conditions, questions, or situations. The information provided on Parent Footprint and by Dr. Dan is for entertainment purposes only, and does not substitute for professional medical advice. Dr. Dan does not know your child, is not your child’s doctor, and has not treated your child. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
What is the Goal?: The Truth About the Youth Sports Industry with Dr. Jean Linscott and Dr. Kenneth Ruff
12-09-2024
What is the Goal?: The Truth About the Youth Sports Industry with Dr. Jean Linscott and Dr. Kenneth Ruff
Dr. Dan interviews husband-and-wife team Jean Linscott, Ph.D. and Kenneth Ruoff, Ph.D.about their new book What is the Goal?: The Truth About the Youth Sports Industry. With Dr. Dan, Dr. Ken and Dr. Jean explore how the current youth sports industry, pay-to-play sports, and the quest for prestige can cause unintended harm to young athletes and their families.  This episode explores how children and parents can both experience the pressures of belonging to a sports team along with feeling the need to have a "return on investment" and how this can lead to resentment, poor mental health, and injuries that can stop a career before it even starts.  Dr. Dan, Dr. Jean, and Dr. Ken also ask: since sports can be a ticket into prestigious schools are the benefits worth the risks?  Kenneth Ruoff, Ph.D., is a professor of history at Portland State University and the author of several award-winning books. From the perspective of a historian, he is astonished, in comparison to what he experienced as a kid, at how drastically different a youth-sports environment his family has faced these past two decades. He was a member of  the 1987 Harvard College Men’s Soccer Final Four team.  Jean Linscott, Ph.D., is a clinical child psychologist. She has been working professionally with children and families for over thirty years in hospital-based, clinic, and private-practice settings.  She and Kenneth Ruoff are the parents of three athletes who are veterans of the Youth Sports Industry. For more information visit: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/what-is-the-goal-jean-linscott/1145009474?ean=9798990114302  Email your parenting questions to Dr. Dan podcast@drdanpeters.com (we might answer on a future episode).  Follow us @parentfootprintpodcast (Instagram, Facebook) and @drdanpeters (X).  Learn about more podcasts @exactlyright on Instagram. Please listen, follow, rate, and review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts. Please support our podcast by shopping our latest sponsor deals and promotions at this link: https://bit.ly/4bqTWJ2 For more information: www.exactlyrightmedia.com  www.drdanpeters.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sitting Down with Dr. Dan (August 2024)
29-08-2024
Sitting Down with Dr. Dan (August 2024)
Listen to the August Sitting Down with Dr. Dan episode! Today, Dr. Dan and Parent Footprint podcast producer (and twin mom) Laura answer your new listener questions about parental anxiety, social media & sexuality, tween Sephora hauls, and more.  Every month Dr. Dan answers questions about parenting (and adulting, too!) on our Sitting Down with Dr. Dan episodes which drop the last Thursday of the month. Please email your parenting questions to podcast@drdanpeters.com or DM us on social media. We read every question and we want to consider yours for a future bonus episode. We love hearing from you! Follow us @parentfootprintpodcast (Instagram, Facebook) and @drdanpeters (X). Learn about more podcasts @exactlyright on Instagram. Please listen, follow, rate, and review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts. Please support our podcast by shopping our latest sponsor deals and promotions at this link: https://bit.ly/4bqTWJ2 For more information: www.exactlyrightmedia.com  www.drdanpeters.com Dr. Dan’s expertise and wisdom is not a diagnosis or treatment. The information provided on the Parent Footprint podcast should not be used for diagnosing or treating a health problem or disease. Anyone seeking medical advice should consult with a licensed physician. Please reach out to your doctor for advice or a qualified health provider regarding medical conditions, questions, or situations. The information provided on Parent Footprint and by Dr. Dan is for entertainment purposes only, and does not substitute for professional medical advice. Dr. Dan does not know your child, is not your child’s doctor, and has not treated your child. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Gender Inclusive Fashion and Self-expression with Elizabeth Brunner
22-08-2024
Gender Inclusive Fashion and Self-expression with Elizabeth Brunner
Dr. Dan interviews Elizabeth Brunner, the Founder and CEO of StereoType, a disruptive kids' fashion brand that aims to break free from traditional gendered clothing by creating what she coined as "blended fashion" — a mix of girl and boy esthetics that are equal in value and defined by no one.  On this episode, Dr. Dan and Elizabeth discuss why parents need to give their kids space to be themselves, gender-free fashion, conscious parenting and more. Elizabeth was inspired to start StereoType after often watching her young twins joyfully break the rules of traditional dressing by wearing pieces from each others' closets to create their own unique blended fashion style that authentically represented who they are and how they wanted to dress. StereoType offers a wide range of gender-free clothing and accessories for children ages 4-14, enabling them to express themselves through their wardrobe choices without being limited by societal expectations, limits, and stereotypes. StereoType is the second disruptive fashion company Elizabeth has started. After studying fashion design at California College of the Arts, she found herself at odds with wasteful fashion industry standards. This led her to launch her first fashion business Piece x Piece, a pioneering line of one-of-a-kind, high-end garments that reused discarded sample swatches and leftover fabric from larger fashion houses that would typically be sent to landfill.   