by Teen Savvy | Jul 21, 2025 | Parenting
If parenting triggers—like finding laundry on the floor, a missed homework assignment, or a teenager’s “I got it” shrug—ever make you lose your cool, you’re not alone. In this week’s episode of Parenting Shrink Wrapped, Melissa and I unpack what’s really going on when...
by Teen Savvy | Jul 14, 2025 | Parenting
If your child refuses to wear jeans, can’t sit still at dinner, or melts down over seemingly minor transitions, you’re not alone—and it might not be behavioral at all. In the latest episode of Parenting Shrink Wrapped, we explore how occupational therapy for kids can...
by Teen Savvy | Jul 7, 2025 | Parenting
Understanding what ADHD kids wish their parents knew is the key to unlocking more compassion and more connection. Helping to have fewer power struggles. With Part 2 of our ADHD series on the Parenting Shrink Wrapped podcast, we dig into the real-life parenting...
by Teen Savvy | Jun 30, 2025 | News, Parenting
ADHD in kids is one of the most commonly discussed—and commonly misunderstood—diagnoses in parenting today. If your mental image of ADHD involves a fidgety, blurting, can’t-sit-still kind of kid, you’re not wrong… but you’re not seeing the whole picture. In the latest...
by Teen Savvy | Jun 23, 2025 | Parenting
If your teen’s eye roll makes you feel irrationally furious, or their silence sends you spiraling into shame, you’re not alone—and you’re not crazy. These moments might be revealing how trauma affects parenting, especially when old wounds resurface in everyday...
by Teen Savvy | Jun 9, 2025 | Friendship, News, Parenting
This week on Parenting Shrink Wrapped, we’re honoring Father’s Day with a raw, real, and refreshingly unfiltered conversation about fatherhood and grief. Our guests—two dads who aren’t afraid to admit they don’t have it all figured out. They open up about the messy,...
