Season 5

Jennifer Grant is mother to four children and an author. She has written six books for adults and several books for children including the picture book, Maybe God is Like That Too, Maybe I Can Love My Neighbor Too, and also A Little Blue Bottle.

She joins us today to talk about her latest book for children, Once Upon a Time Not So Long Ago, a reflective book for children about the COVID pandemic.

Kaya Henderson is a force of nature. She has positively impacted the lives of thousands of children. She is the CEO of Reconstruction, a technology company delivering a K-12 supplemental curriculum that situates Black people, culture, and contributions in an authentic identity affirming way, so that students of all backgrounds benefit from a complete understanding of our shared history and society.

She joins us today to talk about Reconstruction, and the impact it is designed to have.

Stephanie Dua is mother to three kind and brilliant daughters. She is an education entrepreneur and the co-founder and president of HOMER, the only early learning program proven to increase reading scores with just 15 minutes a day.

She joins us today to share her journey to launching HOMER and her love of bringing learning to others.

Roni Nocon and Amy Sage each have two children and are co-founders of ParentingEQ, a new subscription service for parents of children ages four to 11, designed to help parents nurture emotional intelligence in their children by creating a culture of emotional wellbeing in their homes.

They join us today to discuss ParentingEQ’s mission to bridge this gap through parent-led social-emotional activities, which focuses on the emotional intelligence skills children need to lead happy and successful lives.

Chris Tomkins is an uncle to five children, a TEDx speaker, spiritual life coach, and LGBTQ inner advocate. Chris has been a staunched LGBTQ+ advocate for over 15 years working with organizations like the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, or GLAAD.

He joins us today to shed light on on the deeper multifaceted layers of homophobia and his book that encourages families to have open and authentic conversations in a practical, timely, and inclusive way.

Dr. Rakesh Jain has been involved in well over 100 research projects studying the effects of medications on short-term and longterm treatment of depression, anxiety, pain, mood overlap disorders, ADHD and psychosis in adult and child populations. He has co-authored six books that range from patient education to cutting edge neuro biological findings in psychiatry and mental health.

He joins us today to talk about ADHD in children, and share his advice for how parents of children with ADHD can ensure their wellbeing and that of their children during this challenging pandemic time.

Stephanie Malia Krauss joins us today to discuss her fascinating new book called Making It: What Today’s Kids Need for Tomorrow’s World. The book goes beyond the question of what young people need to succeed in school, to ask what they need to be ready for life. Making It is the essential reading for anyone who wants to ensure that young people are prepared to thrive and make their unique contribution in the challenging and ever-changing world in which they will come of age.

Stephanie Malia Krauss joins us today to discuss her fascinating new book called Making It: What Today’s Kids Need for Tomorrow’s World. The book goes beyond the question of what young people need to succeed in school, to ask what they need to be ready for life. Making It is the essential reading for anyone who wants to ensure that young people are prepared to thrive and make their unique contribution in the challenging and ever-changing world in which they will come of age.

Stephanie Haynes is a mother, a veteran educator, and an education coach and consultant. Her expertise is in providing custom consulting and coaching to high school students and their parents, with an emphasis on post-high school pathway development, goal setting and time management. She joins us today to discuss her thought-provoking new book, College is Not Mandatory: A Parent’s Guide to Navigating all the Options Available to Our Kids After High School.

Bill Brady is father to five children and the co-founder and CEO of Troomi Wireless, a cellular network, specifically designed for kids to give them a safe introduction to apps and the internet. In partnership with Samsung, Troomi has released two smartphones for kids, the Samsung Galaxy A12 and Samsung Galaxy A32, both come preloaded with Troomi’s kids smart operating system.

Bill joins us today to talk about his work to keep our kids safe on their smartphones and to help them engage with technology in healthy, productive ways.

For over two decades, Dr. Todd Jason Feltman has been working in the New York City public school system and in local independent schools. He has been a classroom teacher, mentor, literacy coach, citywide literacy achievement coach, and assistant principal. Todd has master’s degrees in childhood education, literary education, and school supervision and administration. He received his doctorate in urban education from the Graduate Center at the City University of New York.

He joins us today to discuss this second handbook.

Sophie Brickman is mother to two children, she’s also a writer, reporter, and editor. Her work has appeared in The New Yorker, the New York Times, as well as the Wall Street Journal. She joins us today to discuss her first book, Baby, Unplugged: One Mother’s Search for Balance, Reason, and Sanity in the Digital Age. It is about the intersection of parenting and technology.

Dr. Jennifer Heisz is a mother to one daughter and an expert in brain health. She is associate professor in the Department of Kinesiology at McMaster University and directs the NeuroFit Lab which focuses on the effects of exercise on brain health. She joins us today to discuss her first book, Move The Body, Heal The Mind, which explores her groundbreaking research on how fitness and exercise can combat mental health conditions such as anxiety, depression, ADHD, and dementia, as well as improve our focus, creativity and sleep.