For more information visit www.stereotypekids.com. Email your parenting questions to Dr. Dan podcast@drdanpeters.com (we might answer on a future episode).  Follow us @parentfootprintpodcast (Instagram, Facebook) and @drdanpeters (X). Learn about more podcasts @exactlyright on Instagram. Please listen, follow, rate, and review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts. Please support our podcast by shopping our latest sponsor deals and promotions at this link: https://bit.ly/4bqTWJ2 For more information: www.exactlyrightmedia.com  www.drdanpeters.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Creative Sound Play with Jazz Musician Hayes Greenfield
08-08-2024
Creative Sound Play with Jazz Musician Hayes Greenfield
Dr. Dan interviews award-winning jazz musician, composer, educator, and author Hayes Greenfield, founder of Creative Sound Play (CSP), a sound-based, generative learning system for Pre-K. The two discuss his book, Creative Sound Play for Young Learners, which invites educators to use sound-making as collaborative educational play and more. A jazz musician, Hayes Greenfield has released 10 critically acclaimed CDs and has performed at festivals and venues throughout the US, Canada, and Europe. Hayes’ Jazz-A-Ma-Tazz school assembly program has reached over 300,000 young people and his music has been wonderfully received and reviewed in The New York Times, The New Yorker, Wall Street Journal, Billboard, Child Magazine, Downbeat, Jazz Times and more. As film composer, Hayes has scored more than 70 films, documentaries, commercials, animations, and TV specials. For more information visit: www.creativesoundplay.com and www.hayesgreenfield.com. Email your parenting questions to Dr. Dan podcast@drdanpeters.com (we might answer on a future episode).  Follow us @parentfootprintpodcast (Instagram, Facebook) and @drdanpeters (X). Learn about more podcasts @exactlyright on Instagram. Please listen, follow, rate, and review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts. Please support our podcast by shopping our latest sponsor deals and promotions at this link: https://bit.ly/4bqTWJ2 For more information: www.exactlyrightmedia.com  www.drdanpeters.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sitting Down with Dr. Dan (July 2024)
25-07-2024
Sitting Down with Dr. Dan (July 2024)
Listen to our new Sitting Down with Dr. Dan episode! On today’s episode, Dr. Dan and Parent Footprint audio engineer (and #GirlDad) Phil answer your new listener questions about Disability Pride Month, summer jobs, racism, and more. Every month Dr. Dan answers questions about parenting (and adulting, too!) on our Sitting Down with Dr. Dan episodes which drop the last Thursday of the month. Please email your parenting questions to podcast@drdanpeters.com or DM us on social media. We read every question and we want to consider yours for a future bonus episode. We love hearing from you! Follow us @parentfootprintpodcast (Instagram, Facebook) and @drdanpeters (X). Learn about more podcasts @exactlyright on Instagram. Please listen, follow, rate, and review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts. Please support our podcast by shopping our latest sponsor deals and promotions at this link: https://bit.ly/4bqTWJ2 For more information: www.exactlyrightmedia.com  www.drdanpeters.com Dr. Dan’s expertise and wisdom is not a diagnosis or treatment. The information provided on the Parent Footprint podcast should not be used for diagnosing or treating a health problem or disease. Anyone seeking medical advice should consult with a licensed physician. Please reach out to your doctor for advice or a qualified health provider regarding medical conditions, questions, or situations. The information provided on Parent Footprint and by Dr. Dan is for entertainment purposes only, and does not substitute for professional medical advice. Dr. Dan does not know your child, is not your child’s doctor, and has not treated your child. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Eat & Flourish: How Food Supports Emotional Well-Being with Mary Beth Albright
18-07-2024
Eat & Flourish: How Food Supports Emotional Well-Being with Mary Beth Albright
Dr. Dan interviews award-winning journalist Mary Beth Albright, a food expert with a wide-ranging experience – from food attorney to finalist on Food Network Star, to award-winning food journalist to Iron Chef competitor. Mary Beth’s cumulative knowledge, and her science-based understanding of how what we consume affects our physical and emotional health are served up in her groundbreaking book Eat And Flourish: How Food Supports Emotional Well-Being.  On this new episode Dr. Dan and Mary Beth focus on the science-based connection between food and mental health. Mary Beth is an important expert on the food-mood connection and listeners will learn a lot - including why what we feed kids matters. Mary Beth Albright is the host of Eat You’ll Feel Better podcast. For more visit her website www.marybethalbright.com. Email your parenting questions to Dr. Dan podcast@drdanpeters.com (we might answer on a future episode).  Follow us @parentfootprintpodcast (Instagram, Facebook) and @drdanpeters (X). Learn about more podcasts @exactlyright on Instagram. Please listen, follow, rate, and review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts. Please support our podcast by shopping our latest sponsor deals and promotions at this link: https://bit.ly/4bqTWJ2 For more information: www.exactlyrightmedia.com  www.drdanpeters.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
And That’s Okay: I’m Wired Differently with Erin Geddes
11-07-2024
And That’s Okay: I’m Wired Differently with Erin Geddes
Dr. Dan speaks to author Erin Geddes (who proudly looks at the world and life differently) about her mission is to support all kinds of families and all kinds of kids to celebrate viewing the world just a little bit differently. On this episode, Dr. Dan and Erin talk about her life story and her children’s book And That’s Okay: I’m Wired Differently which celebrates the vibrant, silent world of neurodivergent kids and their loved ones. Erin is autistic and ADHD and was formally diagnosed as an adult. Her children’s book will help parents, children, and teachers.  Erin Geddes has used her way of looking at the world to communicate creatively, professionally, and personally using striking visuals married with copywriting. She sees life differently, and she thinks that’s okay. Her children see the world differently, and that’s okay. Erin enjoys fine woodworking, photography, and many other creative mediums the wind may blow her to while living in the Midwest. For more information follow Erin on Instagram @and_thats_okay_book. Email your parenting questions to Dr. Dan podcast@drdanpeters.com (we might answer on a future episode).  Follow us @parentfootprintpodcast (Instagram, Facebook) and @drdanpeters (X). Learn about more podcasts @exactlyright on Instagram. Please listen, follow, rate, and review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts. Please support our podcast by shopping our latest sponsor deals and promotions at this link: https://bit.ly/4bqTWJ2 For more information: www.exactlyrightmedia.com  www.drdanpeters.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
BONUS EPISODE #36: Sitting Down with Dr. Dan – Listener Questions about parenting in the summer and Parent Footprint celebrates an anniversary
02-07-2024
BONUS EPISODE #36: Sitting Down with Dr. Dan – Listener Questions about parenting in the summer and Parent Footprint celebrates an anniversary
Our new Sitting Down with Dr. Dan bonus episode is here and so is the summer heat and humidity! Dr. Dan and podcast producer Laura Rossi discuss all things summer today - from routines, anxiety, parent guilt, parent burnout, swim safety and more. We also celebrate our 3rd anniversary with Exactly Right. Happy Anniversary Parent Footprint fam! Each month Dr. Dan answers listener questions about parenting (and adulting, too!) on our Sitting Down with Dr. Dan bonus episodes. Please email your parenting questions to podcast@drdanpeters.com or DM us on social media. We read every question and we want to consider yours for a future bonus episode. Email your parenting questions to Dr. Dan podcast@drdanpeters.com (we might answer on a future episode).  Follow us @parentfootprintpodcast (Instagram, Facebook) and @drdanpeters (X). Learn about more podcasts @exactlyright on Instagram. Please listen, follow, rate, and review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts. Please support our podcast by shopping our latest sponsor deals and promotions at this link: https://bit.ly/4bqTWJ2 For more information: www.exactlyrightmedia.com  www.drdanpeters.com Dr. Dan’s expertise and wisdom is not a diagnosis or treatment. The information provided on the Parent Footprint podcast should not be used for diagnosing or treating a health problem or disease. Anyone seeking medical advice should consult with a licensed physician. Please reach out to your doctor for advice or a qualified health provider regarding medical conditions, questions, or situations. The information provided on Parent Footprint and by Dr. Dan is for entertainment purposes only, and does not substitute for professional medical advice. Dr. Dan does not know your child, is not your child’s doctor, and has not treated your child. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Lady to Lady: An Unfiltered Interview with Barbara, Brandie, and Tess
20-06-2024
Lady to Lady: An Unfiltered Interview with Barbara, Brandie, and Tess
Happy Exactly Right Anniversary to Parent Footprint! Dr. Dan celebrates our show’s 3 year anniversary on this new episode with the 3 hosts of Exactly Right’s Lady to Lady podcast: Babs Gray, Brandie Posey, and Tess Barker. Today Dr. Dan continues Parent Footprint’s tradition of interviewing Exactly Right podcast hosts. Our three guests laugh, riff, and talk all things podcasts, bangs, friendships, family, comedy, feminism, and much more with Dr. Dan. Lady to Lady on Exactly Right is hosted by Babs Gray, Brandie Posey, and Tess Barker. On their hilarious and raw weekly show they invite a special guest to play sleepover games, talk “lady problems” and delve into ridiculous tangents.  Thanks to all of our incredible listeners - we have many exciting guests and episodes planned for year four with Exactly Right! Thank you Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark and of course Babs, Brandie, Tess and everyone in our Parent Footprint podcast family.  Email your parenting questions to Dr. Dan podcast@drdanpeters.com (we might answer on a future episode).  Follow us @parentfootprintpodcast (Instagram, Facebook) and @drdanpeters (X). Learn about more podcasts @exactlyright on Instagram. Please listen, follow, rate, and review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts. Please support our podcast by shopping our latest sponsor deals and promotions at this link: https://bit.ly/4bqTWJ2 For more information: www.exactlyrightmedia.com  www.drdanpeters.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices